[Buford T Justice]

Cordia is a very unique situation. Like I told everyone a while back and no one believed me. In 1994 Kentucky voted into law a settlement school law. In a nut shell it states if you are a historic settelment school in existance prior to 1994 a school SHALL remain in service. Provided it meets all safety standards. That's why the board has tried all year long to get the building deemed un safe by sending in fire marshals and health inspectors in on a weekly basis last year. The KDE finally stepped in and fired the commissioner of education and in the court hearings the KDE is on record as saying they want to enter into an agreement with cordia and the safety issues have been addressed and are no longer a issue. BTW Cordia is the only remaining settelment school still in existance in the state of Kentucky. Cordia was founded in 1933.