Shelby County Public Schools

Shelby County Public Schools is built on a strong foundation of stable leadership, parent support, community involvement, and deep commitment to providing a quality education for our students. This foundation provides the support for our vision: Kentucky’s Exemplary School District. Our mission is: Dedicated to Excellence and Success for All.

We provide quality instruction to students at four Preschool sites, six elementary schools, two middle schools and two high schools (as of August 2010). Parents can determine which school their child(ren) will attend through the Attendance Directory in the navigation bar on the left (under Students/Parents).

Shelby County High School graduation will be June 12 at 7 pm at the Frankfort Civic Center, according to Principal Eddie Oakley. The decision was based on input from students and parents, after an amended school calendar set the last day of school for students as June 8 and an alternative graduation date had to be scheduled. The annual Project Graduation event will take place at SCHS after the commencement program.

Paintings by Southside Elementary 3rd-graders are on display throughout town through March 31... for sale for a minimum $25 donation that will go to the Backpack Program (that provides food for identified children each weekend). Several pieces were sold Tuesday night at an opening for the parents. A number are still available for viewing and purchase at McKinley's Bread & Deli, 6th and Main Coffeehouse, Cattlemen's, Dairy Queen, Firefresh BBQ, Republic Bank, Citizens Union Bank, Commonwealth Bank, American Founders Bank, Family Activity Center, Tracy's, Crescent Place, Amber Oaks, Masonic Home,  Jewish Hospital Shelbyville, 1st Baptist Church, and SCPS Central Office. The paintings represent the children's interpretation from studying such artists as VanGogh, Monet, Georgia O'Keefe or Grandma Moses. Call 633-4460 if you have questions.

The final forum for input on school facilities will be March 23 at 6:30 pm at Central Office, 1155 West Main Street. The comments will be heard by the Local Planning Committee who is charged with developing a District Facility Plan for the School Board to consider approving. Discussion at the committee’s meeting March 4 brought up questions like:

• A new elementary school on Discovery Blvd. Campus
• A new elementary school on Southside site with improved access/egress to replace Southside Elementary
• A new middle school on Discovery Blvd. Campus
• Major renovation of Heritage Elementary and 4 Pre/K classrooms, Kitchen & Cafeteria addition
• Renovation of Simpsonville & Wright Elementary 
• Renovation at SCHS to include upstairs conversion to 8-9 Center, facilities facelift, replacing large gym floor and bleachers in small gym, converting current physics classroom to computer lab.
• Add Building Material and Welding lab to Area Tech Center
• Upgrade to Intelligent Classrooms in all schools
• Improvements and additions to Bus Garage and Maintenance Building
• Other discretionary improvements as requested by school councils at other schools
• Relocation of the Alternative Center to designated spaces in middle and high schools or to a new facility to be built in the vicinity of Shelbyville
• Sell or donate the old Northside building for community/adult education use.

The Local School Facility Planning Committee offers this final public forum concerning present and future school facility needs. Persons wishing to make an expression will be encouraged to sign a speaker’s list and will be heard in order of their signing. Citizens may also submit written expressions at the forum or by mail to the Shelby County Board of Education, PO Box 159, Shelbyville, Kentucky 40066 by March 18 to Duanne B. Puckett.