NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Education News Thursday, May 3, 2018 — Thomas Nelson Assistant Principal Courtney H. Newton has been appointed interim principal for TNHS during the search process for a new principal. Former principal Wes Bradley has already begun his tenure as superintendent for the Nelson County Schools system. A Thomas Nelson educator […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Sunday, April 22, 2018 — It’s often the coach who gets forced out even though it’s the players who lose games. Sometimes education commissioners resign under pressure, as Stephen Pruitt did, even though the entire system shares responsibility for Kentucky’s black eighth-grade students’ abysmal 9 percent […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Aug. 20, 2018 — The Nelson County Schools Board of Education named Thomas Nelson High School principal Wes Bradley the district’s next superintendent. The vote was 4-1, with board member Diane Berry voting no. Berry said she felt Bradley lacked experience necessary for the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, April 20, 2018 — The Bardstown Board of Education met briefly at noon Friday, and in a unanimous vote, selected Dr. Ryan Clark as the district’s next superintendent. In a press release, Clark said he plans to continue to build the district’s history of academic […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, April 18, 2018 — In a special-called meeting Tuesday, April 17, the Bardstown Elementary School Site Based Decision Making Council announced Brian Courtney had been selected as the school’s new principal. Courtney has been serving as sixth-grade assistant principal of Marion C. Moore Middle School in Louisville […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, April 18, 2018 — The Nelson County Board of Education gave its blessing Tuesday evening to a plan to improve middle school football for Bloomfield Middle and Old Kentucky Home Middle schools. The approved a proposal for the two schools to join their football programs […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, April 17, 2018 — The Kentucky General Assembly’s override of Gov. Matt Bevin’s vetoes has school finance officers back at work making calculations for the next school year’s budget. District Treasurer Tracey Rogers said the General Assembly’s approval of a bill that gives the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, April 16, 2018 — Teachers, administrators and stakeholders of the Bardstown City Schools packed the school board meeting room Monday night to meet the three candidates seeking the position of district superintendent. Phil Eason, the district’s consultant from the Kentucky Association of School Administrators, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Community News Monday, April 16, 2018 — The Classes of 2018 from Nelson County High and Thomas Nelson High and alumni from all Nelson County Schools are invited to a reception in their honor April 26 at Thomas Nelson High School. Activities begin at 5 p.m. The event will feature […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO Community News Monday, April 16, 2018 — The Central Kentucky Community Foundation (CKCF) is reminding businesses and individuals that philanthropic donations to the organization are gifts eligible for the Endow Kentucky tax credit program. The CKCF serves a nine-county region that includes Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, LaRue, Marion, Meade, Nelson […]
