Board withholds funds for building project - Members frustrated as another deadline is set for July: With the start of school looming on the horizon and still no certificate of occupancy for the new Milton Elementary School building in hand, frustrated school board members voted Wednesday to withhold the district’s July payment to the general contractor for the project. (The Trimble Banner)
Board evaluates superintendent in open session - Public review is break from tradition: The LaRue County School Board broke tradition at Monday night’s meeting by discussing Superintendent Sam Sanders’ evaluation in open session....Aproved with [one member] voting no. (LaRue County Herald News)
Lynne Maner tells her story - Innocence lost, justice found: ...Maner, now 46, had been sexually abused from 1978 to 1982 by a succession of four teachers, a guidance counselor and an assistant principal while in Fayette County schools, according to testimony in the 2008 civil trial. (Herald-Leader)
JCPS student assignment case transferred to original judge: A challenge to how the Jefferson County school district assigns students to schools will be heard by a judge whose ruling in a prior case involving the issue was overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II will take over the case brought by Sukhjit Bains, the father of a kindergarten student who claims Jefferson County Public Schools discriminated against his daughter on the basis of race by not allowing her into the elementary school of their choice. (Courier-Journal)
School board executive session defended: The recent action by the Jefferson County Board of Education to move into executive (closed) session to consider the evaluation of Superintendent Sheldon Berman prior to issuing its formal evaluation in public session has received conflicting comments. From all indications and given my background, I feel that the board's decision to move to executive session, under advice of counsel, was absolutely correct. (John Heyburn in C-J)
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