Despite record enrollment at Fort Thomas Independent Schools, the school system city-wide has seen a decrease of 169 lunches served each day since instituting the federal school lunch guidelines. The Fort Thomas Independent School system has decided that it will no longer choose to follow the federal lunch program, which has made its requirements increasingly […]
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Fort Thomas School Calendar Stirs Controversy On Start/End Dates
The Fort Thomas Board of Education approved the calendar for the 2014-2015 on Monday night. The initial tentative vote on the calendar was taken at a board meeting in January 2013. “In the end, a majority of our Board members felt that it was important to stick with the original calendar,” said Superintendent Gene Kirchner. […]
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Fort Thomas News – Midweek Update
1. Today was the grand opening of the New Garden – see previous post that includes the menu. This continues the renaissance of the Midway district and is a nice addition to the dining options the exist in the middle of town. Over the past couple of years we have a new streetscape, a Farmers […]
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Mid Week Links
– Just a reminder: the Police Department is collecting e-mail addresses to add to the new FTPD E-Lert System that is replacing Nixle. If you are interested, please contact Police@ftthomas.org with your email address. Currently, there are around 225 people signed up now, and is scheduled to go live right after July 4th. – Run […]
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Fort Thomas & Campbell County Results
Quick recap of the races this evening that impacts Fort Thomas: 1. Council is unchanged. This is the right result – I have had my doubts about Jeremy Canter as a real candidate and despite my misgivings on Lisa Kelly she is a better option than Canter. 2. We have a new member on the […]
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Scott Johnson Talks School Funding
Scott Johnson has taken me up on my request for a final appeal to voters and wants your vote for re-election to the school board: In my first term, I have researched the SEEK funding formula and documented that the state share of our budget has declined 20%, (to 36%) while the local share has […]
