Knox County Seeks Contract With Online Florida School

Superintendent Bob Thomas says the school system doesn’t have enough teachers to handle 18,000 online students this year.

School Board Adopts Reopening Plan

The new school year will bring mandatory masks, an online option and a week’s delay to allow staff time to prepare.

The school system’s plan for reopening in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic isn’t finalized, but there will be a remote learning option.

But a 7-2 vote shows a growing desire to think about what — and who — comes next.

Every week, we give you a rundown of the week’s public meetings and civic events.

With Knox County moving into the next phase of its pandemic response, public officials are looking forward to a return to in-person meetings.

School board members ponder a $7 million proposal to provide laptops for every student and question plans for sparse graduation ceremonies.

In County Commission and school board primaries, voters ousted two incumbents and kept three more.

At a forum, five candidates for the Knox County school board tackle vouchers, sex education, discipline disparities and more.

If legal questions are resolved, Knox County’s Central Office administration will leave the Andrew Johnson Building.