by design | Dec 10, 2020 | The Daily Focus
I want to share some important news with you. Knox County Schools has offered in-person instruction since our reopening on August 24. This is a tremendous accomplishment, and it is a direct result of the extraordinary efforts made by our teachers, principals, health...
by design | Dec 9, 2020 | The Daily Focus
Goal to raise $1,000,000 in historic year On Thursday, Dec. 10 starting at 6 a.m., Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee will host the 10th annual Double Your Donation Day. Double Your Donation, or “DYD,” is a one-day telethon and fundraiser...
by design | Dec 8, 2020 | The Daily Focus
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is announcing an extension to its summer program to provide meals to children. With the recent approval from the USDA, sponsors of Tennessee’s Summer Food Service Program now have the ability to offer meals to their...
by design | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Ferguson
“How tremendous the spiritual change that it brings…what wastes and deserts of the soul a slight attack of influenza brings to light…what ancient and obdurate oaks are uprooted in us in the act of sickness, how we go down into the pit of death and feel the...
by design | Dec 7, 2020 | Columnist, Duncan
By John J. Duncan Jr. One of my sons-in-law, Jason Brown, recently sent me two articles about the dismal results of online education. The reports were from two school systems very far apart but strikingly similar in their findings. Dr. Joe Gothard, superintendent of...
