Boone County Schools will host a meeting for parents and students seeking information about special needs postsecondary opportunities. The Special Needs Transition Forum is slated from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 27 at the Ralph Rush Professional Development Center, located at 99 Center St. in Florence, officials said. Postsecondary education includes universities and colleges, […]
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Boone principals stepping up to help with bus driver shortage
Boone County Schools is anticipating receiving reinforcements to address its school bus driver shortage – in the form of school principals. Deputy Superintendent Eric McArtor said at Thursday’s Boone County Schools Board of Education meeting that several school administrators are in training and will be hitting the roads soon. “Some of our principals have volunteered […]
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Hebron non-profit targets mental health awareness, suicide prevention
Hebron resident Debbie Zegarra lost her son, Ethan, to suicide nearly five years ago. And since that time, she’s dedicated herself to promoting mental health awareness and suicide prevention. “It’ll be five years Sept. 29,” Zegarra said. “He was 16 at the time. We took part of his college fund and some donations from the […]
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21 teams in 21 days: Conner football preview
Conner’s 2022 football season was as painful as a blindsided sack. The Cougars task for 2023 is challenging: recovering from last year’s 2-9 campaign, a season in which the Cougars scored just 90 points – the second fewest in Class 5A – and surrendered 349. Head coach David Trosper said every season is a challenge. […]
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Boone County Schools to dispose of old special education records
Boone County Schools will soon dispose of special education records for students who graduated between May 2018 and May 2020. The disposal date is marked for Friday, Sept. 1. The district made the announcement in a public notice, which said the records being disposed relate to graduates’ “identification, evaluation, educational placement, or the provision of […]
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Stephens Elementary to gain 50 one-to-one reading coaches
The Rotary Club of Florence has partnered with the Northern Kentucky Education Council for members to become trained as one-to-one reading mentors. Trained volunteers become tutors who meet once a week individually with first through third-grade students who are struggling with reading or math. Julie Pile of the Rotary Club of Florence spoke at the […]
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Boone County Schools offering free summer meals for students under 18
Boone County Schools is participating in the Kentucky Department of Education Summer Food Service Program, which offers meals for all children under 18 years old. The program is designed to provide low-income children and teens at risk of inadequate nutrition with free, nutritious meals during the summer when school is not in session. RA Jones Middle […]
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Photos: Graduation ceremonies across Boone County schools
Boone County students from Ryle High School, RISE and Accel Academies and Boone County High School received their diplomas last week. Click through the gallery below to see photos from each ceremony.
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Boone County Business Association sets date for annual golf outing
The Boone County Business Association’s 23rd Annual Golf Outing has been set for Aug. 4 at Boone Links Golf Course in Florence. Money raised from the outing will support the Business Association’s efforts to provide winter coats, hats and gloves to students enrolled in the Boone County Schools Alternative School Program. The participating foursomes are […]
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Boone County honors SROs, bus drivers, therapy dog honored
The 29 School Resource Officers assigned to Boone County Schools were honored at the May 11 Board of Education meeting. The Sheriff Deputies led by Major Ryan Walters work in the 28 buildings of the school system providing security for the nearly 25,000 students and staff in the system. Deputy Alesa Collinsworth, the newest […]
