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The Butler County School district provides a variety of support services:

Youth Service Center

The Butler County Youth Services Center (YSC) serves students enrolled in Butler County Middle School and Butler County High School and their families.  The mission of the YSC is to remove any barriers preventing students from achieving their potential. 

The YSC links students and families with other community agencies and is actively involved with programs promoting healthy life styles, including drug, alcohol, and tobacco prevention.  The YSC coordinates programs such as:  College Day, Career Day, Reality Store, Operation Preparation, STOP, health fairs, etc. The center assists families with basic needs and health services. With their parent’s permission, students are referred to local health providers for services such as eye exams, medical needs and dental care.

Support groups sponsored by the YSC include the Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, and the Teen Parent Support Group. 

Many community members and agencies donate their time and funds to these activities and, without their assistance and help from volunteers, many of these projects would not be possible.  In addition, many of these programs are held jointly with other agencies.
 
The YSC employs two staff members and has an Advisory Council consisting of parents, school employees, students and community agency representatives.  Karla Coles is the Coordinator and Patty Glass serves as the Home, School, and Community Liaison.  For further information about the center or any of the programs offered, please contact the center at 526-4800.

BUTLER COUNTY FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
 
The Butler County Family Resource Center serves children from birth to 12 years of age in Butler County.  Our goal is to promote the healthy growth and development of children by assisting families to identify and address any home or community barriers to a child's success in school.  
 
The Family Resource Center (FRC) serves both elementary schools in the Butler County School District. Our staff consists of the Coordinator, Daisy Bishop and School/Home/Community Liaison, Brandie Smith.  The Morgantown Elementary office is located in the second mobile unit at the end of the school.  They also have an office at North Butler Elementary.

Components of the Butler County Family Resource are as follows:
Referrals for full time preschool child care for children two (2) and three (3) years of age;
Referrals for after school child care for children ages four (4) through twelve (12), with the child care being full time during the summer and on other days when school is not in session;
Families in Training, which shall consist of an integrated approach to home visits, group meetings and monitoring child development for new and expectant parents; Our O.W.L. (On our Way to Learning) is designed to prepare children ages 2-5 to be school ready. 
PACE - is a family literacy program designed to break the intergenerational cycle of "under education" in Kentucky by providing opportunities for parents and their children (0-18) to learn together thereby creating a desire for life-long learning.
Health services or referral to health services, or both.  
Educational support.

A United Way Grant has made limited financial assistance available for dental care.  FRC collaborates with local dentists to provide dental services.  The Community Chest Fund (donations from churches, organizations, and businesses) provides glasses, school supplies, and clothing to children when no other funding source is available.  A Community Resource Guide is published and distributed with valuable information concerning resources in our community and region.

 Please call (526-5660) or visit our offices to learn more.
 
Extended School Services

The Extended School Services (ESS) program is designed to be an aggressive, proactive program to address academic problems before they become long-term problems for the student.  The ESS program allows for the type of intervention that can make a significant difference to a student. 
ESS funds are provided by the state to the district to operate a program for students having short- or long-term academic difficulties.  Programs may include after-school and before-school instruction, evening sessions, Saturday activities, daytime and summer programs.   The extra instructional time is offered outside of regular school hours.  ESS teachers and the regular classroom teacher collaborate to meet the academic needs of students.  There are daytime services scheduled through your school’s administration.
Each school plans a program to meet the needs of its students.  When a student is identified for ESS services parents are notified.  Parents may appeal the identification or may request service if their child was not identified. 
For more information about the ESS program, call your child's school or Vonda Jennings at 526-5624.        

Bears Den (Community Educations after school program) will begin August the 8th. Classes are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 3:00 to 5:30. There will be registration forms at each school. Your child may begin the first day and either bring the registration and fee or you can bring it when you pick the child up.  The bus will bring your child to the Education Complex and you will need to pick them up by 6:00pm.  We have snack as soon as the children get here from school. We will offer homework help, tutoring and mentoring for the first hour and enrichment classes and physical activities for the second hour.  Both elementary schools K-5th grade will have buses that bring children to the Ed. Complex. We will have 4 nine week sessions. Each session will cost a fee of $25.00. We will have cooking, science fun, rockets, aerospace, guided recreation, Walking club, Math club, Service Learning Club, the Learning Tree, kids zumba,  cheerleading, gymnastics, Tennis,  jump rope, HOPSports, hula hooping, Health AND Nutrition Activities, archery, Reading club (PAWS to Read), just to name a few of the choices we will offer. We also allow older youth to volunteer for tutoring, mentoring, and fun with the younger children. These older students can also ride the bus from their school to the Ed. Complex.

Community Education classes will begin the week after school begins.
Gymnastics will begin August 13, 2013 at 3:30. Your child can ride the bus, have snack and then take the class. Child will need to be picked up by 4:30. Fee is $25.00 for 4 one hour classes, and will re-register every 4 weeks.  Classes are held at the Education Complex.
Line Dance Classes are Monday  nights from 5:00-7:00 at the Education Complex-no Fee.
Painting class will be on Tuesdays from 1-3. You can begin class at any time. At your first class you may use the teacher’s supplies at that time you will get a list of supplies that you will need for future classes. Classes are held at the Education Complex.
Community Education Co-Sponsors a Dance every Friday night with a live band at the Education Complex-Fee is $5.00.
If you would like to teach a class let me know or if you have a good idea for a class call me. For more information or to register for a class please call Pam Pendley at 526-9369. If there is no school, usually there will be no classes. If school is called off for weather, you should call to see if classes are called off.

Contact Information:

Butler County Board of Education
P O Box 339
203 North Tyler Street
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.5624   Fax 270.526.5625

Butler County High School
Principal:  Patrick O’Driscoll
1852 South Main Street
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.2204   Fax 270.526.2268

Butler County Middle School
Principal:  Robert Tuck
P O Box 10
505 Ward Avenue
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.5647   Fax 270.526.3238

Morgantown Elementary School
Principal:  Greg Woodcock
P O Box 337
210 Cemetery Street
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.3361   Fax 270.526.2868

North Butler Elementary School
Principal:  Jeff Jennings
5539 Brownsville Road
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.8936   Fax 20.526.8941

Green River School
Principal: Jim Green
352 Boy’s Camp Road
Cromwell, KY  42333
270.526.5276   Fax 270.526.5276

Butler County Area Technology Center
Principal:  Ray Hammer
Office of Career and Technical Education
178 Academic Way, Suite 400
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.2223   Fax 270.526-2273

Butler County Learning Center
178 Academic Way, Suite 200
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.2264   Fax 270.526.2305

Adult Education Center
178 Academic Way, Suite 100
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.4560   Fax 270.526.4560

Community Education
178 Academic Way, Suite 200
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.9369 

Family Resource Center
P O Box 728
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.5660   Fax 270.526.5660

Youth Service Center
P O Box 1125
Morgantown, KY  42261
270.526.4800   Fax 270.526.2268

Butler County's 2013-14 Site-Based Decision-Making Council Members

Morgantown Elementary:

Rachel Givens, Teacher
Melissa Craven, Teacher
Rodney McMillin, Parent
Beverly Simmons, Teacher
Barbie King, Parent
Greg Woodcock, Principal

North Butler Elementary:

Mona Daugherty, Teacher
Deana Jo Tomes, Parent
Jimmy Felty, Teacher
Cindy Embry, Teacher
Stacy McCrady, Parent
Jeff Jennings, Principal

Butler County Middle School:

Sherlyn Bratcher, Teacher
Mark Allen, Parent
John Embry, Teacher
Samantha Camp, Parent
Latisha Cardwell, Teacher
Robert Tuck, Principal

Butler County High School:

Deena Brown, Parent
Hanna Southerland, Teacher
Christal McKinney, Parent
Stacha Murphy, Teacher
Dennis Robbins, Teacher
Patrick O’Driscoll, Principal

Butler County School Board Members –
Charles Price-First District
Debbie Hammers - Second District
Amy Hood-Hooten- Third District
Delbert Johnson- Fourth District
Karen Evans - Fifth District

Adult Education
Hours starting in August:
Mon.-Wed.  8:00am to 5:00pm
Tues.-Thurs.8:00am to 8:00pm
The GED test  is FREE until July 31, 2013.  GED will be changing in December to all computer testing.  The cost will be $120.00  Prior tests scores will terminate.  If you or someone you know needs to test, please contact us so you can finish.Other Services:  Paraeducator Testing for district employment, Tutoring for the Compass assessment, ESS classes, Upgrade skills for job placement
We are located at the Education Complex  Contact Number:  526-4560