Students walked into school with smiling faces and heavy backpacks on Thursday for the first day of the 2024-2025 school year.
The school district in southern Indiana will increase base pay by $2,000 for all teachers, which is added to the $2,500 increase previously bargained for the 2024-25 school year.
The crash happened about 7 a.m. on Charlestown Pike.Â
Jeffersonville City Council voted to rezone 46 acres at East Highway 62 and Utica Sellersburg Road for a new school. The council rejected a similar proposal last year.
On Tuesday, the Jeffersonville Planning Commission approved to rezone the former Twi-Lite Golf Course, along Highway 62, to allow for a new school to be built.
Cory Norman was fired as the girls' head basketball coach earlier this year and, during Tuesday evening's school board meeting, was fired as a teacher.
The GCCS Board of School Trustees approved a new contract Thursday evening for the next two years.
The new deal calls for teachers to get a minimum $2,500 raise this year and a $1,500 raise next school year.
The southern Indiana school district is taking action against social media companies over cyberbullying and destructive TikTok challenges.
Mayor Mike Moore talked with the principal, coaches, and parents, who all said the bus was needed.