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Sullivan County Chancellor Katie Priester has dismissed a lawsuit alleging he couldnt be a school board member and commissioner has been dismissed. Attorney General Barry Staubus filed the lawsuit and the subsequent motion for dismissal.

An idea to form a committee to look at nonprofit donations by the Sullivan County Commission is off the table, but it will still be looked at by a sole committee,

A high school serving nearly 2,000 students must have, among other things, a gym, a football field, an auditorium, and a pool.

An estimated cost from a architectural firm is $11.2 million, but a tie-in with the existing football stadium could increase the price, school officials said.

The Sullivan County Board of Education voted 6-1 to oppose Gov. Bill Lees proposal to expand a public vouchers for private schools, a move opposes by the Tennessee School Boards Association.

The deadline is noon Thursday, Dec. 14, for the Sullivan County and Kingsport boards of education races. The primaries are March 5, the general election Aug. 1.

Gary Edmunds told the Board of Education its October vote on third grade reading scores set a goal too easy to reach; board members said Tennessee required the goals and

The federal governments community eligibility provision or CEP would be in effect in all schools in the Sullivan County school system, the Board of Educated voted 7-0 Thursday night, Dec. 7.

Also, in another district Zack Smith has picked up for the Republican primary which is also where Vicars filed.

Sponsor of resolution said the relief is needed and will making donations for volunteer fire departments for transporting water from Boone Lake to cattle farms.