Drawings from eight finalists appear on the ballot from students across the state. Much like during Kentucky’s regular elections, voters may use a paper ballot to mark their choice and return it to a scanner.
The literacy council will take the book mobile out to community events and organizations that support children, where young readers may select books at no charge.
Freedom was not just confined to physical enslavement, but mental enslavement as well, bound in the laws that barred enslaved people from receiving an education in Southern states, writes scholar Rodney Coates.
The decision to switch back to an outdoor ceremony at the stadium, instead of ceremonies in the two high school gyms, came after district officials heard pushback from students and community members.