Citizens in poor, under-educated KY county allow higher tax for new school

By: Al Cross

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 1,529

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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“To be educated is to be a better person.” –Retired Clinton County High School principal David Warinner, in his invocation at the groundbreaking for a new high school

ALBANY, Ky. – The rap on rural Kentucky is that it’s a swath of largely backward places that don’t value education and where the main export is human – young people who don’t come back to raise families after completing school, which for most is high school …

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