The agreement will allow FCHS students to count specific high school courses toward credit at the college provided the students achieve certain grades. The number of courses allowed toward credit could shave as much as an entire semester off a two-year degree program, school officials said. The board also witnessed a demonstration from first-graders at Hillsboro Elementary on Project READ, a literacy program that incorporates multiple senses into the learning process.
Students associate certain motions and visual aids with each sound, improving their ability to read.
The demonstration was part of a program by the school board, which schedules meetings at each of the district's six schools as well as the central office to gauge the district's progress. Heard a report that the district will fill a cistern at E.P. Ward Elementary. The cistern is no longer used, Fern said, and may pose a health hazard. About 30 residents attended Bracken Fiscal Court to express concerns and seek information Wednesday regarding rumors of a proposed limestone mine in the Locust Creek area. County Attorney Edward Rudd told the residents he had spoken with the Division of Surface Mining and no applications have been made for mining in Bracken County.