Winter storm closes Fayette schools Friday for the second day in a row
All public schools in Fayette County will be closed Friday January 7, 2022, “in anticipation of winter weather and hazardous road conditions,” district officials said. “Due to hazardous road and … Click to Continue »
Bills regulating remote learning, decision-making in Ky. schools get tentative approval
Two bills focused on controversies in Kentucky schools were approved Thursday by the Kentucky Senate Education Committee and sent to the full Senate for a vote. ▪ Senate Bill 25 … Click to Continue »
Fayette joins dozens of other school districts in canceling classes for Thursday.
At least 40 Kentucky school districts on Wednesday night announced in-person closings for Thursday and in some cases, schools closed for the rest of the week citing an impending winter … Click to Continue »
UK employee who broke into 860 dorm suites over winter break has been fired, charged.
A University of Kentucky housing employee has been fired after they broke into approximately 860 residence hall suites and stole items left behind by students over the winter break, the … Click to Continue »
105 student COVID cases reported as Fayette schools reopen; 298 quarantined
105 new Fayette student COVID cases were reported on Tuesday, the first day schools reopened after a two-week holiday break. That compares with 17 new student COVID cases two months … Click to Continue »
Georgetown College names new president, the first woman to lead the school.
Georgetown College has named its next president, the first woman to serve in the role, the school announced Tuesday. Rosemary Allen will be the 26th president of Georgetown College. She … Click to Continue »
Lexington Catholic High School will have police on campus after Snapchat threat
Police will be on campus Tuesday at Lexington Catholic High School and at the school’s basketball game Tuesday night following a threat on the social media platform Snapchat. Lexington Catholic … Click to Continue »
UK spring semester: Shorter isolation times, masking to continue on campus
The University of Kentucky has adopted new CDC-recommended quarantine times and has purchased two KN95 masks for students and employees, President Eli Capilouto said Monday. The changes come as the … Click to Continue »
Will plans for Lexington’s new middle school ‘languish’? Action required for 2024 opening.
If Fayette school board members don’t rebid Lexington’s postponed new middle school by February, it won’t open by August 2024. That’s a concern for board member Tom Jones, who at … Click to Continue »
Lexington teacher deals with long-term effects after COVID
Christa Roney, Cardinal Valley Elementary instructional coach, talks about her long-term symptoms she still deals with over a year after contracting COVID-19 October 2020. … Click to Continue »
‘I would shut the door and cry.’ Some KY teachers struggle with lingering effects of COVID.
Months after Christa Roney got COVID, the instructional coach at Lexington’s Cardinal Valley Elementary School, “was so tired after a couple of hours of work, that I would shut the … Click to Continue »
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