Newport Independent School District has appointed Matt Atkins as its interim superintendent. The Newport Board of Education appointed Atkins at its regular meeting on June 25. Atkins has served as principal of Newport Primary School since 2017 and graduated from Newport High School in 2000. He has worked in the district for 19 years. Atkins […]
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Newport Schools to pay superintendent $175K in exit agreement
Newport Superintendent Tony Watts’ duties with the district will end on June 30 after he and the board of education came to an agreement on his resignation. Watts resigned as superintendent on May 15 after an over two-hour closed session meeting with the school board. At a special meeting on June 4, after speaking in […]
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Boone County to discuss update on county road swap; Park Hills to talk proposed budget
This week in NKY government meetings, Boone County will discuss an update on the Chambers Road/Hicks Pike Road swap, and Park Hills will talk about their proposed budget. Keep reading to find out what happened in local government over the past week and what you need to know for this week. What happened last week […]
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Before cutting staff, Newport Schools seeks updated budget review
Newport schools officials say they are seeking clarity on the district’s financial standing before making any tough decisions about potential staff cuts. The Newport Board of Education met in a work session on March 12 to discuss the district’s departments and staff within the departments. While board members say Newport Schools needs to reanalyze its […]
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Newport schools face intervention amid declining performance, test scores
Despite a five-year improvement goal set in 2020, Newport’s Education Task Force says too little has changed in the district. “Every year that we don’t improve our academics is another year that we let our children down, another year that they’re not college ready, another year that they’re not career ready,” said former education task […]
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Newport schools contracts former finance director to assess budget shortfall
The Newport Board of Education unanimously approved an independent contract for professional finance services to the board. The contract was for Tete Turner, a former Newport Financial Director. Turner was the finance director before Jennifer Hoover, who recently left the role. “In making this decision, we looked at what the district needed, and that was […]
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Newport teacher union calls for superintendent’s removal as board approves job cuts
The Newport Teachers Association called for a “no confidence” vote in Newport Superintendent Tony Watts Wednesday. The association asked for the vote at the Feb. 26 board meeting, which shows dissatisfaction with the superintendent’s leadership and performance but has no official bearing on an administrator’s job. However, no board member motioned for a vote of […]
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Newport debates medical cannabis; Union to fill final commission seat
This week, in NKY government meetings, Newport will discuss allowing medical cannabis operations, while Union will appoint its final commission member. Keep reading to find out what happened in local government over the past week and what you need to know for this week. What happened last week in NKY government meetings? Florence reviews plans […]
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Newport Independent School District decreases deficit for final budget
The Newport Independent School District will send its final budget for review to the Kentucky Department of Education with a deficit of $987,930, after reducing the deficit by removing sick and vacation day line items and other areas of the budget.
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Ed Davis joins Newport Board of Education
Ed Davis, a longtime community volunteer, has been chosen to replace former member Melissa Sheffel on the Newport Board of Education.
