TWO TRIAL DATES HAVE BEEN SET FOR A COUPLE OF LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

            SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY JACK LACKEY JR, SAYS A NOVEMBER 13^TH TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR A LAWSUIT THAT DATES BACK TO A NOVEMBER 2010 INCIDENT AND INVOLVES A MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT.

            ACCORDING TO LACKEY, THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THE CHILD OF AMANDA BOSSETT OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS INAPPROPRIATELY TOUCHED BY ANOTHER CHILD ON THE BUS AND HE SAYS A DISTRICT INTERNAL INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS NO NEGLIGENCE FOUND AGAINST THE BUS DRIVER.

            MEANWHILE, LACKEY SAYS A DECEMBER 10^TH TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR THE SECOND LAWSUIT CONCERNING A MAY 2010 INCIDENT INVOLVING A BELMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT.

            ACCORDING TO LACKEY, THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THE CHILD OF BRENDA RODRIGUEZ OF HOPKINSVILLE WAS INJURED DURING A FIGHT ON A BUS AND A DISTRICT INTERNAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE BUS DRIVER WAS NOT NEGLIGENT IN THE INCIDENT.

            A THIRD LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DISCOVERY PHASE AND IT INVOLVES A OCTOBER 2010 INCIDENT INVOLVING 18-YEAR OLD JOHN KOZAK.

            THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES KOZAK WAS WORKING ON A CLASS ROOM WELDING PROJECTS AT THE CAREET AND TECHNICAL CENTER WHEN THE TIP OF HIS THUMB WAS CUT OFF.

            LACKEY SAYS THE INCIDENT WAS AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT AND A DISTRICT INTERNAL INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE TEACHER WAS NOT NEGLIGENT.

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