The Elizabethton Board of Education approved tenure for a group of classroom teachers at its December meeting after the chair read the list of recommended educators and a board member moved for approval.

The chair read names presented for tenure from across the district, including teachers listed for East Side Elementary, Harold McCormick Elementary, T.A. Duggar, and Elizabethton High School. The motion to approve tenure was moved and seconded; the chair asked those in favor to say "aye," heard no opposition and declared the motion passed. Director Van Huss described tenure as a significant accomplishment under more rigorous recent evaluation standards and asked the newly tenured teachers to step forward for a photograph.

The board did not record a roll-call tally in the transcript; the approval was completed by voice vote with no recorded "no" votes or abstentions. The record includes the list as read on the record; reporters or interested parties should verify name spellings against official board materials (board packet) before publication.

The meeting then proceeded to scheduling and adjournment.