The Hardin County Board of Education opened with recognitions for district employees and students and followed with an elementary mathematics update.

The board voted to adopt a recognition resolution and honored Clyde Grant (North Hardin High School engineering teacher), eighth-grade student Harold Perez Lopez (blue ribbon at Kentucky State Fair), instructional assistant Kat Henderson (North Park Elementary), guidance counselor Chad Lewis (John Hardin High School), and volunteer Bobby Thompson (Glendale Christian Church). Presenters cited long-term collaboration, student mentorship and community volunteering as reasons for the awards.

Elementary curriculum staff presented math-focused initiatives: a revised math pacing guide co-developed with teacher committees, two common assessments introduced this year for grades 3 and 5 with plans to expand to K–2, and a standards continuum that flags priority standards reported on report cards. Staff said foundational numeracy work with GREC/CREC teams (ongoing since 2022), increased use of manipulatives, MTSS/RTI revamps that auto-enroll students meeting cut-score thresholds into targeted interventions, and principal "math cadres" for cross-school learning contributed to recent test-score growth.

Presenters reported that district test scores were improving across subjects and attributed those gains to sustained implementation of the initiatives. Board members thanked presenters and acknowledged the district's work on instruction and assessment.