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The Hardin County Schools Calendar Committee is seeking public input on the 2027-2028 district calendar.

HCS families and community stakeholders are asked to complete a survey on the calendar, which can be found under the News section at www.hardin.kyschools.us.

“We do ask that participants keep the following in mind as they take the survey,” said HCS Community Relations Specialist John Wright. “We are required to place 174 instructional days onto the calendar with three professional learning days for staff. We would like to have an equal number of days before and after winter break. We are required to build in a certain number of predetermined makeup days. Each decision made on one day in the calendar will affect others in the calendar, so there’s a domino effect, and then certain days are mandated within the calendar by state and federal law.”

The HCS Calendar Committee will consider survey input as it decides on its recommendation to the Hardin County Board of Education, which makes the final decision on the calendar. The board’s decision is typically made in December of each year.

The survey is available through Friday, September 25.

The City of Radcliff will celebrate the international community during the Radcliff Cultural Festival, taking place Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. outside Radcliff City Hall.

Radcliff Resident Pete Countryman said during Tuesday’s city council meeting that the event is a celebration of the different backgrounds that make up the Radcliff and Hardin County community.

“This year we have a great variety of vendors,” Countryman said. “The focus is mainly on local residents and quality products, handcrafted, and our food trucks that we’ll feature in the Taste of the World International Food Court are Germany, Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Mediterranean, and an All-American food truck.”

The event coincides with the Radcliff Days Parade, which will roll down West Lincoln Trail Boulevard beginning at 5 p.m., and will feature a special presentation at 6 p.m.

“The City of Radcliff will be making a presentation, appropriately in this year of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence and 70th anniversary of our incorporation as a city, to honor our military heroes,” Countryman said.

Find more information on the City of Radcliff Government Facebook page.

The Louisville Orchestra will bring their In Harmony Tour to the bandstand at Freeman Lake Park this evening. 

“Their performance starts at 7:30 p.m., but we’ll open the gates around 6,” said City of Elizabethtown Events Program Manager Beth Pyles during Monday’s City Council meeting. “We invite everyone to come out. It should be a fantastic show.”

Admission is free for this community concert, which was rescheduled from June after being postponed due to weather.

“They were so adamant that they had to come back to Elizabethtown, so we’re so excited that we were able to find a day to make it happen,” Pyles said.

According to the orchestra, the In Harmony Tour will include classic selections such as Leonard Bernstein’s “Overture” from West Side Story, John Williams’s “Superman March”, and more. Seating is festival style, so bring your lawn chairs and blankets. Food trucks and drink vendors will be on site.

Visit www.etownevents.com for more information.