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Building Expansion Means More Teachers in Knoxville
The expansion of Mable Woolsey Elementary School in Knoxville officially going forward, despite some controversy, means that a few more teachers will need to be hired as well.

The Knoxville School Board recently okayed the hiring of two teachers, and what superintendent Larry Carlton called a "permanent substitute" now that the four-classroom expansion project will take place.

While Carlton has always said the expansion was needed due to a surprise uptick in student enrollment, he says he now knows how that expansion will pan out.

"We looked at expanding first grade on four or five sections and fourth grade actually from three to four sections. So you need two teachers to cover those classrooms. We'll propose to hire them now and get them on staff."

Carlton says during the first half of the school year those new teachers would team-teach with other faculty, while construction continues, then would get their own classrooms permanently in the second semester.

The permanent substitute, Carlton says, would be available to substitute in any elementary classroom -- something he says the board approved trying last year, but a good candidate was never found.

Construction on the $2 million expansion of Mable Woolsey Elementary School is expected to start soon and be done by the end of the year, despite one rejected contractor's threat of possible legal action for not being picked.
08 05 09 by Newsroom
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