A local education nonprofit working for change in Northern Kentucky is making a few changes internally. EducateNKY announced Tuesday that its consultant, Cheye Calvo with C Squared Strategies in California, will become the nonprofit’s president and CEO, taking the reins from Tim Hanner, a former Kenton County Schools superintendent who has served as EducateNKY president/CEO […]
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School budgets may benefit from state ‘real estate growth relief’
This story originally appeared in the May 31, 2024 edition of the LINK Reader. To get stories like this first, subscribe here. Northern Kentucky has experienced fluctuations in property values that affect school funding. Retiring Ludlow superintendent Mike Borchers has seen the impact in his independent school district. “The last (assessment), we generated 4% revenue […]
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School’s out. Where are at-risk NKY children getting healthy food?
Schools in Northern Kentucky provide free or reduced-cost lunch and breakfast to students during the school year, depending on need. Now, school’s out for the summer for most kids. So where are NKY school children facing hunger getting healthy meals this summer? LINK nky looked at government and non-government options for school children facing food […]
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Family engagement in K-12 education: a focus of EducateNKY
School districts in the river cities — and most everywhere else — frequently talk about something called family engagement. It’s more than running for school board or attending school-based decision making council meetings and sporting events. The Kentucky Department of Education calls it “families and school staff work(ing) together to support and improve the learning […]
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Moser victory in House District 64 race not close enough to trigger a recount
Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser won her House District 64 primary race against Liberty Republican challenger Karen Campbell by just 84 votes on Tuesday, according to unofficial election results from the Kenton County Clerk. Moser’s victory isn’t narrow enough, however, to trigger a recount. An automatic recount – or automatic recheck of ballots cast in an […]
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NKY Liberty candidates hold their own in state legislative, federal primary races
Northern Kentucky Republicans voted to affirm support for their state legislative incumbents, including Reps. Marianne Proctor, Steven Doan, and Savannah Maddox, and Rep. Steve Rawlings, who won his primary battle to replace retiring Sen. John Schickel in the Senate next year.
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NKY school districts may benefit from ‘real estate growth relief’ in state budget
Northern Kentucky has experienced fluctuations in property values that factor into school funding. Retiring Ludlow superintendent Mike Borchers has seen the impact in his independent school district. “The last (assessment) we generated 4% revenue and still dropped our tax rate by 12 points,” Borchers told LINK nky. “The property value went up so high we […]
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FAFSA delays: NKY impact and what’s happening now
Northern Kentucky University financial aid teams breathed a sigh of relief last week as they stuffed financial aid packages into envelopes for incoming freshmen. “It is definitely a huge relief for our families and our students. It’s also a relief in terms of the team that has worked extremely hard to ensure we are accurate […]
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Early learning in the river cities: What’s happening, what’s needed?
Covington Independent superintendent Alvin Garrison testified in favor of full state funding for full-day kindergarten, but the state has not yet made it permanent under Kentucky law, and the state has not agreed to fund universal preschool.
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New school, similar to Ignite, discussed for River Cities
Ignite Institute is the only public school of its kind in Northern Kentucky. Students must apply to attend the career-based regional school on the former Toyota campus in Erlanger. Only 250 to 300 new students are admitted each year to learn skills in engineering, biomedical and allied health, design, computer science and education. However, the number […]