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The Corbin Board of Education is taking steps to help end the struggle of finding an adequate number of substitute teachers by increasing the daily pay for subs and creating a new payrate for retired certified teachers that are willing to return on an as-needed basis. Read this...

The Corbin Board of Education recognized two ‘Difference Makers’ at its Nov. 11 meeting. October’s Difference Maker was Heather McVey. McVey has been a speech language pathologist for 22 years. “I know many, many students through the years that you have helped and helped them...

The Corbin Board of Education voted unanimously to make masks optional district wide beginning Monday, Nov. 15 during Thursday’s meeting. The “Motion to make masks optional (ie. Parent/guardian preference) throughout Corbin School District,” was made by board member Todd...

The Corbin Board of Education voted at a special called meeting Friday to relax the COVID–19 mask mandate, but a group of parents were on hand to continue to voice their frustrations that the masking decision is not in their hands. The board had on the agenda, “COVID protocols,”...

The mandate for students to wear masks will remain in place at least through fall break, but the Corbin Board of Education said it would revisit the matter at each board meeting going forward. At a special called board meeting Friday night during which the board was slated to...

Property taxes in Corbin will see a slight decrease this year. The Corbin Board of Education has elected to decrease the property tax rate for 2021-22 from .693 per $100 of assessed value to .685. “Based on all of the strife, the issue with folks out of work, the board wanted to...

When classes resume at Corbin Independent Schools on Aug. 19, faculty, staff, students and visitors are encouraged to wear masks. At a special called meeting of the Corbin Board of Education Thursday night, the board approved updated guidance on COVID–19 safety recommending that...

The Corbin School District appears to be in good financial shape for the upcoming school year. At the Board of Education meeting on July 15, the board received an update on its restricted building funds. The discussion was focused on the money restricted for the district’s use on...

“Terry and Marion Forcht understand the necessity of investing in the education of our students as an investment in our future,” is how Corbin Board of Education Chair Kim Croley described the Forchts’ donation of a two-story building on Barbourville Street. The Forchts were...

Last Thursday’s bond sale to fund construction of the new Corbin Career Center resulted in better interest rates than school officials expected. The winning bid carried a 2.024 percent net interest cost, which is a low interest rate and less than expected. The winning bidd...