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"Transgender students deserve to learn and thrive in an environment free of bullying, intimidation, and fear," the board's resolution reads.

School board approves McKnight’s contract, making her first woman to lead state’s largest school district

SEVIERVILLE — Sevier County Schools are looking into a service to provide COVID-19 screenings at the schools next year for personnel and students. The Sevier County School System expects to receive about $3.9 million for COVID-19 testing through a grant of federal funds that can be used toward salaries of nurses, supplies and updating the testing area where the screenings would occur. Stephanie Huskey reported to the Sevier County Board of Education that MAKO Medical, a North Carolina-based company, has approached the system about offering the tests. “They are interested in helping ...

Jeff Farrell / Jeff Farrell/The Mountain Press  Workers were repairing the showroom at Rocky Top Jeep on Monday after thieves took four cars from inside by driving through the glass wall at the front of the dealership. The dealership was open Monday, but the owners declined to comment on the incident. KODAK — A passing motorist spotted thieves running from the smashed front entrance of the Rocky Top car dealership on Winfield Dunn Parkway early Saturday morning, but they had fled with stolen cars before police arrived. An incident report on the break-in at Rocky Top Chrysler Jeep Dodge s...

California’s community colleges face a difficult path forward. Across the state, from San Diego to counties on the northern border, enrollments at many community colleges have plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic. Systemwide, more than 260,000 fewer students enrolled in fall 2020 compared to fall 2019, potentially threatening the long-term existence of some colleges unless they can dramatically turn things around, the system’s Board of Governors learned recently. The largest college system in the nation, California’s community colleges enroll about 2 million full- and part-time stu...