Education

Special to the Local

The Wee Warriors afterschool program in Eminence will proceed for the 2011-12 school year.

“We believe it’s a valuable program,” Eminence Independent Schools Superintendent Buddy Berry said Monday.
Lack of funding and low enrollment has put the decade-old program in jeopardy, but Berry said the board opted last week to continue the program.

At its peak, the program had about 50 children, Berry said. This year, only 25 children are enrolled.

Sarah Peak (center) was recognized at the University Scholars Assembly of Eastern Kentucky University for the top award in the outstanding graduate thesis category. Also pictured are Dr. Jerry Pogatshnik (left) dean of the graduate school, and Dr. Nathan Tice (right) her thesis adviser. Sarah’s parents are Gregg and Suzanne Peak of Owenton; grandparents are Jesse and Evelyn Bourne of Owenton and Hugh and Mable Peak of Shelbyville.

Families living on one of Henry County’s remote roads have petitioned the Henry County Board of Education for bus service for their children.
In July, Jessie Decker presented a petition with 13 signatures on it to the board, in hopes that bus service would return to LeCompte’s Bottom Road. Many of the signees wrote “I pay school tax,” in the comment area next to their name and address.
“Whereas we pay school taxes, we feel that we’re being discriminated against,” Decker said in a July phone call to the Local.

When New Castle Elementary School students head back to school today, they’ll walk into a building that’s practically new.

“What kids are going to see when they come back is new tile flooring throughout the hallways and cafeteria, new paint on all the classroom walls, new ceilings and lighting throughout the entire building,” Henry County Public Schools Superintendent Tim Abrams said. “It’s much brighter... but that does not complete the project.”