Lamesa Independent
School District
Home of the Golden Tornadoes
LISD System
The Lamesa Independent School District consists of two elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school.
Each employee of the Lamesa school system is a member of a team of administrators, teachers, and support staff dedicated to the education of every child in the community.
It is difficult to place a value on something as intangible as a spirit of teamwork, but a teacher in LISD quickly comes to appreciate the value of working with other professionals who share a common goal of educational excellence.
Community of Lamesa
Lamesa is a town of just under 10,000 people located on the South Plains about sixty miles south of Lubbock and fifty-five miles north of Midland. It offers a variety of restaurants with fine quality food for your dining convenience. City parks offer most anything from picnicking and basketball to swimming or tennis.
Our community boasts a quality hospital and several doctors’ offices. Entertainment can be found at both an indoor movie theater and a drive-in movie theater. The community also has several churches that welcome teachers with open arms.
When considering the place you will teach, we encourage you to consider the community as well. Lamesa offers many advantages of both the friendliness and convenience of a progressive smaller community.
Lamesa High School
Lamesa High School houses grades nine through twelve and has approximately 500 students. These students are directed by 50 teachers.
Lamesa Middle School
Lamesa Middle School serves grades six through eight and has approximately 425 students. Middle School students receive instruction from 36 teachers. A $4 million renovation of the campus was completed in January of 2008.
North Elementary contains grades three through five and has approximately 450 students and 32 teachers. A $5.2 million renovation of the campus has recently been completed.
The newly remodeled South Elementary houses 550 kindergarten through second grade students. There are 40 teachers at this school
Central Office - 806/872-5461
High School - 806/872-8385
Middle School - 806/872-8301
North Elementary - 806/872-5428
South Elementary - 806/872-5401
Educational Opportunities
Salary Schedule
Lamesa I.S.D. develops a new salary schedule each year. The district maintains a very competitive salary schedule. The current beginning salary for first year teachers is $33,000. Additionally, Lamesa I.S.D. offers an incentive pay program whereby a teacher can earn extra money each year.
Lamesa I.S.D. also pays 100% of the health insurance premium for the employee. This is a cost of $375 per month for each employee to the district. This benefit adds $4500 to the total salary package.
Lamesa I.S.D. provides this resource to allow employees to stay healthy and on the job. The EAP is a confidential program that enhances a healthy work attitude by providing the employee and immediate family opportunities to manage problems before they become serious and impair work performance.
Lamesa I.S.D. prides itself in having the most current technology available with all campuses networked together through wireless antennas. We have Internet access in all of our classrooms. Several districts in West Texas have patterned their technology programs after ours. We have also had school districts from other states come and visit our district to view our system.
Lamesa residents have one local bi-weekly newspaper available, The Lamesa Press Reporter. The Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Midland Reporter Telegram and Dallas Morning News are also available.
Lamesa residents are furnished world news, music, and local news by local radio stations. Cable T.V. provides a wide range of community television service from all the major networks
More than forty churches serve the community, representing nearly all denominations.
Lamesa has three general practitioners, several specialists, two dentists, and one chiropractor. The county owned Medical Arts Hospital contains fifty beds and is listed by the American Hospital Association. There are two privately owned medical clinics in Lamesa.
Dawson County was created from Bexar territory by an act of the State Legislature in 1876. The federal census in 1880 reported 24 people in the county and in 1890 only 29. In July 1903 the town of Lamesa was organized. Lamesa was incorporated in 1917. The first school opened in 1902 with the first church coming in 1904.
Agriculture has always been important in the Lamesa area. In 1900 there were five ranches with thirty-five acres of cultivated land. By 1985 this figure had risen to nine hundred farms with 474,706 cultivated acres.
Lamesa has ten city parks that include three community buildings, shaded picnic areas, barbecue pits, playground equipment, one swimming pool, and eight Little League and softball parks.
Activities for young people include scouting, the Boys and Girls Club, baseball, softball, football, volleyball, and basketball leagues. Other recreational facilities include six tennis courts, an indoor movie theater, a drive-in movie theater, and two public nine-hole golf courses.
For those wishing to travel, there are many recreational and scenic areas within a few hours drive of Lamesa. Those areas include Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Monahans Sandhills State Park, Lake J.B. Thomas, Spence Lake, Buffalo Springs Lake, White River Lake, Lake Alan Henry, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, White Sands National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, and the Lincoln National Forest.
Snow skiing enthusiasts can leave Lamesa after work, be in one of two ski areas by 10:00 p.m. and be on the slopes first thing in the morning. These same areas offer camping and trout fishing in the summer.
Salary
One year term with annual performance review.