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Knox County schools to keep four half-day professional development sessions after survey shows mixed family, strong principal support
Summary
Knox County Schools staff recommended keeping four districtwide half days for teacher planning and professional development based on a survey showing high principal support, majority family support and a preference split over full vs. half-day formats.
Knox County Board of Education staff recommended the district keep a four half‑day model of early release days (to be labeled “half days” on the calendar) for the 2025–26 school year, citing survey results showing broad support from principals and majority support from families and staff.
Dr. Wilson, a district staff member who led the presentation, said the intent of the time is to “provide our school leaders with this series of opportunities that they can have over the course of the year to be able to engage the folks in their school, the staff in school‑based learning and collaboration,” and to use benchmark assessment data to target instruction.
The district survey drew more than 11,000 family responses, roughly 199 staff responses and about 51 principal responses. Ms. Lautner, who presented the survey findings, summarized:…
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