THE FEED: Keeping Leaders Informed

The Nelson County Board of Education approved the schematic design for the Thomas Nelson Community Campus during the Board's June meeting.

The approval authorizes the project's architects to move to the next phase of design, which will produce more specific designs that might change minor details of the schematics. The approved design includes a middle school wing that would extend the campus toward KY 245 using recently purchased property. The new wing would have its own entrance and connect to the existing high school near its media center.

More details and architectural renderings are available in the most recent District Facilities Update.

Local design teams have put in hours of work thinking and discussing how physical space affects the learning environment. In late April, those discussions were borne out in architects' renderings showing some possibilities for the schools' renovations. Check out more of the ideas in the April District Facilities Update.

This summer will provide expanded opportunities for improvement for students as well as classroom leaders through Nelson County Schools’ NRG Camps.

“Learning doesn’t stop just because it’s summer,”  Courtney Newton, director of leadership and learning, told the Nelson County Board of Education at its January meeting. 

That holds true for teachers, as well as students.

The board authorized paying teachers $300 a day for certified teachers and $200 for instructional assistants leading a Summer NRG camp at its January meeting. 

The summer sessions will provide teachers the opportunity to deepen their knowledge while extending students’ learning opportunities through the summer. The camps run in two blocks of two-week sessions during June and July.  Family sign-ups will begin in March.