by design | Feb 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Thomas Deakins requested a fresh audit on school security systems at today’s BOE meeting. “As a parent of 4 children in our system, I want to make sure our systems are working,” Deakins stated. According to Simplex-Grinnell, a comprehensive audit of...
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
“We are going to hire an outside attorney, Ruth Ellis, to investigate this matter. She has on at least one occasion in the past worked with Knox County Schools in the past. ” Dr. Jim McIntyre
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Due to the fact that 3 piers must be rebuilt, the bridge, which was originally scheduled to re-open later his summer, will remain closed until February 2014. Rebuilding the piers will add an estimated $6 million dollars to the $24.7 million dollar price tag.
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Mike McMillan, East Knox County’s member of the Knox County Board of Education, responded to a story appearing in yesterday’s edition of The Knoxville News Sentinel. The Sentinel has published a series of stories detailing failures in a security contract...
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve become accustomed to writing my Focus essay on Wednesday afternoons after I’ve made hospital rounds and I’ve finish business chores. However, grandbabies change your life. My two girls were fortunate to have my stay-at-home wife, Becky, when...