Robby O'Daniel

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By Photo by Robby O'Daniel Campbell County Director of Schools Jennifer Fields has until Friday at noon to provide the county finance department with a budget plan to cut $2.1 million. One of the four budget plans the director proposed on Monday, which included more than $2.4 million in cuts to recurring expenses, may prove similar to what the director proposes to the finance department on Friday.

1 day ago | themountainpress.com | Robby O'Daniel

The Campbell County school board voted on Tuesday to approve a resolution opting into receiving the one-time $2,000 teacher bonuses as part of the Education Freedom Act of 2025, commonly known as vouchers, which passed the General Assembly earlier this year.

1 day ago | themountainpress.com | Robby O'Daniel

By Photo by Robby O'Daniel There have been disputes over how much the Campbell County school board should keep in its fund balance to be fiscally sound, but how much is the county legally required to keep there? School board chairman Jeffrey Miller said at a budget committee meeting on Monday that there was a dispute over how much money the school system needed to keep in its fund balance.

1 day ago | themountainpress.com | Robby O'Daniel

By BY ROBBY O'DANIEL [email protected] White Oak Elementary has the highest average personnel cost per student in the Campbell County school district for the fiscal year 2024-2025 - and it's not particularly close. White Oak's $16,597.04 average personnel cost per student dwarfs the same cost per student at every other school in the county public school system.

1 day ago | themountainpress.com | Robby O'Daniel

Elk Valley Elementary is once again a STEM school. Recently the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network recognized Elk Valley with its second STEM designation, making the small, rural school one of a select few in the state to receive the two-time designation in 2025.