Most main roads are clear, but many secondary and back roads are extremely slick and treacherous in the northern part of Anderson County, officials said. Also, there are icy areas in the unloading zones at the county’s schools.
So, Anderson County Schools will be closed Monday, January 25, officials said.
The Central Office will follow the inclement weather procedure.
Thomas Colburn
Thomas Colburn, a senior at Oak Ridge High School, has been named a finalist in an Intel science competition after a two-year project conducted with help from an Oak Ridge National Laboratory mentor. Colburn is one of only 40 U.S. high school seniors to be chosen as a finalist and the only one from Tennessee.
He’s also the first finalist from ORHS in the competition, the Intel Science Talent Search, which is described as the nation’s oldest and most prestigious pre-college science and math competition.
Colburn’s two-year project is titled “Enhanced Decomposition of Plastic Waste through Photocatalysis.” It was mentored by Todd Toops from the Fuels, Engines, and Emissions Research Center at ORNL.
The 40 finalists receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington, D.C., from March 10-16 to compete for more than $1 million in awards provided by the Intel Foundation, including three first-place Medal of Distinction awards of $150,000 each that will be presented to students who show exceptional scientific potential in three areas: basic research, global good, and innovation, a press release said. [Read more…]
Note: This story was last updated at 12:25 a.m.
Oak Ridge Schools will have a regular school day on Friday, January 22, and will start on time, officials said.
Schools in the Clinton and Anderson County districts remain closed for a third day.
Roane County Schools announced that, as of Thursday evening, they planned to be open Friday.
After being closed two days, Anderson County government offices will be open on Friday. [Read more…]
Schools in Oak Ridge, Anderson County, Clinton, and Roane County will be closed again Thursday, January 21, because of the winter weather and hazardous road conditions.
“Please stay warm and if you must travel, please do so safely,” Roane County Schools said.
Anderson County Mayor Terry Frank said county government will also be closed Thursday. [Read more…]
Oak Ridge Schools are closed today (Wednesday, January 20) due to the snow and winter weather.
So are Anderson County government offices and courts. Roane State Community College campuses are also closed, including the one in Oak Ridge.
In addition to its schools, Anderson County Schools has also announced its Central Office will be closed.
The Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce office is closed until noon Wednesday.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
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Clinton City Schools will also be closed on Wednesday, January 20, because of the weather, which includes a forecast for a few inches of snow across East Tennessee.
Schools in Anderson County and Roane County have also announced they will close, and so have other school districts in East Tennessee.
Oak Ridge Schools have not announced any plans to close, but Oak Ridge Today will post any updates when we receive them.
See the seven-day forecast near Oak Ridge here. [Read more…]
Roane County Schools will be closed Wednesday, when a few inches of snow are possible in East Tennessee.
Anderson County Schools are also closed.
Oak Ridge and Clinton have their own school districts, and neither has announced plans to close.
The National Weather Service in Morristown said winter weather is expected across the region on Wednesday, and again later this week. [Read more…]
Oak Ridge city workers have put down brine to help prepare roads for the snow that is forecast for Wednesday. Above, the brine is visible on Woodbury Lane in front of the Oak Ridge Central Services Complex on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 19, 2016. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Oak Ridge city workers have put down brine to help prepare roads for the snow forecast for Wednesday.
The salt and water mix is visible on many city roads.
On Tuesday morning, the National Weather Service in Morristown said there is a 20 percent chance of snow showers after 1 a.m. Wednesday near Oak Ridge, and snow is likely before 3 p.m. Wednesday. A new snow accumulation of one to three inches is possible in Oak Ridge, forecasters said. [Read more…]
Anderson County Schools will be closed Wednesday, January 20, due to a winter weather advisory from the National Weather Service that includes a prediction of snow, officials said.
The Central Office will follow the inclement weather policy and procedure, a statement said.
The National Weather Service in Morristown has forecast one to three inches of snow across the area, and a winter weather advisory is in effect from 4 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday as a fast-moving storm system is expected.
See the seven-day forecast near Oak Ridge here. [Read more…]
Bruce Borchers
Oak Ridge Schools Superintendent Bruce Borchers will discuss school improvement, STEM, and Access Oak Ridge during a lunchtime meeting on Tuesday.
STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Oak Ridge Schools officials have previously said they would like to transform the school system into the premier preK-12 STEM school district in the nation. Borchers is expected to highlight that plan and other programs during a Lunch with the League on Tuesday, January 19, at Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church.
Access Oak Ridge is the program that has, so far, provided convertible laptop computers to every middle school student. Borchers is expected to give an update on that program during the Tuesday meeting, which starts at noon.
Borchers will also review areas of focus and strategic initiatives for school improvement, a press release said. The public is invited. [Read more…]
Vicki Violette
Information from WYSH Radio
Last Wednesday, Schools Director Vicki Violette informed the Clinton Board of Education, Clinton Mayor Scott Burton, City Manager Roger Houck, and members of Clinton City Council that she will retire in June.
Violette’s educational career has spanned 36 years, the last 10 of which she has spent at the helm of Clinton City School District.
Violette said she had been thinking about retiring for some time and plans to spend more time with her family. [Read more…]
Larry Foster, Anderson County schools director, is retiring at the end of June, and a search committee has been formed to find his replacement. Foster is pictured above during a July 2015 meeting of the Anderson County Commission. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Information from WYSH Radio
Anderson County Board of Education Chair John Burrell announced at last week’s school board meeting that he has appointed a search committee to find the next director of schools. The next director will replace Larry Foster, who is retiring at the end of June.
The board voted unanimously to approve the makeup of the committee, which will be chaired by Gail Martin, who is also the committee’s representative for Claxton. Curtis Sexton will represent Rocky Top, while Glenda Langenberg will represent Oak Ridge. Jim Stewart will represent Clinton, Dail Cantrell will represent Andersonville/Norris, and Robert McKamey will serve as the representative for the Anderson County Commission, Dutch Valley, and Norwood. [Read more…]
