School Day

To highlight the availability of the School Breakfast Program, Clark County Public Schools participated in the National School Breakfast Week campaign. Every school day the CCPS  breakfast program offers students the healthy foods they need to be prepared for a busy school day. Every school breakfast served meets federal nutrition standards limiting fat and portion size. During the “School Breakfast - Go for Gold” campaign, cafeterias offered fun activity sheets to help students warm up their brains.

Public schools in Jessamine County are closed Thursday for the 10th time in the 2010-2011 school year after several inches of snow fell in central Kentucky Wednesday afternoon and evening. The closure adds to the instructional time the district will have to make up this year by extending the school day, opening during spring break or keeping schools open at least into the second week of June. Superintendent Lu Young said the administration would recommend extending the school day to the Jessamine County Board of Education at its Feb. 28 meeting.

It was just another normal day at St. Agatha Academy Wednesday, except that most of the school's 150 students walked to school to participate in the international Walk to School Day. About 125 students walked from College Park to the school as part of the Saint Agatha Academy walking school bus, top photo. At right, students created posters to celebrate the day including, from left, Daniel Vetter, fifth grade, Teresa Vetter, eighth grade, Tessa Miller fifth grade, and Michael Peyton, sixth grade.

I just wanted to say that I am so thankful that the haunted house in Hustonville did not fall on a Saturday, when all the little leauge basketball games were going on at the school! That would have been a nightmare, a big nightmare. Why did the property owner not think about the danger his property posed to others. Is he going to leave the rest of that monstriosty up until it happens on basketball day, or any school day when the elementary is full of our most prized family, our children.

I just wanted to say I am so thankful the haunted house in Hustonville did not fall on a Saturday, when all the little league basketball games were going on at the school. That would have been a nightmare - a big nightmare. Why did the property owner not think about the danger his property posed to others? Is he going to leave the rest of that monstrosity up until it happens on a basketball day, or any school day when the elementary school is full of our most prized family - our children?

Dear Editor, The 88th annual American Education Week is under way. The National Education Association's American Education Week spotlights the importance of providing every child in America with a quality public education from kindergarten through college, and the need for everyone to do his or her part in making public schools great. Boyle County strives to provide students with quality public schools so our students can grow, prosper and achieve in the 21st Century.

Casey library annex to sell used books LIBERTY - The Casey County Public Library annex will be open 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday for browsing. Shirley Peyton will be at the annex behind the library on Middleburg Street to assist anyone who wants to buy books and T-shirts. Friends of the Library has accumulated several books that are in fairly good condition, according to Tom Ellis. Ellis also said the organization is looking for volunteers to assist Peyton in the Library Annex.

A Boyle County High School student could face an assault charge and suspension from school after a fight with another girl outside a bathroom at the end of the school day Thursday. Assistant Danville Police Chief Tom Bustle said that the two girls, both 16, had argued earlier in the day and that the disagreement turned physical just as classes were finishing. "Two girls got into it in the bathroom right at the end of the day," Bustle said. "A teacher broke it up. " One of the girls was taken to the emergency room at Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center shortly before 5 p.m., apparently by her parents, according to police records, but the extent of her injuries was not clear.

Dear Editor: Jackie Walters of Lexington has eloquently explained the reasons to support pending bills relating to the health of Kentucky's schoolchildren. I write to put the Kentucky bills in a national context. Last month, California Gov. Schwarzenegger said it was "ludicrous" for our schools to be selling soda and junk food - that schools were "destroying" the kids. He urged legislators to bring a bill banning soda (regardless of grade level). There are newly proposed statewide bans that would do that in Montana, South Carolina, Connecticut, Mississippi, Nebraska, Arizona and New Mexico.

Danville Schools have three new initiatives for next school year. They include lengthening the school day, adding two home visit days to the school calendar, and monetary incentives to schools for high test scores. The overall mission, Superintendent Bob Rowland said, is to improve the education of students. Under the first initiative, the school day will be lengthened at the elementary schools and Bate Middle School, making all schools have a seven-hour day. Elementary schools will go from 7:50 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bate will start at 8:30 a.m. and go until 3:30 p.m., which is the same schedule as Danville High School.