The school system’s comprehensive plan to improve special education includes ambitious goals to serve a fast-growing subgroup of students.
Democrats Flip Knox County School Board
With 9th District candidate Brandy Jenkins’ victory, the board’s Democrats will have a 5-4 majority.
Library Materials Review Policy Adopted
The school board will have the last say in removing books from library shelves, and previously banned books will get a second look.
Caution: Copperhead Crossing
Serenity can be found even among snakes and bears on an overnight camping trip in the mountains of Unicoi County.
School Budget Frustrations
School board members complained they got no advance notice that revenues would be withheld, and that elected officials would get pay raises amid job and pay cuts.
Rysewyk Outlines Spending Cuts
KCS could eliminate teaching positions and impose furloughs as part of a plan to close a $7.8 million budget gap caused by state and county funding decisions.
‘Roots’ and Beyond
School board members discuss pushing for changes to the state’s Age-Appropriate Materials Act, and the public weighs in on book bans.
‘Roots’ Returns to School Libraries
Superintendent Jon Rysewyk says banning the book ‘weighed heavily on me.’ But the law that led to the removal remains.
School Board Backs Budget
The school system’s $717 million spending plan would provide raises for all employees, but cut teaching positions.
Powell School Rezoning Passes
School board member Katherine Bike cast the deciding vote on KCS’s plan to address overcrowding at Powell Elementary School.