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Education

  • Shelby graduation event reaches for helping hands

    Shelby County can point with pride to examples of its generous helping hands – with every month seeming to bring new opportunities to raise funds, raise awareness for a cause, or help a local resident in need – and now organizers of Project Graduation are hoping to tap into that willingness to help.

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  • Elementary redistricting plan coming for Shelby County schools

    Superintendent James Neihof could not discuss test scores during the Shelby County Board of Education meeting on Thursday, so he brought up another hot-button issue: school redistricting.

    Based on next year’s opening of Southside Elementary, Neihof has had the district administration working on a plan to accommodate the expanded size of the new school. Its focus was to create feeder schools, marking three elementary schools to feed each middle school and in turn each high school.

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  • KACo puts on presentation for students

    The Kentucky Association of Counties put on a presentation for 3rd and 4th graders at Heritage Elementary Wednesday that included a Kentucky artist and Shelby County officials that spoke to the children about what they do and their roles in government.

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  • State test scores up sharply

    There were several smiling faces throughout Shelby County Public Schools on Wednesday morning when the district received its Unbridled Learning Accountability System report card.

    The district saw its ranking in Kentucky improve by 21 percentile points, up to the 77th percent out of 174 school districts, earning it the classification of Proficient and Progressing.

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  • Shelby County School Board: Board to take last look at 2013-14 budget

    The Shelby County Board of Education will put together the final budget for the 2013-14 school year during Thursday’s regular board meeting at 7 p.m. at the district’s offices, 1155 Main St. in Shelbyville.

    After voting in August to maintain the personal property and real estate tax rate at 71.5 cents per $100 of assessed value, the board will look to approve the final numbers in its working budget.

    By maintaining the same rate as last year, district officials estimate that general fund will be reduced by nearly $741,000.

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  • Martha Layne Collins visits Martha Layne Collins

    In a darkened auditorium Wednesday at Collins High School, former Gov. Martha Layne Collins sat down with Shelby County Public Schools Public Relations Coordinator Ryan Allan for a question-and-answer session to help enlighten the school’s senior class.

    The assembly – which was handled in a style akin to the classic Inside the Actors Studio – featured Collins informally answering questions from Allan as the students provided a backdrop of laughs and clapping.

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  • Shelby County School Board: SCPS may not be ready to get students ready

    Kerry Fannin, director of secondary schools, presented a past, present and future of College and Career Readiness to the Shelby County Board of Education during Thursday’s meeting at Painted Stone Elementary.

    The presentation was designed as a prep for the board on what the Strategic Leadership Committee will be tackling and for how the district can prepare to reach its BIG Goal of having all students graduate College and Career Ready by 2016.

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  • Shelby County School Board: How ready are students for college, careers?

    The Shelby County Board of Education will take a look at its past, present and future Career Readiness.

    Kerry Fannin, who has returned to the district as director of secondary schools, will have a report on the topic for the board at its meeting Thursday at Painted Stone Elementary School, 150 Warriors Way in Shelbyville.

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  • Shelby County School Board: Vote is official, tax rate is flat

    The Shelby County Board of Education on Thursday took an action that it hasn’t taken in years, voting unanimously to keep the district’s personal property and real estate taxes at 71.5 cents per $100 of assessed value.

    By maintaining the same rate as last year, the district officials estimate that general fund will take a revenue decrease of more than $740,000, but Superintendent James Neihof said the district could withstand that this year.

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  • Neihof wants to reshape school district’s vision

    Shelby County Public Schools is preparing to change the face of learning in the county.

    By February, Superintendent James Neihof said he hopes to have a recommendation in place to alter the vision of the school district and the board for the next five years.

    In a report during Thursday’s school board meeting, Neihof announced his plans for a Strategic Leadership Committee. The committee will be comprised of about 40 teachers, 15 administrators, 10 parents, six students and two board members.

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