PIKEVILLE WAS BEING SHARED ALL
OVER
SOCIAL MEDIA.
(CAM MOVES TO OTS)
WE WONDERED LIKE EVERYONE ELSE
WHAT EXACTLY BROUGHT GATES TO
EASTERN KENTUCKY.
SO WYMT'S ALIX CASPER-PEAK FOUND
HIM TODAY, AND ALTHOUGH GATES
DID
NOT TALK ... WE LEARNED WHY HE'S
HERE.
(PKG)
(pkg)
(sot)
NATSOUND "that was worth it, oh
gosh oh gosh"
SOME IN THE BIG SANDY REGION GOT
THE CHANCE TO MEET ONE OF THE
RICHEST MEN ALIVE... BILL
GATES. INCLUDING TWO PIKE COUNTY
TEENS... WHO SPENT THEIR DAY
DRIVING AROUND LOOKING FOR THEIR
IDOL.
(sot)
ZACHARY CHANEY "me and my best
friend Josh
left school and we was trying to
find him, we went everywhere"
EVENTUALLY MAKING IT TO BETSY
LAYNE HIGH SCHOOL.
(sot)
JOSHUA MCCARTY "you could tell,
I don't know he
was excited to see kids outside
too. He climbed in and rolled
down his window, waved and said
it
was great to be here. It was
awesome"
FOR WEEKS MEMBERS WITH THE BILL
AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
HAVE
WORKED CLOSELY WITH SCHOOL
OFFICIALS TO PREPARE FOR A
VISIT.
(sot)
CASSANDRA AKERS/BETSY LAYNE
PRINCIPAL "I think we were
visited the first week in
September and they chose to come
back to our
school today with foundation
leadership we were told.
Foundation leadership ended up
being
Bill and Melinda Gates"
GATES IS CALLING THIS A LEARNING
TRIP, HE SPENT WEDNESDAY
OBSERVING STUDENTS AND
TEACHERS.
(sot)
AKERS They talked to Dr. Webb
and I this morning
for a little while, just about
how Kentucky core academic
standards have rollled down to
the
schools from the state level"
HOPING TO LEARN A LITTLE HIMSELF
FROM SMALL TOWN APPALACHIA. IN
FLOYD
COUNTY, ALIX CASPER-PEAK, WYMT
MOUNTAIN NEWS.
(steve)
WE ARE NOT SURE HOW LONG GATES
WILL BE IN TOWN OR IF HE IS
STILL HERE. BETSY LAYNE HIGH
SCHOOL'S PRINCIPAL TELLS US THEY
ONLY PLANNED TO VISIT ONE SCHOOL
WEDNESDAY.
(angela)
