by design | May 11, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher This is Why I Teach. (By Farragut Middle School science teacher Mark Taylor. Reprinted by permission)… “I need to share something that happened to me tonight. I assure you I don’t mean to be self-serving in any way but this is how my night went (please...
by design | May 11, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher After last week’s board meetings, it is clear that not only was KCS Superintendent Jim McIntyre’s unilateral application for and acceptance of multiple grant awards against the BOE Policy DM (Grants Management), but that the policy itself is not in...
by design | May 4, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Pond Gap is a University-Assisted Community School (UACS), operating in close association with the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at UTK. It was the first Community School in Knox County. UT hopes to add another UACS program at Inskip...
by design | May 4, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher A Retroactive Vote won’t make it right. After learning that Dr. McIntyre had quietly approved the KCS hiring of Broad Center Resident Christy Hendler under a matching grant agreement, BOE members Patti Bounds and Amber Rountree separately asked the Law...
by design | May 3, 2015 | Absher, Archives, Columnist
By Sally Absher When South Knoxville resident Victoria DeFreese had the opportunity to attend the Computers in Libraries 2015 Conference in Washington DC last week, she jumped at the chance. And when she decided to take along her 13 year old son James and his best...
by design | Apr 27, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Correction. In last week’s article on the FY16 KCS budget, the Focus noted that Dr. McIntyre defended his unilateral approval of the $27,900 grant contract with The Broad Center (TBC) by citing Board Policy DM, which states that “The Knox County Board...
