by design | Feb 4, 2015 | News, The Daily Focus
Dr. McIntyre went to Washington D.C. this week to participate in a U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions roundtable discussion on the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Before he left, he invited Board of Education members to...
by design | Jan 31, 2015 | Knoxville, News, The Daily Focus
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Metropolitan Planning Commission recommended against it and the Inskip Neighborhood Association is opposed to it but Quint Bourgeois is appealing to City Council Tuesday. He wants to rezone his property on Bruhin road...
by design | Jan 27, 2015 | sports, The Daily Focus
By Ken Lay Central High School will unofficially open the 2015 baseball season with its first annual Leadoff Banquet on Jan. 31 at the Family Life Center at Central Baptist Church in Fountain City. The event, which begins at 5 p.m. and will be emceed by...
by design | Jan 21, 2015 | Knoxville, The Daily Focus
The City of Knoxville Police Department and other local sponsors are hosting a collection of unwanted medicines and a used mercury thermometer exchange on Friday, Jan. 23, and Saturday, Jan. 24. The event will be offered 9 a.m.-3 p.m. both days during the...
by design | Jan 20, 2015 | Knox County, News, The Daily Focus
On Saturday, Jan. 24, 7 a.m.-noon, Knox County Schools’ teachers, teaching assistants and nurses will have the opportunity to shop for free classroom supplies when the Knox County Schools Teacher Supply Depot opens for the third time in the 2014-2015 school year....
by design | Jan 20, 2015 | Knox County, The Daily Focus
By Sally Absher Mark Twain popularized the phrase, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” Judging from the reaction to a couple of recent articles in the Knoxville daily paper about teacher absenteeism, this is still true. ...
