Education

The students’ attire said everything about what the day ahead would be like for them. They wore their Trojan blue caps and gowns, ready to walk the line, but underneath, instead of dresses and ties, they had on track uniforms and warm-up gear. Graduation was just the beginning of their day.

North Hardin High School hosted a special graduation ceremony Saturday morning for six students who missed the main ceremony for the state track competition, both of which were held Saturday night.

Hardin County Schools faces less money in its general fund as administrators complete the second phase of the budgeting process.

The HCS board approved the district’s tentative budget for the next fiscal year Tuesday at a special meeting. The second of three steps in the budget cycle, the tentative plan shows a nearly $5 million drop in the general fund from a previous budget draft.

HCS plans on approximately $95.6 million in the general fund, compared to $100.7 million included in the draft budget approved in January.

Nestled on the outskirts of Fort Knox is the community of Muldraugh, whose center of life and activity is its elementary school. The school has been around in some form since 1912 — exactly 100 years.

But Wednesday marked the elementary school’s final day.

“When we got the official news that we were closing, I knew we would have to have a funeral or a celebration,” principal Will Parker said at the closing ceremony. “I chose a celebration.”