by design | Aug 12, 2014 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
In an email from Commissioner Amy Broyles: Dear Second District Residents, This Thursday evening, August 14th, there will be a Public Forum at 6:00 pm in the auditorium of Gresham Middle School to introduce you to the candidates who have submitted...
by design | Aug 11, 2014 | News, The Daily Focus
Last Monday there was an editorial in the Knoxville News-Sentinel (8/4/14) regarding Tennessee’s assessments, showing a lack of reality and insight. While it is true that a multiple choice test cannot tell us all that a student has learned, this has...
by design | Aug 11, 2014 | Public Notice
Estate of Cleve Francis Douglas, Jr. Docket Number 75240-2 Notice is hereby given that on the 1st day of August, 2014, letters administration in respect of the Estate of Cleve Francis Douglas, Jr. who died June 5th, 2014, were issued the undersigned by the Clerk and...
by design | Aug 10, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Click here to view this week’s paper. School Board applicants to face Commission By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Interviewing applicants for the 2nd District seat on the board of education is on the Knox County Commission’s August 18 workshop agenda. The...
by design | Aug 10, 2014 | Absher, Archives, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@gmail.com At last Wednesday’s Board of Education Meeting, 8th District BOE member Mike McMillan asked to call for personal privilege to postpone the vote on the 2020 Strategic Plan. After a brief consult with Dr. McIntyre, Chair Lynne...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 10, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley For those who doubted anything published in The Focus about the Knox County Board of Education and Superintendent Jim McIntyre, the meeting last week should have addressed those concerns. The Board, in its most naked display of power politics since...
