Letcher County Public Schools

Saturday, August 3rd, at LCC Gymnasium.

This is a reminder for classified employees. Instructional Aides I and II need to check your emails for training dates and locations and that all CPR, SCM trainings will start at 8:00am. You will need to register for the KVEC Training online(a link was sent via email) and the bus will leave WWE at 7:00am.
Bus drivers training begins tomorrow morning at 8:00am. It has been moved to the vocational school due to no air conditioning at LCC.
Cafeteria workers training tomorrow has been relocated to the Lendell Smith Conference Room.

The Letcher County Central High School JROTC will be hosting the Louisville drone racing team on the top of the high school hill where the track is located from 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM on Friday, July 19th. There will be demonstrations and hands on training. Everyone is welcome to come by and participate.

‼️ Don’t miss out! This Saturday!‼️

Don’t miss the school supply drive on July 20th!

2024-25 School Calendar! We look forward to having our students back in our buildings on Wednesday, August 7, 2024!

LCPS will have an auction tomorrow, July 13th, at the old vocational school on Circle Drive in Whitesburg starting at 9:00 a.m. There are around 100 items to be sold as is: a dump truck, a bus, cafeteria equipment, old metal teacher desks, a couple file cabinets, lawn mowers, trimmers and blowers, and various garage odds and ends. Come buy and visit us.

Letcher Promise Neighborhood will host an Art Showcase at the Farmers Market in Whitesburg this Saturday, June 29th from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM. We will be under the blue tents near the red bridge. All students and families who participated in our painting, pottery, or creative writing events are invited to bring their canvases, pottery, poetry, and stories to share with family, friends, and the community. Pottery created on June 7th and June 18th will be on display and available for pickup.
Everyone is invited to stop by to see the masterpieces

Today at Cowan Elementary, the LCPS Summer Camp is celebrating Community Heroes Day. We will have visits from police cars, ambulances, garbage trucks, fire trucks, and the medical helicopter.

Please do not be concerned with the amount of emergency vehicles we may have parked around the school.

FYI: The Summer Enrichment Camp at Cowan Elementary School will be bringing in a helicopter today at 1:15 for students to tour. Just wanted the community to be aware.

LCPS teachers and staff attended the Summer KY Reads to Succeed Conference where they experienced lots of high-quality professional learning. They are excited to share and implement these foundational reading strategies in the new school year!

Just a reminder, all children in Letcher County can receive a free breakfast and lunch everyday, Monday thru Friday, today thru July 5th. Pick up only from 11:30-1:00 at FNMS, LEMS, WWE. Dine in only is available at LCC and CES - breakfast is 8:00-9:00 and lunch is 11:30-1:00. Stop by the school closest to your home to receive your free breakfast and lunch.

Due to heat conditions the PRI will be canceling two upcoming events. The hike in Lily Cornett Woods scheduled for tomorrow 6/20 has been canceled. Also, the pickleball and volleyball tournaments scheduled for Friday 6/21 have been canceled.

I want to address some concerns that we are getting over the purchase of a Suburban for use with student transportation. We have several small groups that travel for competitive events: Academic teams, Robotics teams, All District Band, Speech, Golf, Dance, etc. We wanted to look at a way to make travel more economical for these groups, while maintaining safety as a priority. Diesel vehicles are recommended over gas when transporting students for safety. We first considered 15 passenger vans and found that state law prohibited them. Then we looked at other options and found that a 12-passenger van was top heavy and prone to rollovers, and our insurance would not cover them. That left us with 9 passenger options or smaller. When researching diesel vehicles that size, we found Suburbans or a Mercedes Sprinter van. The Suburban was the best option. As a school district, we can purchase from the state price list and were able to purchase it for $67,000. The smallest bus we can purchase is 34 passengers and costs approximately $112,000. We will have a safety course in place for drivers and it will be available and follow the same procedures we use for buses and bus drivers, without the requirement of a CDL. Our only goal was to have a more economical and flexible option for our students. We serve the best and brightest students in the state and only want them to have every opportunity available to them.

Sincerely,
Denise Yonts, Superintendent

PRI is hosting pickleball and volleyball games tomorrow morning , June 14h at the LCCHS Tennis Courts from 9 am-12 pm. Food will be provided to everyone in attendance. In addition, there will be a spooky hike on the Pine Mountain Overlook Loop tomorrow evening beginning at 7:00 pm. There will be spooky tales (not so spooky tales for smaller children), lantern-making, and free books for all kids!

Letcher County Public Schools is pleased to announce that Mrs. Jennifer Wampler will be the new Principal for Letcher County Central High School. Mrs. Wampler previously served the school as Assistant Principal and will now take the lead. We look forward to her continued success and are happy for our Cougar family!

Summer Enrichment Camp begins Monday at Cowan Elementary at 8:00am. Transportation is provided on main roads only. If you live on these main routes be out where the driver can see you. Otherwise you will need to meet at the designated stops.

Routes are listed Below.

Bus 1722 Chetty Smith
Start at Red Star Bridge at 7:00am
Travel on Hwy 7 to Wayne Caudill store,
Burton Hill meet at the mouth of Carbonglow
Stop at foot of hill at Letcher Elementary
**Anyone who lives across the bridge in Blackey will meet at CB Caudill store (must have parent present in afternoon)
Stop at Spring Branch at the fire dept.
next stop is Brandon Truck Parts
Hwy 7 to Hwy 15
Stop at Action Auto
Stop at the mouth of Tolliver Road
Stop at Deana's Designs
LCC summer school
Cowan summer camp

Bus #315. Diana Sparkman
Start on 1103 at Cornettsville at 7:00am
Campbell town
Mouth of Turkey Creek on 1103
Mouth of Whitaker branch
Mouth of Big Branch
Mouth of Ingrams Creek
1103 to Cornetts Branch to Hwy 160
Hwy 160 to Roxanna junction
To Johnson Fork
Turn on 588 thru Kingdom Come and Ice
To Recycle Center
Cowan summer camp
LCC summer school

Bus 2623. Bill Ison
Start at Elkins Branch in Partridge at 7:00am
Old 119 to Hwy 119
General Store (Flat Gap students are to meet there)
Mouth of Little Cowan
Pine Mt Grill
Hwy 931 to Bartesta Branch
Mouth of Crafts Colley
To LCC
To Cowan

Bus 918. Amanda Miller
Starts at MJP at 7:00 am
Hwy 119 to Jenkins
stop at mouth of Bill Moore Branch
Stop at mouth of Webb branch
Stop at Payne Gap
Thru Jenkins to Hwy 805 to Neon
Hwy 317 to Mouth of Goosecreek turn at Hemphill school
Hwy 343 to to McRoberts turning at the substation
Back thru Neon to Seco stopping at Seco Freewill Baptist church bridge
Continue on 805 to Millstone church
Stop at Thornton Bridge
Stop at Mayking FD
LCC summer school
Cowan summer camp

Bus 2222. Josh Brown
Start at Dean Quick stop ( jct of 7 and 317)
Hwy 7 towards Beckham Bates
Stop at KY May Rd
Junction of 7 & 931
To mouth of Sugar Run
Back to Hwy 7 & 15
Up Little Colley on 1148
Students at Bush Dr & Midland meet at Gurney's Store
To head of Sandlick
Hwy 931 stop at Bus Garage
Stop at Housing Authority
Stop at Scott's Service Center
LCC summer school
Cowan summer camp

Summer camp students, please remember to bring your Chromebooks with you on Monday!