The Lincoln County School District is currently looking at improving internet capabilities at all four school.

Kenneth Wallace, technology department director, recommended the board approve the bids received for the E-Rate Switch Project and E-Rate Wireless Infrastructure Project. The project would see the installment of wireless internet at all four county schools. The school district is seeking to apply for a grant that will pay for 80 percent of the project’s cost if the request is approved.

“This is a pretty good grant opportunity and we have a good chance of getting it,” Wallace said to the board.

The board approved the recommendation.

• Approve request for permission to collect money from tennis players to cover the cost of their uniforms.

• Approved request to uphold the hearing officers’ decision on a student matter at Loyd Star.

• Approved Stan Long’s Sixteen Section recommendations. They are as follows:

– Terminating Mary Crofoot’s one-acre residential lease and transferring it to Thomas and Debra Smith at $205 a year for 25 years. Crofoot sold her trailer on the section 16-5-6 (Flint Trail) to the Smith family, and they are asking to lease the acre.

– Earl Brown requested to reclassify his 20-acre farm residential lease to an agricultural lease and has agreed to pay for the reclassification.

– Long recommended terminating agricultural lease on 16-8-7 due to non-payment. He asked for permission to reclassify as forestry.

– Long requested permission to advertise for bids on the following hunting leases that expire on May 31: 277 acres on 16-6-8 (Mt. Olive Road), 168 acres on 16-7-6 (Zetus and Posey), 613 acres on 16-8-5 (Highway 550), 506 acres on 16-8-6 (Highway 550), 486 acres on 16-8-8 (Old Highway 51) and 164 acres on 16-8-9 (Heuck’s Retreat Road).

• The next board meeting is scheduled for March 16.