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Building projects, improvements well underway for school system
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Construction of the Roger D. Slaton Agriscience Center is well underway at Dawson County High School and expected to be completed in the first three months of 2023. (Photos courtesy of Dawson County School System)
Erica Jones
DCN Staff
Published: Jul 1, 2022, 3:25 PM
With students out of the Dawson County school buildings for the summer, school system administration and staff are hard at work on several building improvements and construction projects to help the schools in the district serve students even better than they already do.
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Phone policy tweaks coming to Dawson County Schools. Here are the details
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The Dawson County Board of Education looked to add more to their phone policy at the Nov. 4 work session. - photo by Lucas Kochevar
Lucas Kochevar
DCN Staff
Published: Nov 5, 2025, 7:00 PM
During the Nov. 4 work session, the Dawson County Board of Education met to discuss multiple topics, including policy updates to the district's interpretation of the Distraction Free Education Act, which prohibits K-8 students from having personal electronics on them during instructional periods.
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