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Dr. David Meade, left who is art teacher at Joseph Rogers Primary School, was recently elected president of the Tennessee Art Education Association. He was honored at the Nov. 12 Hawkins County BOE meeting after being introduced by elementary supervisor Lori Allen, right.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins teacher elected president of Tennessee Art Education Association

Dr. David Meade, who is better known to his art students at Joseph Rogers Primary School as “Dr. Art” was recently elected president of the Tennessee Art Education Association (TAEA), which is a six year commitment.

Dec 2, 2019 at 2:00 PM
During the Nov. 12 BOE meeting SMS cross country coach Brian Fletcher introduced his stars from the 2019 season to the board including(L-R) Roman Borghetti-Metz, Jacie Begley, and Sabella Borghetti-Metz.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Surgoinsville, Rogersville runners honored for making state meet

Earlier this month the Hawkins County Board of Education honored several students including three members of Surgoinsville Middle School's Cross Country team who distinguished themselves at the state meet on Oct. 5.

Nov 29, 2019 at 3:30 PM
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Two 'disruptive' bogus bomb threats under investigation at Cherokee High

Hawkins County director of schools Matt Hixson said Thursday he's ready to “bring the hammer down” on the student responsible for writing two bomb threats on a Cherokee High School bathroom wall this week.

Nov 22, 2019 at 9:30 AM
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins BOE buys software to catch porn, suicide searches among students

“Suicide is unfortunately something we're dealing with inside the school system these days, and if we can catch people searching for those types of things and get keyed into those types of issues, we're hoping this will be proactive step.” — Matt Hixson 

Nov 19, 2019 at 2:30 PM
TDOT progress photo from September of Rt. 66N which is expected to be opened in mid to late December.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Clinch School to stay on four-day week until Dec. 19 due to mudslide repairs

Hawkins County's rural Clinch School will remain on a four-day week for the rest of the semester due to the possibility that the two main roads used to access the Clinch community from Rogersville will still be closed.

Nov 19, 2019 at 11:30 AM
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Proposal would send Hawkins students caught vaping on campus to Juvenile Court

“We also are looking to potentially make sure we are very consistent, that when a student gets caught with a vaping item at school that they are referred to Juvenile Court.” — Director of Schools Matt Hixson

Nov 14, 2019 at 3:30 PM
Steven Seaton, who has been involved with the “I Am For Kids” mentoring in Lawrence County for 13 years, gave the BOE a presentation on the program during Tuesday's meeting. The BOE agreed to study the program for a month and discuss it again at the Dec. 5 meeting.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins BOE considering faith-based mentoring program for troubled students

“When I train mentors I let them know, each child has two questions. Am I loved, and do I have value. If those questions are not being answered at home, then when they come to school they can not focus on academics.” — Steven Seeton

Nov 13, 2019 at 8:00 PM
Hawkins County Schools countywide logo contest finalists Abby Moffitt and Ellie McLain; and Andy Davis, whose partner Zach Evans was unable to attend Thursday's school board meeting.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins school director recommends approval of both school logo finalists

The winner was supposed to be selected at Thursday’s BOE meeting, but three members were unable to attend, so the winning logo design vote was postponed until the November meeting.

Oct 6, 2019 at 7:30 PM
Hawkins County BOE Vice Chairman Debbie Shedden read some alarming statistics about vaping to the school board during Thursday's meeting.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Education and discipline: Hawkins BOE wants to address vaping epidemic

The Hawkins County Board of Education asked director of schools Matt Hixson Thursday to develop a plan for educating Hawkins County students about the danger of Vaping and E-cigarettes, as well as study different disciplinary options.

Oct 6, 2019 at 3:00 PM
Bob Larkins, who had served as Hawkins County school board chairman the past two years, hands the gavel over to Chris Christian following the unanimous vote naming Christian the new board chairman.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Christian appointed chairman of Hawkins BOE for 2019-20

Hawkins County School Board member Chris Chistian will be back in a familiar position next month after being unanimously elected chairman of the board at the end of Thursday's meeting.

Sep 9, 2019 at 3:45 PM
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins Virtual Academy up to 35 students in first six weeks

Director of Schools Matt Hixson told the BOE Thursday that of those 35 students, 10 are completely new to the school system, and another 19 were planning on attending other institutions such as private school or an independent home school program. 

Sep 8, 2019 at 6:00 PM
Clinch School principal Denise McKee explains to the Hawkins County Board of Education Thursday why the school needs to be reduced to a four-day school week until Rt. 66N and Rt. 70N are reopened.
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Clinch School

Clinch reverts to 4-day week due to mudslide repair delays

Clinch School, located on the north side of Clinch Mountain, is the smallest K-12 pubic school in Tennessee, and as of Monday is the only four-day per week public school in Tennessee.

Sep 8, 2019 at 12:00 PM
Rogersville Middle School track stars who were able to attend the Aug. 1 BOE meeting to be recognized for their state track meet accomplishments included (L-R): Coach Jerry Lawson, Preston McNally, Justin Mendoza, Bryan Pierson, Grace Lawson, Atley Antrican, Karli Eidson, Logan Colbert, Lilly Henley, Rachel Young, and Coach Ashley Wolfe. RMS state track meet qualifiers who were unable to attend included Kalija Sexton, Nick Matroni, Elisha Tipton, Noah Parvin, Colby Barton, Bryce Elliot, and H.L. Charles.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins BOE honors middle school track stars who qualified for state

“It was a banner year for our RMS track team, especially the boys. They finished 1st in their conference meet, the first team in Hawkins County history to ever win the Sectionals, and then finished 4th in the state as a team.” — RMS coach Gary Lawson

Aug 10, 2019 at 2:41 PM
The Hawkins County Board of Education, during its annual meeting at Volunteer High School, agreed to move forward with a district wide savings study that could determine the fate of its smaller, older, rural schools.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Hawkins BOE moving forward with district-wide cost savings study

“We would look at a facilities cost, a cost on personnel, and potentially depending on the vendor we choose, identify savings in that report.” — Matt Hixson

Aug 3, 2019 at 8:30 PM
A crowd from the Keplar community celebrates at the end of Mondays special called Hawkins County Board of Education after the board voted 7-0 to rescind its July 11 vote to bus Keplar's 4th and 5th graders to Hawkins Elementary, giving those students, and the school as a whole a reprieve of at least one more school year.
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Hawkins County Board of Education

Keplar student busing decision reversed by Hawkins BOE

Keplar Elementary's 4th and 5th graders won't be bused to Rogersville when school starts Monday, but the fate of the small rural Hawkins County school in 2020-21 may hang on the results of a proposed district-wide spending audit.

Jul 29, 2019 at 9:18 PM
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