LETTER TO THE EDITOR

In fairly recent history the leadership of the Webster County Board of Education has tossed about rather freely the supposedly new approach to forcing the responsibility for students’ learning and test-taking onto the students. As a former teacher, I must state up front that I agree that students need to assume a great deal of the responsibility for their learning and performance on academic achievement indexes. 

However, I believe the boe has not only put the cart before the horse, but they have also forced the student and the academic equine into the arena while, at the same time, providing no access to the cart at all. The question in my mind is, if we are going to force the responsibility/accountability burden onto the primary stakeholder (the student), how much accountability does the boe have to provide that stakeholder with access to the tools, resources, skills, guidance, and choices necessary to accomplish the extremely difficult task? 

Night hunting for coyotes now allowed

Hunters may now pursue coyotes at night.

    New regulations allow hunters to use a shotgun to take coyotes at night year round. Lights or night vision equipment can only be used from February 1 through May 31.

    “This new opportunity offers landowners another tool to assist in the removal of coyotes associated with livestock depredation,” said Steven Dobey, furbearer program coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. “Coyotes are generally less wary at night and hunting at this time can result in increased harvest success.”