Lometa after-school program in doubt for next year

  • The Lometa school board listens to a presentation about the district’s afterschool program, which may be discontinued next year due to decreased grant funding available from the Central Texas Council of Governments. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD
    The Lometa school board listens to a presentation about the district’s afterschool program, which may be discontinued next year due to decreased grant funding available from the Central Texas Council of Governments. ERICK MITCHELL | DISPATCH RECORD

    Superintendent Rob Moore told the Lometa Independent School District Board of Trustees Thursday night at its regular meeting that it will be difficult to continue an after-school program due to a loss in grant funding.

    For 19 of the last 20 years, Lometa has offered an after-school program for its students, Moore said.

    “This current year it was abbreviated because the funding we had applied for had …