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Education

  • More than hall monitors

    Officer Roger Ramsey sat in his cruiser at 8 a.m. at the top of the Central Hardin High School parking lot. With a cup of Circle K coffee in hand, he observed as students parked and socialized before the first bell rang.

    It was a quiet April morning until Ramsey noticed Assistant Principal Mike Lawson staring at something in the parking lot.

    Speaking over a radio, Lawson informed the officer he saw a suspicious gray pick-up truck, which had been driving around the lot for several minutes without parking.

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  • Testing to begin this month for local districts

    The work of students and teachers will be put to the test later this month as annual state assessments begin.

    Testing now is conducted in the last 14 days of the school year. This is the second year the state has used the K-PREP system, and while this has meant significant changes for teachers and administrators, there have been some changes for students, too.

    Along with the change in the testing window, the format of the test is slightly different than past assessments.

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  • ACT glitch causes testing problems

    End-of-course exams begin soon in local school districts and with some trepidation, as districts around the state ran into a glitch in the online testing system.

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  • T.K. Stone student facing charges over false report

    A student faces charges and a suspension after falsely reporting seeing someone with a gun at a local middle school Wednesday morning.

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  • Ballard named next EIS superintendent

    While the community of Elizabethtown Independent Schools was looking to the future, it was hard for Jon Ballard not to think back to the past.

    Ballard was named the next EIS superintendent to succeed Gary French, who retires in June. His employment with the district was approved unanimously by the EIS board at a special meeting Wednesday at Panther Academy.

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  • EIS names next superintendent

    Elizabethtown Independent Schools announced the selection of Jon Ballard as its next superintendent during a special meeting 

    Ballard will replace Gary French, who plans to retire in July. Both educators are graduates of Elizabethtown High School. 

    "It's truly an honor to be superintendent of such a fine district," Ballard said.

    He cited several former educators and the district's tradition of excellence in a brief acceptance speech.

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  • EIS superintendent to be selected today

    The new superintendent for Elizabethtown Independent Schools will be selected at a board meeting at 6 p.m. today at Panther Academy.

    The finalists for the position are Jon Ballard, associate superintendent of human resources for Hardin County Schools, and Mark Owens, director of personnel at Daviess County Schools.

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  • EIS accepting nominations for alumni awards next week

    The process of selecting the first round of exceptional alumni of Elizabethtown Independent Schools to be honored begins next week.

    Nominations for the new Tradition of Excellence Alumni Award at Elizabethtown Independent Schools will be accepted beginning May 1. Nominations will be taken until June 30, and the first awards ceremony is the weekend of homecoming in September.

    Nomination forms can be found at each of the district’s schools and at www.etown.k12.ky.us/.

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  • Guthrie visits J.T. Alton graduates of digital literacy program

    As the virtual world expands, a group of students at a local middle school have learned to navigate the possibilities and pitfalls of their digital lives.

    U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie joined J.T. Alton Middle School students Monday to celebrate their completion of the digital literacy program Ignition. The students took part in the program as part of a practical living and vocational studies class, and Guthrie handed out certificates of completion for the program.

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  • Courageous runway: Cancer survivors, Old Navy raise money for research

    After watching her friend participate in a local fashion show, Natalie Detre decided to take a spin on the catwalk this year.

    “She looked like she had so much fun doing it,” Detre said.

    Detre fit right in with the other models, as they all have something in common: They all have faced cancer.

    The Cancer Survivor Fashion Show hosted by Old Navy was Sunday afternoon at Pritchard Community Center. More than 20 participants modeled clothes and shared their stories.

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