What you need to know Beechwood Independent Schools is taking the training wheels off K-12 education and reimagining what it could look like to prepare its students better for the workforce. “What job exists where you sit down for two weeks, you listen to your boss, and at the end you write down everything your […]
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Former Beechwood teacher’s admission highlights gray area between law, ethics
As a Kentucky State Police detective interviewed him in 2022, a former Beechwood teacher’s answers became quieter and shorter. In a recording of the interview, obtained by LINK nky, the teacher admits to having sexual contact with and even grooming a graduating senior in 2020. “So we can probably agree that there is a little […]
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Beechwood superintendent permanently barred from renewing certification
Beechwood Independent Schools Superintendent Mike Stacy, who announced his retirement in March after a controversial contract extension the year before, has been permanently barred from renewing his certification to work in Kentucky schools, according to meeting minutes from the Education Professional Standards Board. According to the board’s June 4 minutes, Stacy “shall not be employed […]
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Beechwood welcomes new superintendent Justin Kaiser
Beechwood Independent Schools has a new superintendent. The district’s board of education approved the contract for Justin Kaiser on Thursday. His role will begin on July 1, per a press release from the district. This hiring, per the release, was “the result of a nationwide search facilitated by a consultant with the Kentucky School Board […]
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Beechwood Schools to pilot social media program for college athlete recruitment
Beechwood Independent Schools will run a program next year to help create and curate social media profiles for district athletes looking to get recruited to college sports programs, with the program costing about $4,000 and being completed by district staff.
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Beechwood School District builds new facilities for career and future planning
Beechwood Independent Public School District is in the process of constructing new facilities that will provide more career and future planning options for their students, including lab and learning spaces for medical trades, media, an entrepreneurship lab, environmental science and agricultural labs, as well as virtual reality equipment.
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Beechwood takes third straight Ninth Region All “A” title
Beechwood’s baseball team won its third straight Ninth Region All “A” title with a 10-5 win over Newport Central Catholic, led by Keagan Hutton, Tyler Fryman and Chase Flaherty.
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Beechwood baseball team overcomes slow start to surge ahead
Kevin Gray wasn’t worried. No, Beechwood’s baseball coach was not concerned about the four-time defending Ninth Region champion Tigers starting this season at 2-3 before winning five straight going into this weekend’s Ninth Region All “A” tournament. What was Gray’s reason for the slow start? He wanted his team to get some early experience. “We’re […]
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Beechwood Marching Band wins state championships, heads to nationals
The Beechwood Independent Marching Tigers clinched the Kentucky Music Educators Association State Marching Band Championships on Saturday. Now the band will need to prepare for the Music for All’s Bands of America Grand National Championship in Indianapolis on Nov. 9. “It’s about as an athletic show you’ll ever see from a high school band,” said […]
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NKU partners with Beechwood Schools to increase teacher workforce
Written by Anna Azallion for WCPO Northern Kentucky University is partnering with local school districts to help give high schoolers a head start on a college degree and to help address the teacher shortage. Eileen Shanahan, the Chair of the Department of Teacher Preparation and Education Studies at NKU said the school-based scholars program started […]