Taylor Mill commissioners voted last week to accept the contract negotiated with the Kenton County School Board for the 2022-2023 school year to keep the two Taylor Mill School Resource Officers in Scott High School and Woodland Middle School. The vote came just weeks before a state-imposed deadline to have officers in schools by August […]
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Three NKY educators advance in state’s ‘teacher of the year’ honors
The Kentucky Department of Education and Valvoline Inc. announced this week the selection of 24 Kentucky educators as recipients of the 2023 Valvoline Teacher Achievement Awards. These teachers qualify to compete for the 2023 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award, which will be announced in September. Three are from Northern Kentucky schools. “The Kentucky Teacher of the Year […]
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NKU to launch center for Health Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Northern Kentucky University’s Institute for Health Innovation was recently awarded $109,618 in grant funding from the Economic Development Administration as part of a five-year project. The project, totaling $1,096,180, will include launching the NKU Center for Health Entrepreneurship and Innovation (NKU-CHEI) and expanding the NKU Collaborative for Economic Engagement, a one-stop, shared-services central innovation hub […]
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Amazon selects NKU as Education Partner for Career Choice Program
Northern Kentucky University announced Tuesday that it has been selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees access to nearly all undergraduate opportunities at NKU. Amazon’s Career Choice program is an education benefit that helps employees to learn new skills for career success. The program meets individual learners where […]
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NKY Chick-fil-A locations collecting supplies for local schools
Northern Kentucky Chick-fil-A restaurants are holding their annual Stuff The Bus Challenge to provide supplies to schools in the area. Northern Kentucky community members who donate five or more school supplies from the list will receive a coupon for a free Chick-fil-A Original Chicken Sandwich. The Northern Kentucky school districts competing for the most supplies, […]
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Campbell County school bus drivers, monitors threaten strike over wages
Bus driver Don Schmidt — along with many other bus drivers and monitors — showed up at the Campbell County School Board meeting Monday night to protest their salary for the upcoming school year. “I’m here tonight with our bus drivers and monitors to publicly protest the amended salary schedule for the upcoming school year,” […]
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Gateway names new dean of arts and sciences
Joe Moffett has been named dean of Arts & Sciences at Gateway Community and Technical College, joining the Academic Affairs department. Moffett, a Pennsylvania State Behrend College graduate, is coming from Oklahoma City Community College, where he served as dean of arts, English and humanities. Moffett earned his master’s and doctorate degree from West Virginia […]
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After 17 years, Boone County Schools bids farewell to Karen Evans
The Boone County Schools Board of Education honored Karen Evans for her service as the executive coordinator for the last 11 years, during her last board meeting on Thursday, July 14.
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Newport announces new intermediate school principal
Newport Independent Schools hired a veteran educator with experience as an administrator as the new principal of Newport Intermediate School. Jennifer Michael just completed her tenth year in public education and her seventh year at Newport. “I hired Jennifer as a business teacher at Newport High School when I was the principal,” said Newport Independent […]
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Local education leaders talk to lawmakers in discussion of police in schools, students’ mental health
As the deadline nears for Kentucky school districts to ensure that a police officer is present on all campuses, the General Assembly’s Interim Committee on Education met Thursday to further discuss its School Safety and Resiliency Act, as well as mental health in schools in Kentucky. “In light of the tragedy that we saw in […]