# Lincoln County Board of Education Working Meeting (10/1/26)


**Body:** LC Communications
**Date:** September 30, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Education, Construction & Infrastructure, Physical Infrastructure


The Lincoln County Board of Education working meeting on October 1, 2026, included a presentation on the district’s second-year virtual program. Staff reported serving 85 students so far this year, with the middle-school program at capacity, and described growth in high-school enrollment and demand from homeschool families. They requested a plan for additional staffing, technology, and program licenses; no specific funding action on those requests is evident in the transcript. The board also discussed a request to purchase an archery equipment trailer for winter transport, but the outcome is unclear in the transcript.

Procurement and facilities actions included a motion to accept a single proposal for masonry work related to a leak; the vendor and price are not clear. The board approved moving forward with a BG1 submission for approximately $165,000 in furnishings and equipment to make the Early Childhood Center kitchen suitable for preparing and serving lunch; the supplier was described as a state vendor. For a high-school addition, the board considered design and related project documents, a building-code waiver request, and a progress payment. The waiver would require the district to bring the high school into code compliance with a future addition; discussion compared an estimated $100,000 cost to address a firewall now with a possible $700,000 cost later. The transcript does not clearly capture the outcomes of all high-school project votes.

**Source:** LC Communications