Coordinated School Health

Coordinated School Health

Our Mission: 

To improve students' health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities, and schools.

"Now is the time for our schools to bring together innovative programs to promote health and wellness among staff and students.  Our main focus is to improve the lives of our youth by remembering that children must be healthy to be educated and educated to be healthy."

Where health and academics merge to create student success!

Coordinated School Health-Tennessee Department of Education

You are invited to join our Healthy Schools Teams!

Lincoln County Schools are continuously looking for parents and community members to serve on our Healthy Schools Teams.  These teams meet periodically to review the health and wellness policies and practices at each school.  If you would like to serve as part of the Healthy School Team at your child's school please call their school directly or Lincoln County Schools Coordinated School Health office at (931)251-3220.

Coordinated School Health

    

2025 - 2026   504 Child Find

 According to section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 Lincoln County School District has a duty to identify, refer, evaluate, and if eligible, provide a free appropriate public education to disabled students.

 For additional information about the rights of parents of eligible children or for answers to any questions you might have about identification, evaluation, and placement into Section 504 programs please contact the District Section 504 Coordinator,

Terri Smith   931- 251-3220    email: tsmith@ lcdoe.org

De conformidad con la sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, el Distrito Escolar del Condado de Lincoln tiene el deber de identificar, referir, evaluar y, si es elegible, brindar una educación pública gratuita y apropiada a los estudiantes discapacitados.

Para obtener información adicional sobre los derechos de los padres de niños elegibles o para obtener respuestas a cualquier pregunta que pueda tener sobre la identificación, evaluación y ubicación en los programas de la Sección 504, comuníquese con la Coordinadora de la Sección 504 del Distrito,

Terri Smith 931 251 3220         por correo electrónico a tsmith@ lcdoe.org

2025 - 2026 Office of Civil Rights

The Lincoln County School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. The following person(s) has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: 

Terri Smith *  909 Main Ave S Fayetteville, TN 37334 *  931-251 -3220

Inquiries may also be made to the Office for Civil Rights. The address of the regional office, which covers Tennessee, is: United States Department of Education  Office for Civil Rights  Atlanta Office Southern Division  61 Forsyth St., S.W.  Suite 19T70, Atlanta, GA 30303   (404) 974-9406    

El Distrito Escolar del Condado de Lincoln no discrimina por motivos de raza, color, origen nacional, sexo, discapacidad o edad en sus programas y actividades. La siguiente persona ha sido designada para manejar consultas sobre las políticas de no discriminación:

Terri Smith, 909 Main Ave S Fayetteville, teléfono 37334, 931 251 3220. 

También se pueden hacer consultas a la Oficina de Derechos Civiles. La dirección de la oficina regional, que cubre Tennessee, es: Departamento de Educación de los Estados Unidos Oficina de Derechos Civiles Oficina de Atlanta, División Sur 61 Forsyth St., S.W. Suite 19T70 Atlanta, GA 30303 (404) 974-9406


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Nutrition Assessment 2022-2023

The Healthy School Teams in each school met and completed the School Health Index Nutrition Module. Below are the results from each school.

Blanche School : Strengths: Provides a variety of healthy choices. Staff provides a clean environment to eat meals. Staff prepares food with safe methods. Needs: Unable to provide free breakfast to all students. Teachers reinforce healthy food choices as time allows.

Flintville School: Strengths: Students have a variety of choices with breakfast and lunch. Staff is trained and prepared. Cafeteria is clean and safe. Needs: No outside venues or collaborations.

Highland Rim School: Strengths: School lunch program. Multiple alternative points of sale are available. There is a variety of offerings available for meals and healthy food purchasing/preparation practices all in place. Smarter lunchroom techniques are used to promote healthy food/beverage choices. Adequate time is given to eat meals. Yearly continuing education and training all required. Food safety training is covered. Preparedness for food emergencies is covered. Needs: Some but not all strategies are in place to maximize participation in school breakfast program. There are no venues outside of the cafeteria that offer fruits and veggies. There is minimal collaboration between school nutrition services staff members and teachers. A clean, safe, pleasant environment is provided as much as possible. The school is implementing some farm to school activities.

Lincoln County High School: Strengths: Great breakfast and lunch programs. Plenty of time to have meals. Cafeteria is well maintained and very clean. Staff is friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable. Staff is trained in food safety. Good variety of food that our students will eat. Needs: We don't have consistent venues outside the cafeteria that offer fruits and vegetables. We would like to incorporate more farm to school choices. We need more options for grab and go.

South Lincoln School: Strengths: Offer a variety of choices at lunch. Maintain a clean and orderly cafeteria. Needs: Provide students with healthy options outside of the cafeteria and throughout the day. Provide accessible vending machines with healthy options. Work with local extension office to provide farm to table experiences.

Unity School: Strengths: The school offers breakfast and lunch daily. Strategies are used to maximize participation. Needs: Offer opportunity for students to have options or substitutions for meals.

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