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Phil Osborne
May 29, 20192 min read
Awards to Students & Staff
What a week for education news in Danville! Of course, the list is topped by commencement ceremonies at the Norton Center for the new...
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Phil Osborne
May 21, 20192 min read
Admiral 5k and Awards Season
It’s the end of the school year and time to catch up on a few things. First, the Admiral 5K is a new event in Boyle County this year. It...
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Phil Osborne
May 14, 20192 min read
Career Readiness is More Than College Prep
If you follow Kentucky politics, you can learn a lot from the “message points” that candidates and their handlers are so prone to offer....
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Phil Osborne
May 7, 20192 min read
National Teacher Appreciation Week
Thanksgiving is a few months away, but it is still appropriate to offer thanks periodically without the turkey and trimmings. First,...
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Phil Osborne
Apr 23, 20192 min read
Landmark Anniversaries in Kentucky
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence has been around since 1983. According to its website, it has “worked to study priority...
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Phil Osborne
Apr 16, 20192 min read
5:29 and Time for Supper
I had a new grand baby recently—my fourth. This one is in Jackson, Wyoming. Other than bragging rights from a doting grandfather, what...
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Phil Osborne
Apr 9, 20192 min read
School Funding
I used to joke with folks that I’m an idea guy. Some are good ideas; some of them are a little shaky. But they are often ideas that...
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Phil Osborne
Mar 26, 20192 min read
Healthcare in Schools
In case you missed it, last week nearly 100 students at Toliver Elementary School were offered dental care from a mobile screening...
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Phil Osborne
Mar 19, 20192 min read
Lunches for our Community
Let us first start with an irrefutable fact: roughly 70 percent of students in Danville schools are eligible for free or reduced-price...
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Phil Osborne
Mar 11, 20192 min read
Career Readiness
I admit going into this discussion that it is partially fact-based, and partially editorial. I will leave early childhood education alone...
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Phil Osborne
Mar 5, 20192 min read
A Month of All Seasons
March is the time of year when you can experience all four seasons—in one week. It’s a potpourri of weather, so let’s make this week a...
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Phil Osborne
Feb 26, 20192 min read
An Oasis in the Boyle County Child Care Desert?
At the risk of being redundant, I can’t let the events of last week go without additional comment on how important each was for the...
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Phil Osborne
Feb 5, 20192 min read
The Convergence of Desire
“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” For those of you much younger than I and those who don’t follow baseball, that is a quote...
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Phil Osborne
Jan 30, 20192 min read
Half of kindergartners in Boyle County are not ready to learn
That’s not a headline that should be welcomed by anyone in this community. But, unfortunately, it is a fact. Specifically, a draft report...
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Phil Osborne
Jan 23, 20192 min read
Dr. King & His Legacy
Yesterday, the nation observed Martin Luther King, Jr. Day—not so much a celebration as it is a national day of recognition of what Dr....
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Phil Osborne
Jan 14, 20192 min read
An Alum Remembered - Jim Rogers
You may have read last week that Jim Rogers—a Danville High School alum and former CEO of Duke Energy—passed away unexpectedly while...
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Phil Osborne
Jan 7, 20193 min read
A New Years Resolution
It's not too late to make a resolution for the New Year. Let's make one to support public education and our schools. There are a number...
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Phil Osborne
Dec 13, 20181 min read
A Gift For You & A Gift To The Schools
The Danville Schools Education Foundation & Alumni Association is selling Admiral blue fleece vests! Get yours today!
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Phil Osborne
Dec 10, 20183 min read
Holiday Festivities & Distinguished Alumni
WOW! That’s all I can say. While attending the annual breakfast honoring Danville Schools’ retirees last week, we were entertained by a...
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Phil Osborne
Dec 6, 20182 min read
You Can Nominate "Distinguished Alumni"
If you have been to the Foundation’s new website, you will have noticed significant changes — thanks again to Ben Saylor for the...
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