By Erin Cox
Editor
May 4, 2021
WHITLEY COUNTY â Whitley County Board of Education voted in favor to proceed with an application of waiver to allow a virtual learning option if the need arises for next school year.
The school board met in a special-called virtual meeting Friday afternoon to act on the application of waiver of Kentucky Administrative Regulation. The waiver is required by the Kentucky Department of Education if schools want to give a virtual option for school next year, but school districts can approve the waiver and still opt out of giving the virtual option.
Superintendent John Siler said COVID-19 numbers have been going down in the county and hopes that continues but the waiver would be just in case there was a spike in cases or a new strain that caused issues in the county.
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A crash involving a Whitley County school bus and another vehicle in front of Sanders Cafe left one seriously injured Monday afternoon. There were no students on the bus at the time of the crash that occurred at the intersection of US 25W and KY 830. Inside the other vehicle, a Ford SUV, was a man, woman and three juveniles. The woman was airlifted to UK Medical Center for treatment of serious injuries and the three juveniles were taken to Baptist Health Corbin for treatment of possible injuries. The roadway was shutdown temporarily after the crash. Whitley County School District released the following on its Facebook page: We are sad to report that one of our buses was involved in an accident this evening in Corbin . Thankfully, no students were on the bus and the driver is doing well. Our thoughts and prayers are with the individuals who were in the other vehicle involved in the accident. | Photo courtesy of West Knox Fire Department