Campbell County Schools is looking to improve its food programs. The district is hiring a food service coordinator position to help better services by providing nutritional and appealing food for students. The district also approved the purchase of a food service vehicle to aid that position, during a Campbell County Board of Education meeting on […]
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Newport High School Special Olympics Team take home six medals in winter games
Newport High School’s Snow Cat ski team won six medals in the Kentucky Special Olympics Winter Games held at Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. “These young people set an example for all of us as they overcome challenges that make most of our daily problems pale in comparison,” said Lisa Swanson, director of Exceptional […]
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NKY high school students take top honors in regional speech competition
Three Dixie Heights high school students won top honors at the Kentucky High School Speech League (KHSSL) Regional Speech Tournament on Saturday. Students from across 19 counties competed in the tournament. Ronan Duke, a junior, was named Regional Champion in Dramatic Interpretation. Erin Vallaincourt, a junior, and Gauge Golji, a freshman, were named Regional Runners […]
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What’s next in NKY’s pilot charter school saga
This story originally appeared in the Jan. 13 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe. Questions are looming after Northern Kentucky University in December declined to be the authorizer of the region’s pilot charter school, and the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that a key charter school funding element was unconstitutional. In […]
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Campbell County Board of Education approves salary increase for school district
At the Campbell County Board of Education meeting Tuesday, the board voted to invest approximately $2.2 million to $2.4 million in salary wages for the 2023-2024 school year. The effort began in October last year when the district budget committee worked on an analysis of salaries. The purpose of this committee was to consider all […]
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NKU floats name for potential interim president
The Northern Kentucky University Board of Regents is expected to consider a resolution to appoint Bonita Brown, vice president and chief strategy officer at NKU, as the university’s interim president at their meeting on Wednesday. The resolution, announced in an agenda sent out Tuesday afternoon, comes after the abrupt departure of former NKU President Ashish Vaidya, […]
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Tim Curl selected to fill vacancy on Newport Board of Education
Tim Curl, a Newport native and graduate of Newport High School with career experience in education, has been selected to fill an unexpired term on the Newport Board of Education. Curl fills the board vacancy created by the departure of former board member Julie Smith-Morrow, who was elected to the Newport City Commission in November. […]
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Campbell County Schools first in region to offer telehealth services
Campbell County Schools now offers virtual school-based telehealth visits through St. Elizabeth Healthcare for students starting this school year. Telehealth visits can be set up for students with non-emergent health issues who will be seen by a physician via the computer while the student is at school. With parent permission, the school health provider will […]
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Campbell County Board of Education elects new chair/vice chair
At their special meeting Wednesday, the Campbell County Board of Education voted to elect Kimber Fender as the school board chair and Peggy Shultz as vice chair. Fender previously served on the board as vice chair. She has been the District 3 representative for 10 years. Shultz has served as the District 4 representative for […]
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Is legal battle over former DAV site in Campbell County finally over?
A years-long saga over who has the right to the DAV property that has been called the top development site in Campbell County could soon come to a conclusion. Maybe. The Kentucky Court of Appeals last week reversed the Campbell County Circuit Court’s decision that the Board of Education was entitled to eminent domain to […]