Christian County school board members approved the 2021 KSBA policy update with changes that include protecting students and school personnel employees from discrimination regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.
When asked if there were any major changes to the KSBA policy, Melanie Barrett, Director of Pupil Personnel, said there were six policy changes that stood out to her referencing gender identity and sexual orientation.
Director of Pupil Personnel Melanie Barrett
School board attorney Jack Lackey Jr. explained the changes come out of the results of litigation in different parts of the country that have either gone to the Supreme Court and there have been rulings or the Supreme Court denied review and allowed it to stand.
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The Christian County School Board heard the summer maintenance update report at Thursday’s meeting and approved updates to the KSBA policies.
Even though school is out, the maintenance department has been busy during the summer as they work on cleaning, painting and updating facilities across the district. Facilities Coordinator Trevor Herndon says one of the big projects that’s currently underway is they are clearing out the old Christian County Middle School to ready it for demolition he says while many items got thrown away or donated, there’s even more waiting to be made surplus and sold.
Hopkinsville Mayor Wendell Lynch will present an executive order at Tuesday night’s city council meeting appointing individuals to the twelve-member Non-Partisan Elections Citizens Committee. The committee will study the advantages and disadvantages of the city’s elections changing to nonpartisan.
According to the executive order, Rich Maddux will chair the committee that includes Darvin Adams, Rev. Perry Greenwade, Dan Kemp, Tiffany Mumford-Brame, Kelli Pendleton, Nancy Askew, Andra Gold, Faye Hendricks, Rose Jackson, Diane Wood, and Shannon Worden.
The Committee will be tasked with exploring all the pros and cons of changing from the current partisan to nonpartisan elections, as well as the potential impact on voter participation and if it would impact the representation of any particular segment of the community.
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Mayor selects 12 citizens for nonpartisan election committee The committee chair will be Rich Maddux, a former manufacturing plant executive who with his wife now runs The Rabbit’s Basket, an urban farm. by Jennifer P. Brown of Hoptown Chronicle 5:30 am, April 16, 2021
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Mayor Wendell Lynch has selected 12 Hopkinsville residents to serve on a citizens committee that will study whether the city should have nonpartisan elections.
Rich Maddux
They are listed on an executive order prepared for Hopkinsville City Council’s next meeting, on Tuesday, April 20.
The committee chair will be Rich Maddux, a former manufacturing plant executive who now runs The Rabbit’s Basket, an urban farm, with his wife. He has been active in local and state civic work for many years and currently serves on the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.