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Jacket Seusstacular: A celebration for Dr. Seuss’s Birthday

Save the Children and the Family Resource Youth Service Center hosted a drive through celebration for Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 18 at Williamsburg Independent School. Students received a goody bag and book, and were able to get their picture taken with the Cat in the Hat,...

About 400 educators will get vaccinated during clinic

More than 400 staff of Whitley County and Williamsburg schools will receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Whitley County Middle School over a three-day period this week. Beginning Tuesday, the vaccines were distributed by the ARH hospital from Barbourville. Vaccines...

W’burg school board postpones school start date to Sept. 8

Williamsburg Independent School students are getting a little bit more summer vacation. During a special called meeting Wednesday afternoon, the Williamsburg Independent Board of Education voted to postpone the start of the new school year from Aug. 26 until Sept. 8. Board...
Posted On 05 Aug 2020

Williamsburg schools receive 30 new laptops, 10 new Chromebooks

The Williamsburg Independent School District received 30 new laptops and 10 new Chromebooks Tuesday morning that the district received courtesy of Spectrum and Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers. “One of the things we are going to use the laptops for is for our bio medical...
Posted On 22 Aug 2019

Williamsburg Superintendent Couch announces retirement

After 27 years in education, including four as Williamsburg Independent Schools Superintendent, Dr. Amon Couch is retiring. At a special called school board meeting Tuesday morning, Couch announced his decision to step down effective June 30. “Today is a bittersweet day for me as...

Local schools and community partner, receive $40,000 Early Childhood Healthy Living grant

Corbin Independent Schools, in partnership with Whitley County Schools, Whitley County Health Department and Williamsburg Independent Schools, is excited to announce that they have received the Early Childhood Healthy Living Program grant from Kentucky Public Health in the amount...