Schools Delayed Due to Water Crisis | Lexington News

Lexington News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 6, 2026 · 1m

Casey County Schools are delaying the start of the school year by a full week to tackle a critical water shortage, conserving resources while planning to add five minutes to each school day to make up for lost time. Water conservation extends to sports teams, who now receive bottled water instead of using school facilities, and campus maintenance like pressure washing and bus cleaning has been scaled back. Inside classrooms, fountains may be phased out in favor of bottled water to reduce waste — and students are surprisingly embracing the extra break, even as the district works to keep things…