Tag Archives: Pickett County Board of Education

This week the White County Board of Education will consider a renewal of Director of Schools Kurt Dronebarger’s employment contract. The board agreed to review his contract several months ahead of schedule to avoid a potential change in leadership right before the start of a new budget year. The new contract proposal is online at the school board’s website for ... Read More »

Algood’s City Council will discuss a new indoor soccer complex this week. The city would partner with the Joseph Warlick Memorial Foundation to put a new complex at the old Algood baseball field. The complex would also include a walking track with a net to protect walkers from stray soccer balls. The council meets at 6:00pm on Tuesday. On Monday, ... Read More »

The Pickett County Board of Education will send a proposed budget to the county commission to consider that includes raises for employees. Director of Schools Diane Elder said the next fiscal year budget includes a $2,000 raise for teachers and a three percent raise for non-licensed staff. “We feel like the teachers that have stuck with us deserve as much ... Read More »

State Representative Kelly Keisling stopped by the Byrdstown City Council and Pickett County Board of Education meetings Monday night to invite the members to the General Assembly. Keisling said every two years, he visits and extends the invitation along with a gift bag with the most recent copy of the Tennessee Blue Book. “I wish I could get y’all down ... Read More »