Funding has been secured and equipment will be in on time to make sure new playground equipment at Lincoln School in Clinton can be installed this summer.

A presentation to the Clinton Board of Education last year indicated the dated equipment currently at the school needs to be updated for several reasons. Clinton Schools Superintendent Curt Nettles says the equipment will be installed by district staff.

Russell Long, with the Clinton Community Education Foundation, indicates they are pleased to be helping out financially with this project. He was surprised to learn there are pieces of the playground equipment on the campus now that aren't suitable for kids of the Pre-K to 1st-grade ages. 

The CCEF recently awarded a dozen teacher grants to Clinton schools' classrooms. Nettles is excited to see the things those teachers and students will be doing with those gifts from the CCEF and is always appreciative of the support of what the non-profit arm of the school does for them.