KENTUCKY — This week in Kentucky, the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) will release its annual School Report Card data, a Louisville community activist will travel to Washington, D.C. to talk about the Future Healers program, a beverage company will break ground and Lexington will open a new bridge. 

The KDE plans to release the annual School Report Card data.

Commissioner of Education and Chief Learner Jason Glass, along with KDE staff members, are getting ready to release data from the 2020-2021 School Report Card Wednesday.

It will be publicly available and information will include both participation and performance results from the 2021 assessments.

KDE said due to the pandemic, students faced learning disruptions, changes to learning, lower participation rates and a shortened assessment in 2021. They recommend, because of these challenges, direct comparisons of assessment data from prior years should not be made.

On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Rand Paul, community activist Christopher 2X, and doctors and surgeons from the University of Louisville will meet in Washington, D.C. to talk about the Future Healers program. The program is designed to encourage children in the neighborhoods most affected by violence to pursue lives of healing as health care professionals. The group is also expected to discuss the seriousness of the impact of secondary trauma on children ages 4-13.

On Monday, a Louisville-based beverage company is expanding. Flavorman will break ground on a 28,000 square-foot facility and promises to bring 30 new jobs downtown.

In Lexington, Mayor Linda Gorton, along with councilmembers David Kloiber and Kathy Plomin, will host a ribbon-cutting. They will officially open the new Brighton Rail Trail Bridge across the highly traveled Man O’ War Boulevard. 

The pedestrian bridge will connect communities to various parks in Lexington.