Valarie Spears

2 days ago | kentucky.com | Valarie Spears

Upset by low pay, Letcher County School bus drivers are threatening to stage a walkout this fall if they don’t get a 5% increase in salary. “The first day of school (Aug. 14), instead of doing our bus runs, we plan on driving to the bus garage and parking our buses. And we won’t move until we get the 5% raise,” driver Nadean Hayes said in an interview. For Josh Brown, a driver for more than six years, the increase would be only 75 cents per hour from $15.17 to $15.92.

3 days ago | gazettextra.com | Valarie Spears

LEXINGTON, Ky. - School funding in Kentucky has not kept pace with inflation in recent years, resulting in an annual statewide shortfall of $1.3 billion, according to new reports from a group of superintendents who lobby for public school funding. The Council for Better Education, comprising superintendents from across Kentucky, released reports Monday to every public school district in the state. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.

3 days ago | thederrick.com | Valarie Spears

LEXINGTON, Ky. — School funding in Kentucky has not kept pace with inflation in recent years, resulting in an annual statewide shortfall of $1.3 billion, according to new reports from a group of superintendents who lobby for public school funding. The Council for Better Education, comprising superintendents from across Kentucky, released reports Monday to every public school district in the state.

4 days ago | dailyitem.com | Valarie Spears

LEXINGTON, Ky. — School funding in Kentucky has not kept pace with inflation in recent years, resulting in an annual statewide shortfall of $1.3 billion, according to new reports from a group of superintendents who lobby for public school funding. The Council for Better Education, comprising superintendents from across Kentucky, released reports Monday to every public school district in the state. kAm%96 C6A@CED’ <6J 7:?5:?8i $:?46 a__g[ 7F?5:?8 D9@CE72==D 92G6 27764E65 4@C6 2DA64ED @7 65F42E:@? :?

4 days ago | dailygazette.com | Valarie Spears |Lexington Herald-Leader

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