The Marion County Board of Education approved the middle school boundary lines for the 2024-25 school year at its regular monthly meeting Thursday, March 14.

The boundaries will go into place next school year when the district returns to a two middle school alignment. The boundaries will place approximately the same number of students at both Marion County Middle School and Lebanon Middle School (currently Marion County Knight Academy).

The district is still in the process of determining exact boundary lines for the school district's four elementary schools. The district worked with Transfinder, a company focusing on school logistics, to create proposed boundary lines.

More information concerning the MCPS redistricting plan can be found here.

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Marion County High School senior Kasey Westerman is the subject of this MCPS Student Ambassador spotlight video.

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For Read Across America Week earlier this month, Marion County Knight Academy held a March Madness Book Battle tournament featuring memorable childhood books. Each match-up was determined by student voting using an online form. One half of the bracket featured picture books, while the other half was comprised of chapter books. In the end, Pete the Cat came away as the overall winner.

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West Marion Elementary came away with first place at a recent district robotics competition held at Marion County Knight Academy. West Marion will move on to the state competition along with Calvary Elementary which finished second.

Teams from Marion County Knight Academy and Marion County Middle School will also advance to the state competition.

The EL and Migrant Education Program will host a Multicultural Night Thursday, March 28 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Marion County Knight Academy. The event will include food, music, and art representing the various cultures represented throughout the community. The event will also include door prizes.

The Multicultural Night is free and open to the public.

Parents can now access the 2024-25 MCPS preschool application online at the link below:

Preschool Application

The annual Young Leaders Conference, hosted by the MCPS Student Ambassadors will be tomorrow Saturday, March 16 at Marion County High School.

Elementary and middle school students from across the district have been selected to attend the conference and Miss Kentucky Mallory Hudson will be the event's keynote speaker.

This year's invitees are:

Calvary Elementary
Allie Cox, Payton Cox, Kennedy Barnett, Kinley Willett, Keegan Gribbins, Caiden Spears, Allyson Moore, and Ansley Mattingly

Glasscock Elementary
Kadence Clark, Ella Munger, Lucas Green, Emersyn Kirkland, Geyser Lopez Canales, Kylie Hutchins, CJ Mattingly, and Karringten Woodard

Lebanon Elementary
Jaxon Hall, Doris Ical Tot, Aubrey Wright, Drew Craig, Mila Walker, Carter Olivier, Elizabeth Mudd, and Gwyneth Huellemeier

West Marion Elementary
Keli Blanford, Sydney Browning, Aubree Buck, Peter Cecil, Preslee Gordon, Isaiah Gray, Bryce Hayden, and Maci Miles

Marion Middle
Braylon Railley, Amelia Lamkin, Abigail Collopy, Emily Osborne, Ehzura Summers, Breyley Blanford, Aubrey Smith, and Jaxson Sullivan

Knight Academy
Alice DeAtley, Olivia Gribbins, Connor Hutchins, Talis Hazelwood, Miley Ballard, Zaria Johnson, Xander Lawson, and Owen Wright