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Sayre School students win national podcast contest Katherine Collins and last updated 2021-05-20 22:57:14-04 LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — The students wanted to bring attention to something their classmates may not know much about. Now they're getting national recognition. The podcast episode is a behind the scenes look at the role of the maintenance staff at Sayre. Eighth grade students Braeden Collett and Brennan Williams interviewed their peers and found many weren't sure how many maintenance workers it takes to keep the school running. "There are five guys who do the maintenance for thi...

Listen • 6:39 Eighth-graders Braeden Collett (left), Bo Porter, Brennan Williams and Dominique Jannat explored the "various things that get done behind the scenes" to make their campus run smoothly in their winning podcast "Whodunnit?" "How many people do you think take care of our campus?" A chorus of young voices shout guesses from the Sayre School's playground in Lexington, Ky. "15? 50? 20?" The independent, pre-K-12 school has 10 buildings and about 500 students, so those guesses, albeit high, are understandable. The truth: The school has a maintenance staff of five....

Arden Barnes for NPR toggle caption Arden Barnes for NPR Eighth-graders Braeden Collett (left), Bo Porter, Brennan Williams and Dominique Jannat explored the "various things that get done behind the scenes" to make their campus run smoothly in their winning podcast "Whodunnit?" Arden Barnes for NPR "How many people do you think take care of our campus?" A chorus of young voices shout guesses from the Sayre School's playground in Lexington, Ky. "15? 50? 20?" The independent, pre-K-12 school has 10 buildings and about 500 students, so those guesses, albei...

Illegal crossing in Oceanside (in foreground), 400 feet south of legal underpass The North County Transit District held off on plans to install the Del Mar portion of its rail corridor fencing last fall due to intense opposition, but as the year begins, the waiting is over. Construction is imminent, city officials say. On Monday (Jan 11), transit district staff told the city council why the six-foot tall chain-link fencing that will run along both sides of the tracks for 1.5 miles, from the south end of Del Mar to Coast Boulevard, is so badly needed. "We have an obligation to mitigate the ris...