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Former Jonesborough Alderman Ernest McKinney was âan advocate of education for allâ â spending his life teaching in various Washington County schools and serving as chairman of the Washington County School Board, the first African American elected to it.
McKinney, who died in 2009, was also the first African American alderman in the town of Jonesborough, elected on the same night Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968. Already a historical giant with an undeniable and lasting legacy in the town (the McKinney Center for the Arts is named for him), McKinneyâs family and the town of Jonesborough wanted to add to his legacy by establishing the Ernest McKinney Scholarship Fund.
More than a year after first releasing its plans to build a K-8 school and enter in a lease-to-own agreement with Washington County, the town of Jonesborough will officially close on the property next Wednesday.
âThatâs our hope,â Jonesborough Mayor Chuck Vest said of closing next week. âIf that doesnât happen, we still can close the first of the year, but right now the plan is to set up and close on Wednesday the 23rd.â
The property, a 48-acre tract of land off North Cherokee/Tavern Hill Road, will cost about $2.2 million. The school project itself was projected to cost around $28 million, though that number has come down a bit with changes to the schoolâs design. Vest said that the school is about 7,000 square feet shorter than originally planned â saving the town between $1-$1.5 million.
Non-profit organization threatens legal action against Washington Co. School board for praying before meetings
Non-profit organization threatens legal action against Washington Co. School board for praying before meetings
and last updated 2020-12-11 00:39:39-05
ST. GEORGE, Utah â The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting the principle of the separation of church and state, is threatening legal action against the Washington County School District for its school board s practice of praying before meetings.
Chris Line, a staff attorney with the FFRF, said the practice discriminates against some members of the community. Minority religious people, Jewish people, Muslims, anyone else in the community is going to feel excluded by these Christian prayers starting the meetings, Line said.
Despite legal threat, Washington County School Board opens meeting with prayer
By: FOX 13 News
and last updated 2020-12-10 10:16:08-05
ST. GEORGE, Utah â Despite receiving a legal threat imploring against praying at school board meetings, the Washington County School Board continued its tradition of offering an opening prayer at its meeting Tuesday.
According to the St. George News, at the top of the meeting, board member Terry Hutchinson invited anyone interested to join him in a âmoment of silence or in a prayer,â he said, which was different than how the prayer is normally conducted. In previous meetings, a board member offering the prayer would cross their arms, close their eyes and begin.