Education

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.

A new athletic field for Elizabethtown High School will be discussed tonight during a work session of the Elizabethtown Board of Education.

The discussion precedes a special board meeting which has a single agenda item regarding consideration of the 2012-2013 local facilities plan.

The meeting begins at 6  p.m. in the Elizabethtown Independent Schools office at 219 Helm St.

Two vacant principal positions in the Hardin County Schools should be filled next month, said John Wright, the district's community relations specialist.

Wright said Tuesday that the leadership roles at Central Hardin High School and Vine Grove Elementary School likely will be filled in July, well before the new school year.

Central Hardin's vacancy occurred with the retirement of Ron Ortiz. Lonnie Dennis is leaving the Vine Grove position to replace the retiring Bill Dennison at North Hardin High.