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Elizabethton Board OKs one-time policy waiver to accept $100,000 Harbor Freight grant for high-school instructor
Summary
The Elizabethton Board of Education unanimously approved a one-time suspension of district policies so a $100,000 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools award can be dispersed in part directly to a high-school instructor who wrote the grant; the suspension applies only to this award and follows board policy for temporary waivers.
The Elizabethton Board of Education unanimously approved a one-time suspension of board policies to accommodate a $100,000 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools award to a high-school instructor, board members said.
Director Richard Van Huss told the board that Jerry Egan, a high-school instructor, wrote a successful grant application to Harbor Freight Tools for Schools that included a provision for some funds to be dispersed directly to the instructor.…
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