by design | Oct 27, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com Three years ago, eight New Jersey parents took a train to NYC to attend a National Center for Learning Disabilities luncheon. All from different towns, they found they had similar stories, struggles, heart breaks, and...
by design | Oct 27, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com Patti Bounds requested a “Discussion of Superintendent’s Evaluation Protocol” for the mid-month work session meeting last Monday. Bounds explained, “As I read and studied Dr. McIntyre’s evaluations last year and previous...
by design | Oct 27, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com The Board of Education finished up their first mid-month work meeting of the year last week in what may be a record breaking 5 hours and 36 minutes. The board discussed important topics including the SAT-10 assessment; the...
by Ray Hill | Oct 26, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill The autobiography of James F. Byrnes of South Carolina was appropriately named All In One Lifetime. Byrnes served as a Congressman, U. S. senator, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Assistant to the President, Secretary of State and...
by design | Oct 20, 2014 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I like to be a bit unpredictable. I want my readers to wonder what I’m going to say next. Will he write about politics or medicine? Will he launch into physics or discuss history? Maybe this week will be a sermonette or a treatise on some...
by design | Oct 20, 2014 | Columnist, Moore
By Rosie Moore In 2013 Durham had a population of 245,475 of which my son and his family are a part of. It is a colorful, creative and entrepreneurial community that continuously earns accolades as one of the best places in the world to live, work, and do business....
