Education

The spellers competed in two divisions at the Alhambra Theatre.

A clinical child psychologist who specializes in school attendance issues offers four ways parents can help students adapt to the new school year.

In an effort to avoid the frequent disruption seen last year, some school districts are offering COVID-19 testing programs to some or all of their students. In Christian County, the district has launched a "Test to Stay" program for school-acquired close contacts.

As a Kentucky Board of Education mandate requiring masks expires, many districts are electing to continue a masking requirement in schools.

Louisville Rep. Attica Scott’s bill would require schools to teach about a list of subjects including the slave trade, the Civil War, Jim Crow laws, residential segregation and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

A spokesman said the district wants to prevent a spike in quarantine absenteeism. The district will review the policy over fall break in early October.

Principal Sarah Sweeney Johnson said the program will help promote a love for reading.

The district office is taking suggestions for the school's name, mascot and colors through an online survey and suggestion boxes.

Under the new regulation, the department will automatically forgive the debt of borrowers who the Social Security Administration has identified as severely disabled.

The facilities grant will be used for construction of a new consolidated high school.

Transy joins a handful of private colleges requiring the vaccine, including Berea College. So far, no public universities in Kentucky are requiring vaccinations.

The high school, with a capacity for 2,500 students, would cost $115 million. The district wants to complete it in three years.