By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, 11 p.m. — The Bardstown City Schools will begin the process of creating a district wide strategic plan in the near future after the board of education approved hiring a facilitator to guide the way forward. At its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Friday, Feb 3, 2017, 11:40 p.m. – The Nelson County Board of Education held a working session Thursday, Feb. 3, 2017, and discussed preliminary MAP test results from the New Haven School, as well as some of the challenges educators face at the school. Running time: About 30 minutes. […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, 11 a.m. (ADDED video, 11 p.m. Feb. 3) — The Nelson County Board of Education spent part of its working session Thursday discussing the assistant principal positions for the New Haven and Boston schools, and the educational challenges being addressed at the […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, 12:40 a.m. – The Nelson County Board of Education met in regular session Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, and approved a staffing formula that will have the New Haven and Boston schools sharing one assistant principal position. The board is expected to consider other staffing options for that […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, 12:30 a.m. – The Bardstown Board of Education met in regular session Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017. The board approved a one year extension of Superintendent Brett Holsclaw’s contract; reviewed the draft 2017-18 district budget; approved the 2017-18 school calendar and received a report from Principal […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, 11 p.m. — The Bardstown Board of Education unanimously approved a motion to give Superintendent Brent Holsclaw a one-year extension of his employment contract. Introduced by Jim Roby, the board’s new chair at Tuesday’s board meeting, the intent of the extension […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, 11:45 p.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education approved a staffing formula Tuesday night that will mean that the New Haven School and Boston School will share an assistant principal position in the 2017-18 school year — though the board plans […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, 10 p.m. — The Elizabethtown Independent School Board recently became the first local education oversight body in Kentucky to express collective hostility toward giving parents the option of a different type of public school experience for their children. It passed a resolution claiming […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, Dec. 26, 2016, 11 p.m. – The Bardstown Board of Education met in regular session Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016 and approved a bid of $120,120 submitted by Vincent R. Downs for the purchase of the former alternative school building (the former Cox’s Creek school). The board also reviewed and […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016, 1 a.m. — Superintendent Brent Holsclaw received high marks from the Bardstown Board of Education following his evaluation by the board in a closed meeting Tuesday. The evaluation praised his pursuit of hiring the best educators possible for the district and increasing minority […]
