EDUCATION

Are Kentucky schools getting safer? A new report says yes
A new report is out that shows improvement in some areas but one offense is on the rise.

• WHAS11 Coverage

06/28/2009

Board of Education to discuss future of JCPS Superintendent
The Board of Education will meet Monday night to discuss the evaluation of Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Sheldon Berman.

• JCPS Superintendent defends self after "C" grade from teachers
• JCPS Superintendent gets average grade from teachers

06/24/2009

Principal faces criminal charges for allegedly throwing student to ground
The complaint says the principal grabbed the student by the arm and threw the student face first on the floor. It goes on to say the principal then twisted the students arm behind his back and put his elbow in the student’s neck.

06/19/2009

Judge: schools must turn over player death records
A Kentucky judge has ordered statements made as part an internal school system investigation into the death of a high school football player turned over to prosecutors.

Complete Police Statement Text:
• PRP Coach Jason Stinson
• Coach Adam Donnelly
• Witness John Humphreys
• Witness Tim Moreschi
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• Prosecution's evidence shows contradictions in Stinson's story
• PRP Principal admits to deleting emails complaining about football coaches
• Stinson pleads not guilty to reckless homicide
• Father says he saw player in "distress"

06/09/2009

JCPS can confiscate cell phones up to 30 days under new plan
Kids will hide cell phones behind books and in purses but if they get caught, the punishment varies from school to school.

• WHAS11 coverage
• Do you think cell phones should be confiscated for 30 days after second offense?
• Do you think cell phones have a place in the classroom as part of the curriculum?
• Raw video: kids show sneaky texting tricks
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06/04/2009

Vicious school bus attack surfaces on You Tube
A 15-year-old boy was assaulted on his school bus, and it’s still painful for his mother to watch and listen to the video of the attack, adding that the first time she saw it made her sick.

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Beshear to meet with educators to discuss plan to close Kentucky's budget hole
The Democratic governor is scheduled to address the Kentucky Board of Education at its offices Thursday morning.
Governor Beshear calls special session to address budget shortfall

06/03/2009

JCPS layoffs forcing some out of work
The education field was once thought to be recession proof, but 73 district employees will be laid off.

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03/10/2009

JCPS 2009 graduation schedule

06/01/2009

Ind. educators anxious over governor's budget plan
Gov. Mitch Daniels wants to slash overall state spending by 2.5 percent, but the proposed budget he outlined in a live television broadcast would give public schools and student aid a boost.

• Watch Daniels' budget plan

05/31/2009

Schools to be center of debate concerning IN budget woes
Governor Daniels will announce Monday where he thinks the cuts should be made. There will be cuts because Indiana's revenue projections have dropped by more than a billion dollars in just the last 4 weeks.

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05/26/2009

Meyzeek Middle will stay open despite 8 cases of swine flu
There are now 8 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus at Meyzeek Middle School—one staff member and seven students. There is absolutely no talk of closing the school, but it is being deep cleaned.

• WHAS11 Coverage
Previous Coverage:
• Parents and Health Department say “stop overacting to the Swine Flu”
• Swine Flu: Meyzeek Middle says two confirmed, two probable
• 2nd confirmed case of swine flu at Meyzeek Middle is a student
• Swine flu case confirmed at Meyzeek Middle School

Parents and Health Department say “stop overacting to the Swine Flu”
It's garnered a lot of attention lately -- the Swine Flu. The Jefferson County Health Dept. has confirmed two cases and two likely cases at Meyzeek Middle School. It has some parents worried, and other's saying, it's not that big of a deal.

• WHAS11 Coverage
Previous Coverage:
• Swine Flu: Meyzeek Middle says two confirmed, two probable
• 2nd confirmed case of swine flu at Meyzeek Middle is a student
• Swine flu case confirmed at Meyzeek Middle School

05/22/2009

Panel approves tuition hikes for universities
The Council on Postsecondary Education has approved increases in tuition and fees at public colleges and universities in Kentucky.

05/24/2009

Kentucky Driver's manual available online
Teenagers now have another reason to spend time online -- to study for the written test for prospective new drivers.

05/21/2009

Swine Flu: Meyzeek Middle says two confirmed, two probable
School leaders say there could be more cases in the future and it would take many more before they’d consider closing the school.

• Previous Coverage: Two more probable cases of swine flu reported at Meyzeek Middle
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Daeschner’s 3-year contract includes $225,000 salary
Stephen Daeschner was officially announced as the new Superintendent of Greater Clark County Schools Wednesday.

• Daeschner’s complete contract
Previous Coverage:
• It’s official: Dr. Stephen Daeschner is Greater Clark Superintendent
• Community has mixed feelings about Dr. Daeschner’s possible return to Kentuckiana
• Daeschner finalist for Great Clark Superintendent
• Daeschner finalist for Great Clark Superintendent

05/20/2009

It’s official: Dr. Stephen Daeschner is Greater Clark Superintendent
In a 6-1 vote, Greater Clark County Schools have officially hired former Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Stephen Daeschner.

• WHAS11 Coverage
Previous Coverage:
• Community has mixed feelings about Dr. Daeschner’s possible return to Kentuckiana
• Daeschner finalist for Great Clark Superintendent
• Stephen Daeschner could be returning to Kentuckiana

Community has mixed feelings about Dr. Daeschner’s possible return to Kentuckiana
The Greater Clark County School District could soon have a new Superintendent, but he may not be new to Kentuckiana.

• WHAS11 Coverage
• Daeschner finalist for Great Clark Superintendent
• Stephen Daeschner could be returning to Kentuckiana

05/19/2009

Bullitt County residents against proposed site for new school
Bullitt County residents are saying they do not want a new school to be built in their backyard.

05/18/2009

Indiana offering cash incentives for schools to raise graduation rates
The program will award up to $20,000 to public high school principals and their staffs for the best improvements in graduation rates.

Some Mount Washington residents don't want elementary school built behind their neighborhood
A new elementary school being built in Mount Washington, KY has some parents and residents concerned. They say they like their neighborhood quiet and they want it to stay that way.

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05/17/2009

Obama calls for understanding in Notre Dame speech
President Barack Obama strode head-on Sunday into the stormy abortion debate and told graduates at America's leading Roman Catholic university that both sides must stop demonizing one another.

05/14/2009

Indiana teachers union's insurance plan underfunded
Indiana’s largest teachers union wants to stop offering school districts its own health and long-term disability insurance in July after the state found that questionable investments landed its insurance trust in financial trouble.

05/13/2009

Daeschner finalist for Great Clark Superintendent
The former JCPS Superintendent will be announced as the finalist for the job next week.

05/12/2009

Jefferson County Public Schools’ new student assignment plans have plenty of parents upset
A lot of parents upset about their new assignment say it has to do with the commute, finding time for extracurricular, and others worry about how schools have tested.
• WHAS11 coverage
• JCPS middle and high school assignment plan passes, budget cuts announced
• JCPS parent "angry and concerned over assignment plan

05/11/2009

JCPS middle and high school assignment plan passes, budget cuts announced
The Jefferson County Public School Board is slashing the budget and may eliminate more than two dozen jobs. They’re also dealing with angry parents complaining about where their kids will go to school.

• WHAS11 coverage
Related Coverage:
• JCPS parent "angry and concerned" over assignment plan
• Some parents concerned with JCPS redistricting

3 generations of local family graduate from same university
71-year old Lorette Rife, her daughter 41-year old Trezenda Moran, and her daughter 21-year old Kristi Goodwin all received their diplomas Monday from Indiana University Southeast.

05/08/2009

Middle school student under arrest after alleged hit list, school violence threats
A middle school girl is under arrest, police say she had a hit list with the names of classmates and faculty. Another student is credited with coming forward to school officials.

• WHAS11 Coverage

05/06/2009

Study: JCPS students exposed to dangerous chemicals daily
A year-long study released by USA Today shows that students in Jefferson County are regularly exposed to toxic chemicals.

• WHAS11 coverage

Stephen Daeschner could be returning to Kentuckiana
Daeschner has applied for the superintendent’s job in Greater Clark County schools.

05/05/2009

JCPS parent "angry and concerned" over assignment plan
This school year isn't even over yet, but already some JCPS parents say that next year has started off on the wrong foot. Some are upset over the new and mandated Jefferson County Public School assignment plan.

• WHAS11 coverage
Previous Coverage:
• Some parents concerned with JCPS redistricting

04/29/2009

Louisville high school band chosen for parade
A Louisville high school marching band has been chosen to participate in next year's Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

04/28/2009

In bad economy, donations by strangers allow students to attend 8th grade trip
A group of 8th graders from Meyzeek Middle School will spend their weekend in Washington D.C. on a graduation trip. It’s a trip that almost didn’t happen for several of them, but thanks to donations from all around the world, the trip is on!

• WHAS11 Coverage

Computers causing controversy in Clark County
Controversy is brewing in Greater Clark County Schools over the purchase of computers.

• WHAS11 Coverage

04/21/2009

Future Forecasters: Weather Play
My weather play is just a fun way for the kids to think about different weather element and the motions involved.

Future Forecasters Experiments: Balloon Bottle Experiment
Future Forecasters' Balloon Bottle Experiment, explained by Ben Pine.

04/20/2009

Major safety changes have happened at schools since Columbine shootings
Louisville Metro Police and school personnel have planned out what they would do if there was an active shooter in one of their schools.

• WHAS11 Coverage
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Camp aimed at helping blind students with summer work has lost funding
The Kentucky School for the Blind claims the State Department of Education has cut funding to the summer enrichment program.

04/15/2009

About half of IN schools failed to meet yearly federal benchmarks
Officials say that some of the drop is due to higher standards needed to reach educational benchmarks.

04/06/2009

Local teacher passes away after battling cancer, school to honor her
“She was an inspiration to me and this school. She was also a great teacher, a tremendous, optimistic person,” says Crosby Principal Kirk Lattimore.

• WHAS11 Coverage

03/26/2009

Beshear urges `top-to-bottom' review of education
Gov. Steve Beshear says reshaping Kentucky's school accountability testing system is the start of a "top-to-bottom" review of the state's education reform law.

• Press Release: Gov. Beshear signs Senate Bill 1

Gov. Beshear signs Senate Bill 1
Saying it is time to move to a new, stronger era of testing and accountability, Gov. Steve Beshear signed Senate Bill 1Thursday, which will overhaul the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) as part of the state’s long-term commitment to education reform.

New Ky law now allows school districts to request waivers from make-up days
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear signed the bill into law yesterday. That means school districts can now request waivers from the Commissioner of Education so they don’t have to make up those disaster days.

• Do you think schools should be able to waive makeup days?
• Louisville schools head wants to waive makeup days
• Final vote needed before JCPS calendar finalized
• Snow days, teaching concerns discussed at JCPS school board meeting
&3149; School districts could waive make up days caused by wind and ice storms

03/25/2009

Susan Froedge shines as an Excel Award winner
Radcliff Middle School has one of the best middle school band programs in the state. For proof, all you have to do is listen.

• WHAS11 coverage

03/24/2009

Some calling for "bold new plan" to revive Shawnee High School
The idea is to turn the school into a K-12 magnet school. Supporters say it would turn around the school that has a history of poor test scores, teacher turnover, and declining enrollment.

03/18/2009

Larue County gets another Exel Award winner
Our Gary Roedemeier traveled to Hodgenville to honor Larue County’s Teacher of the Year. And he learned that Excel winner Peggy Newton comes from a family of teachers. Peggy Newton admits that she loves to teach, and she’s encouraged all of her children to become teachers.

• WHAS11 coverage

03/16/2009

Gov. Beshear to sign legislation to erase CATS testing in Ky. schools
Beshear says he has some reservations about the legislation. But Beshear says he’ll nevertheless sign the legislation the Kentucky General Assembly sent him last week.

03/13/2009

Students get crash course on budgeting and credit scores
How well do you manage your credit cards? What about a budget? Teens at Louisville’s Dupont Manual High School are getting a crash course on budgeting and credit scores.

• WHAS11 Coverage

03/12/2009

Bill scrapping CATS system passes Ky. House
The days for Kentucky's current school accountability testing system may be numbered.

03/11/2009

Winner of Excel Award wins double
Our newest WHAS-TV Excel Award winner is a double winner in the New Albany Floyd County School System.

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Students share their goodwill-spreading lessons with public
You could call the event where they showed off their experiences a service learning project fair. Each student set up booths and let their fellow students and teachers see what they’ve been working on this semester.

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Clarksville Community School Corporation looking for new superintendent
Steve Fisher announced Tuesday night that he will be leaving for the New Castle Community School Corporation.

UofL financial aid applications on the rise
The University of Louisville says they’ve seen a 10% increase on financial aid applications.

• collegescholarships.org

• financialaidfinder.com

• fastweb.com

03/10/2009

JCPS looking for ways to reduce overtime
Last month we told you about a Jefferson County Public School employee who made more than $70,000 in overtime last year. The school district told us they were looking at ways to reduce overtime, and they are telling us their plan of action.

• WHAS11 coverage
• JCPS spent almost $900,000 in overtime in 2008

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