The Kings Local School District Board of Education met Tuesday, January 12, for the annual Organization meeting to select Board leadership and establish meeting dates for the 2021 calendar.

Mr. Stacie Belfrom was elected President and Mrs. Rona Walter was elected Vice-President, both sworn in by Kings Treasurer, Cary Furniss. See below.

The 2021 Board meeting dates were also established. All Board Work Sessions will be held on the second Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m. and Regular Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of the month at 6:00 p.m. All meetings will be held in Conference Room 2 of the Kings Education Center, 1797 King Avenue, Kings Mills, Ohio 45034. Please note: During COVID-19, all meetings will be held live via Zoom on the Kings Youtube channel and the video is made available on the Kings website following the meeting. Click here to view the dates.

Since November, Kings Treasurer, Cary Furniss has led discussions regarding the finances of the District. Feel free to take some time to review the Financial Stability Discussion presentation and/or watch them here.

The next Regular Board meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the Kings Education Center.

We are proud to announce this year's Kings High School Award Recipients of the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition. This year, Kings High School students represent with 1 Portfolio by Jake Owens who received a Silver Key, 6 Gold Keys, 5 Silver Keys, and 15 Honorable Mentions.

Nearly 5,000 pieces of art were submitted by 229 educators for judging. Works were judged on originality, technical skills, and emergence of personal vision or voice. We wish the best of luck to our Gold Key winners, Mattie Foster, Maya Hicks, Savannah Silva, and Halle West (3 Gold Keys), as their work continues on to the national competition. Only 7-10% of all regional submissions are recognized with Gold Key Awards.

The students are under the supervision of KHS teachers, Angie Guilfoyle, Kelly Shields, Cassandra Barnes, Carrie Cooke, and Stacy Hoffert.

Check out all of the work of our talented students. Congratulations!

The Warren County Health District (WCHD) is continuing its COVID-19 Vaccination Program for those individuals who are in Phase 1A as determined by the Ohio Department of Health. Phase 1A population groups are defined as healthcare providers and long-term care facility staff and residents who provide direct medical care.

Kings Social Emotional Health Coordinator, Kim Sellers offers some resources for sleep deficits.

Our partners at Mindpeace have created Sleep Kit Toolkits for parents of school-aged children and for adolescents.

All meetings will be held virtually. The Zoom link for all meetings can be found here.

For more information on the D&I Task Force click here.

For more information click here.

We are continuing to monitor positive cases and quarantines. If you or your children exhibit symptoms or are waiting for a test result, please contact Kings Contact Tracer, Christy Salek at csalek@kingslocal.net.

For more information, you can refer to our daily health assessment and Decision Tree to help decide if you should send your child to school. Additionally, each week the COVID-19 Dashboard is updated with the number of positive cases and quarantines.

For more information on safety protocols and our back to school plan please visit our Reopening Plan website resource page.

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