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Fern Creek High School implements new safety measures for upcoming football games
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Fern Creek High School has now implemented new safety measures for those attending football games for the rest of the season. The principal sent a letter to Fern Creek High School families about the new safety measures that will be in place at all Friday night sporting events.
Vote for Louisville-area high school volleyball regular-season Player of the Year
As we get closer to the KHSAA volleyball postseason, several Louisville-area players have put on amazing performances. We're asking you — our readers — to vote for the best regular-season player. Voting is underway, and polls will close at noon Oct. 15. The winner will be announced Oct. 16. ...
Tuesday is the last day for JCPS parents to apply to receive a gas stipend
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Tuesday is the last day for parents of students enrolled at 44 schools within Jefferson County Public Schools to register to receive gas stipend money from August and September. JCPS will send parents who drive their students to school $10 per day for each day the...
Opinion: How did Louisville spend its American Rescue Funds? Not on clean air for kids.
Does dangerous pollution matter in terms of impacting school success? Yes. What is the secret sauce for getting students to learn better? Students perform better when they are in neighborhoods with clean air and perform poorly when the air near their school is highly toxic. But why do some neighborhoods have toxic air and others have relatively clean air? How do high levels of toxic air impact school achievement? Why is this information not provided to the public? My research team recently obtained publicly available data from the Jefferson County Public Schools and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Toxics Release Inventory....
Kentucky's lieutenant governor leans on her teaching roots in fighting a school choice measure
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman was in campaign mode Monday, railing against a ballot measure that would allow Kentucky tax money to go toward students attending private and charter schools. The issue hits home for Coleman, a former public school teacher and administrator who has taken a lead role campaigning against the proposal on the statewide ballot. If a simple majority of Kentucky voters approve it next month, the measure would remove constitutional barriers that have blocked the state’s Republican-dominated Legislature from using public funds to support private school education. Speaking at a union hall in Kentucky’s largest city, Coleman warned of dire consequences for public schools, especially in rural areas, if the measure wins approval. “We simply don’t have the resources to fund two separate systems of education,” Coleman said. “But also we shouldn’t be because public dollars should stay in public schools.”
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