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July 7, 2026School 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.
K-12 News
July 2, 2026KCS 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.
June 3, 2026School board members discuss pushing for changes to the state’s Age-Appropriate Materials Act, and the public weighs in on book bans.
May 27, 2026Superintendent Jon Rysewyk says banning the book 'weighed heavily on me.' But the law that led to the removal remains.
April 24, 2026The school system’s $717 million spending plan would provide raises for all employees, but cut teaching positions.
March 6, 2026School board member Katherine Bike cast the deciding vote on KCS’s plan to address overcrowding at Powell Elementary School.
Colleges and University News
June 26, 2026Players offer their initial opinions on the turf developed by UT and Michigan State researchers for the stadiums hosting World Cup matches.
June 23, 2026The hurricane changed the river flowing from Western North Carolina into East Tennessee, but paddling its waters remains invigorating.
June 5, 2026Alums Dee and Jimmy Haslam have donated $130 million to the University of Tennessee — the largest gift in the institution’s history — to support academics.
May 20, 2026Ijams Nature Center outing allows paddlers to observe eagles and otters and other wildlife from kayaks on the Tennessee River.
April 10, 2026Discovering wonders with nature’s caretakers in the Greenbrier area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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