Hopkinsville Community College will celebrate Black History Month with a virtual event next week.
School officials said Donavan Pinner would be the guest speaker for the event, focusing on ‘Peace and Unity.’ The event will take place Wednesday afternoon, February 17, at 4:00
here. Pinner is a community organizer in Hopkinsville.
He graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, with a Bachelor of Arts in Religion. While at the college, he served as Executive Director of the Student Government Association, a Lead Residential Advisor, a member of the Pre-Alumni Association, Archrival Assistant and the Martin Luther King Jr., International Chapel Assistants Program.
Trigg County Public Schools officials have received a favorable response to one of their calendar options that starts the 2021-2022 school year on Aug. 11, includes a full week each for fall and spring breaks and ends on May 19, a day earlier than the second option available on the school website.
James Mangels, the districtâs director of personnel and student support services, told board members that 70% of the 442 people responding to a survey on the two options prefer the Aug. 11 start date.
The second option offers a start date of Aug. 18, includes only two days for fall break and sets a last day for students on May 20. Additionally, schools would be in session for staff and students on Feb. 21, 2022, Presidentsâ Day, whereas there is no school on that day in the first calendar option.