The number of home schooled students in Hancock County grew 50 this year. Superintendent Dawn Petrovich told the Board of Education at Mondaysâs meeting that the number of home school students had increased from 150 to 200 in this yearâs enrollment count which is taken in October. Petrovich said that she had seen the number of home schooled students increase by an average of 10-15 each year since she had been in the Central Office, but she attributed the dramatic jump this year to the COVID pandemic.
Hancock County has drawn down $650,000.00 in CARES Act funds, according to Joe Campinelli, Finance director, with $125,000.00 obligated but not yet spent. He noted that $75,000.00 allocated for parochial schools allocated through the Board of Education remained to be drawn down.
In other action, the Board:
