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Thanks to those of you who have asked. Everyone appears to be fine, and the school handled the situation very well.

WBIR, WVLT, KNS, coverage here.

“The school did a wonderful job with this, as soon as they realized they had a problem, t…

Well now, this article in USA Today is quite interesting.

Here is a question for parents everywhere: Suppose a genie popped out of a lamp and offered to make your world colorblind and perfectly racially integrated on one condition — that you relinquish all control over where your children go to school. Would you take that offer?

This article may well touch on all the usual flashpo…

Dear Participating School Board members:

Can you please let this forum know how many K-12 students in Knox County are homeschooled, and how many students are in private school?

I can't get your homeschool department to return phone calls.

yours in improved communication,

Doug McDaniel

This is troubling... Is this about kids and education, or politics, power and control? $7.5 million is a lot of money for someone to vote for when their only rationale for voting for it seems to be that "it is late in the process and school starts Thursday."

Here's the money quote: "I think the challenge next year,” (Sam Anderson) said, “is not to can the partnership but to give direction to…

Picked Jacob up at 3:15. We would have walked the two blocks home, except for the heat. Just walking outside and I am drenched. Maybe we can walk home tomorrow.

"How was school?" "Awesome, Dad. I feel older. taller."

Awesome? From an almost 9 year old? Thirteen kids in the class, all the same as last year. Mr. Tim Holste, the third grade teacher, also mentors kids at Sylvan Learning Center. He also teaches 3rd-5th grade choir as well. I believe we have a new Spanish teacher this…