Lakeland School System Lays Out Plan For Returning To School

With the first day of school less than a month away, Dr. Ted Horrell released a video this morning (July 15, 2020) announcing the...

School Board: Goal Is To Open Schools

Schools Opening In August? The July school board meeting was held virtually last evening (7/14/20) and all board members, as well as Superintendent Ted Horrell,...

LSB meets Monday by remote

The Lakeland School Board (LSB) will meet electronically (due to COVID-19) at 5:45 p.m. Monday (7.13.20). Link to agenda: https://lakelandk12.org/res/web/FY20-21/07.13.20%20BM/07.13.20%20Business%20Meeting%20Agenda.pdf To submit a public comment email...

COVID-19 report for 6.26.20 – Lakeland superintendent talks of schools re-opening

(Editor’s note: Lakeland Commissioner Wesley Wright “sits in” for the Tuesday/Friday briefings of the City of Memphis Shelby County Joint COVID Task Force, mayors...

Lakeland Prep athletics. What sports? What classification?

by Matt Wright, former school board member  One of the most discussed topics over the years has always been what sports would Lakeland Prep participate...

Five lions are coming to Lakeland

This fall you should start seeing five four-footed lions in Lakeland, but they will be the fiberglass kind. Brittney Buchanan, executive director of the Lakeland...

Second Helping

By Deborah Thomas, Lakeland School Board member The City of Lakeland and St. Paul United Methodist Church partnered for the second time in two months...

LSB: #1 question about fall classes has no answer yet

The Lakeland School Board (LSB) met electronically Monday night (6.8.20) because of COVID-19 and Dr. Ted Horrell, Lakeland School System (LSS) superintendent, acknowledged the...