By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 — The Bardstown Board of Education approved a recommendation to award the contract to operate its on-campus health clinic to Physicians to Children. Superintendent Brent Holsclaw said the health clinic’s first year proved the concept was beneficial to the district’s staff, students […]
By RONDA HARMON Executive Director, Kentucky Association of School Councils Monday, Sept. 11, 2017 — The new school year is always a season of fresh starts and opportunities. On the outside, the community sees the hard work in sports, the band, and other activities. Inside, this is a time when the school council moves from typical […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Sept. 8, 2017 — The Nelson County Board of Education received updates Thursday on the district’s plans to create a School Resource Officer position, hire more school nurses, and the changes underway at Horizons school. Robbie Leathers, the district’s director of pupil personnel, and Cheryl […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017 — After considerable debate about the district’s funding needs, the Nelson County Board of Education voted 4 to 1 to approve a new tax rate that will generate a 4 percent increase in tax revenue. The vote followed a public hearing during […]
By SYLVIA HORLANDER Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Sept. 4, 2017 — “The first event of its kind” — that’s how Dorothy White, the executive director of the Nelson County Schools Community Support Foundation, described an upcoming alumni fundraiser called “Tailgate Time. Tailgate Time is set to precede one of the county’s […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017 — The committee that will evaluate health clinic proposals for the Bardstown City Schools hit the ground running at its first meeting Tuesday afternoon at the district’s Central Office. Superintendent Brent Holsclaw gave the Health Clinic Provider Committee an overview of its […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017 — Join alumni from all Nelson County high schools at 5:30 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 8 at Nelson County High School for an alumni tailgating event before the annual game with Bardstown High School. Your $20 ticket gains entrance to the game and buys […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017 — While no consequential research on Site-Based Decision Making (SBDM) councils has been conducted since former University of Kentucky professor Jane Clark Lindle’s analysis 16 years ago, evidence abounds that this abnormal approach toward governing public schools is doing little to fulfill […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 — The Nelson County Schools’ alternative school Horizons Academy will be re-organized to better meet the needs of the students of the district. The Nelson County Board of Education approve the reorganization plan presented at its regular board meeting Tuesday by Kim […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 — The Nelson County Board of Education approved the process it will use to create the committee that will search for and evaluate the candidates for the district’s next superintendent. As required by state law, the committee will consist of: two […]
