Lincoln County schools open their doors for new year
Published 12:19 pm Thursday, August 15, 2019
STACY STORY, with microphone, participated in her first opening day as interim principal at Lincoln County Middle School.
Photos by Nancy Leedy REUNITED. Two friends hug after seeing each other in the crowded front hallway of Hustonville Elementary on the opening day of school.
HUSTONVILLE Elementary School secretary Becky McCowan answers parents' questions in the front office on the opening day of schools.
CROWDED HOUSE. Like most elementaries in the Lincoln County School District, the hallways at Hustonville Elementary School were crowded with students and parents as doors opened on the 2019-20 school year. The closure of McKinney Elementary School meant an increase in students at Hustonville.
TAKING NAMES. Cindy Barrett, Exceptional Child Teacher at Hustonville, tries to help speed up the breakfast line on opening day by getting names and lunch numbers before students enter the cafeteria.
FOURTH-GRADE students Chasity Clark, center, and Lilly King, right, were joined by King's sister, Emma King, as they had breakfast. Emma is a first-grade student. All attend Hustonville Elementary.
HUSTONVILLE students and parents show great patience on opening day as they wait in line in the hallway to enter the school's cafeteria.
KINDERGARTEN teacher Amanda Foster visits with Jeb Yates and his tablemates as they wait for the start of classroom time at Hustonville Elementary School Wednesday morning.
CHEESE! Gracie Hayes, a kindergarten student at Hustonville Elementary, is watching a "Welcome to School" video when she spies a camera in the classroom. Hayes is seated with fellow students, in front, Jaxon Beasley and Toby Naylor and, in back, Carson Dominianni. The children are students in Amanda Foster's class.
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It’s that time of year again — school buses, earlier wakeups and yes, even homework.
Summer break officially ended for students in the Lincoln County School District Wednesday as buses rolled and doors opened on the 2019-20 school year.
After a foggy start to the morning, sunny skies prevailed as students, faculty and staff took in their first day of classes.
Lincoln County High School, Lincoln County Middle School, the Lincoln County Area Technology Center and the county’s five elementary schools expected roughly 3,800 students (based on last year’s enrollment) to start the new school year.
Superintendent Michael Rowe was out and about Monday taking part in first-day activities, including greeting students as they arrived at Hustonville Elementary School.
Hustonville was the one school in the district which saw a significant jump in enrollment this year. While most student enrollment remains at or around the same at the other county schools, Hustonville’s student population grew as a result of the closure of McKinney Elementary at the end of the 2018-19 school year. McKinney had 129 K-5 students and 19 preschool students enrolled last year.
The 2019-20 school year runs through May 21. In addition to other holidays, no school will be held during Fall Break, Christmas Break and Spring Break. The Fall Break week is Oct. 7-11, Christmas Break runs from Dec. 23 through Jan. 3 and Spring Break is the week of April 6-10.
