Members of the Christian County school board heard an update on the Racial Educational Equity Plan during the Thursday night workshop meeting.
Before the plan was presented, Jada Poindexter, an 11th grader at Hopkinsville High School, declared February as Black History Month for the school district. Superintendent Chris Bentzel said the committee formed and went to work over the summer to create the plan.
Kim Stevenson, Director of Alternative Programs, shared the plan and explained why the committee was formed.
William Roderick Summerhill Jr. died at sunrise in Houston, Texas of natural causes on January 14th, 2021 at the age of 86. He was preceded in death by his wife,
Middle and high school students enrolled in classes with Christian County Public Schools began their full rotation of classes Tuesday after months of virtual
A Hopkinsville native was instrumental in planning the inauguration of President Joe Biden Wednesday.
According to a post on the Christian County Schools Facebook site Hopkinsville High School graduate Eugene Pool oversaw the inaugural ceremony in his role in the office of the Architect of the Capitol. Pool is a 1978 graduate of Hopkinsville High School.
The Architect of the Capitol erects the inaugural platform where President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris took the oath of office Wednesday morning. The office is also responsible for setting up seating and fencing on the Capitol grounds and coordinating other activities with the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
Kathi Reed spent about 20 minutes Tuesday afternoon relaxing in a chair at the Western Kentucky Regional Blood Center on South Virginia Street drinking a Coca-Cola while giving her one-pint donation.
The Hopkinsville High School business teacher estimates she has donated about 5 gallons of blood at the center through the years.
âItâs one of those things you can do to give back to your community,â she said. âThereâs a lot of things people do â they give money, they give time. As a teacher I stay incredibly busy and give a lot of extra time to my students, but this is a way I can give back to the community at large.â