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Whitley students honored for Gatton Academy selections

Whitley County High School rising juniors, Kembree Bunch (right) and Cameron Collett (left), were honored by the Whitley County Board of Education last week for being selected to participate in the Gatton Academy at Western Kentucky University Two Whitley County High School...

Whitley BOE approves plans for turf softball, baseball fields

Athletics upgrades at Whitley County High School are planned to continue, as initial construction documents for a project at the baseball and softball fields have now been approved.  The Whitley County Board of Education took the first steps in the next phase of upgrades at WCHS...

Whitley BOE approves district-wide raises

Employees of the Whitley County School District will be receiving another pay raise in the coming school year, the third the district has offered in the last three years. The Whitley County Board of Education unanimously approved district-wide raises last Thursday during their...

Whitley Schools expanding summer meal kit program to combat food insecurity

The Whitley County School District is doing more than just feeding its students in need this summer, it is feeding the community as well. A meal kit program will begin being offered at four of the district’s school sometime beginning in mid-June. The kits will provide a week’s...

WCHS students could receive entrepreneurial opportunities if new partnership approved

Students at Whitley County High School could soon be creating and operating their own small businesses as part of a new economic development entrepreneurship program. Read this story and more for just $.99 cents today, or subscribe to get access every day! Please login to view...

Local manufacturer donates to WCHS; local teacher, students recognized

If Whitley County High School students want to pursue a career working at a local factory, then they are soon going to get the chance learn on the actual equipment that they may be using when they graduate courtesy of a local manufacturer. During its monthly meeting last...
Posted On 28 Mar 2024

Pleasant View teacher Debra Cox receives Above and Beyond Award

Photo by TIMOTHY WYATT Debra Cox (right), second grade teacher at Pleasant View Elementary School, was presented with the Above and Beyond Award last Thursday during the Whitley County Board of Education’s monthly meeting. The award is given each month to employees in the school...

School administrators asking Frankfort to re-assess state’s proposed budget: Starting pay for teachers among top concerns locally

By TIMOTHY WYATT and TREVOR SHERMAN The Kentucky Association of School Administrators (KASA) has released a statement in response to the Kentucky House Current Budget Proposal. In the statement, the group outlines several areas where they believe more funding should be allocated,...

Whitley Schools CFO receives Goldenrod Outstanding School Business Official Award

When it comes to its financial situation, the Whitley County Board of Education got some good news towards the start of its special called meeting Thursday, and followed by some more good news a few minutes later. Kentucky Association of School Business Officials (KASBO) Director...
Posted On 21 Dec 2023

Whitley Co. Schools to expand online options for supporting various programs

Are you a Whitley County alumnus and want to make a donation to the Whitley County High School (WCHS) Future Farmers of America (FFA), or maybe the WCHS JROTC program, or perhaps the Oak Grove Elementary School Academic Team, but you don’t have a convenient way of doing so? Soon,...
Posted On 28 Oct 2023