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Updated: Jan. 10, 2022 at 3:17 PM EST
|By Ethan Sirles
This would be the largest investment in the education sector in state history.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 9:15 AM EST
|By Ethan Sirles
Schools in the state are starting to open up after the holiday break, but COVID-19 did not take a break.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 3:28 PM EST
|By Ethan Sirles
Governor Andy Beshear appointed the former Johnson County Superintendent to the Kentucky Board of Education (KBE) on Thursday.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 4:26 PM EST
|By Ethan Sirles and Phil Pendleton
School officials said the change is because of a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 2:16 PM EDT
|By Buddy Forbes
The students have been working with Mountain Comprehensive Care Center’s Foster Care Program, and the local foster care agency in Johnson County.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 1:55 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
The resources are meant to help prepare children for Kindergarten.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 12:53 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
A recent assembly held by Hazard High School during its homecoming week has been gaining a lot of attention after pictures of the event were posted on Facebook.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 at 1:38 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a childhood book gifting program which has gotten international recognition since its start in 1995.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 2:02 PM EDT
|By Brandon Robinson
Superintendent Anna Shepherd said in a news release the program will help identify cases quickly, early and help stop an outbreak before it happens.
Updated: Oct. 12, 2021 at 10:50 AM EDT
|By Dakota Makres
On Tuesday, Dr. Paul Czarapata stopped in Hazard on an EARS tour, which stands for equitable, agile, responsive and streamlined.
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Updated: Sep. 27, 2021 at 9:21 PM EDT
|By Buddy Forbes
The Floyd County Board of Education hosted a meeting Monday where parents discussed concerns about the recently-canceled curriculum.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 7:10 PM EDT
|By Brandon Robinson
Pineville Independent Schools will vote Monday on whether or not to keep the school’s mask policies in place according to Superintendent Russell Thompson.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2021 at 8:55 AM EDT
|By WYMT News Staff
With the members of the Kentucky General Assembly recently striking down a statewide school mask mandate and sending it back to the local districts to decide, we at WYMT wanted to know how each district has decided so far.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2021 at 2:38 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
Harlan County Public Schools said in a Facebook page that two people phoned in a non-credible bomb threat to Wallins Elementary school on Monday.
Updated: Sep. 10, 2021 at 10:53 AM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
KDE is planning to use up to $8.8 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds in order to make the reimbursements.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 3:47 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
Perry County Schools Superintendent Jonathan Jett said the decision was made because of the high number of quarantined staff members.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2021 at 11:19 AM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
School officials say there are more than 1,350 students living on campus, which is the most in five years.
Updated: Sep. 7, 2021 at 3:13 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
The cabinet’s MIP aims to provide professional opportunities to minority groups in the state.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 11:13 AM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
The school said in a news release that it wants to honor the significance of the day and the lives lost in the terrorist attack.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2021 at 11:11 AM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
The challenge is part of the school’s effort to get 75% or more of students and employees vaccinated.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 4:51 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
Nine counties in the state, including Magoffin, Lawrence, Johnson and Knox county, will get parts of the $75 million approved to go to school districts.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 10:23 AM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
The event will be held online on Zoom due to COVID-19 concerns.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2021 at 10:21 AM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
The events, which are in partnership with King’s Daughters Medical Center, will be September 9 and 30 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the John and Pat Stewart Board Room at ACTC.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 4:27 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
The schools in the county are in online learning at the moment, and the passing of a well-known teacher’s aide has confirmed just how impactful the virus can be.
Updated: Aug. 30, 2021 at 12:39 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill
The 2021-2022 School Bucks Challenge begins September 1, 2021 and continues through May 10, 2022.
Updated: Aug. 27, 2021 at 7:16 AM EDT
|By WSAZ News Staff
W.Va. Governor Justice set to announce vaccine incentive programs for students.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 3:35 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) published data that showed the school’s excellence in first-time pass rates.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 3:12 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
The majority of the funding will go to designing and constructing a turning lane on Kentucky Highway 2073, which is known as Hall’s Lane locally.
Updated: Aug. 24, 2021 at 10:33 AM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
This bill would be the first comprehensive student loan reform bill in the state for the 2022 legislative session.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 3:25 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
Thanks to the additional help from Governor Andy Beshear’s $18.2 million budget allocation, almost all schools meet SSRA standards, according the first school risk assessment report.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 2:35 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
The University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Optometry (KYCO), which began a grant program last year was recognized by the American Optometric Association (AOA), according to a news release.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 1:21 PM EDT
|By Paige Hill
Since school started on August 18, the university has 116 active cases.
Updated: Aug. 23, 2021 at 9:31 AM EDT
|By Paige Hill
President Boyd announced that masks are required in all indoor public spaces, except private offices and resident hall rooms, and while individuals are actively eating and drinking.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 3:20 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
Swope Contracting and N3D Group were in charge of the project, which now has 42 welding booths in the lab.
Updated: Aug. 20, 2021 at 10:52 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff
According to the Montgomery County Schools superintendent, a pickup truck collided with a school bus around 8 a.m. on Tapp Lane near Spencer Pike.
Updated: Aug. 19, 2021 at 11:43 PM EDT
|By Katey Cook
This comes after Gov. Andy Beshear called on WCPS to 'be more transparent' when reporting COVID-10 data.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 6:00 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
There are some exceptions to the return, though.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2021 at 5:58 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
The post added that this closing extends to all extracurricular activities and school events.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 2:45 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Hudgens says getting to know students better could be the key to preventing a tragedy.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 12:14 PM EDT
|By Ethan Sirles
Teachers in Big Sandy Area Community Action Program’s (BSACAP) Head Start program have used technology to their advantage while school has widely gone online in the past year.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2021 at 11:58 AM EDT
|By Jim Stratman
UK expects more than 6,000 students to return to campus during three move-in days.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2021 at 11:58 AM EDT
|By WKYT News Staff and Shelby Lofton
The Kentucky Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to appove an emergency regulation requiring masks be worn in Kentucky public schools.
Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 at 5:55 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
In the short amount of time the schools have been open, there have been 13 positive cases in different schools.
Updated: May. 7, 2021 at 12:58 PM EDT
|By Claudette Enriquez
Evelyn Woods "the voice" of Hazard Community and Technical College is retiring after 30 years
Updated: Apr. 30, 2021 at 5:35 AM EDT
|By Kelsey Deakin
The move to allow supplemental education comes from SB 128, which was signed into law by Governor Andy Beshear in late March
Updated: Aug. 27, 2020 at 6:04 PM EDT
|By Lacey Roberts
Floyd County School of Innovation held an open house Thursday with one of their partners, Mountain Enterprises.
Updated: Aug. 17, 2020 at 11:42 AM EDT
|By Jim Stratman
University officials say faculty and staff spent all summer putting in place safety measures to make sure students are as safe as possible when they return to class.
Updated: Aug. 5, 2020 at 12:51 PM EDT
|By Phil Pendleton
Schools that will be reopening to in-person classes face difficult tasks this year. Among the issues they will be facing is what to do when a student tests positive for COVID-19.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2020 at 11:34 PM EDT
|By Lacey Roberts
Sending out surveys to parents and staff was the next step, gathering input on how they thought the upcoming school year should look like.
Updated: Jul. 22, 2020 at 6:43 PM EDT
|By Will Puckett
Master Falconer takes to Zoom to continue his lessons.