Danville Schools

Danville Schools is a school district located in Danville, Kentucky. The district is roughly coterminous with the boundaries of the city of Danville, about 15 square miles (39 km²) in size. It comprises a primary school, intermediate school, one middle school, and one high school and provides educational programs for about 1600 students.

  The district employs around 350 professional and support staff, of which over 130 are teaching staff. It operates with a budget over $20,000,000. Taxes and other local revenues account for approximately 70% of the budget.[1][2]

Schools

High school

• Danville High School (9-12) 550 students

Middle school

• John W. Bate Middle School (6-8) 430 students

Elementary schools

• Mary G. Hogsett Primary (Pre K-1) 300 students
• Edna L. Toliver Intermediate (2-5) 600 students

Elementary Consolidation

The School district formerly had three elementary schools, however at the start of the 2018/19 school year a primary school, and an intermediate school opened. Talks of this had been going on since the 1990s, however the plans had fallen through. During a board meeting in the 2013/14 school year, the plans were restored, as the board decided to consolidate their elementary schools into a primary and intermediate school. They picked "Edna L. Toliver Elementary School" to host the intermediate grades, because it was the biggest elementary school. Construction to add on and renovate the school began in the spring of 2016, and was completed in the summer of 2018. Now "Jennie Rogers Elementary," and "Mary G. Hogsett Elementary," remained as candidates to host the primary school. This sparked a debate, about which school would be a better host for the primary school, after a lot of consideration in the fall of 2017 "Mary G Hogsett Elementary School," was selected to host the primary school. This meant that the "Board of Education," would move into the "Jennie Rodgers" building. "Jennie Rogers Elementary School" closed in May 2018, after being open for 53 years. However all hope was not lost for "Jennie Rogers." "Hogsett," needed renovations to suit primary students. The renovations would last a little over a year, so they needed a facility to hold the students for the 2018/19 school year. So the "Jennie Rodgers Elementary School" facility is temporarily being used as the primary school. In 2019 "Mary G. Hogsett" will reopen its doors to students as a primary school.

Board of Education

The Board of Education has five at-large members. Each member serves a four-year term. Board meetings are usually held the third, and fourth Monday of every month with the public portion of the meeting beginning at 7:30 p.m.^[3] The current members of the Board of Education are:

• Paige Matthews (Chair)
• Susan Matherly (Vice Chair)
• Troy McCowan
• Lori Finke
• Steve Becker

The Superintendent also attends the meetings. Currently "Dr. Tammy Shelton" is Superintendent, since taking over for "Dr. Keith Look" in July 2018.

External links

• "Danville Independent School District". GreatSchools.org. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
• "Danville Independent". SchoolMatch.com. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
• "Danville Independent School District". Education.com. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
• "Danville Independent School". Kentucky Department of Education. 2011-01-03. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
• "Danville Independent". SchoolDigger.com. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
• "Danville Independent Schools". Freedom Kentucky. 2011-03-18. Retrieved 2011-04-25.

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