At the Feb. 10 board of education meeting, after a closed session, Superintendent Chad Muhlenkamp was authorized to begin working with the Kentucky Department of Education to declare the Happy Valley Elementary school to be declare as surplus. Michael Crimmins/Glasgow News 1
By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
At the Feb. 10 Glasgow Independent Schools Board of Education meeting, the board members authorized Superintendent Chad Muhlenkamp to work with the Kentucky Department of Education to declare the Happy Valley Elementary School and property as surplus for sale or disposal, and on the possible purchase of new land for the district.
The motions were both made by Barret Lessenberry and were made after a brief closed session. According to Muhlenkamp, both the purchase and the declaration on Happy Valley Elementary School as surplus have to be presented to the education department. The location of the new land was not disclosed as Muhlenkamp is submitting the necessary information to KDE “to make sure it’s an option to purchase.”
Seven new Career and Technical Education Pathways were also approved for Glasgow High School.
High school principal Joey Norman said the seven new pathways would not require additional staff. The new pathways are Food Science and Dietetics, Civil Designer, Mechanical Engineering, E-Commerce, Interactive Media, Cinematography and Video, and Pharmacy Tech, according to information obtained at the meeting.
While the board members approved the new pathways, there was substantial discussion around the possibility of adding five additional pathways in addition to those seven, which Norman said would require three new instructors.
Board members William Thornbury and Lessenberry expressed interest in the possible U.S. Air Force JROTC pathway with Thornbury saying the district needed to focus on pathways “no one else has” and use the resources in the area like the airport. The board members opted to get more information before they made a decision on the Agribusiness and Early Childhood Development positions and to “pursue” the Air Force JROTC program, which Norman suspected would be paid in large portion by the partnership with the Air Force.
Career and Technical Education pathways require approval by the state.
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