Lenoir City board approves tenure, roofing bid and several policy actions; adopts resolution opposing Education Freedom Act

The Lenoir City Board of Education approved a string of routine and policy actions during its February meeting, granting tenure to three educators, awarding a roofing contract for Lenoir City Elementary and adopting board policy language on credit‑card use that the district said was recommended by the Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA).

The actions matter because they finalize personnel status for three district educators, commit the district to a capital project for an elementary school roof and codify administrative controls on school credit cards and student placement policies.

The board voted to grant tenure to three staff members recommended by school principals: Carolyn Jaquette, identified by district staff as the district school psychologist; Emily Ritz Lewis, a teacher at Lenoir City Intermediate/Middle School; and Jennifer McCombs Cleveland, a health‑science teacher at Lenoir City High School. The board recognized the teachers publicly and approved tenure by roll call. Board members congratulated the educators and invited them to a group photograph following the meeting.

The board approved a recommendation to award the roofing contract for Lenoir City Elementary School (the transcript references work “through Fawn Creek in Chattanooga”) and recorded the project amount in the meeting…