
Amye Bensenhaver
Contributor at Forward Kentucky
Co-founder, Kentucky Open Government Coalition; former assistant attorney general; jack of no trade, master of one. Opinions here are my own.
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1 week ago |
forwardky.com | Amye Bensenhaver
On May 22, members of the Jefferson County Public Schools’ Board of Education cast their final vote for a new superintendent. The selection process offered the board an opportunity to rebuild bridges between itself and the community through maximum transparency and inclusion — up to, including, and after the moment board members cast their votes. It was a missed opportunity.
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1 week ago |
share.google | Amye Bensenhaver
On May 22, members of the Jefferson County Public Schools’ Board of Education cast their final vote for a new superintendent. The selection process offered the board an opportunity to rebuild bridges between itself and the community through maximum transparency and inclusion — up to, including, and after the moment board members cast their votes. It was a missed opportunity. kAmq@2C5 >6>36CD 6?82865 :? 4@?5F4E D@ D64C6E:G6 E92E E96 r@FC:6C y@FC?2= AC@>AE=J 7:=65 2? @A6?
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1 week ago |
kyopengov.org | Amye Bensenhaver
On May 22, members of the Jefferson County Public Schools’ Board of Education cast their final vote for a new superintendent. The selection process offered the board an opportunity to rebuild bridges between itself and the community through maximum transparency and inclusion — up to, including, and after the moment board members cast their votes. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/education/2025/05/22/jcps-bo…It was a missed opportunity.
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4 weeks ago |
forwardky.com | Amye Bensenhaver
Kentucky Kernel Special Projects Editor Casey Sebastiano reports that the University of Kentucky has released public records — requested by the newspaper — in compliance with a Fayette Circuit Court order. The records relate to an alleged September 2024 rape in Chellgren Hall. Specifically, “The Kernel requested records of non-UK student Chellgren Hall guests on Sept.
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1 month ago |
forwardky.com | Amye Bensenhaver
The Kentucky Attorney General recently issued an open meetings decision in an appeal pitting James Orlick against the House Standing Committee on Postsecondary Education. In a March 11 complaint, Orlick alleged that the committee violated the law when it conducted a vote on a title amendment to HB 4 after the committee adjourned. The committee ignored Orlick’s complaint.
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“One of the biggest complaints about Fayette County [Public Schools] is its lack of transparency on the millions of dollars they receive every year…,Once again the district looks tone deaf and surreptitious, two things our public schools don’t need.” https://t.co/nkXq6K8nbz

RT @FreedomofPress: Local government employees should be able to talk to the press. But in Greene County, Virginia, they can't. “These pol…

“They kept it a secret, then stuck it on the agenda over a long weekend…. “The [school] district faces a crisis of confidence because of a lack of basic honesty about what it was doing when. Even in service of a good cause such as investing in our kids.” https://t.co/miiNybRtoh