By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, 2 p.m. — The Bardstown Independent Schools board of education met Tuesday to receive a report on the district’s fiscal year 2015 audit from Jason Strange with Smith & Company CPAs. The audit gave the district a clean bill of health and […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015 — Today’s “Bradford & Brooks” radio show will give listeners a chance to sound off on the Nelson County Schools board of education’s idea to restructure the Boston and New Haven Schools, making one a middle school and one an elementary school instead of […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, 11:55 p.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education voted Tuesday night to table discussions of changing the K-8 structure of the New Haven or Boston schools for the immediate future. Tuesday night’s meeting began at the district’s Central Office, but was […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Monday, Nov. 16, 2015, 11 p.m. — A large and passionate crowd filled the gym at Boston School Monday night to send a message to the county school board that says: “Leave our schools alone!” More than 200 people — including teachers, parents, and cross section […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, 11:55 p.m. — A discussion about a new federal requirement to measure the equitable distribution of effective classroom teachers prompted the Nelson County board of education to turn their discussion to its collective concern over low test scores at the New Haven […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, 10 p.m. — Ensuring every student in every county school has access to quality teachers is the goal of a new accountability measure the Nelson County Schools will be tracking starting this year. The new measure is part of the […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015 — With Halloween now behind us, the upcoming holidays mean everyone looks forward to spending more time with their family and enjoying everyone’s favorite holiday recipes. Who doesn’t enjoy gathering around the table to share their favorite specialties in a holiday meal […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, 11:49 p.m. — The county school district is making progress in reducing the number of incoming kindergarten students who aren’t academically ready to start the kindergarten curriculum. This assessment was presented to the Nelson County Board of Education at its monthly meeting […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015, 9 p.m. — The Bardstown Board of Education reviewed the district’s results of the recently released K-PREP test scores at its meeting Tuesday, and also heard of initial plans for continued improvement at the district’s schools. Cara Blackmon, the district’s director of […]
By DR. CARL P. ROLLINS Director, Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority Monday, Oct. 12, 2015 — As has been reported in recent news articles, the amount of student loan debt nationwide exceeds $1.2 trillion and the average debt load of students borrowing for college is about $30,000. We are fortunate in Kentucky that our average […]
