The Boone County School Board voted unanimously Thursday night to keep a book on the shelves at a Union elementary school after a parent said the book was harmful to minors and requested it be removed from the library. The book, called “Endlessly Ever After,” allows readers to choose their own adventure. Longbranch Elementary School […]
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Boone County Schools superintendent announces retirement
Boone County Schools Superintendent Matthew Turner announced his retirement on Friday afternoon, effective at the end of the current school year. “After 33 fulfilling years in education as a superintendent, a high school principal, an assistant principal, a teacher and a coach, the time has come for me to bid farewell and to embrace the […]
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Boone County looks to bolster alternative education: ‘It’s time to be proactive’
Boone County School Board members are creating a task force to research the best ways to bolster alternative education programming, which provides at-risk students with instruction and curriculum to help them prepare for college and a career. Board member Jesse Parks brought up the idea of a creating a committee at Thursday’s meeting, which could […]
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Instructional time changes approved for Boone County Elementary Schools
Boone County elementary schools will start the day a little earlier in the 2023-2024 school year. The move to add 10 to 15 minutes to each day’s original start time was approved by the Boone County Schools Board of Education during its March 9 meeting. The schools requesting extensions in their school days for the […]
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Ed leaders want better funding for public schools over charter investment
Education leaders want to see adequate funding for Kentucky’s public schools before state and local dollars are divvied up for charter schools. Education leaders in Boone County are responding to the passage of House Bill 9, the controversial legislation that paves the way for charter school funding. The bill cleared the Senate Tuesday and now […]
