School News from around Kentucky

• First reading on expanded drug policy at Corbin HS.
• Boyle County and Danville Independent support toughter drinking ordinance.
• Frankfort Independent HS committee considers requiring upperclasspersons to eat in new cafeteria.
• Shelby County: portables now, new building later.
• Campbell County teacher returns after suspension; pays for his own anger therapy.
• Oldham County boosts security. Machine scans ID, checks sex offender registry.
• 81.4 is short-term district target in Nicholas County.
• Kentucky Schools Commissioner search follows the "Barnhart plan:" Finalists remain secret.
• Architect's report supports new gym for Owensboro HS.
• School security cameras nab computer thieves in Washington County.
• Former Jefferson County bookkeeper indicted; $34,000 in forged checks and cash.
• Lawrence County moves graduation for track finals.
• Staff Sergeant visits his kindergarten penpals at Argillite Elementary.
• Courier-Journal opines Bullitt County principal overreACTed by preventing Biblical book report.
• KDE mandates Graves County consolidation.
• Gubernatorial candidates talk up education; few specifics.