“I’m so excited,” Wiseheart said, grinning.
After three years of research with the Resources for Results committee, New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. Superintendent Dennis Brooks fell short of saying whether or not any schools would be closed in the near future.
In his list of recommendations he made during his last school board meeting Monday night, he said not to close a school for the upcoming school year. However, the issue was left open for years beyond that.
The all-female, student cast worked the entire month, putting the show together.
The idea for the camp started in 1991
The images were disturbing, the music vulgar and the stories shocking.
Uniforms may become a reality as early as fall 2010 for some of New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp. schools.
The Education Development Account program provides $250,000 for 40 local families — $5,000 per family — to assist in paying for continuing education.
“I believe this is a very important year for New Albany High School,” Brooks told the board.
The Flocks, along with 10 others, have been elected by the Hall of Fame Committee and will be inducted at a special banquet Sept. 13 in the school cafeteria.
The West Clark Community Schools board decided Thursday night how to spend nearly $700,000 in stimulus funds after a 3-2 and 5-0 vote on the two separate proposals.
The woman who led St. Mary of the Knobs Catholic School since its inception is stepping down to take on a new challenge.
Last week, the board voted to lay off seven teachers. On Tuesday, the board focused on classified and administrative reorganization to attain the rest of the savings.
Steve Morris’ job as Jeffersonville High School principal is safe — for now.
The state’s largest teachers union is laying off dozens of employees in the wake of a financial crisis that spurred investigations of its troubled insurance trust.
“I think the school board should stand behind Mr. Morris and what he has done for Jeffersonville High School rather than try to transfer him,” senior Cameron Blackwell said.
The organization is looking to build on this momentum and enthusiasm to make this next year that much more.
Suburban schools with booming enrollments would see funding increases, while urban and rural school districts that are losing students would see decreases.
Jeffersonville High School celebrated its 138th commencement on Saturday morning with the graduation of nearly 380 students.
Jeremy Chesher was the Class of 2009 valedictorian and Bethany Bonifield was the class salutatorian. Brittany Searcy was president of the Class of 2009, along with Vice President Zach Ruoff, Secretary Morgan Maertz and Treasurer Matt Owen. Other executive officers for the class were Morgan Jones, Lindsey McLauren, Cari Robinson, Dan Roskowsi and Ashleigh Skaggs.
Heather Rapp, left, and Larissa Ramirez laugh over snapshots while waiting for commencement service to begin.
A growing Hispanic population at Parkwood Elementary School is causing one teacher to step up
The agreement would end Jeffersonville-Charlestown Pike and build a new road at the edge of the Wilson Elementary School property.
The goal is to cut about $400,000 from the 2009 budget.
In an effort to help make up a $400,000 shortfall in the 2009 budget, Clarksville Community Schools Corp. Board of Trustees voted to lay off seven teachers Monday night in a special meeting, effective at the end of the 2008-09 school year.
Senior Class President Kelly Brown put on a yellow construction hat during her speach stating that "This day has been a long time coming," and finishing her speach with saying "Today the project is complete" during graduation ceremonies Sunday. (Photo by Trisha Dunn)
Cave is all about meeting challenges head-on, both in the classroom and on the track. She qualified this week for the state track meet in the 3,200 meters. The same day during Class Night activities, she was only one of 10 girls in the state to receive the Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association Scholarship for swimming.
“When he pursues something, he does it with excellence,” said Barbour, director of development at the school.
Spokesman Dave Rarick said there also will be at least one public hearing before any decision is made.
The diversity at Fairmont Elementary is not only seen via the flags hanging in the foyer representing countries students are from
Deborah Horton made the most of her time in the national spelling spotlight.
She said the tradition — that dates back before Superintendent Dennis Brooks came to the corporation — is “fiscally irresponsible.”
Only at a spelling bee picnic could 12-year-old Kira Simpson of Bluff, Utah, wear a blue T-shirt that reads “I love nerds” and fit right in.
City officials and supporters broke ground for Jeffersonville’s newest neighborhood Wednesday — Safety Town USA.
In a 6-1 vote, Greater Clark County Schools board members approved Stephen Daeschner as superintendent
The Greater Clark County Schools board took final action last week in firing Chief Financial Officer Michael Hodgson.
Gov. Mitch Daniels’ administration is closing Indiana’s state school for troubled or needy youth and will use it as home to a National Guard military academy for teens who have dropped out of high school.
High schools that achieve the biggest graduation rate increases between now and next spring could receive up to $20,000
“All you have to do is look around,” said Amy Brown, a registered dietitian, clinical exercise specialist and certified diabetes educator at Floyd Memorial Hospital and Health Services. “Look at neighborhoods, look at local schools. Childhood obesity continues to rise at an alarming rate.”
Tyler Payne delivers the class response on Thursday night during the commencement ceremony of Purdue University College of Technology in New Albany at the Ogle Center on the campus of Indiana University Southeast. Payne was one of nine students to receive a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering technology, the first group to be awarded that degree from the New Albany campus.
Staff photo by Kevin McGloshen
The meeting with the candidate that is open to the general public will be from 6:45 to 8 p.m. at St. Stephen Church, 2701 Veterans Parkway, Jeffersonville.
That means he’s been paid about $32,000 to not work, according to the amount he earned in 2008, which was $110,550.
Like a drill instructor getting troops ready for combat, New Albany High School choir director Linda DeRungs was all business following a recent rehearsal of “The Mikado.”
“We believe a lot more can be accomplished through prayerful, respectful witness than can be accomplished in angry protest,” said Michele Sagala
Robbie Valentine, board vice president, said the public will get a chance to meet the lone superintendent candidate at a meeting Tuesday night
Clarksville school officials decided Tuesday night not to immediately join other area school corporations with chief administrator vacancies in a superintendent search of their own.
DARE — which stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education — has been taught to Floyd County students since 1992.
Stimulus money earmarked for special education will increase staff as well as possibly help reduce or eliminate future layoffs at New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp.
When a student once put teacher Angie Morgan in a choke hold, she said she waited for another adult to remove the student instead of acting on her own because she was afraid of hurting the child and being sued.
Doug Elmore’s face lit up as he conducted his Floyd Central High School orchestra students, encouraging them to play to their limits.
The class of 2009 is made up of 1,086 students
Students going in for a handshake during graduation at Indiana University Southeast will be left hanging.
Her teacher, Steve Cooley, has had students tie-dye shirts for years as part of his lesson on the 1960s.
She was chosen among 12 nominees. Video clips of each nominee were shown during the banquet.
However, the new Public Law 221 results show that Clarksville Community School Corp. and Greater Clark County Schools each have a school that has been placed on probation
Daeschner, 67, told Naperville Sun reporter Tim Waldorf his decision to apply was based on a “passion for at-risk kids, and they’re all at-risk.”
“He embodies what IUS is,” said Jim Morris, a former basketball coach and athletic director at the school, who also recruited Lane to come to IUS.
The Clarksville Community Schools Corp. board recently voted to give layoff notices to about 10 teachers.
The two made quite a showing.
With people from all over the world gearing up to start betting this weekend on the Kentucky Derby, West Clark Community Schools Corp. received a stroke of luck Thursday night — on the school system’s Early Childhood Development Center.
They say they are just regular students who have an incredible thirst to learn.
Isabella Salazar takes a victory lap on her stick horse
“This is stressful,” the 17-year-old student mumbled to herself. “This would really be a bad life.”
“We have 11,000 kids we have to look out for. You guys have got to be patient,” board secretary Missy DeArk said.
The school board worked Tuesday to finalize application materials and deadlines to make sure a replacement is found before school starts in August.
“I hope for the best success for Clarksville, and my heart will always be here,” Fisher told the board.
With flu-like symptoms closing schools in various states due to the swine flu outbreak, Superintendent Dennis Brooks, with New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corp., is taking precautionary measures to make sure students are protected.
What are the problems? What services are available?
“We might be training kids for future employment, too,” she added.
Erica Walsh, public relations specialist, said participation is at a high, with 187 students presenting.
The decision to invite the president to speak at the May 17 commencement has been a source of debate, with dozens of bishops criticizing the university president
Some positions may be able to be saved, at least temporarily, with economic stimulus money.
Monty Schneider, superintendent of West Clark Community Schools, is one of 11 superintendents chosen from 292 school corporations across the state that will serve on the Superintendents’ Study Council.
“When he is conducting, it’s just magic,” said Mary Lou Frank, a member of the concert band.