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Lincoln County Schools reports 11,432 students, 86 new staff and about $3 million in summer facilities work ahead of school year
Summary
At its Aug. 12, 2025 board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Aaron Allen updated trustees on enrollment, staffing, summer feeding expansion and roughly $3 million in summer maintenance and capital work to ready district facilities for the start of school.
At the Lincoln County Schools Board of Education meeting on Aug. 12, 2025, Dr. Aaron Allen, superintendent of Lincoln County Schools, told the board the district had 11,432 students registered in Infinite Campus ahead of the Aug. 13 first day of classes.
Dr. Allen said the district hired 86 new staff members for the year, including about 31 who are new to the teaching profession. He told the board there are five vacancies remaining: “Of those 5, 3 of them are being held per their contract for 30 days, so they'll start the year tomorrow. And the 2 of them are the only 2 that have, substitutes starting the year with retirees,” Allen said.
The superintendent also described staggered enrollments for younger students: kindergarten registration was scheduled across Wednesday through Friday of the week after the meeting, and pre-kindergarten enrollment was set for Aug. 20–21.
Allen highlighted expanded summer feeding operations. “Our child nutrition department probably deserves a hearty, pat on the back because they were able to serve over 90,000 meals this summer to our summer feeding programs,” he said, adding that previous summer distributions averaged about 30,000 to 33,000 meals. Allen said district staff changed the distribution format and “tripled the amount of dinners and foods that we were able to provide for our community this year.”
On facilities work, Allen said operations staff and contractors completed a large number of projects over the summer and cited a report from district facilities staff estimating around $3,000,000 spent on summer projects. He framed the work as a major effort given the district’s size: “We maintain over 990 acres of property and about 2,300,000 square feet of buildings,” Allen said.
The superintendent singled out custodial, maintenance, technology services, child nutrition and contract staff for their work to prepare schools for the new year. He said the district had a plan to cover the remaining vacancies for the start of school.
Board members did not take separate formal action on the items Allen reported; the remarks were provided as informational updates to trustees and the public.
