by design | Dec 7, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher The Board of Education Special Call meeting last week to discuss Dr. McIntyre’s contract extension/renewal (the Law Department still isn’t quite sure which term is correct) got off to a rough start almost immediately. Amber Rountree made a motion to...
by design | Dec 7, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com The Board of Education took up several potentially controversial topics at last Wednesday’s December Regular Board meeting, including a recommendation regarding inclusion of high school EOC scores in final...
by design | Dec 6, 2015 | Absher, Archives, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com South Doyle Middle School Announces State of the Schools for January 12 The administration and staff of South Doyle Middle School invite you to attend their State of the School address and open communication meeting at 6 p.m....
by design | Nov 23, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Several months ago, the Focus reported on the untimely forced resignation of BHS Softball Coach Leonard Sams. Coach Sams took the BHS softball team to State tournament last May – a first in Bearden history, and had just been voted District Coach of the...
by design | Nov 23, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com Fulton Student Awarded “Golden Eagle” Scholarship More than 100 Latino students and families attended the region’s first Latino College and Resource Fair hosted at Fulton High School on Tuesday. The event planning team...
by design | Nov 16, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Director of Schools Jim McIntyre Releases Self -Evaluation As part of his annual evaluation, Dr. McIntyre submitted an eight page self-evaluation for the last evaluation cycle before the new rubric evaluation process approved by the Board of Education...