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’ 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.
A Revised School Rezoning Plan
Amid parental opposition, school board members are conflicted over administrators’ refined school-rezoning proposal for the Powell community.
Operation Hero’s Hill Breaks Ground
The multiagency project to build 20 tiny houses for veterans experiencing homelessness is officially underway.
Powell School Rezoning Proposed
KCS officials say the plan for North Knox County will relieve overcrowding at Powell Elementary and eliminate the need for portable classrooms.
Rysewyk’s Report Card
The Knox County Schools superintendent landed ‘above expectations’ in his annual performance evaluation.
Grading Charter Schools
Emerald Academy aced its annual evaluation, but Knoxville Prep produced mixed results in a challenging first year.