| Nearly ninety parents and students met with Lenoir
city Director of Schools, Wayne Miller Wednesday to show support for
current Lenoir City boys basketball coach, Tony Williams. Word had
gotten out the director might not be planning to recommend rehiring
Williams for a forth year as teacher and coach at the school. Several
parents and at least one student spoke in support of rehiring Mr.
Williams. Miller spent a lot of time explaining the process and
procedures involved in the rehiring process. Many of the parents
expressed concerns about conflicting statements between BOE members and
some of Miller's statements questioning whether board members do or do
not vote on the rehires. Miller explained that the recommendations for
rehire with tenure would be made by himself to the board and they would
then vote to accept his recommendations. Miller also told the crowd that
the board has never altered his recommendation.
Williams, a Lenoir City graduate himself who also teaches science, would
be eligible for tenure if he receives a positive recommendation from
Miller. Miller would not commit either way on Williams's future status.
Wednesday's meeting
stemmed form an earlier meeting when a smaller number of
parents were searching for ways to show their support for the coach.
Many of the parents expressed their desire to the director to meet with
the full board of education to show them their strong support for
retaining Williams. Miller informed the group that the next meeting of
the full board would be March 11th at 11:00 am prompting some complaints
from parents for the inconvenient time of the meeting. The parents are
planning to make arrangements to meet with the board. |
