Harlan County Public Schools

Superintendent Brent Roark has received his final evaluation from the Harlan County Board of Education, again scoring exemplary for his service over the past school year. He consis...

Employees in the Harlan County Public Schools will be receiving a four percent raise for the 2025-2026 school year. The raise is for certified and classified staff across the b...

Cawood Elementary School rising eighth grader Eli Epperson has been selected to participate in the Appalachian STEM Academy in July. It is hosted by the Oak Ridge Associated ...

Harlan County High School's rising senior Shania Middleton has been selected to participate in the highly competitive Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program (GSP) this summer at ...

Harlan County High School’s Caleb Schwenke recently participated in the 2025 East Kentucky Leadership Network conference. Eastern Kentucky high school students delivered business...

Harlan County Public Schools Superintendent Brent Roark told a near capacity crowd at the Class of 2025 commencement on Sunday that great things are happening at Harlan County High...

A host of outstanding student-athletes will become the newest members of the Harlan County Public Schools Frank Brittain Academic and Athletic Hall of Fame on Tuesday. University...

Congratulations to our Harlan County Middle School Black Bears on winning the 2025 Kentucky Middle School Fastpitch Championship Wednesday at Harlan. Led by Coach Andrew Burton, ...

Congratulations to eight outstanding student-athletes at Harlan County High School on receiving Triple Threat Awards from the Kentucky High School Athletic Association. The ...

Brett W. Johnson will become the 19th superintendent of Harlan County Public Schools on July 1. Meeting in special session today, the Harlan County Board of Education conducted int...

Congratulations to Harlan County High School Sophomore Daniel “Sebastian” Mosley on being one of 104 students selected for the 2025 Rogers Scholars program offered through the Cent...

Natasha Ely has been selected as the teacher for the Harlan County Child Development Center opening this August. Ely, a current kindergarten teacher at James A. Cawood Elementa...

Applications are now being accepted for the first class of students at the Harlan County Child Development Center. The program will open this August. Positions are limited so apply...

Harlan County School District is pleased to partner with Full-Service Community Schools State Scale Up to bring a valuable learning opportunity to four-year-olds in our community,...

Congratulations to Harlan County High School freshman Joyanna Cooper and HC Media Specialist Anissa Starr Alred on their recent Black Bear Kindness Awards bestowed on them by the...

Harlan County High School will be well represented during the 94 th Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival and related activities May 22-25. Kate Cornett, daughter of Pete and Adele Co...

Trish Crider has been named head coach for the Harlan County Lady Bears Soccer Team. Crider has coached as an assistant for the Lady Bears under former Coach Troy Gaw. She also has...

Josh Rigney is a senior at Harlan County High School. As part of the Community Work Transition Program (CWTP), he has begun to shift his energies from his high school studies to ga...

Harlan County High School mathematics students have been utilizing the NCAA Basketball Tournament to learn about probability and statistics. Students in Mr. Jacob Carroll’s Algeb...