KCTCS names the community college system’s next president
The interim president of Kentucky’s community college system will soon drop his interim tag. After a national search, Paul Czarapata was selected as the next president of the Kentucky Community … Click to Continue »
At least 488 students and staff quarantined last week in Fayette County schools
COVID-19 quarantines have more than tripled in Fayette County schools. The number of Fayette students and staff who were in quarantine away from classrooms because they had been exposed to … Click to Continue »
Fayette schools criminalizing, punishing Black students disproportionately, groups say
The Fayette County Public Schools district is “policing, criminalizing, and punishing students” of color at disproportionate rates, officials of three advocacy groups announced this week. The national Grassroots Law Project, … Click to Continue &…
‘I kept students safe.’ Central KY superintendent ousted because of COVID decisions.
When Clark Superintendent Paul Christy’s contract was not renewed Monday by his school board in a 3-2 vote, he pointed to his decision to keep classrooms closed during the pandemic … Click to Continue »
‘Do children … need to be embarrassed?’ Fayette could end cheese sandwich penalty.
The Fayette County school board is exploring how to end a controversial policy in which students with unpaid school meal bills are offered an alternative lunch of a cheese sandwich … Click to Continue »
He learned to YoYo during pandemic. Now Lexington 7th grader is viral, TV ‘sensation.’
Last February just before the pandemic hit, Ron Mack bought his son Stoney, a Lexington seventh grader, a YoYo, thinking “it’d get lost under his bed after a couple of … Click to Continue »
Lexington yo-yo expert gains Instagram fame, appears on FOX’s Game of Talents
Lexington yo-yo expert Stoney Mack performs his tricks to his Instagram audience of more than 90,000 followers. The Edith J. Hayes 7th grader appeared on FOX network’s Game of Talents Wednesday, April 14th. … Click to Continue »
Kentucky group part of landmark physics experiment that points to a ‘gap in our knowledge’
On a February Zoom call, a team of University of Kentucky professors held their breath alongside hundreds of their colleagues across the country, waiting to find out the results of … Click to Continue »
Parents must decide quickly if they want kids to repeat unprecedented COVID school year
Families in Fayette who think their child suffered academically during the pandemic have just two weeks until May 1 to request a repeat year under a new state law. Under … Click to Continue »
Fayette advertising for new school superintendent. Only finalists will be revealed.
A nationwide search is in full swing to find a new superintendent for Fayette County schools just as the district is returning to in-person learning after months of a COVID-19 … Click to Continue »
Jewish students look to battle ignorance after reported UK student use of Nazi salute
Ever since she began following the account, Melanie Gelernter feared she’d see her school mentioned. “I always sort of had a fear in the back of my brain. I just … Click to Continue »
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