Education

 Kentucky high school students may qualify for a scholarship to help pay for dual credit classes taken at a Kentucky college or university or for Advanced Placement (AP) courses taken through the Kentucky Virtual High School.
The Mary Jo Young Scholarship, named for a former member of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA), is available to Kentucky students in grades 9 through 12.
 Priority is given to low-income students.

LaRue County school administrators say Kentucky’s receiving a waiver from the No Child Left Behind education law is a positive step.
“I really think the change is a good change. Actually, I haven’t talked to any educator who thought NCLB should continue,” Superintendent Sam Sanders said.
The waiver means that Kentucky can use a new and more flexible assessment system, Unbridled Learning, which it has developed, to determine progress in schools instead of the federally-mandated NCLB.

Students from LaRue County High School Drama will present the play “An Evening of Culture,” in March.

The play, written by Mark Landon Smith and directed by LCHS teacher Katy Blair Cecil and volunteer Rob Thurman, is set in the fictional town of Mineola where a “disastrous production” of Romeo and Juliet is underway. The comedy is appropriate for all ages.

"The characters in the play have no idea they've taken a tragedy and turned it into a farce," said Thurman.