by design | Nov 3, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher In September when County Commission was interviewing candidates to temporarily fill Indya Kincannon’s Second District BOE seat, John Fugate said he thought one of the biggest concerns in the district was the “immigrant problem.” Although some reporters...
by design | Nov 3, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com When former elementary librarian Amber Roundtree ran for School Board last spring, one of her campaign promises was that she would reduce the amount of high-stakes testing for the youngest students. Of note was the SAT-10...
by design | Oct 27, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com BOE Chairman Mike McMillan requested a discussion of collaborative conferencing in last Monday’s work session. A little background: Collaborative Conferencing is the process under PECCA by which local school boards collaborate...
by design | Oct 27, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com Three years ago, eight New Jersey parents took a train to NYC to attend a National Center for Learning Disabilities luncheon. All from different towns, they found they had similar stories, struggles, heart breaks, and...
by design | Oct 27, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com Patti Bounds requested a “Discussion of Superintendent’s Evaluation Protocol” for the mid-month work session meeting last Monday. Bounds explained, “As I read and studied Dr. McIntyre’s evaluations last year and previous...
by design | Oct 27, 2014 | Absher, Columnist
By Sally Absher sallyabsher@knoxfocus.com The Board of Education finished up their first mid-month work meeting of the year last week in what may be a record breaking 5 hours and 36 minutes. The board discussed important topics including the SAT-10 assessment; the...
