News for our community.
During the March 28 meeting of the Ohio County School Board, the board discussed the possibility of changing the way the high school’s athletic budget is handled. Schools Superintendent Scott Lewis opened up a discussion on how the Board of Education handles the Ohio County High School athletic budget. Currently, the board of education collects [...]
During the February meeting of the Ohio County School Board, two board members spoke out against the idea of arming school staff members per the recommendation of School Law Enforcement Officer Jerry Critchelow. The school board asked Critchelow to present a report during their January meeting on school safety and his recommendation on how the [...]
*UPDATE* Southern Elementary finished in the 83 percentile after receiving their test scores and not 77 as previously reported. The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) released test results from the 2011-2012 school term and the Ohio County School district earned a “proficient” classification with their scores. The overall score for the schools was 58.5 and [...]
The Ohio County School Board had their regular meeting on Thursday, Oct. 18, at the board of education’s central office. In that meeting the board discussed specifics on a school drug testing policy. The board was to discuss the drug testing policy in the September meeting, but board member Jay Raymond was unable to attend [...]
In a special-called meeting on Saturday, the Ohio County School Board voted to set the school tax rate at 45.1, meaning if a property owner has $100,000 worth of property, then they would pay $451. While this rate is the same as last year’s rate, because the rate is 2.3 higher than the compensating rate [...]
