Knox County Schools has formed a Community Task Force to help provide feedback on data the district is collecting regarding the upcoming school year.
The task force is made up of nine community members who were recommended by each school board representative, and it will be led by Dr. Jerry Askew, President of the Alliance for Better Nonprofits.
Task force members are:
- District 1: Rev. Sam Brown, Pastor at Logan Temple
- District 2: Joan Grim, University of Tennessee Theory & Practice in Teacher Education
- District 3: Melanie Craig, PTSO Board Member
- District 4: Jonathon Fortner, President of Sequoyah Elementary Foundation
- District 5: Susie Carr, KCS Parent/PTSO Board Member
- District 6: Michelle Pickler, Community/School Volunteer
- District 7: Rob Cummings, KCS Parent/School Administrator
- District 8: Steve Hunley, Publisher/Local Business Owner, and
- District 9: Brannan Gillenwater, KCS Parent/Local Business Owner.
The task force will meet on Monday, June 22 and Monday, June 29 at 5 p.m. at theSarah Simpson Professional Development Center – Great Room, 801 Tipton Ave., 37920. A presentation will be made to the board at its July 8 work session.
UPDATE: apparently (according to the presser) these were appointees of the respective board members.
In District One, Board Member Evetty Satterfield confirmed that the appointee is the one that is a Democrat candidate challenging Dr. Jane George on August 6 to then challenge State Senator Becky Duncan Massey.
In District Eight, Board Member McMillan appointed his 2020 re-election campaigns largest contributor and one term (1996-2000) School Board Member.
The Task Force two sessions will be led by the Alliance for a Better Non Profit, that have received dollars from the county as reported here, last year.
