Ky. To Retain Control of District; Local Board Ousted

As a gesture of goodwill, Kentucky education officials left the Letcher County school board in place last year when they took over the eastern Kentucky district.

Now, though, their patience with the role of the local managers has run out. Earlier this month, Education Commissioner Thomas C. Boysen removed all five school board members and the board's lawyer amid growing criticism from local leaders of the work...

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