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Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is expected to receive a third round of federal stimulus funds to address unfinished learning during COVID-19. In an effort to determine how best to utilize these funds, JCPS is seeking community input and feedback. ![]()
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On Wednesday, July 21, there will be an in person discussion with stakeholders at the VanHoose Education Center at 3332 Newburg Road at 6:00 p.m. This is a rare opportunity to have short-term resources that have a long-term impact.
For more than 150 years now, our nation has set aside time to remember and pay tribute to those who gave their lives protecting our nation.![]()
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There are now more than 1.3 million names on that list, starting with those who fought in the Revolutionary War. Nearly half, however, were added during the Civil War, the conflict that serves as the foundation for what we now call Memorial Day.![]()
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In World War I, it was a Kentuckian who was one of the first Americans to be killed, and another Kentuckian became that war’s second-to-last American survivor. We also were the native state of the first U.S. Armored Forces casualty after Pearl Harbor during World War II.![]()
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Today, Kentucky continues to show its willingness to serve through such posts and programs as Fort Knox, Fort Campbell, our National Guard, and the Reserves. Overall, the commonwealth has fewer than 300,000 veterans, but their numbers are dwindling as we move further away from the wars that dominated the middle to latter part of the 20th Century. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, our nation has about a fourth fewer veterans now than there were in 2000. ![]()
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If you are a veteran or are still a member of the military, I want to thank you for all that you have done and continue to do. If you are a loved one or friend of someone who died while serving our country, please know their sacrifice truly made a world of difference.![]()
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Pictured is Talia, my friend's daughter, planting flags at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery when she was three years old.
The American Lung Association has prepared a toolkit about Covid vaccines. www.lung.org/lung-health-diseases/lung-disease-lookup/covid-19/action-initiative/vaccine-toolkit
Register today for a JCPS Summer Learning Program! ![]()
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It is my understanding that there is no issue with the supply of gasoline in KY. This was on a pump at a Louisville Kroger.