My familys grown up here, I go to church here.

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Thomas LaVerde has a wife and two children.

LaVerde has eight and a half years of tactical experience, including six and a half years as a SWAT member and two years as a special response tactical officer for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Thomas LaVerde running for school board

Thomas has six and a half years of experience as a Special Weapons and Tactics member and two years as a special response tactical officer for the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Thomas previously served as a school resource officer.

As of January 2, 2026, Thomas LaVerde did not have a website or any information online.

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Supports ensuring all students have access to quality education.

- Supports ensuring all students have access to quality education.

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Tony A. Jenkins (Lincoln County Board of Education At-Large, North ...

Tony A. Jenkins has worked as a firefighter.

Tony has intermittently served on the board of education since 2000.

Believes a new school will need to be built on the eastern side of the county within the next five years.

- Believes a new school will need to be built on the eastern side of the county within the next five years.

As of January 2, 2026, Tony A. Jenkins did not have a website or any information online.

Wants to ensure pay rates for county employees are comparable to other counties so the system doesn’t lose staff to other areas.

- Wants to ensure pay rates for county employees are comparable to other counties so the system doesn’t lose staff to other areas.

Supports placing student resource officers in elementary schools but believes funding will need to be sourced.

- Supports placing student resource officers in elementary schools but believes funding will need to be sourced.

Tony A. Jenkins

As of January 2, 2026, Tony A. Jenkins’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. They create policies that establish standards, accountability and evaluation of essential operations of the school system.
- The Board of Education member hires a superintendent and can remove them when necessary. The superintendent assists the Board of Education in implementing the board’s policies. 
- The Board of Education is charged with deciding the school budget. This means they decide how to allocate money between different services, such as teacher pay, repairing school facilities, or access to technology.
- Board of Education members are elected every four years. 

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