Fourth-graders honor city school board during board recognition month
Members of Ms. Rebecca Mudd’s fourth-grade class prepare to read their poetry to the board during School Board Recognition Month on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.
By JIM BROOKS
Nelson County Gazette / WBRT Radio
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018 — The Bardstown City Schools celebrated School Board Recognition Month late due to a snow day on the day of the January board meeting.
“A board member’s work is often behind the scenes,” Superintendent Brent Holsclaw told the audience at the Feb. 20 board meeting. “This is a time when we recognize what our board members do for us everyday.”
Bardstown Elementary School fourth-graders from Ms. Rebecca Mudd’s classroom were introduced for a special presentation to honor each board member.
Each fourth-grader wrote a poem to a specific board member, with each poem personalized to include aspects of their career, hobbies, etc. Each board member received a copy of their poem after each was read.
After the student presentation was complete, Mudd noted that while Superintendent Brent Holsclaw was not a board member, with his coming retirement, it was only appropriate that he too have recognition of his service.
Mudd’s poem was an emotional thank you to Holsclaw for his years of service as superintendent and wishing him well on his upcoming retirement.
The Bardstown Board of Education.
INCREASED INTEREST IN VOCATIONAL TRAINING. During his superintendent’s report, Holsclaw told the board that the goal of increasing the district’s enrolment at the Nelson County Area Technology Center has exceeded expectations.
In 2015, the district set a goal of having 100 students enrolled at the Nelson County ATC by the start of the 2019-20 school year.
The district is well ahead of that goal, he said, with 146 students already enrolled for the start of classes this fall.
The offerings at the ATC are an important part of the district’s college and career readiness, he said.
In other business, the board:
— The district voted to accept two offers of assistance from the Kentucky Education Technology System totalling $35,347. The money requires a match when it is spent, and the board decided to take the option to escrow the funds due to the uncertainty regarding state education funding. The district can escrow the funds for up to three years.
— approved non-resident contracts with other school districts with the exception of Nelson County. Nelson County and Bardstown have an agreement in place to limit the number of county school district students who can leave to attend the city schools.
— approved a change order in the bus garage to relocate some sprinkler heads whose discharge would be blocked if they were activated when the overhead doors were raised.
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