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Local schools are no strangers to sending out student report cards in order to let parents and students know how they are progressing. Last week it was the schools getting their report cards as the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) released annual data from the 2021-2022...

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As technology has continued to be integrated into every fabric of our daily lives, it has also grown in the ways it is used in education. Many school districts now use Chromebooks for a large portion of their instructional materials, which has given students more access to the...

Employees of the Whitley County School District will have a little more money in their pockets later this year following a decision Monday evening during the Whitley County Board of Education’s special-called meeting. While some will see a bigger wage increase than others, the...

Social media rumors Thursday evening about a message supposedly left on a bathroom wall at Whitley County High School concerning a plan for a school shooting are untrue, the Whitley County School District wrote in a Facebook post late Thursday evening. “Local law enforcement,...

In the last few years it has been commonplace to hear about bus driver shortages throughout our state and the nation. The Whitley County School District is making plans to ensure that if such a shortage strikes here, in-person instruction will be able to continue for student...

Students in the Whitley County School District still have to wear masks while riding school buses, but they can now take off their masks once they get to school. The Whitley County Board of Education unanimously approved the policy change during its regular monthly meeting...

All three school districts in Whitley County will continue enforcing a mask policy for students and staff while indoors at least for now. During a special legislative session last week, the Kentucky General Assembly voted to end a state mandate on masking in schools, and to give...

Pleasant View Elementary School student Madison Willmore got to go to school this week despite having been exposed to COVID-19 a few days earlier thanks in part to a new coronavirus testing program that the school district has implemented, and will be expanding to some other...

There is good news for teachers and staff members of the Whitley County school district if they have to quarantine this school year due to COVID-19. During Thursday’s monthly meeting, the Whitley County Board of Education approved emergency quarantine exposure related leave for...