Ruth Moyer Elementary, expected to receive state funding for a major renovation. The Fort Thomas Independent School (FTIS) district has received word that Ruth Moyer Elementary has been slated to receive a major renovation. The news, for which the district has just received official confirmation today, was first hinted at last Monday night’s Board of […]
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No Blue Ribbon for Fort Thomas Schools This Year… Because They’ve Earned (Almost) All They Can Already
Last Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced the 2013 cohort of National Blue Ribbon Award winners. In Northern Kentucky, only two schools received the award this year: Mann Elementary of the Boone County School District and Beechwood HS of Beechwood Independent. Fort Thomas Independent was absent from this year’s award-winners, but that might be because all but […]
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Fort Thomas School District Adds Access loop at Moyer Elementary
When School begins in Fort Thomas on August 20, parents of students at Moyer Elementary will begin utilizing a new access loop for morning drop off and afternoon pick up. According to Superintendent Gene Kirchner, “It’s all about student safety. We recognized that having children exit cars on Highland Avenue just wasn’t safe. The loop […]
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Mama on a Budget: Santa House
My husband put the Christmas lights up on the house on Sunday. It went against every bit of his moral fiber to do it prior to Thanksgiving but, as he said, he had to take advantage of the amazing weather. Lights on the house means I can officially begin to love all things Christmas! […]
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Fort Thomas Weekend News and Notes
How about a picture of the Bellevue Kroger rehab to start the news updates? On to the rest of the news: 1. In a bit of a shocking twist last Friday the city eliminated the positions of Jay Treft (Economic Development Director) and Dave Buerger (Recreation Director). The moves weren’t apparently based on any current […]
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FTEF Awards Grants
This year all 5 schools in the Fort Thomas Independent School District will have over $56,000 in additional funds to purchase new technology and supplies due to the Fort Thomas Foundation Foundation’s teacher grant program. This amount represents the most monies awarded by the Foundation in its history. Since 2001, the Foundation has awarded over […]
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Judy the Crossing Guard – Keeping our Streets Safe
Each weekday morning as I head to work I am filled with a moment of dread as I approach the intersection of Highland and Fort Thomas Ave on my way to 471 and eventually to my office. It is inevitable – the moment of indecision as you look Judy the Crossing Guard in the eyes trying […]
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“Learning Pods” at Moyer Elementary
No, this isn’t the new mobile home park in Fort Thomas – only the newest in classroom technology in Fort Thomas. The trailers (or, uh, ‘learning cottages’) have been parked behind Moyer since the end of the school year. While trailers have been a fixture at Woodfill for the past few years they appear to […]
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Neighborhoods in Fort Thomas
I don’t view Fort Thomas as having distinct neighborhoods but rather identifying as Fort Thomas residents in the broader sense. It is not as if Fort Thomas is a new outer ring neighborhood with new track home neighborhoods with stone walls at the entrance indicating the name of the community. Some common divisions do occur […]
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Fort Thomas – A Growing Community?
Recent news from the Enquirer about over crowding at Moyer is just the latest indication that population in Fort Thomas is not decreasing as census numbers would indicate. The article mentions the rationale given by Fort Thomas Schools that younger families moving into the area and replacing older families is the cause for the over […]