Governor Steve Beshear will spend several hours in Covington on Wednesday as his expanded schedule now includes stops at two growing businesses. On Wednesday, it was reported by The River City News that Beshear would attend the groundbreaking of the new Northern Kentucky Career Center to be constructed at the former site of Robke Chevrolet […]
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Busy Day for Governor in Covington
Governor Steve Beshear will spend several hours in Covington on Wednesday as his expanded schedule now includes stops at two growing businesses. On Wednesday, it was reported by The River City News that Beshear would attend the groundbreaking of the new Northern Kentucky Career Center to be constructed at the former site of Robke Chevrolet […]
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Education Commissioner Makes Dire Predictions for Kentucky’s Cash-Strapped Schools
This article originally appeared as special to KY Forward and is written by Brad Hughes Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday ramped up his recent dire predictions for the state’s cash-strapped public education system Sunday, forecasting another cut in state funding this fiscal year if the 2014 General Assembly doesn’t find new revenues. Speaking at the […]
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Education Commissioner Makes Dire Predictions for Kentucky’s Cash-Strapped Schools
This article originally appeared as special to KY Forward and is written by Brad Hughes Kentucky Education Commissioner Terry Holliday ramped up his recent dire predictions for the state’s cash-strapped public education system Sunday, forecasting another cut in state funding this fiscal year if the 2014 General Assembly doesn’t find new revenues. Speaking at the […]
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Fort Thomas Moving up the Cincy Magazine Rankings
I mentioned the “Rating the Burbs” issue of Cincy Magazine from last year and how disappointed I was by Fort Thomas falling outside the Top 20. The magazine just released their latest issue and in a major reversal Fort Thomas is now ranked 8th ahead of Montgomery, Blue Ash, Mariemont, and Mason. Beyond the surprising […]
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Woodfill – Wow, What a Miss
Staggering blow today with news that Woodfill’s bids have come in 12.5% over budget or $1.1m. Given the current economy this is a huge miss in estimation and will eat into ‘urgent needs funds’ that could have been used in other places in the district. I know I have mentioned this before but doesn’t this […]
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Woodfill Reconstruction
An article about finally getting started on reconstructing Woodfill. I am not sure but I think the reconstruction of Woodfill is the closest thing to a “shovel ready” project that I know of in Fort Thomas. Not sure how that $800B in funds will trickle down through the state but I hope it made a […]
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Fort Thomas Education Update
Big news this week on the education front in Fort Thomas. The first relating to the new capstone program introduced at Highlands High School starting next year. It truly appears to be an innovative program that enhances Highlands already great reputation for preparing students for the next phase of life. The 3 capstone groups are […]
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Highlands Highly Rated in US News
The Fort Thomas education system put another notch on its belt this past week as the latest US News & World Report’s ranking of US High Schools again listed Highlands as a top high school. Highlands was 1 of only 7 high schools in the state of KY and 1 of 604 nationwide with a […]
