THE HOPKINS COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION GOT SOME GOOD NEWS LAST NIGHT FROM THEIR DIRECTOR OF SECONDARY INSTRUCTION.  JASON CLARK TOLD THE SCHOOL BOARD THAT THE NUMBER OF FRESHMAN THAT GO ON TO GRADUATE IS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN FOUR YEARS.  CLARK SAID THAT HOPKINS COUNTY CENTRAL HAD SHOWN A TURN AROUND IN TEST SCORES AND THAT MADISONVILLE NORTH HAD THE HIGHEST A.C.T. SCORES IN THE REGION.  BUT, HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT IN MATH SCORES, WHICH ARE BELOW STATE LEVELS AT BOTH HIGH SCHOOLS.
     AND, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDANT STEVE GILLIAM SAID THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WAS MOVING FORWARD WITH ITS NEW ARCHERY PROGRAMS, EVEN THROUGH THERE WERE RUMORS TO THE CONTRARY.