
Martha Jane Potter Elementary and Fleming Neon Middle School will be Closed on Thursday, January 4, 2024 due to a water outage. All other schools in the Letcher County Public Schools will operate on the regular schedule.

West Whitesburg Elementary's after school tutoring is canceled for today and tomorrow. It will resume after Christmas Break on January 9th.

Due to the weather forecast for later today, the Letcher County Schools will be dismissing at noon, today, December 18, 2023.

We have a few late buses this morning. Bus 513, Freddy Terry, in Eolia is 15-20 minutes late
Bus 615, Joe McCray, is 10-15 minutes later
Bus 206, Josh Webb, is 15 minutes late

5th grade parents and guardians, pizza kits will be delivered to school tomorrow. You may begin picking them up at 11:00 AM.

Bus # 303 Brian Osborne is running about 20min late this morning. We apologize for the inconvenience.

West Whitesburg Elementary will have open house from 4-6 on Thursday, November 9th, 2023.

Kona Ice will be at West Whitesburg Elementary on Thursday, October 26th. The smallest size is three dollars.

WWE families, please send a note with your child on the first day of school (Monday, August 21st) stating the following information:
Will he or she be a pick up or bus rider?
If a bus rider, where will they get off the bus?
If a pick up, who will be picking them up?
Will the next day be the same?

Good Afternoon
As eager as we are to get WWE back in their building, we want to make sure it is in the best condition it can be for our students. Because of that, Open House at West Whitesburg Elementary will be canceled for this evening. We are postponing the start date for West Whitesburg Elementary until Monday August 21. I apologize in advance and ask for your patience as we do the best job we can to make our building the best it can be.
Whitesburg Middle School will start tomorrow, Wednesday, August 16 at their regular schedule. They are ready and waiting to see their students.
Once again - WWE will begin on Monday, August 21 and WMS will begin tomorrow, August 16.
Good bye

Good Evening,
Tomorrow will be the first day of school for all students in Letcher County Public Schools with the exception of West Whitesburg Elementary and Whitesburg Middle School.
We have all been anxiously awaiting the opening of West Whitesburg Elementary School, and it is looking great. However, we want to put the finishing touches on the space and have decided to push the start date for WWE and WMS until Wednesday, August 16.
We appreciate your patience with us as we make final preparations to welcome back our Yellow Jackets.
All other Letcher County Schools will start tomorrow, Monday, August 14 at the regular start time. We hope you have a great 1st day of school!!
Good bye

Opening Day for Letcher County Public Schools for all staff will be on Monday, August 7, at Letcher County Central High School, with breakfast starting at 6:30 and activities starting at 8:00 a.m. in the auditorium. Teachers, please bring your Chromebooks. We look forward to seeing you there!

The 2023-2024 Letcher County Schools Bus Routes have been posted the Letcher County Schools website at https://www.letcher.kyschools.us/article/1191752.


Good morning. This message is for all coaches and employees who are scheduled for CPR and SCM training. CPR, and SCM training is being moved from WMS to Cowan starting tomorrow, July 25, 2023. If you have any questions please call Regina Brown or Shanna Smith at 633-4455. Thank you.

Attention Band Students! Band camp will take place at LCC July 24-28 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM.
Contact Mr. Rob Scheeler, band director, if you have any questions.

Free sports physicals at LCC for all athletes.


Free sports physicals at LCC for all athletes.


If you have a child in the 5th grade at West Whitesburg Elementary and you have NOT turned in copies of his or her records (birth certificate, social security card, immunization certificate, recent physical, etc. ) please do so as soon as possible.

West Whitesburg Elementary will be having our end of the year awards day on Monday, May 22nd in the Letcher County Central High School auditorium.
Grades 3-5 will start at 9:00 AM. Doors will open at 8:45 AM.
Grades k-2 will start at 1:00 PM. Doors will open at 12:45 PM.
We will have a table outside the main doors of Letcher Central to sign in and get a visitor's tag.
Please come out to celebrate our wonderful students!!

WWE 5th grade parents, we are going to do something new this year with our 5th graders. We are going to do a 5th grade promotion during awards day on Monday at 9:00 AM. Students will go across the stage and receive a certificate. Nothing long or fancy. Students may dress in regular clothing.