peters township school district bond issue 2018

“Even if we don’t see (the number of transfer students) decrease and go the other way, at least see those numbers flatten out.” But they haven’t flattened out, they’ve continued to increase.”

“The board has talked about this for several years and we’ve talked about it publicly in the hopes we would see some concern on the part of the Bardstown City Schools,” he said.

Superintendent Anthony Orr said the vote was an expression of the board’s frustration with the fact that approximately 450 more students leave the district for city schools than leave the city district for county schools. At its working session earlier this month, board members Diane Beery and Larry Pate both expressed frustration that there were no answers to the question “Why are students leaving our school district?” The board’s unanimous vote follows several months of discussion at board working sessions about the increasing number of county students leaving the district to attend city schools. The Nelson County Board of Education approved contracts for out-of-district students with all the surrounding districts with the exception of one - the Bardstown Independent Schools. The board approved contracts with all surrounding districts with the lone exception of the Bardstown city school district. Board member Diane Berry, show, and others have expressed concerns with the high numbers of students leaving the county district to attend the Bardstown Independent Schools.

Peters township school district bond issue 2018