Special Called Clay County BOE Meeting For $1.4 Million In Funding
The Clay County Board of Education needs to budget $1.4 million in ESSER 2.0 funding by March 1. This led the board to approve meeting on February 18 in a special called planning meeting. Clay County Director of Schools Matt Eldridge said the system got 45 days to decide how to spend this funding. “We’re […]
Clay County BOE Approves Third-Party Virtual Learning
The Clay County Board of Education unanimously approved a plan to hand off virtual learning to a third-party company for the 2021-2022 school year. Director of Schools Matt Eldridge said they’ve spent the last month assessing cost and effectiveness and agreed Edgenuity was the most cost-effective route. Elrdridge said there has been outreach to gauge […]
Clay BOE Buying New Security Equipment
The Clay County Board of Education is purchasing new video surveillance equipment for all three schools. Curriculum and Instruction Supervisor Misty Strong said some of the old equipment is over ten years old. She said this project is important for student and faculty safety. “It’s been able to see all of our main entrances and […]
Bandwidth Expansion In Clay County Schools
The Clay County Board of Education is trying to expand internet services for all three county schools. The virtual bandwidth was supposed to increase before school started. Director Matt Eldridge said during the Thursday BOE meeting, internet providers quadrupled the bandwidth Wednesday. “What we have to do is see how [it’ll hold up],” Eldridge said. […]
Local Directors Working Together On Return to Class
Upper Cumberland School Directors have been working together to coordinate plans to return students to the classroom. Clay County Director of Schools Matt Eldridge told the Clay County School Board Thursday night that 15 of 18 counties in the region will return to school as normal at the beginning of the school year. “We’ve all […]
Clay County School Year Will Begin On Time
The Clay County Schools will start the school year on time August 1. School Board members decided Thursday night to move forward with a normal start to the semester. School Director Matt Eldridge said social distancing and frequent sanitizing will be the new normal for students returning to school. “There’s basically two options: you could […]
