HCMS/HCHS campus
HCHS Principal Ginger Estes Outlines Goals for new school year
The 2023/2024 school year began for students in the county last week, and Hancock County High School Principal Ginger Estes said attendance this year is down by about 20 students. Last year’s attendance was right at 515 students. “One of our goals this year is to continue to increase rigor in the classroom,” Principal…
Read MoreNew turf for Hornet Football Field, track construction soon
The new football field on HCMS/HCHS campus is expected to be completed by fall of this year, and construction on the track starts soon. The Hancock County Board of Education approved GN Excavation & Trucking’s low bid, with the addition of The Motz Group (track & turf field company) bid at $751,775. Gary Nugent of…
Read MoreSweet corn for students; Obenchain Farms joining Schools Food Program
The Hancock County Board of Education met on Thursday evening, April 27th, and the UK Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service will be connecting local producers with Hancock County Public Schools (HCPS) in an effort to best utilize dollars received through the Local Food for Schools (LFS) Grant. The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is supplying the…
Read MoreBids Approved for New Track & Football Field at HCMS/HCHS
At the Hancock County Board of Education Meeting on Tuesday evening, February 21st, Jeanie Cannon from RBS Design Group Architecture in Owensboro presented the bid tabulation for the 2 bids that were turned in for the construction of a new artificial turf football field and new rubberized track on the HCMS/HCHS campus. The approximate budget…
Read MoreGN Excavating donates $40,000 to help with Hancock County’s new track and football turf
Gary Nugent, owner of GN Excavation & Trucking, has agreed to make yearly donations toward the new track and football field at HCMS/HCHS campus, at $40,000 a year, for 10 years, totaling $400,000. The Hancock County Board of Education had approved the final drawings at the December, 2022 meeting and also announced their decision to…
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