Education

Voters will be asked to decide whether public money should go to support private education. Opponents say it would undermine public schools by shifting money from them, while backers maintain that state aid would give parents more control over their kids’ education.
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The new Christian County High School is slated for completion in May 2026.
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Elementary school students will be able to earn tokens to purchase books from the machine.
The school's principal says there is room to nearly double the preschool enrollment for children ages 3 to 4 at the new Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Early Learning Center.
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Lancaster is leaving the principal's post at Freedom Elementary School, and Beth Unfried will become the temporary principal to fill the vacancy.
The Christian County Public Schools Education Foundation sponsors the Teacher Corner to help offset some of the expense that teachers take on when they set up their classrooms.
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Earlier in August, the department said it would use a phased rollout to launch FAFSA in an attempt to address any issues before the form is available to everyone.
After a Kentucky school district posted graphics advocating against a proposed constitutional amendment, Kentucky’s Republican attorney general issued an opinion saying public entities can’t spend money for or against amendments.
A controversial amendment to alter the Kentucky Constitution is on the ballot in November. Amendment 2 would allow the state legislature to use public funds on education outside of public schools.