Category: Knox County Schools

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7 Aug, 2015

You Are NOW Warned, Knox County Schools Open on Monday! 2015 will be the Year of Review of the Schools Transportation Department and Operations

Knox County Sheriffs Office Chief Eddie Biggs delivers brief remarks. Knoxville Police Chief David Rausch warns that Officers will be observing speeding and distracted driving through school zones. Knox County School Security Chief Gus...

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6 Aug, 2015

34 Trips Visiting 7 States plus the District of Columbia All On Your Knox County School Tax Dollars

Knox County School Board Member Karen Carson in 11 years on the School Board has taken 34 trips with your tax dollars. Twenty trips to Nashville, TN. Three trips to Washington, D.C. Two trips...

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6 Aug, 2015

Karen Carson’s Travel on YOUR Tax Dollars, Nearly $20,000 in 11 plus Years (not including all travel expenses)

Remember back on July 28, 2015 when here we reported that Knox County Finance detailed the $7,359.56 for travel for School Board Member Karen Carson from June 30, 2010 until today. Knox County Schools...

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3 Aug, 2015

Governor Haslam and TN Commissioner of Education McQueen Visit Carter Middle for a Rally

The school of my youth, sorta. In Knox Countymy back in the day, we attended elementary school through the eighth grade and then went to high school. I attended Sunnyview Elementary and then Carter...

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9 Jun, 2015

Knox County Wastes Millions NOT Only $46k

No more complaining about TN Governor Bill Haslam wasting $46k on a new state logo. In Knox County yesterday, a study on middle school capacity and facility needs of the schools that Knox County...

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4 Jun, 2015

Is Carson Human?

Last evening the Knox County School Board met and if it were not for 16 citizens signed up for public forum, they would have been at the sunshined Calhouns on the River dinner sooner....

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1 Jun, 2015

When Will News Sentinel Report About the Screaming and Yelling at the School Board

Watching the Board Forum tonight, Chairman Mike McMillan and Karen Carson engaged in a discussion about having a budget discussion the week that Carson, Tracy Sanger and Gloria Deathridge will be out of town....

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31 May, 2015

The Problem with the Gibbs Middle Debate is Hair Color

Sandra Clark, over at the News Sentinel owned weekly shopping circulars wrapper last week published a report about the At Large Knox County Commissioners Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas Henry’s Deli visit. Obviously, the...

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30 May, 2015

The Way WATE Gathers It’s News Stories! Really?

Went to the WATE app to see what news they had and saw a news story about ‘a parent calling on Dr. McIntyre to step down’. WATE reported that they read a letter to...

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15 May, 2015

Sunnyview Primary Memorializes Teacher & 2 Students, There Is a Time to Go Back and You Can Go Home Again

Yesterday, Sunnyview Primary School had a tree planting event. The three river birch trees were donated by Whittle Springs Middle School were planted in memory of 6-year-old Zykia Burns, 7-year-old Seraya Glasper, and 46-year-old Knox...