by Steve Williams | Oct 27, 2014 | Columnist, Williams
By STeve Williams I was wrong. And this time I’m glad I was wrong. Peyton Manning is still playing football. Boy, is he ever! In a column last February, after the Seattle Seahawks, 2½-point underdogs, overpowered Manning and the Denver Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl...
by Joe Rector | Oct 27, 2014 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector EBOLA—the mere mention of it brings on waves of panic, fear, and anger. The onslaught of the disease also vividly highlights the failures of governments throughout the world to combat the disease. What we’re left with is a scary, uncertain situation....
by design | Oct 27, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com BOE Chairman Mike McMillan requested a discussion of collaborative conferencing in last Monday’s work session. A little background: Collaborative Conferencing is the process under PECCA by which local school boards collaborate...
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 design | Oct 26, 2014 | Archived Editions, Archives
Rowe attends forum, opponents absent By Focus Staff Knox County Commissioners Amy Broyles and Jeff Ownby hosted a Town Hall meeting at West High School on last Thursday. The event was titled, “Campaigns and Elections.” The idea came from a conference attended last...
by design | Oct 26, 2014 | Archives
By Steve Hunley As we approach Election Day, one of the most important races on the ballot is the race for the Knox County Board of Education in the Second District. Once again, The Knoxville Focus strongly endorses Jamie Rowe. There is a distinct difference between...
by design | Oct 26, 2014 | Archives
By Mike Steely steelym@knoxfocus.com Bus Route 42, from the downtown transit center to UT Hospital by way of Fort Sanders along Clinch Avenue, won’t be the same without longtime bus driver Luther “Luke” Johnson. His riders, many of whom he knows by name, wished him...
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...
