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Powell residents press Knox County Schools on 40-year-old trailers, overcrowding; family speaker recounts son's death and asks for accountability
Summary
At public forum, Karis Connor of Powell urged the board to address severe overcrowding and aging trailers at Powell Elementary (capacity ~500, current enrollment 767; 13 trailers house 267 students), and Candice Bannister recounted her son Will's death and alleged administrator failures and promotion, asking the district for accountability.
Two speakers took the public forum to press the board on school conditions and to raise a family's grievance.
Karis Connor, who identified herself as a Powell resident, told the board Powell Elementary's main building was designed to hold about 500 students but currently serves 767. "We are able to fit this many due to the trailers behind the main building that hold 13 classrooms, 267 students," Connor said, noting the trailers were installed in 1985 and described deteriorating walls, sagging floors and inadequate…
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