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Lincoln asks state for help to regain control of county schools: School system now run by state board

After seven years under state control, members of the Lincoln County Board of Education asked the state school board on Thursday for help in developing a plan to regain local control of the county's schools.

State Board President Lowell Johnson said he and several other state board members would visit Lincoln County on Feb. 28 to meet with the local school board and public. Ongoing conflicts between the Lincoln County board and the state-appointed superintendent have slowed the process.

"I'm not interested in what happened in the past and I'm not interested in personality conflicts. I'm interested in having a strategic plan for Lincoln County so that they can get to the point where local ...

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