by Steve Hunley | Sep 8, 2014 | Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley By Steve Hunley, Publisher publisher@knoxfocus.com The Knox County Board of Education, as expected, deadlocked while attempting to elect a new Chair. Incumbent Chairwoman Lynne Fugate announced she would not be a candidate for reelection as she had...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 7, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley I can’t help myself, but I have been thoroughly amused by the uproar about the “side” agreement between the superintendent of schools and the Knox County Board of Education. The Focus was writing about this two and a half years ago. Mike McMillan was...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 2, 2014 | Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley It really isn’t graceful to say, “I told you so,” but sometimes even the best of us just can’t help ourselves. A couple of years ago, The Knoxville Focus was the ONLY media outlet in Knox County to write about the “agreement” between superintendent of...
by Steve Hunley | Sep 1, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley A hit dog always howls. The recent appointment of John Fugate to the Knox County Board of Education caused some howling from a few County Commissioners, most notably Sam McKenzie and Amy Broyles. Broyles was backing Rick Staples, a failed candidate in...
by Steve Hunley | Aug 24, 2014 | Archives, Columnist, Hunley
By Steve Hunley Some of you are surely tired of reading editorials about the Knox County School System. Heaven knows I’m tired of writing them, but the sad truth is you’re not going to get the in depth coverage anywhere else. That isn’t the way it should be, but for...
