Without a formal vote, the committee tasked with reworking the agreement between Knox County Schools and UT’s Center for Educational Leadership signed off on a draft proposal following a meeting …
KCS feedback session: Whispers, not shouts
Powell and nearby residents must be happy with Knox County Schools. Almost no one showed up at Powell Middle School on Monday (Jan. 22) to discuss the district’s three-year strategic …
Talk back on schools
Knox County Schools leaders will be in Powell 6-8 p.m. today (Jan. 22) at Powell Middle School, 3329 W. Emory Road, to get community feedback on its next strategic plan. …
Can the Leadership Academy be saved?
How best to train school principals? At what cost? And who selects those who get free tuition to the Leadership Academy at UT?
As a school board committee ponders these questions, …
Anti-bullying policy remains; Karns CTE class funded retroactively
The school board has kept its bullying and harassment policies intact, declining to remove “actual or perceived gender, sexual orientation” after weeks of protests from students, staff and community members. …
Farragut neighborhood wrestles with high school zoning
A small but spirited group of parents attended a public hearing at Farragut High School Sept. 21 over the redrawing of zoning lines between Farragut High and Hardin Valley Academy.
About …
Commissioner’s event brings lively school discussion
You never know what will be on the menu when Knox County Commissioner Carson Dailey holds one of his “Ask the Commissioner” events at a SoKno eatery.
Sometimes it will be …
School playgrounds: Not all fun and games
For as long as anyone can remember, Knox County’s elementary schools have been responsible for buying and maintaining their own playground equipment. For some schools, this is not a big …