Education

Two of the five summer lunch sites offered by Hardin County Schools will close earlier than originally scheduled.

The site at Radcliff Elementary School ended its services Tuesday, instead of running through July 31. Attendance had been low after camps at the site were completed, said Martine Smallwood with the HCS Child Nutrition Program. The site was new to the program this year.

All that glitters is indeed gold for the Future Farmers of America at John Hardin High School.

The FFA chapter at John Hardin received a Gold Emblem rating from the state FFA Association and was named a National FFA Chapter Award Finalist at the recent state convention.

Fifth-grade students at Meadow View have won the Project Citizen state championship for the second year in a row and changed Hardin County Schools’ policy in the process.

Project Citizen develops students’ interest in local, state and federal government.

Each school district is required to routinely review a construction needs list and submit it to the state Department of Education. Referred to as the District Facilities Plan, these documents declare priorities and direct the flow of spending.

Elizabethtown Independent Schools updated its plan by identifying general urgencies and no No. 1 priority in order to retain the greatest flexibility in spending and full local decision making. The school board reviewed and adopted the plan during a special meeting Wednesday.