Education

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a childhood book gifting program which has gotten international recognition since its start in 1995.

Superintendent Anna Shepherd said in a news release the program will help identify cases quickly, early and help stop an outbreak before it happens.

On Tuesday, Dr. Paul Czarapata stopped in Hazard on an EARS tour, which stands for equitable, agile, responsive and streamlined.

The Floyd County Board of Education hosted a meeting Monday where parents discussed concerns about the recently-canceled curriculum.

Pineville Independent Schools will vote Monday on whether or not to keep the school’s mask policies in place according to Superintendent Russell Thompson.

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.

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.

KDE is planning to use up to $8.8 million in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funds in order to make the reimbursements.

Perry County Schools Superintendent Jonathan Jett said the decision was made because of the high number of quarantined staff members.

School officials say there are more than 1,350 students living on campus, which is the most in five years.

The cabinet’s MIP aims to provide professional opportunities to minority groups in the state.

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.

The challenge is part of the school’s effort to get 75% or more of students and employees vaccinated.

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.

The event will be held online on Zoom due to COVID-19 concerns.

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.

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.

The 2021-2022 School Bucks Challenge begins September 1, 2021 and continues through May 10, 2022.

W.Va. Governor Justice set to announce vaccine incentive programs for students.

The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) published data that showed the school’s excellence in first-time pass rates.

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.

This bill would be the first comprehensive student loan reform bill in the state for the 2022 legislative session.

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.

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.

Since school started on August 18, the university has 116 active cases.

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.

Swope Contracting and N3D Group were in charge of the project, which now has 42 welding booths in the lab.

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.

This comes after Gov. Andy Beshear called on WCPS to 'be more transparent' when reporting COVID-10 data.

There are some exceptions to the return, though.