Time is short as the Knox County school board plans to vote on March 5, 2026, to rezone almost 300 kids from Powell Elementary School to Brickey-McCloud, Karns or Amherst. Community members met at the Bailey Barn on February 12 to discuss solutions for PES. Previous story here. Here are three takeaways:
Stop the vote on March 5. While the rezoning would solve overcrowding, lessen traffic woes and remove the portable classrooms at Powell Elementary, it would set in concrete a “solution” that might mean another 40 years before a revisit, leaving PES with no auditorium, too little land and a failing sewer system in a 90-year-old building. Powell needs time to gather community input and two weeks is not enough.
Show up on Thursday, February 19, 5:30 p.m. at Powell High School to meet with Dr. Garfield Adams, assistant superintendent for operations, who will present his recommendation for a Powell Solution…