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  • JCPS out for fourth time Tuesday due to teacher absences [the 'sick out' rolls on...]

    03/11/2019 7:34:09 PM PDT · by Republican Wildcat · 7 replies
    WDRB ^ | March 11, 2019
    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jefferson County Public Schools will close Tuesday due to teacher shortages as local educators continue protesting at the Capitol. JCPS made the call around 10 p.m. Monday, saying that about one-third of teachers had said they'd be absent. Tuesday will mark the fourth work stoppage at JCPS in less than two weeks. Teachers have voiced opposition to three bills before the General Assembly, notably one that would legalize tax credits for donors to groups that award private-school scholarships. ... JCPS will rescheduled the ACT test that was to be taken Tuesday to April 24.
  • Teacher sickout continues Thursday in Jefferson, other counties

    03/07/2019 6:09:13 PM PST · by Republican Wildcat · 11 replies
    Lexington Herald-Leader ^ | 3/6/2019 | Valerie Honeycutt Spears
    <p>Teachers in Jefferson County, Kentucky’s largest public school district continued their sickout on Thursday in protest of lawmakers’ actions in the General Assembly.</p> <p>School district officials made the announcement Wednesday night.</p> <p>Fayette County Public Schools, which closed one day last week due to teacher absences, stayed open on Wednesday and Thursday. District spokeswoman Lisa Deffendall said late Wednesday that the number of current Fayette teacher “absences are typical for this time of year.”</p>