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The annual Fill the Canoe school supply drive, sponsored by Red Canoe Credit Union, starts Monday, July 31 and runs through Aug. 18.

Donations will be matched by weight for all new supplies that are donated and can be dropped off at the following locations:

• Red Canoe Credit Union, 810 Burkhart St. SE
• Albany City Hall, 333 Broadalbin St SW
• Albany Main Public Library, 2450 14th Ave SE
• Walmart, 1330 Goldfish Farm Rd SE
• Mid-Willamette Family YMCA, 3201 Pacific Blvd SW

List of recommended school supplies

For more information, see the flyer

Lafayette Elementary School has a growing enrollment. The school is getting a new modular classroom structure to accommodate the larger student body. The building will be ready when school starts on Sept. 5.

The new building is similar to the modular constructed at Periwinkle Elementary School last fall. It will have six classrooms, restrooms and a commons area.

The modular building was constructed offsite in 18 sections, which were then trucked to the campus and craned into position. The roof framing is in place and most of the plywood sheeting has been installed. Heating and ventilation systems are going in and interior plastering is underway.

This building project is not a bond project. It was approved before voters passed the bond measure on May 16 and is funded by proceeds from the Construction Excise Tax and district reserves.

Soon, you will have the ability to pay online using a credit or debit card for your student’s class and athletic fees, yearbook purchase, parking and PE uniforms and more.

Also, you will have the ability to make your student’s lunch payments, as well as make a donations to the school (or schools) of your choice – all online.

Learn more by going to http://albany.k12.or.us/district/business/online-paymentsdonations/.

South Albany and West Albany high schools will delay the start of their previously schedule registration day due to the eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21.

Both schools will hold registration for seniors on Aug. 22. The schedule for freshmen, sophomores and juniors will take place on Aug. 23-25.

See the school websites for more details.

Last year, the School Board approved new modular classrooms at Lafayette Elementary School to ease the increasing enrollment. The structure is similar to the one installed at Periwinkle last summer.

The classrooms will be ready for students in September. This work was approved prior to the passage of the May 2017 construction bond, which will add classrooms at schools around the district. The project is funded out of district operating funds.

The building will have six classrooms, restrooms and a common area. Eight of the 16 building sections have arrived at the campus and the remaining eight will come in groups of four by Monday. On Tuesday, a crane will begin placing the classroom sections.

Workers are placing the beams that will be part of the foundation. Each vertical piece rests on a poured concrete pad.