By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Country Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, 11:45 p.m. — The Nelson County Board of Education approved a pilot program that will install GPS devices on the district’s non-school bus vehicles. Tim Hockensmith, the district’s chief operating office, told the board that the program’s goal is not find fault […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, 10:30 p.m. — The Bardstown Independent Schools board of education unanimously approved the district’s annual financial review Tuesday after a detailed presentation about the district’s 2013-14 audit. Jason Strange of Smith & Company CPAs, discussed the audit with the board and said […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, 9:45 p.m. — The Nelson County School District Board of Education heard details Thursday of a pilot program that would install GPS devices on district-owned vehicles, excluding — for now — the district’s fleet of school buses. District Chief Operating Officer Tim […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Nov. 6, 2014, 9:30 p.m. — The principals of Foster Heights Elementary, New Haven School and Nelson County High School attended the board meeting to report what they learned from their school’s K-PREP scores and their plans for the coming school year to continue […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2014, 1 a.m. — Nelson County Schools Superintendent Anthony Orr and the board of education received a detailed briefing of the district’s recently released K-PREP scores — a briefing that left Orr smiling. “Everywhere we look in the district we see good things […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014, 9 p.m. — The Bardstown Independent Schools board of education reviewed the district’s 2013-14 K-Prep scores and found plenty of reasons to celebrate. Though the district’s overall score narrowly missed the “proficient” mark, Superintendent Brent Holsclaw pointed out that the scores still […]
NC GAZETTE / WBRT RADIO STAFF REPORT Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, 5 p.m. — As part of the nationwide America’s Legislators Back to School Program, Sen. Jimmy Higdon will visit New Haven School later this month. Higdon will teach civics and public service to 70 fifth-graders beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 21. Kentucky lawmakers […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014, 7 p.m. — As the new school year begins, the Nelson County Board of Education is concerned with raising parents’ participation in their children’s education. The discussion evolved from a presentation by Tim Beck about the classroom environment aspects of the Professional […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014, 11:45 p.m. — The site-based council at each of the county’s school will have more money for instructional materials after the Nelson County Board of Education voted to restore part of the Section 6 funding it had to cut last year. The […]
By JIM BROOKS Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio Friday, Sept. 5, 2014 — With the new school year underway, the Nelson County Board of Education discussed classroom staffing levels at its working session Thursday evening. Tim Hockensmith, the district’s chief operating officer, told the board the district’s overall enrollment — excluding pre-school — had […]
