Anderson County Board of Education considers property sale
Approval of Life Development Center deal on agenda for Thursday
The Anderson County Board of Education meets for a workshop. (photo:Ben Pounds )
The board will meet at 6 p.m. at 101 S. Main St. in Clinton.
Schools Superintendent Tim Parrott told the Board of Education at its Monday (Nov. 6) workshop that Oak Ridge had agreed to a possible deal, and county Law Director Jay Yeager was preparing documents.
The land is 12.06 acres on Old Edgemoor Road.
Oak Ridge agreed to pay $350,000, which is lower than the Board of Education’s previously approved price of $375,000.
The city plans to incorporate the land into the neighboring Haw Ridge Park.
The Board of Education has discussed possibly keeping the house on the property for historical reasons, but that isn’t decided yet.
Also, at the work session on Monday, Parrot and the board members discussed work on the Clinton High School softball field.
Parrot told the board during the workshop that workers planned to pour concrete on Tuesday.
He said the rafters were “pretty much done.” Work on the softball field had previously been held up by a lawsuit, which has since been settled.
The Board of Education will vote on Thursday regarding several policies including fundraising, honors based on grade-point averages, and the use of credit cards by school principals.
The agenda also includes an accountability report to be sent to the state, required by the new Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement public school funding formula.
The board will also vote on whether to add Anderson County High School and Norris Elementary School to the state and federal Community Eligibility Program free lunch program beginning in January.
The Office of School Nutrition Program has advised proceeding with caution.
“When the eligibility for federal programs changes, many times there is no increased funding and this is the case with the new and lower threshold,” a memo stated.
“Our program can manage the losses in those two schools for the last semester of 2023/2024 school year.
“We would propose to use this as a trial to gauge the sustainability of the two school additions after June 2024.
“Adding these two schools will not compromise the last year of eligibility for the remaining 14 schools,” the memo said.