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Education

  • SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD – Board approves athlete drug testing

    The Shelby County Board of Education approved Thursday a one-year pilot program for random drug testing of student athletes.

    David Weedman, director student achievement, said there has not been a decision made yet on how the program will be carried out but he anticipates it will begin this fall.

    “It will begin next year,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll get everything in place by the fall.”

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  • SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD – Board to vote on athlete drug testing

    The hot topic of random drug testing for student athletes returns to this week’s Shelby County Board of Education meeting and this time the agenda calls for more than just discussion.

    When the board meets Thursday at 6:30 at the Shelby County Education Center at Cropper, , 8472 Cropper Road in Pleasureville, the board will consider the approval of a one-year drug testing pilot program.

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  • Throwing a flag on hunger

    Powder-puff fundraiser

    WHEN: Saturday 5 p.m.

    WHERE: Collins High School football field

    WHAT: Fundraiser flag football game

    BENEFITTING: The Shelby County Backpack Program

    COST: $3 for spectators, canned goods and monetary donations also encouraged

    MORE INFO: 647-1160

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  • A blooming source of learning

    Clear Creek Elementary students are now saving the Monarch butterfly species one caterpillar at a time thanks to a collaborative effort from teachers, students and Shelby County Master Gardeners with funding provided by the Shelby County Soil Conservation Board.

    The master gardeners worked with students and teachers to install a new butterfly garden on Tuesday, and now students throughout the school are conserving, observing and maintaining the garden.

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  • SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD – Budget committee proposes $1.15 million in new expenses

    Susan Barkley, the director of finance for Shelby County Public Schools, shared with the board of education Thursday a report from the budget committee regarding the 2015-16 Tentative Budget, which is to be submitted to the board for approval next month.

    Barkley said the committee, which is comprised of four principals, several staff members from central office, two teachers and two board members, has met three times this year in order to develop the budget.

    Thursday’s report updated the board on only a small portion of the budget.

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  • Truth and Consequences

    The gymnasium at the Shelby County Education Center at Cropper Wednesday morning was filled with individuals from law enforcement and EMS workers, among many others, to deal with victims and abusers of drug and alcohol use, at least hypothetically.

    Kelly Samples McNew, director of Shelby Prevention, hosted an exercise titled Truth and Consequences and gave students the opportunity to experience the results of some negative decisions.

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  • Cauley-Stein visits Shelby students

    The red and black gym at West Middle School was filled with blue and white Thursday, as students stomped on the bleachers and chanted, “We want Willie”.

    The room exploded when the seven-foot-tall University of Kentucky basketball player, Willie Cauley-Stein, finally arrived.

    And with him he brought positive messages of encouragement, be a positive influence, be nice and do your best.

    Former UK player Jeff Sheppard introduced Cauley-Stein and spoke with the students as part of his ‘School is Cool Tour’.

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  • Building a new life

    As Shelby County High School construction teacher Walter Wilson controls his class filled with rowdy high-schoolers operating loud power tools and banging hammers, it’s difficult to fathom that just three months ago Wilson was lying in an operating room in Cincinnati receiving a new liver.

    “I feel better every day,” he said with a smile.

    More than five years ago Wilson was diagnosed with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) disease, a rare disease of the liver speculated to be hereditary but not related to drinking alcohol.

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  • Matthews’ accepted to first Craft Academy

    Shelby County High School sophomore Hunter Matthews will exit his local high school this summer and return next fall to the campus of Morehead State, but he isn’t graduating yet.

    Matthews is one of sixty students selected from more than 100 applicants to be part of the inaugural class of Morehead State University's Craft Academy for Excellence in Science and Mathematics, which is set to open this August.

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  • Food for thought

    Southside third-graders had a unique opportunity last week to taste test several items under consideration for next year’s school lunch menu, and their feedback will determine which items make the cut.

    “It’s just so cool to let them feel like they have a say in what’s happening at the school and let them share their student voice,” said teacher Amanda Atkins.

    “Students don’t get a lot of opportunity to do that.”

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