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…]
Tennessee teen pregnancy map. The map is color-coded to reflect which counties have a pregnancy rate exceeding 19.5 per 1,000 females, ages 15-17. The map is based on the most current data, which is from 2013 and published by the Tennessee Department of Health.
The teenage pregnancy rate dropped significantly in Anderson and Knox counties between 2010 and 2013, state officials said Thursday. It fell about 41 percent in Anderson County and 36 percent in Knox County.
There was a smaller overall decrease in Roane County 2010 and 2013, but the rate actually increased in 2011 and 2012, compared to 2010.
The teenage pregnancy rate also fell significantly in Morgan and Union counties, but it was up slightly in Campbell and Loudon counties and it more than doubled in Scott County.
The pregnancy rate is per 1,000 females from ages 15-17.
The state average fell each year from 2010 to 2013: [Read more…]
There was much discussion comparing the Oak Ridge and Maryville school districts during budget deliberations in Oak Ridge this year. Among the data compared between the two systems was the number of administrators working for each district.
Last week, Oak Ridge Schools released information that compares the two systems in a variety of areas, including number of administrators, average teacher and principal salaries, ACT scores, student-teacher ratios, and percentage of economically disadvantaged students, among other things.
Read the information here:Â Oak Ridge to Maryville Comparisons.
Information from WYSH Radio
The Roane County school system is facing a $1.5 million budget shortfall and some are calling for a property tax increase to make up the deficit, while others are saying no tax increase is needed and that the schools need to live within their means. Among the options that have been floated include possibly closing Midway High School.
The Roane County Budget Committee has recommended a budget that includes no tax increase, but school leaders have asked for a 14-cent property tax rate increase. [Read more…]
