LAUREL COUNTY, Ky. —
Laurel County School board members have approved four new positions for the upcoming school year that begins next week.
They include an instructional assistant at Johnson Elementary, a special education assistant at North Laurel Middle School, a district certified substitute teacher and one certified science teacher at McDaniel Learning Center.
Other positions have recently been added in what school administrators called a “proactive” measure, as enrollment is expected to increase during the 2010-11 school year. Board members approved a block of art, music, physical education teachers and a counselor, who will work at various schools in the district.
Special education assistant positions and two speech pathologist positions were also added, in addition to filling the director of special education position vacated by Betty Mitchell, who retired..
Board members also approved allowing Gideon’s International representatives to distribute copies of the New Testament to fifth-grade students in the county.
Terry Beckner approached the board to request permission and explained the Bibles were not forced upon any student.
“What we have done is set up a table and allow any student who wants a free copy of the New Testament to take one,” Beckner said. “These are not forced on anyone.”
Board member Bud Stuber questioned why the Bibles are distributed solely to fifth-graders.
“We always have done fifth-graders,” Beckner said. “There were a few years where we didn’t go to the schools and when we were allowed back in, we just chose the fifth-grade class.”
School board attorney Larry Bryson said the question of what is too young and what is too old may have played into the decision of which age group could appreciate the Bibles more.
“That is the age of accountability,” he said.
Staff writer Nita Johnson can be reached by e-mail at njohnson@sentinel-echo.com.
Local News
August 9, 2010
School board members add four positions
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