My East Ky

Blake Shelton will be coming to the East Kentucky Expo center on Saturday October 11, 2008 @ 8:00pm.

Ticket price $27.50-$37.50 and go on sale 9/13/2008 @ 10:00am.

With my little girl now 4 years old and soon to be 5. Me and her mother decided it was a great idea to get her into preschool, plus our daughter was more than ready to go. She is/was totally excited. Almost every day we play/pretend that she has homework to do, has multiple book bags varying from Dora the explorer to Winnie the Pooh. So around 2 or 3 months ago we went to sign her up, and were told we would receive a letter either accepting or denying her. At the time the only possible reason I could think of denying her a head start is that the classes was filled to capacity, first come first serve kind of thing.

Fast forward to this week (one week before school starts) and we still have not heard anything from the Floyd County Board of Education. We even decided to attend the open house at one of the Floyd County Schools. At the open house we did learn that 1 preschool class had 16 out of 20 slots filled. So we were optimistic that she would be attending school this year. But we left not knowing if she was going to be able to attend.

So today a couple of calls were made and to our surprise we were told that she was not eligible because of our income. Apparently we make too much money. Yes that’s right, we have a very eager young lady wanting to attend school and 2 parents that want the best for their child but was denied because we make too much money? I thought something was strange when check stubs were required when she was signed up. I just assumed they use it for statistics or something? Not to look at the amount of money parents make and say you make too much so you must wait. What kind of system is this? What really gets me irritated is that there is room for her. Why is this decision based on income?

Don’t get me wrong I completely understand children with disabilities, should have first serve to help them improve. But as I stated they said they have room! On the Kentucky Department Of Education it states

Kentucky’s preschool education programs are available for all four-year-old children whose family income is no more than 150% of poverty; all three and four-year-old children with developmental delays and disabilities, regardless of income; and other four-year- old children as placements are available based on district decision.  The preschool program is designed to be developmentally appropriate for young children.  “Developmentally appropriate” is defined in law to mean that the program focuses on the child’s physical, intellectual, social and emotional development, including interpersonal, intrapersonal, and socialization skills.

OK first there is room in the class, second: how can they tell what is “Developmentally appropriate” by income. Funny thing is that half the people we talk to tells us that there are always students that stop going and she will more than likely be able to attend around Christmas.

Fun Fact: The USA Poverty level for 2008 with a household of 3 is $17,600.00

Pro bull riding is coming to the Expo Center with a 2 day event on October 17th & 18th tickets range in price from $12.00- $75.00 and go on sale 8/29/2008. Tickets can be purchased online @ Ticketmaster.

Are you really surprised?

With the building of another McDonald’s in Prestonsburg I can only assume that another free Wifi spot is going to be available to the City Of Prestosnburg courtesy of At&t. Even though I do not like McDonalds I would use their free internet access

Remember to use Wifi @ McDonalds simply use your AT&T high-speed Internet membership ID and password. Not sure of the completion date but construction seems to be trucking along. This is just another example of how local business should be the ones using free Wifi as a driving tool to get customers in and not the city.