by design | May 26, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com Another Take on the 2015 Teacher Survey Results. While most BOE members and the KCS administration are “thrilled” with the results of the teacher survey, some parents and teachers worry that there is an underlying, untold...
by design | May 26, 2015 | Archives, Columnist
By Sharon Frankenberg, Attorney at Law The 1996 Lautenberg Amendment to the federal Gun Control Act prohibits individuals who have been convicted of a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” from purchasing, transporting, or possessing any firearms which have been...
by design | May 26, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher The Knox County Board of Education met for their mid-month meeting on Monday, May 18. The topics on the agenda included a discussion of the recent Teacher Survey and the Balanced Calendar Survey. As controversial as these topics could have been, at the...
by design | May 25, 2015 | Archived Editions, Archives
Robust Discussion at Joint Commission/School Board Meeting By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com The annual joint meeting between the Knox County Commission and the Knox County Board of Education took place last Thursday at the East Tennessee History Center. The...
by design | May 25, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com The Community Television Board of Knoxville met Tuesday for its quarterly session and heard Ron Mills, with the City Law Office, inform them of the Open Meeting law. Members of the Law Office have been attending various city...
by Ray Hill | May 25, 2015 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives
By Ray Hill William Wirt Courtney is barely remembered today and is likely an unfamiliar name to many residents of Tennessee, but for a decade, Courtney served in Congress, serving parts of Middle Tennessee. The future congressman was named for his father, who was in...
by design | May 25, 2015 | Archives
By Alex Norman Well, it wasn’t easy. But the ending more than made up for the tension. On Thursday, May 21st, the Webb School Spartans withstood a furious second half rally from defending state champion Battle Ground Academy, on their way to a 2-1 victory in...
by design | May 25, 2015 | Archives
By Steve Williams There were some anxious moments as Grace Christian Academy’s baseball team closed in on the school’s first-ever state team championship. Coach Mitch Turner was admittedly pacing in the dugout. After two quick outs in the bottom of the seventh inning,...
by design | May 25, 2015 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com They were there from Old North Knoxville, 4th and Gill, Oakwood-Lincoln Park, Edgewood, Fountain City, Park Ridge, Belle Morris, Whittle Springs and the Alice Bell neighborhood. Other residents attended as well, from the...
by design | May 18, 2015 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher Even the Tennessee Department of Education is acknowledging that we are dumbing students down. They won’t say that outright. But when the Tennessee Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen visited Knoxville in March, and included the above slide in...
