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Check out a round-up of reported COVID-19 outbreaks in Louisville and Southern Indiana schools from throughout the 2021-22 school year.

Educator pay for 2020-2021 as reported to the Kentucky Department of Education. Teachers, principals and superintendents in northeastern Kentucky are largely paid below average for the state of Kentucky. Taking into account the ability of larger metropolitan areas to create outliers and skew averages, when the median is taken into consideration, local schools still trend lower than the rest, but the disparity isn't as large. The Kentucky Department of Education lists 171 public school districts in the state. County school districts make up 120 districts with 51 independent school districts sc...

Teachers and other school staff may start getting vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus by February, and the Kentucky Department of Education wants districts to prepare rosters of staffers who want the vaccine. Teachers, administrators, and support staff all are eligible to get the vaccine but there may be a limited number of doses available to start with, so the education department suggests each district prioritize its roster and put higher-risk employees first. The department also suggests districts conduct surveys to find out who wants the vaccine. The surveys would be voluntary but only thos...