The chart above is a key takeaway from the meeting on February 19, 2026, to arrive at “The Powell Solution.”
Two assistant superintendents – Kori Lautner, policy and impact, and Garfield Adams, operations – led the meeting which actually still might be going on. (I left after 2-1/2 hours). Adams said the Knox County Schools officials would stay as long as attendees had questions.
Lautner began with a question: “What problem are we trying to solve?”
- Powell Elementary School is currently 200 kids over capacity
- We all want to eliminate the portable classrooms
Three rezoning scenarios were offered but bad lighting made the maps hard to see. Lautner promised that a video of the meeting along with all the graphics would be posted to the KCS website (knoxschools.org). “Staff recommendation will publish (on the website) next Wednesday.”…