Education

 A committee of individuals in the community are working on a project to help Bullitt County apply for certification in the very prestigious state Work Ready program.

The group, chaired by county judge Melanie Roberts and school superintendent Keith Davis, is working on the application process which assesses many aspects of the community.

Certification in the program could give the county a major step forward in recruiting jobs and residents in the future.

 SHEPHERDSVILLE - To make the mound of back to school paperwork a little smaller for parents, Bullitt County Public Schools Food Services has moved the free and reduced meal benefits application online this year. 

 Ethan Morris says his interest in history comes from the trips he and his dad would take to visit history museums and battlegrounds as a kid. 

Morris, whose parents are Danny and Rebecca Morris, said a battlefield in Shiloh, Tenn., which had been left the way it was originally, gave him the opportunity to see the story of the battlefield.  

“History was a human story to me,” he said. “You study how humans act and react.” 

  SHEPHERDSVILLE - Several school districts in Kentucky, including Bullitt County Public Schools, have recently raised the dropout age from 16 to 18 in order to keep students in school and help them graduate.