On Dec. 1, Manual announced their new short term non-traditional instruction (NTI) plan for the 2025-26 school year. Short term NTI is an asynchronous instruction that is provided by the school, offering...

On Tuesday, Nov. 18, President Donald Trump revealed several steps on how he would be dismantling the Department of Education (ED). The most major component seen is the transference of funding to different...

Amidst JCPS’ extreme budget issues — most notably running a $188 million deficit — Superintendent Brian Yearwood announced a plan to reduce the district’s 2026-27 budget by $132 million, proposing...

After Kentucky’s ACT contract expired this year, the state decided to switch to requiring it's juniors to take the SAT in the spring instead. This is different from years before. This change will impact...

On the third and second floor hallways at Manual, you can find Aude Johnson (World Language) and Audrey Villon (World Language) helping students connect with the French language. For them, it’s more...

Manual is the only high school in JCPS to offer Latin. A 2017 report revealed that only 1,513 high schools offer Latin courses in the United States. Of those schools, 21 are located in Kentucky, with approximately...

Manual held their fourth School Based Decision Making (SBDM) meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025.  The meeting started out with the approval of two new courses: a dual credit French course and a new...

Update Nov. 24: On Nov. 21, JCPS released a proposal to move all JCPS school start times back 20 minutes. However, they have reconsidered, and are now backing off of this plan after “careful review.” “While...

On Nov. 20, the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) held a Digital Safety and Wellbeing Event sponsored by Meta at Manual. The event brought in about 160 students and parents from JCPS to learn about...

Report cards for JCPS schools were just released, revealing that 41 of the districts’ 168 schools rank in the bottom 5% statewide. These schools enter a classification called Comprehensive Support and...

On Tuesday, Nov. 18, JCPS held their penultimate board meeting of the year, where board members voted on a boundary adjustment to balance enrollment at Echo Trail Middle School and discussed hiring, auditing...

On Wednesday, Nov. 12, the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended after 43 days. The shutdown posed a risk to organization funds, paychecks and many other programs that the public relies on....