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NOTICE OF VACANT NEWPORT BOARD OF EDUCATION SEAT

The Newport Board of Education (“Board”) is seeking applications for appointment to fill a vacancy on the Board representing the district at-large for the Newport Independent School system. This appointment will be effective until the November 2023 general election.

Responsibilities include:

• Setting policy to govern the District;
• Hiring/evaluating the Superintendent;
• Levying taxes and adopting the District budget.

Board members must:

• Be at least 24 years old and a Kentucky citizen for the last three years;
• Be a registered voter in the particular District of the vacancy;
• Have completed the 12th grade or have a GED certificate;
• Meet all other legal qualifications (KRS 160.180); and 
• Complete required annual in-service training.

Applications are available at the Newport Board of Education district office located at 30 W. 8^th Street, Newport, KY or click here for printable application.

Completed applications can be mailed to:  Tony Watts, Superintendent, ATTN: Board Vacancy, Newport Board of Education, 30 W. 8^th Street, Newport, KY  41071

Or email at : tony.watts@newport.kyschools.us (Subj:  Board Vacancy)

Applications must be received no later than Tuesday, December 27, 2022.

Thank you St. Elizabeth for visiting our 3rd grade classrooms today! We enjoyed your company and hope to see you again soon! 

Last night Brad Limle and Kristy McNally represented the Newport Independent School District with their inspiring stories in an Evening of Hope!

Thank you, Dr. Richard White for coordinating this event and allowing some of Newport’s finest to be involved!

Category: High School - Grades 7-12
Date Posted: 11/13/2022
Location: Newport High School
Date of Availability: 12/01/2022

SPECIFIC DUTIES and PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
Demonstrates Professional Leadership
1. Shall build positive relationships with and between school and community.
2. Shall promote leadership potential in colleagues.
3. Shall participate in professional organizations and activities.
4. Shall write and speak effectively. 

Demonstrates Knowledge of Content
1. Shall communicate a breadth of content knowledge across the discipline(s) to be taught.
2. Shall communicate a current knowledge of discipline(s) taught.
3. Shall demonstrate a general knowledge that allows for integration of ideas and information across the disciplines.

Designs/Plan Instruction
1. Shall focus instruction on one or more of Kentucky's learning goals and academic expectations.
2. Shall develop instruction that requires students to apply knowledge, skills, and thinking processes.
3. Shall integrate skills, thinking processes, and content across disciplines.
 

This survey is to help institutions understand the quality of services provided to learners and their families and is an important part of the continuous improvement process. Your responses are anonymous, and no individual results are reported. Please click the link below and complete the survey. Your input is very important to us. Thank you!

https://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/204928/p861

NEWPORT –The Newport Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to move forward with plans to replace the 83-year-old Newport High School football stadium, which the school has been unable to use since it failed a building inspection earlier this year.