Robbie Fletcher, who is now the superintendent of Lawrence County Schools in Eastern Kentucky, was confirmed to become Kentucky鈥檚 top education official in a vote of 36-1 on Monday. He is the first education commissioner to require Senate confirmation under a law that the General Assembly passed last year.
Sen. Phillip Wheeler, who was the sponsor of the resolution, spoke highly of Fletcher ahead of the vote and highlighted Fletcher鈥檚 鈥渃ontinued commitment towards the children of Kentucky schools.鈥
Senate Education Committee Chairman Sen. Steve West, R-Paris, called Fletcher the 鈥淢ark Pope of Kentucky education,鈥 referring to the newest University of Kentucky men鈥檚 basketball head coach and Fletcher鈥檚 history of working as an educator in Eastern Kentucky.
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