Hello Lake Central Families,

I hope you are all doing well.  We have some good news.  Both Homan and Bibich regained power, Internet, and phones yesterday.  All of our main offices are now open if you need to call and contact your child’s school.  We have been able to work through the remaining issues we were facing at our schools over the course of the past two days.  Therefore, all Lake Central Schools will reopen as planned on Thursday, August 20th.

We know that some of our families are still dealing with major issues after the storm.  If it is not in the best interest of your family for your child to return to school yet, then their absence will be excused.  We also realize some of our families have been dealing with an overwhelming amount of hardship since Tuesday.  If there is information that you need to share with the school about your child before they head back to school, such as that your family has been displaced, that your child will need extra support as we transition back, or any other important information, please call your school’s main office or email your principal or assistant principal.

Getting back to normal is going to be a process for all of us, and we will need to lean on one another and help each other out.  While the past week has been terrible, I have said it before and I will say it again: there is no other place I would rather be in moments like these than here at Lake Central.  Our LC family is incredibly strong, and we will all get through this together.

Currently, the six days that school was cancelled have been added to the end of the school year.  The state released the waiver application yesterday, and we applied last night to have all six of the days waived. We will update our families as soon as we know whether that request has been granted by the state.

A few things to keep in mind as we head back to school on Thursday:

• The building principals will be sending out information about events that have been rescheduled and other important pieces of information, so please be sure to review those messages from your child’s school.
• Although almost all roads are open now, our buses may still need to navigate through the district slowly.  Therefore, bus pick up and drop off times may be running late this week in certain neighborhoods and areas.
• We have been able to restock our food supplies, but for the first few days, it will not match what is on our breakfast and lunch menus that were posted.  We will provide a hot lunch entree each day.  Starting Tuesday, August 25th, we will be back to our normal school lunch menu.
• Adventure Club will be available before and after school.
• Please do not stress if your child does not have their school supplies or other items due to the storm.  We have plenty of supplies at the schools.
• The following Open Houses have been rescheduled:
  • Peifer Elementary School–Tuesday, August 25th (5:30-7:30PM)
  • Lake Central High School–Wednesday, August 26th (6-8PM)
  • Clark Middle School–Thursday, August 27th (5:30-7:30PM)
  • Grimmer Middle School–Thursday, August 27th (5:30-7:30PM)
  • Kahler Middle School–Thursday, August 27th (5:30-7:30PM)
  • Kolling Elementary School–Monday, August 31st (5:30-7:30PM)
  • Protsman Elementary School–Tuesday, September 1st (5:30-7:30PM)
• The Lake Central School Board meeting that was supposed to be held on Monday, August 17th has been rescheduled for Monday, August 24th at 7PM.
• All school picture dates that were missed will be rescheduled and principals will notify families of the new date.
• The Hammond Area Career Center will not be open on Thursday or Friday.  High school students who attend the HACC should check messages from LCHS for more information.
• The high school football game against Munster has been rescheduled for Saturday at 7PM. Updates on other extracurricular practices and competitions will be sent out by the high school and middle schools.

We look forward to welcoming everyone back tomorrow (8/20/26).