Education

Williamstown Independent Schools will soon be under construction.

The school board awarded a bid to Klenco Construction of Taylor Mill for a kitchen addition and roof renovation.

Klenco’s bid of $1,418,000 in total construction costs was the lowest of 11 bids for the project.

“In spite of everything, it was a fabulous bid turnout and very competitive prices,” said Margaret Jacobs of Tate Hill Jacobs Architects, designer of the project.

Both projects were included in the district’s most recent facilities plan.

The community spoke and the Williamstown School Board listened.

After several people brought up the need for mentors for students at a recent community forum, the district immediately looked for solutions.

The school board recently approved $3,800 in funding for a program that will coach 20 volunteers on how to help students with reading struggles.

One to One: Practicing Reading with Students, a program of the Partnership at NewCities, is designed to help struggling readers through the use of a volunteer reading coach.

On Oct. 31, the Grant County High School Speech and Drama Team traveled to Bardstown to compete in the second annual Bardstown/Graves County Swing Invitational Tournament.

In a swing tournament, two schools will host their own tournament simultaneously, allowing students the chance to compete in two different tournaments in one day.

The Grant County Marching band traveled to Madison Southern High School in Berea Oct. 31 to compete in 4A East Regional Competition.

The day started for the band at 6:45 a.m. with it raining and cold, but the band was determined to leave no doubt in the mind of the judges that would be seeing them later in the day.  Upon arriving at Madison Southern, the bands schedule was slightly altered as another week of rain caused the competition to be delayed an hour.