Lincoln Public Schools

Sunday November 22, 2009 · 52° and cloudy in Lincoln

Back to school!

Originally published on: August 13, 2009

Summer vacation is over.  It’s back to school for Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) when the 2009 – 2010 school year starts on Wednesday, August 19.  All schools will dismiss one hour early on August 19, 20 and 21.

Useful information is on the LPS Web site: www.lps.org.  Most often used …


New September 1 …
Parent Center on the Web
Families will find easy access to useful information on the home page (top navigation bar).

Quick links to …

  • Calendars: student, staff, special events
  • Elementary/Middle Level/High Schools
  • Employee Address Search
  • Forms: attendance, health, facility use
  • Home School Lookup
  • Honors: Honor Roll, graduation listings
  • Lunch Menus & Buy Student Meals
  • Student Services
  • Publications: Important Information Booklet, Annual Report, Community News


NEW!  ParentNotes!
This site provides the most current information of interest to parents: services, resources, data and news from around the School District.

The Parent Center will also include links to services and resources outside the District.  For example: Crimestoppers.

LPS is the second largest school district in Nebraska.  This year, the District welcomes a projected 34,600 students.  And three new schools will open.

The new Arnold Elementary, located at 5000 Mike Scholl Street, replaces the existing Arnold, which was built in 1959 as the school for the Lincoln Air Force Base.  The design includes a “nose cone” shape at the main entrance.

The project is a collaboration with the Lincoln City Libraries and the City of Lincoln Parks and Recreation Department. The capacity of the new elementary school is 792.

Kooser Elementary School is located at 7301 North 13th Street, and is named for Ted Kooser.  Kooser is a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who served as the United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004 – 2006.  The capacity is 792.

Schoo Middle School, located at 700 Penrose Drive, is named for Dr. Philip H. Schoo, Superintendent of Lincoln Public Schools from 1985 – 2004. The capacity of the new middle school is 850.

It is also a collaborative project and will serve as the site of the new Fallbrook YMCA, marking the first such collaboration between a YMCA and a middle school in the state of Nebraska.

There will be an official dedication for each new school.  Information about the public events will be posted online at www.lps.org.

  • Schoo Middle School: Sunday, September 20th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
  • Kooser Elementary School: Sunday, October 11th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
  • Arnold Elementary School: Sunday, October 18th from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.