NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Monday, March 2, 2015, 11 a.m. — A new Bluegrass Institute report released today cautions state education leaders nationwide not to accept cave into growing pressure triggered by Common Core State Standards to include “performance” testing ideas in their new school-assessment programs – especially if those decisions are […]
Friday, Feb. 27, 2015 — Hundreds of education advocates and generous hearts will come together on Saturday, March 7 to celebrate more than 40 years of child education at St. Jospeh Montessori Children’s Center. The 7th annual Celebration for Education “Boots and Bling” gala and auction is 5-7 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at the Blue […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, 10 p.m. — The Nelson County Schools board of education unanimously approved a 13-year agreement that will gradually reduce the number of students who live in the Nelson County school district but attend the Bardstown Independent Schools. The agreement starts with a […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, 8 p.m. — The Bardstown Independent Schools will join an elite group of schools who have joined a program to help them focus on preparing students to excel at science and math in high school. Cara Blackmon, the district’s director of curriculum, […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, 11:55 p.m. — The Nelson County Schools’ next construction project is likely to be the expansion of the district’s Early Learning Center (ELC) on Cardinal Drive in Bardstown. During the board of education’s monthly working session Tuesday, chief operating officer Tim Hockensmith […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015, 11 p.m. — After voting at its last meeting not to approve out-of-district contracts with the Bardstown City Independent School District, the Nelson County Board of Education heard that progress is being made on the issue. At its working session Thursday evening, […]
By JIM WATERS Bluegrass Institute for Public Policy Solutions Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, 9 p.m. – National Fun at Work Day. National Kazoo Day. National Blueberry Pancake Day. They all occur on Wed., Jan. 28. Who knew so much could happen on a single “Hump Day?” A more-important event that week – the fifth annual National […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, 11:45 p.m. — Nelson County Sheriff Ed Mattingly has advised the Nelson County Schools that his office will no longer fund the School Resource Officer (SRO) position at Nelson County High School. In a letter to Nelson Fiscal Court dated Monday, Jan. […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015, 11 p.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education approved contracts for out-of-district students with all the surrounding districts with the exception of one — the Bardstown Independent Schools. The board’s unanimous vote follows several months of discussion at board working sessions […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 11 p.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education approved a draft of the 2015-16 budget that was accompanied by ominous warnings from Tim Hockensmith, the district’s chief operating officer, of possible financial trouble ahead. The draft budget assumes the board will […]
