On February 9th, members of Students Parents Educators Across Knox County (SPEAK), met to consider candidates’ answers to questions which had been submitted by members, regarding issues that are important to our public schools. We are proud to announce that Jennifer has been endorsed by SPEAK for District 2 Board of Education! Continue reading SPEAK Endorsement Jennifer has been endorsed by KC-PACE, the Knox County Political Action Committee for Education! The committee interviews candidates for Board of Education races as well as County Commission races to select candidates who show strong support for public education. Educators are invited to join the candidates at a meet and greet at Buddy’s Bar-b-q Banquet Continue reading First Endorsement This week on WATE TV Channel 6, “Tennessee this Week,” Stephanie Beecken sat down with Board of Education candidates for seats in District 2 and 5: Early Voting ScheduleWednesday, February 10th to Tuesday, February 23rd Monday to Friday: 10am – 6pm* Saturdays: 11am – 5pm Closed Sundays OPEN on President’s Day, February 15th *February 22nd and 23rd early voting hours will be 9am – 7pm
LocationsCity County Building 400 W. Main St., 37902 OPENS AT NOON ON WEEKDAYS Continue reading Early Voting Locations and Schedule Sally Absher covered many important issues in her story about me in a recent edition of the Knoxville Focus. Several residents who read the article have called to offer support as well as to ask questions about other concerns. If you have questions or comments, I welcome your emails and calls! The guys at Parrott Printing did a great job on our signs! If you would like an 18′ x 24″ sign for your yard, let Jennifer know and she will get one to you. Either fill out the contact form or drop her an email.
Continue reading Sticking Signs The Knox County Board of Education works for the passage of new laws designed to advance the cause of improving education and for the repeal or modification of existing laws and the defeat of proposed laws that impede this cause. The Board’s current Legislative Priorities list and other information can be found here: https://www.knoxschools.org/board Continue reading Knox County BOE Legislative Priorities 2016 
People are saying that our current Superintendent has done a great job – with improved scores at front of their message. Others are picking up that message and running with it. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to have actually looked at the scores. I’m no mathematician, but this doesn’t look like “growth” or “success” or “improvement” Continue reading KCS’s “Improved” Scores UPDATE: Thank you for responding! The survey is now closed, and the final tally is posted below. Those who responded included graphic designers, artists/art teachers, current and past candidates for a variety of offices, history professors, and many others. Thank you for all of the great feedback! Watch for another fun survey, soon. 🙂
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