School News from around Kentucky

• In Jefferson County - Bowen Elementary 5th graders "get high" with their principal.
• Newport Firefighters Union awards scholarships.
• Northern Kentucky University gets $1.5 million endowment.
• University of Louisville student indicted in bomb hoax.
• Danville teacher reprimanded for showing R-rated movie, "The Departed," in school.
• State auditor looks at Harlan County school project costs.
• KDE denies Elizabethtown Independent Schools’ first annexation attempts.
• Henderson County non-academic data mixed.
• Henry County adopts new dress code to clarify "gray areas" in old policy.
• Franklin County High School girls geta glimpse of prison life at Pewee Valley.
• 5 vie for interim superintendent spot at Glasgow.
• Clark County policy requires drivers and others to consent to random drug and alcohol testing.
• Caution: Adults at Play as Shepherdsville Elementary dedicates $80,000 playground.
• Board delays vote on motion to terminate Bullitt County Edu Assn contract.
• Somerset Independent coach suspended, then resigns after report he slapped his daughter during a match.
• Staff developers to assist Campbell County teachers.
• National Guard, Kenton County schools to share building.
• Mercer, Harrodsburg send off 200 in first joint graduation.
• Henderson County considers a new kind of school for "disconnected" students.
• Coaching rumors swirl in Phelps.
• Phoned threat of "fireworks" at Mason County HS.
• Two arrests at Pulaski County Middle School, alleged terroristic threatening.
• Russell High School students help build wind turbine to light school.
• Bowling Green think tank survey under scrutiny.
• Henderson County school board dismissed from athlete's death suit.
• Knox County Board votes to keep the school open after citizens' plea.
• Hardin County Schools Board rebuffs teachers’ association requests.
• Transportation employees in Bullitt County to vote on Teamsters representation, or not.
• Former Lexington mayor angry after Fayette Co. board accepts competitor's higher bid to buy Athens.
• Boyle school board proposes 'strong' tentative budget despite inadequate funding.
• Jessamine teachers to get a raise of nearly 10 percent.
• City, federal and university law enforcement officials discuss ways to improve campus safety.
• Neighbors protest school site selection; Logan County Board reaffirms intentions.
• Ex-Johnson County school official seeks separate trial.