A grant worth over a million dollars is going to allow Lincoln High School to install solar panels at their campus and supply nearly 80-percent of their energy consumption through solar energy.

Tuesday morning on the WHOW Morning Show, Superintendent Bob Bagby told Regional Radio News it was a long, tedious process but it is a huge win for the district and will be the highlight of their summer maintenance work. 

Bagby indicates they plan to place the panels on the roof of their facility. He notes to make way for the panels and make installation easier, they will transition to a metal roof.

In years past, the Board of Education in Lincoln had the chance to add more panels to the ground for better coverage and even partner with neighboring entities and farmers but they declined. 

Bagby estimates the panels operating at full capacity by the end of September.