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The Hamilton County Board of Education will meet Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Two major topics of on the agenda include the recommendation of an architect for a new Tyner middle/high school and clarification on the approval of literature and textbooks as curriculum in the district.
The recommended firm for the Tyner project is MBI Companies Inc. of Knoxville, according to a document on the board’s October meeting agenda. The firm will require approval from the board followed by the Hamilton County Commission.
Key points of the project include a combined middle/high school similar to Signal Mountain Middle/High School serving 1,300-1,400 students, according to a slide deck from MBI Companies in the agenda document. The firm provides three options for the project and has completed over 100 school projects, according to the agenda document.
Discussion of approving literature and texts for curriculum comes on the heels of an opinion article by board member Rhonda Thurman last week, which raised concerns about explicit language, violence and sex depicted in four young adult novels in Hamilton County Schools libraries.