On April 10, the University of Tennessee announced a new pilot program “to assess and evaluate the feasibility of access to university housing by FUTURE program students” that will begin …
Proposed schools budget tops half-billion dollars
Knox County Schools wants an increase of $21,584,000 or 4.4 percent over its current budget, according to a press release from Superintendent Bob Thomas’s office. That would make the total …
New NW school required to serve booming population
The case for building a brand-new elementary school in Northwest Knox County can be made in two words:
Population growth.
Superintendent Bob Thomas has recommended building three new elementary schools: a new …
Klauer, McDaniel get academic honors at CAK
Sam Klauer is valedictorian and Cole McDaniel is salutatorian of the class of 2019 at Christian Academy of Knoxville.
Sam Klauer is a scholar-athlete who has accomplished much during his time …
Maynard gets pep talk from an Admiral
As state testing season kicks into high gear, students at a KCS elementary school got an academic pep talk from an Admiral.
In a visit last Thursday to Maynard Elementary School, …
Praying for new school: Lonsdale families fear for children’s safety
Early in the morning last Nov. 12, the children at Lonsdale Elementary School marched out of their classrooms into a cold, dark rain. They were evacuating their classrooms to escape …
Rising 6th-graders get warm welcome
Brass bands and cheerleaders may not greet them every day, but for many Knox County Schools students a grand entrance helped introduce them to middle school in recent weeks.
Across the …
At long last, Adrian Burnett may get new building
Parents of students at Adrian Burnett Elementary School, 4521 Brown Gap Road, have been asking Knox County for a new building for the last quarter century. Finally, it looks as though their …