Lamesa school officials have enlisted the assistance of a law firm in an attempt to avoid a significant cut in state funding as a result of a disagreement over taxable property values in the district.School board members were informed by administrators about the situation during the board’s regular meeting Thursday evening.Interim Superintendent Dalia Benavides said the school is working with the law firm of Purdue, Brandon, Fielder, Collins, Mott LLP to protest the taxable property values assigned to the district by the state comptroller’s office.The values assigned by the state are significantly higher than property values prepared by the Dawson ...