School News from around Kentucky

• Former Newport teacher + pot = probation
• Seven northern Kentucky students in first Academy of Math and Science
• Talented Ludlow kid mades it all work
• Dixie Heights wins disc golf title...really
• John G. Carlisle Elementary School Peace Group learns to not lose cool
• Ten northern Kentucky students receive Insight scholarships
• Ft Thomas's Johnson Elementary School council changes hiring rule, teachers outvote parents
• Thirty Fayette County school cafeterias receive Gold Seal Award of Excellence
• St. Catharine bucks trend of small colleges
• North Oldham senior wins essay contest on US Constitution
• From KSBA: Virginia Tech killer’s school writings show dilemma for K-12 educators
• Lincoln County High School vacancy posted for the third time, in hopes of drawing qualified applicants
• Arrests made following a food fight at South Laurel High School
• Appeals court judge charged with going onto the Prestonsburg High School campus to encourage his son and another boy to fight...nice
• No change of venue for Grant County bus driver
• Mandated raises will impact Henry County budget
• School salary spending to rise nearly 10 percent in Anderson County
• Owen County High School uses mentoring program to ensure student success
• Computers donated to the Martin County School District will also aid search for cancer cure
• Bullitt County offers third annual Fathers Reading Every Day event
• Glasgow to use KSBA for superintendent search
• Fuss over a parking space (belonging to officer) blamed for East Carter teacher’s arrest last year
• Harry Potter inspires reading, recreation in Shelby County
• Gasp - Bullitt Central High School's new leader is an "outsider"
• Pineville schools use new computers for Civil War research
• Wrongful death suit seeks more than $17 million from Henderson County
• Knox County Board of Education faces budget crisis
• Vote rescinding a utility tax in Fairview didn’t happen, no member would make motion
• Fayette County school board seeks dismissal of lawsuit alleging sex abuse
• Frankfort Independent Board of Education bans off-campus lunch
• Magoffin County parents concerned over threatening student's return
• Warren County Board joins 30+ KY boards that have mostly paperless meetings