[1] In December 2013 the district selected as its superintendent Dr. Ted Horrell, the principal of Germantown High School,[2] and a former principal of Millington Central High School.

[3] As of January 2014 the school district established a survey on Surveymonkey to gauge parental attitudes on several issues.

As of that year, the residents are served by Shelby County Schools with elementary students attending Lakeland Elementary School and more than 1,200 students from Lakeland in higher grades attending campuses in Arlington and Bartlett.

[4] In early 2014, some residents of the Bolton community sought annexation with Lakeland, partly so the unincorporated area could join a municipal school district.

[5] The vote for annexation went before the Lakeland City Board on June 12, 2014 and failed.