Tag Archives: Board of Education

Cumberland County Board of Education voted 6-3 Wednesday night to enter the Tennessee Middle School Athletic Association. TMSAA is an organization that administers middle school sporting events in Tennessee in conjunction with the TSSAA. 6th District Board Member Chris King said there certainly were pros to joining the organization. “There are many reasons I’ve heard that have been listed for ... Read More »

Livingston Academy will be getting new weight room equipment after the school board approved the purchase Tuesday night. Chair Mike Hayes said the some $34,000 purchase is made possible through remaining funds from the stadium project and a donation from the Quarterback Club. “This contingency money was already approved in the program,” Hayes said. “So, we were just going to ... Read More »

The Overton County Board of Education will vote next month to add a full-time maintenance position to its personnel. The school board held a work session Tuesday night when the item was added to the December agenda. Chair Mike Hayes said the board will have to budget $46,000 for the position. “As a budgeting aspect, he said he felt comfortable ... Read More »

The Overton County Board of Education will review capital maintenance projects across the entire school-system next week. Board members during a Tuesday work session decided to review the system’s needs on October 25th. Chair Mike Hayes said the purpose is to see what projects can be completed in-house. ‘What we will do at that meeting is we will go through ... Read More »

The Putnam County School Board passed a resolution Thursday night asking the state to keep student retentions a local decision. The request is in response to a state law that would retain 3rd grade students that do not meet standards on the ELA section on state testing. Director of School Corby King said the law has good intent but is ... Read More »

The Jackson County School Board voted Thursday night to allow its architect to engage negotiations with the lowest bidder for a system-wide secure school entrance project. That after the prices of work came in almost double than what was pre-approved. School Board Chair Mark Brown said the projects need to move forward considering the current entrances. “We’ve been looking at ... Read More »

The Putnam County School System has started the process of creating a new strategic plan. Director of Schools Corby King said the last plan the school system created was about 10 years ago. “A lot of things have changed in 10 years,” King said. “Our demographics have changed. Our enrollment has changed quite a bit. We have a couple thousand ... Read More »

The best way to not over spend while school shopping is to simply follow supply lists provided by teachers. Local Elementary School teacher Carrie Roberson has taught for 14 years. She said often times, a Board of Education approves supplies before the school year begins. “Each grade level at each school then takes that approved lists, and they’ll either delete ... Read More »

The Putnam County School Board voted 5-1 Wednesday night to accept a bid to construct Park View School without the 5-8 wing. The cut was made in order to fit within the $44.6 million bond funding the project. School Board Chair Lynn McHenry said the K-4 school will cost $45.5 million. “It is still something that can be done,” McHenry ... Read More »

A three percent raise for support staff and a $1,000 increase for teacher salaries included in the some $34 million White County School Budget. McDonald said the teacher raises come from the state. The state increased the minimum salary to $40,000. “I think with the money that we have set aside in our general purpose school fund I think we ... Read More »