This company is offering free internet to students with no access. Here’s how it works.
Households with school-age children and college students can now get free internet for two months, Spectrum and Charter Communications announced Monday. The company is offering speeds up to 100 or … Click to Continue »
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Fayette County schools won’t raise property tax rate
Given the economic challenges the coronavirus pandemic has brought to families in Lexington, Fayette Superintendent Manny Caulk said, he did not feel this was the right time to ask for … Click to Continue »
The University of Kentucky will now randomly test students for COVID-19
For the remainder of the fall semester the University of Kentucky will be performing random, required testing for COVID-19 among its students, the university announced Friday. About 400 students will … Click to Continue »
Some 2021 Kentucky high school grads could get free tuition at this in-state university
Starting next fall, incoming first-time Kentucky freshmen could be able to attend Western Kentucky University tuition-free, the school announced Thursday. In-state students who fill out a Free Application for Federal … Click to Continue »
UK activists use backpacks to symbolize projected student COVID-19 deaths
University of Kentucky senior Khari Gardner talked about why student and employee activists placed 70 backpacks Thursday (Sept. 17,2020) in front of the Main Building to symbolize possible UK student deaths from COVID-19. … Click to Continue »
UK won’t have spring break. Student group pushes for more COVID-19 safety measures.
University of Kentucky students and faculty will not get a spring break next semester, the university announced in a release Thursday. Thanks to a condensed academic calendar designed to discourage … Click to Continue »
‘Learning pods’ catch on during the pandemic. Here’s how one in Lexington works.
Brianne Sherman of Lexington goes to work each day secure in the knowledge that her son, Logan, 6, is getting his non-traditional learning, or NTI, school work done along with … Click to Continue »
Salvation Army supports families with ‘learning pods’, tutors
Students attend learning pods where they have a place to do their virtual school work with tutors at the Salvation Army in Lexington, Ky., Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. … Click to Continue »
School rally: ‘Give the parents a choice’ for in-person classes
A group of parents who want Fayette County Public School students to return to in-person classes as soon as possible protested in front of Central Office on Monday during the school board planning meeting. … Click to Continue »
Fayette schools won’t return to in-person learning until at least early October
Fayette County Public School students won’t be returning to in-person classes until at least after the fall break on Oct. 1 and 2, district officials said Monday as a group … Click to Continue »
Kentucky’s K-12 coronavirus guide explained
Dr. Steven Stack, Kentucky’s public health commissioner, outlined the new guidance for K-12 schools in Kentucky to follow for levels of COVID-19 percentages by county. … Click to Continue »
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