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...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 3, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley “There’s some extraordinary learning going on out there!” That has been a constant cry from Knox County superintendent of schools James McIntyre during his tenure in office. Last week some 12 superintendents issued a press release they would be...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 27, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley Voters are already going to the polls and few races are as important as those for the Knox County Board of Education. That is especially true when one considers fully two thirds of every tax dollar in Knox County is spent on schools. In the race for...
by Steve Hunley | Jul 6, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley The Knox County Board of Education last week dealt Superintendent Jim McIntyre his first solid rebuff when it refused to approve his firing of a Knox County high school teacher. An impartial mediator in the case did not find the allegations worthy of...
by Steve Hunley | Jun 8, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
By Steve Hunley For any person who values free speech, recent actions by the Knox County Board of Education are cause for deep concern. Superintendent Jim McIntyre is always braying about “great conversations” and “wonderful dialogues,” but that is for public...
by Steve Hunley | May 26, 2014 | Archives, Hunley
Don’t Let Your Community Get ‘Pond Gapped’ By Steve Hunley Knox County Board of Education member Doug Harris is busy making the rounds promoting the idea of increasing the local sales tax. Making an appearance on the Hallerin Hill radio show, Harris says a half penny...
