GLASGOW — ACTION: The board of education took the following action: elected Wayne Hatcher as board chairman; elected Janey Stotts as board vice chairman; approved the meeting agenda; approved the minutes of the board’s Dec. 11 meeting; approved the treasurer’s report; approved consent items; approved orders of the treasurer; approved personnel report as presented by the superintendent; approved travel reimbursement from 49 cents per mile to 37 cents per mile; approved medical leave for Peggy Spann beginning Dec. 15 to Jan. 26; approved the 2009-10 draft budget; approved seasonal travel for the middle school boys basketball team; agreed to set board meetings for the second Thursday of each month; and approved physical activity and health and nutrition plan.
REPORTS: Board members heard reports from each principal in the district and from Dr. Sam Dick, superintendent, who noted that a bill has been prefiled in the state legislature to remove writing portfolios from the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System and replace it with testing writing on demand only. He also reported that he believed there had been a bill prefiled to abolish CATS. Dick also reported that all three schools in the district had been given new CATS baseline scores and will now have new testing goals to meet for the 2009-10 testing cycle. Dick also told board members that a school nurse is expected to begin work in the district soon. Penny Boeckmann, finance director, gave an update on Caverna Elementary School’s renovation project. Alisha Richardson, director of special education, gave a report on the year-end summary for students with disabilities.
ITEMS TABLED: Board members were scheduled to award an Employee Appreciation plaque to Caverna High School art teacher Casey Bates, but due to Bates not being able to attend the board meeting the board decided to table the item until its next board meeting.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Dick an-nounced that the Kentucky School Board Association Conference is set for the end of Jan. He also announced that the orientation meeting of the Facilities Planning Committee will be Jan. 15 at 7:15 p.m.
Local News
IN MINUTES: Caverna Board of Education
- Local News
-
-
UPDATE 3:05 p.m.: Fatal wreck on Burkesville Road
A Summer Shade man was identified as the driver in a fatal crash on Burkesville Road early Saturday morning.
-
Jail staff challenges Ober’s report
A long list of allegations made by a private investigator against the Barren County Detention Center is being challenged by a majority of the jail employees, who say they have not witnessed anything illicit.
-
BBBS honors volunteers Bell, Click
There’s no doubt about it. Tamara Click and Price Bell love spending time with their “little sister and little brother.”
-
Magistrates defend decision
Almost a month after a private investigator presented his summary report about the Barren County Detention Center and nearly five months since the initial vote for an investigation, the members of the Barren County Fiscal Court are standing by their decisions.
-
Park, students form partnership
Barren County Middle School and officials from Mammoth Cave National Park (MCNP) began a partnership in 2009 through a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant, according to a district news release.
-
Cemetery dedication planned Sunday
On Sunday, a dedication ceremony culminating efforts of several concerned citizens who restored the cemetery will take place at 2 p.m. at the D.F. West Cemetery on Ky. 70 near Hiseville.
-
No swimming allowed at lake for Memorial Day
Don’t visit Barren River Lake this Memorial Day weekend and expect to go swimming.
- 2:10 AFTERNOON UPDATE: Hart Co. man arrested for trafficking
- 9:03 a.m. Morning Update: Glasgow firefighters and Barren-Metcalfe EMS respond to wreck with injuries
-
Late Night Update: Investigation continues regarding injured teen
Very little is known about the circumstances surrounding a 15-year-old Barren County boy who was found seriously injured and lying in a ditch alongside his bicycle on Dripping Springs Road late Monday night.
- More Local News Headlines
-
UPDATE 3:05 p.m.: Fatal wreck on Burkesville Road
Raw Video: Gay Protest Blocked in Moscow
Vatican in Chaos After Butler Arrested for Leaks
Jimmy Carter Endorses Egypt's Election Results
Biden Addresses West Point Graduating Class
Dozens of Children Killed in New Syria Attack
Raw Video: Activists Allege Massacre in Syria
NJ Man Charged With Murder in Death of Patz
Support, Fun for Kids of Fallen Soldiers at Camp
Fugitive Penguin Caught, Returned to Aquarium
50 Years Later, Underground Fire Still Burning
Light Show Transforms Sydney Opera House
Raw Video: Unruly Passenger Restrained in Miami
Raw Video: Robber Uses Drive-thru Window
Raw Video: Dragon Arrives at Space Station
Calif.'s Coronado Named Nation's Best Beach
CEO Salaries Become Sore Issue in Labor Disputes
