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Close After nearly 30 years in the Corbin Independent school system, John Crawford is retiring as principal of Corbin High School. | File Photo  featured By Emily Adams-Bentley Staff Writer May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 After nearly 30 years in the Corbin Independent school system, John Crawford is retiring as principal of Corbin High School. | File Photo  CORBIN—After nearly 30 years in the Corbin Independent school system, John Crawford is retiring as principal of Corbin High School. “It’s been an honor,” Crawford said of hi...

By Emily Adams-Bentley Staff Writer May 25, 2021 May 25, 2021 CORBIN—The Corbin Independent School District will be offering nearly 80 students a “do-over” year for 2021-22 after the Corbin Board of Education approved Senate Bill 128 during Thursday’s special called meeting. In March, Gov. Andy Beshear signed Senate Bill 128 into law, a bill that created the Supplemental School Year Program, an emergency legislation allows any K-12 student enrolled during the 2020-2021 school year to use the 2021-2022 school year as a supplemental year to retake or supplement c...

At the end of the second week of May Day fundraising, Brianica Lynn Childress is in first place for May Day Queen, Mary Hope Jackson is in second place and in third place is Savanah Lynn Blankenship. In the race for Tiny Queen at this time, Hadley Tyree is in first place and...

The Corbin Board of Education took the first step to keep virtual learning as an option for the 2021-22 school year during a special called meeting Tuesday night by approving a virtual learning waiver. Superintendent Dave Cox said it is not a guarantee that virtual learning will be offered at Corbin schools. “The Kentucky Department of Education is just keeping track of which districts may offer some type of virtual learning,” Cox said explaining that the district may opt at a later date not to do so. Cox said before a final decision is made, a survey will be sent out to parents/guardians...

Coguer was announced as CIO during Thursday’s meeting of the Corbin Board of Education. Last year, the board announced that they would be looking to hire a chief information officer, something that board members have been in favor of for some time. This position will marry technology and academics together in a much needed time. Last month, Superintendent Dave Cox said that while someone had been chosen for the position, the board would not be announcing who they had chosen as their new CIO until their April meeting, as Coguer actually started in the new position last Monday. “As th...