by design | Feb 5, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Knox County Board of Education member Indya Kincannon posted her online newsletter http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f6714b1f064103fbd84a03609&id=eaaf92b138 . In her newsletter she outlines her budget priorities, addresses Vine Middle School, and writes about...
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
According to PBA, they simply hired PCSD at the request of the Knox County Board of Education.
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
According to PBA’s Dale Smith, problems with the school security systems at Hardin Valley Academy and Powell Middle School were first identified in 2008.
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Thomas Deakins requested a fresh audit on school security systems at today’s BOE meeting. “As a parent of 4 children in our system, I want to make sure our systems are working,” Deakins stated. According to Simplex-Grinnell, a comprehensive audit of...
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
“We are going to hire an outside attorney, Ruth Ellis, to investigate this matter. She has on at least one occasion in the past worked with Knox County Schools in the past. ” Dr. Jim McIntyre
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Due to the fact that 3 piers must be rebuilt, the bridge, which was originally scheduled to re-open later his summer, will remain closed until February 2014. Rebuilding the piers will add an estimated $6 million dollars to the $24.7 million dollar price tag.
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | News, The Daily Focus
Mike McMillan, East Knox County’s member of the Knox County Board of Education, responded to a story appearing in yesterday’s edition of The Knoxville News Sentinel. The Sentinel has published a series of stories detailing failures in a security contract...
by design | Feb 4, 2013 | Columnist, Ferguson
By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’ve become accustomed to writing my Focus essay on Wednesday afternoons after I’ve made hospital rounds and I’ve finish business chores. However, grandbabies change your life. My two girls were fortunate to have my stay-at-home wife, Becky, when...
by Mark Nagi | Feb 4, 2013 | Columnist, Nagi, Norman
By Alex Norman The Super Bowl is over, and millions of football fans are asking the same question… What am I going to do with my life? Well, you could always spend more time with your family, start a new hobby, and perhaps begin taking those yoga classes you always...
by Steve Williams | Feb 4, 2013 | Columnist, Williams
By Steve Williams About this time every year, after the last football game of the season has been played, we hear fans moaning about the long wait ahead until next season. It’s a depressing time for many. You would think they had been sentenced to only cold and...
