Ceiling will be finished to look like night sky 2013-05-13 - 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo from Powerpoint by David Jones. Adair County Mobile Gifted and Talented Classroom's will likely have this design. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mobile Classroom will be Eco-Friendly 2013-05-13 - 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo Slide by David Jones, Adair Co. School District. The Gifted & Talented Mobile Classroom will be Eco-Friendly, utilizing Solar solar, wind, bio-diesel and LED Lights. Heather Spoon, Director of the Lindsey Wilson Energy Career Technology Academy, already has a bio-diesel production project at Adair County High. The bio-diesel is sold to Lindsey Wilson College, where bio-diesel now provides 20% of the fuel needs for the big athletic coaches - at the school, according to Mike Newton, Plant Operations Director at the college. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Larry Smith at Mobile Classroom News Conference 2013-05-13 - 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. The WAVE 92.7 News Anchor Larry Smith, covering the Mobile Classroom News Conference, suggested that the "wrap" on old School Bus No. 40 would need the word "Adair County" in large letters, especially when it is on tour. David Jones, Adair County Schools Transportation Director and the Coordinator of the Mobile Gifted and Talented Classroom Project, said that could, in all likelihood, be done. "There may be as many as 20 design variations before it is finalized," Jones said. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Casey Creek Lodge presents check for Project Graduation 2013-05-13 - 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Carol Roy. Mr. Darrell Baker presents Adair County School Superintendent Alan Reed with a $150 check for Project Graduation on behalf of the Casey Creek Lodge, F & AM. Baker said the lodge members felt that by donating to Project Gaduation, more high school students would be safe during the post graduation celebration. - CAROL ROY, Director of Food Services, Adair County School District. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mobile Classroom will take advantage of hotspots 2013-05-13 - 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. David Jones told those at the press conference outlining the mobile classroom for the Adair County School District Gifted and Talented that the vehicle will be able to take advantage of Wi-Fi hotspots, not only at each of the schools, but on field set ups, such as at the Giles House, where, he said, Wi-Fi is readily available. Seated in foreground, left, are Board Member Joe Payne (Div. 4), and Barney Taylor, instructor at Lake Cumberland Technology Center, Russell Springs, KY. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Mobile Classroom starts with 1992 International School bus 2013-05-13 - 1204 Greensburg Steet, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. This 1992 International School Bus, with 192,500 miles will be converted into the Gifted and Talented Mobile Classroom, scheduled to go into service in the fall of 2013. In it's more active days, it served Adair County School District students in the Sano area. Michelle Foster was the driver of Bus No. 40, and before her, it was her father's route. Transportation Director David Jones said that the bus would have been sold for approximately $1,500 if put out for bids as surplus. The bus has already been through its first station in the retrofit, at Lake Cumberland Technical Center, where Barney Taylor's students took out all the bus seats, which would be replaced with soft furniture. The mobile classroom will never leave the campus, except for parades and special showings, and there already many demands for those. Its first public showing off the campus will be at the International Gifted and Talented Conference in Louisville, KY next school year. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Wrap first concept shown for mobile classroom 2013-05-13 - 1204 Greensburg Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. David Jones, Transportation Director for the Adair County School District standing, shows were the fuel tank cage will get some extra detail to to hide its frame when the Adair County School District moves ahead with the mobile classroom now under construction with the conversion of a 1992 International School Bus. The classroom will be used for the Gifted and Talented Program at the four schools, Adair County Primary Center, Adair County Elementary, Adair County Middle School, and Adair County High School. Jones presented the plan at a press conference this morning. This Power Point slide shows the first concept of the wrap being designed by Uptown Graphics, Upton, KY. The wrap shows a missile with the world, a missile with the Gifted and Talented motto, Mission Possible, and a Map of Adair County showing the communities. At the suggestion of Larry Smith, The WAVE 92.7 News Anchor, the words "Adair County" will be in the wrap design, which, Superintendent Alan Reed says, is a work in progress. The graphics artist will go through several designs before the final one is selected. Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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