Education

For two decades, David Harroff has kept Oldham County Schools buses running — that’s 120 buses, 491 trips per day, more than 1.7 million miles per year. Last week, he was recognized for his work as the Mechanic of the Year by the Kentucky Department of Education at the annual Student Transportation Association of Kentucky conference.

School may be out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean some students aren’t still learning important lessons.

Oldham County Schools held a FIRST Lego League Robotics Camp last week, joining together fourth and fifth graders preparing for their first season in the league and members of the high school-age division, Engineers of Tomorrow.

Preparing to head off to college is an exciting time that can quickly turn burdensome as college-related expenses add up. This year, as it has for the last 16 years, the LG&E and KU Foundation is relieving some of that burden by awarding $1,200 in financial assistance for up to four years to 10 outstanding college-bound students. The program is available to the children of employees of LG&E and KU Energy LLC, and is intended to be used toward tuition, books, fees, supplies and classroom equipment.

Parents of persistently truant students enrolled in Oldham County Schools will soon be facing stiffer penalties if their children continue to miss school.

In a move supported by OCS, County Attorney John Carter, local public defenders and district court judges, a new system was recently put in place to hold parents accountable earlier in the truancy process without parents being able to wiggle out of charges when a school year ends, Assistant Superintendent Dan Orman said.