White County Schools Exploring Fundraiser Policy Changes
The White County School Board exploring changes to club and team fundraiser requests. School Board Chair Bob Young said school extracurricular activities who want to have fundraisers can currently make a request anytime, but establishing a request deadline would allow time to review and adjust requests. Young said extracurricular fundraising is important since many of […]
White County Board Moves Meetings To Central Office
The White County School Board will move its future meetings to the central office. The School Board has been meeting at the system’s schools on a rotation schedule. Chair Bob Young said White County livestreams all of their school board meetings, and moving equipment between locations was inconvenient. “It was cumbersome for them, and so […]
UC Workforce Development Board Ribbon Now Workforce Connection
Tuesday’s ribbon cutting officially opened the new home of the Upper Cumberland Workforce Development Board. The ribbon cutting also served as the unveiling of the Board’s new name, Workforce Connection and its new slogan, “Link People and Business”. Board Chairman Bob Young said the name was too long and needed to be simplified. “We took […]
White County Board Decides To Direct Emails To Individual Members
Communication with the school board again a topic for the White County School Board as they voted to provide emails and phone numbers for residents who want to speak to board members. School Board Chair Bob Young said questions submitted by the public at the current “Ask The School Board” Link on the website are […]
White County Begins Search For Second SRO For High School
The White County School Board approved the hiring of a second school resource officer for White County High School Thursday night. Chairman Bob Young said the addition increases support at the high school without creating a budgetary stress. That’s because the state this year will begin paying for SROs across the state. White County currently […]
White Co. School Board Discusses Role In Teacher Communications
A motion to add White County School Board members to the Teacher Advisory Board failed after discussion about how that would impact educators’ confidence in that line of communication. Board Member Dewayne Howard brought up the concept citing a desire to know when teachers want to have improvements in the system. He said he also […]
Dronebarger Receives 3.12 On School Board Evaluations
White County Director of Schools Kurt Dronebarger received a 3.12 out of four on the school board’s yearly evaluation. School Board members answered over 50 questions on a wide range of topics such as test scores and graduation rates. Before the board approved the evaluation Thursday, Board Chair Bob Young said he would like the […]
White County BOE To Hear Report On Central View Elementary
The White County Board of Education will hear the summary report on the future of Central View Elementary School Thursday. District Two Board Member Bob Young said a subcommittee met on this topic to hear community opinions on future uses for the closed school. Young said many options are being heard, but a community center […]
White County School Director Receives Performance Evaluation From BOE
The results of the White County School Board’s evaluation of Director of Schools Kurt Dronebarger were discussed Thursday night. Dronebarger had a cumulative score of 3.5 out of 4 on his evaluations. Board Member Bob Young said it became clear to him while reviewing the evaluations that some of the lower scores could be improved […]
Custom Tool Plans Expansion Thanks to UCDD
Custom Tool in Cookeville is planning to expand it’s operations after being approved for a $1.1 Million loan by UCDD. Custom Tool President Gillen Young said adding more equipment is the first step in ramping up the company to be ready when the economy recovers. “This opportunity to grow is helping us to drive the […]
