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Spencer County Public Schools is sponsoring the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The SFSP is a state sponsored program that collaborates with non-profit organizations to provide a FREE nutritionally-balanced breakfast and lunch for children less than 19 years of age.

The summer food program is available at Taylorsville Elementary School Cafeteria ONLY this summer from June 8 through July 2. Breakfast will be served from 8:30 a.m. until 9 a.m. and lunch will be served from 12 p.m. until 1 p.m.

While most residents are sleeping tonight, Spencer County’s 911 emergency dispatching phone lines will be quietly transferred to state police dispatchers in Frankfort. The midnight move of services comes after more than a year of debates and planning.

Few will notice any changes in the coming days, said Capt. Mike Crawford – except for the small group of folks that sometimes use local dispatchers for instant news reports.

On a scale of one to five, Superintendent Chuck Adams is a solid four, according to an annual evaluation of his performance by the Spencer County Board of Education.

“This is not the best evaluation I’ve had,” Adams said to board members Monday night, “but it’s probably the most accurate. It’s a very fair and very accurate evaluation.”

Adams explained his comments by saying that his holistic numbers were better after his first year on the job. Differences of opinion with some board members may be what lowered his score.

Non-academic data compiled by the Kentucky Department of Education shows relatively steady trends in local public schools for 2009. The data is the non-academic component of the Kentucky Testing System and includes dropout rates, attendance, graduation, retention and transition to adult life.

As opposed to test scores, the data is intended to display other elements of academic success, said Lisa Gross, spokesman for the Kentucky Department of Education.