Knox County Schools on August 1, 2022, celebrated a ribbon-cutting for the new Lonsdale Elementary School. The school features a 94,400-square-foot building that includes 36 classrooms, four teacher work areas, …
Community celebrates new Lonsdale school
Superintendent Bob Thomas led a happy celebration Monday at a groundbreaking for the replacement Lonsdale Elementary School. The new facility will be 94,400 square feet with a capacity for 800 …
Soggy conditions and vandalism slow projects
More good news for the folks in the East Knox County area.
Already, two companies – Progression Electric and Irby Electric – agreed to donate the time, supplies and labor to …
Lonsdale students celebrate new playground
Nevaeh Phelan is usually dizzy when she steps off of the “spinner,” a new piece of playground equipment at Lonsdale Elementary.
But the fifth-grader said she likes the apparatus – a …
Volunteer Olivera Dessieux makes giving a year-round pastime
When Olivera Dessieux’s children go shopping with her, they keep an eye out for things that have kid appeal. It’s not because they want to bug their mother to buy …
New NW school required to serve booming population
The case for building a brand-new elementary school in Northwest Knox County can be made in two words:
Population growth.
Superintendent Bob Thomas has recommended building three new elementary schools: a new …
Praying for new school: Lonsdale families fear for children’s safety
Early in the morning last Nov. 12, the children at Lonsdale Elementary School marched out of their classrooms into a cold, dark rain. They were evacuating their classrooms to escape …