Beginning this coming week, the Lamesa school system will be dismissing classes at noon each Friday. Teachers and some students, however, will still be at the school for all or part of the afternoon. Superintendent Jim Knight told school board members at their regular meeting Tuesday evening that the early release on Fridays is designed to give teachers more time to handle the extra work that has been put on them this year and to provide specialized extra instruction to students who need it. “We’ll use that time to intervene with some kids who have gotten behind,” Knight told the Press-Reporter. “We want ...