State, nationwide training officers go to faculties impacted by flooding
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LETCHER COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – On Tuesday, a number of state and nationwide training officers toured Jap Kentucky faculties impacted by the flooding that hit the area one month in the past.
“We simply need to ensure that we’re right here to assist and simply need to let of us know that we’re serious about them and we need to ensure that we will present some assist to get again to regular as a lot as potential,” mentioned James Lane, Senior Advisor with the USDE.
Officers from the Kentucky Division of Training (KDE) and the U.S. Division of Training (USDE) visited faculties in Letcher County to view harm firsthand and see how they can assist.
“We had been actually, at first of this college yr, hoping that this may be the primary undisrupted yr since 2019-2020, however after all for Jap Kentucky, that’s not occurring but,” mentioned Jason Glass, Kentucky’s Commissioner of Training. “So, there’s all of the extra stress and urgency to get again at school to revive some sense of normalcy to their lives.”
For superintendents like Denise Yonts with Letcher County Public Colleges, receiving assist from these training officers makes a distinction.
“It offers me a whole lot of aid to know we’re gonna get the assist we have to construct again in order that our children can come to protected, clear studying environments on a regular basis and that we will present them with what they want,” mentioned Yonts.
Officers visited faculties in Letcher and Knott County on Tuesday and can go to faculties in Perry and Breathitt Counties on Wednesday.
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