Hawkins County board OKs district advance to install Volunteer High scoreboard; Cardinal Glass to reimburse over five years

The Hawkins County Board of Education on June 5 approved a plan to use district funds to pay for installation of a new scoreboard at Volunteer High School’s stadium, with the district to be reimbursed by annual donations from Cardinal Glass over five years.

Board members voted to move forward after Director of Schools Nate Nixon told the board Cardinal Glass had “promised to move forward on an annual donation of roughly $50,000 over a span of 5 years,” and the district would front the cost so the company could see the donation completed sooner rather than waiting to collect the full amount.

The board discussed timing and legal limits. Nixon said the district cannot “assume debt, so we can't pay a third party to fund it and then make payments to that third party,” which he described as constraining options and supporting the plan to pay from district funds and accept reimbursement over the five‑year schedule.

Board members also cited prior price increases…