Meet THE Teacher’s Hero! If You Must Be Alone, Be The Best ONE!
One of my cousins (ok, the best cousin) asked if I had watched the video from the October 2, 2013 School Board Meeting. I had not. After watching this teacher taking a stand, I...
Category: Knox County School Board
Wilson County Schools Ends Block Scheduling
Next year, Wilson County Schools are throwing the block scheduling out and implementing a seven period daily schedule for students. If only Knox County Schools and School Board would wise up to the same...
Did School Boarder Kincannon Refer to KCS Teachers as 5th & 7th Graders?
A few weeks ago, Sandra Clark and Jake Mabe challenged their readers of the Shopper News to call and tell them the good, the bad and the ugly. If there were some of the...
Is Knox County and Knox County Schools Building the Next New School in Gibbs?
I received a copy of an email that Corryton Church Pastor Rocky Ramsey sent early this week. It said in part, Gibbs Middle School Meeting. Local County Commissioner David Wright is committed to getting...
When Public Schools are Governed without Businesspeople, the Public Loses Money
This is a prime example of what happens when public schools are governed by retired teachers, house wives and non business people. The public lose over $4 million dollar lose.
Knox Co School Board Ends the Practice of Recycling Chairs
The past several years, the Knox County School Board has recycled Chairs as frequent as some southerners recycle moonshine mason jars. That practice ended tonight. Fourth District School Board Member Lynne Fugate was elected...
Carter Elementary School Didn’t Get A Security System?
A few weeks ago, the story was that the new Carter Elementary School was vandalized. Then on Friday WATE announced that the Sheriffs Department had arrested a couple of people. Then today the identity...
So How Is The Traffic At the New Northshore Elementary School?
One of my sources in the Southwest quadrant of Knox County went out to see how the traffic at the New Southwest Elementary School, I mean Northshore Elementary School flowed on day one. No...
Do NOT Run With Scissors!
I remember hearing as a child, “don’t run with scissors”. As a parent, I have said that to my children and other children as well. On Thursday when the Knox County leaders had the...
Big Metal Shed Editorializes Against Joint Education Committee Members
Today the Big Metal Shed on the Hill editorialized against the position of the joint education committee that have admitted and opined that the creation of the joint education committee was to circumvent the...
