Simpson County School Leader Supports Increased Dropout Age, Set to Lead State Group

Kevin Willis — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:52:15 +0000

The incoming president of the Kentucky Association of School Superintendents says he fully backs efforts to increase the state's dropout age to 18.

Simpson County Superintendent Jim Flynn told WKU Public Radio he thinks some kids drop out because they know they aren't going to college. But Flynn believes the state is starting to do a better of identifying ways to help those not going into postsecondary education.

"Now that the state is focusing on multiple pathways into career and college readiness, it gives some students that may feel a little left out when the focus was simply on college readiness and proficiency only," says Flynn.

Flynn takes over as head of the state's Association of School Superintendents at the group's summer meeting this week in Bowling Green.

Future of Education Funding?

Flynn is hopeful that the state's improving economic outlook will boost chances for increased education funding.

Woman Killed in Fatal Buggy Collision in Simpson County

Joe Corcoran — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:39:03 +0000

Simpson County sheriff Chris Cline says an Amish woman was killed after a horse drawn buggy carrying her and her husband was hit by a car coming around a curve in the road. Cline says the car was traveling north and the buggy south when the car clipped the buggy's front left side.

Both people inside the buggy were ejected. Sixty-eight year old Leah Kraley died at the Medical Center in Franklin. Seventy-one year old Eric Kraley was reported to be in stable condition at that hospital.

The driver of the car, 20 year old Matthew Holman, was not injured.