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David School
The David School is a non-denominational private high school for underprivileged and struggling students in David, Kentucky, a rural village in the Appalachian Mountains in the United States. History The school was started in the 1970s by Danny Greene, originally from New York City, who moved to David as a college sophomore and was moved by the rampant poverty and illiteracy there. Kentucky's Attorney General conducted an investigation, beginning in 2011, into Greene's alleged mismanagement. Upon presentation of the evidence, in May 2012, Floyd County Circuit Judge, Johnny Ray Harris, assigned a new school board. The ruling also banned Greene and Sister Emma Kriz, the former principal, from any further school involvement. The school's campus was built largely with volunteer labor and many of the workers at the David School are technically long-term volunteers rather than employees and are provided with a small stipend and housing. Country Boys The David School was featured in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The David School
The David School is a non-denominational private high school for underprivileged and struggling students in David, Kentucky, a rural village in the Appalachian Mountains in the United States. History The school was started in the 1970s by Danny Greene, originally from New York City, who moved to David as a college sophomore and was moved by the rampant poverty and illiteracy there. Kentucky's Attorney General conducted an investigation, beginning in 2011, into Greene's alleged mismanagement. Upon presentation of the evidence, in May 2012, Floyd County Circuit Judge, Johnny Ray Harris, assigned a new school board. The ruling also banned Greene and Sister Emma Kriz, the former principal, from any further school involvement. The school's campus was built largely with volunteer labor and many of the workers at the David School are technically long-term volunteers rather than employees and are provided with a small stipend and housing. Country Boys The David School was featured in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David, Kentucky
David is an unincorporated community and coal town in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States along County Route 404. Located in the Appalachian Mountains, it lies approximately southeast of Lexington. The town was named for David L. Francis, president of Princess Elkhorn Coal Company which originally built and owned the town. Retrieved on 2010-12-14 It bears the postal ZIP code 41616. The U.S. Census of 2000 recorded a population of 435. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2010-12-14 Although it was formerly a , it was in many ways a model coal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lexington Herald-Leader
The ''Lexington Herald-Leader'' is a newspaper owned by the McClatchy Company and based in Lexington, Kentucky. According to the ''1999 Editor & Publisher International Yearbook'', the paid circulation of the ''Herald-Leader'' is the second largest in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The newspaper has won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, and the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. It had also been a finalist in six other Pulitzer awards in the 22-year period up until its sale in 2006, a record that was unsurpassed by any mid-sized newspaper in the United States during the same time frame. History The ''Herald-Leader'' was created by a 1983 merger of the ''Lexington Herald'' and the ''Lexington Leader''. The story of the ''Herald'' begins in 1870 with a paper known as the ''Lexington Daily Press''. In 1895, a descendant of that paper was first published as the ''Morning Herald'', later to be renamed the ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schools In Floyd County, Kentucky
A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compulsory. In these systems, students progress through a series of schools. The names for these schools vary by country (discussed in the '' Regional terms'' section below) but generally include primary school for young children and secondary school for teenagers who have completed primary education. An institution where higher education is taught is commonly called a university college or university. In addition to these core schools, students in a given country may also attend schools before and after primary (elementary in the U.S.) and secondary (middle school in the U.S.) education. Kindergarten or preschool provide some schooling to very young children (typically ages 3–5). University, vocational school, college or seminary may be availabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
