An elementary‑ and secondary‑education staffing dispute surfaced in public forum when a central‑office facilitator described being reassigned after learning the position’s funding source had changed.
Angela Taylor, who identified herself as a 20‑year Knox County Schools employee and a secondary ELA facilitator for six years, told the board she learned at 3 p.m. the prior day that her facilitator position had been cut and that she was reassigned to a classroom role for the coming year. Taylor said she was told previously the position was funded from the general purpose budget; she said other facilitators funded with federal funds were not cut.
Taylor asked the board to investigate two items: whether changing the funding source for a position without informing an employee is consistent with district policy or state law, and whether the district’s cuts and reassignments were applied equitably across content areas. She said the gifted and talented team was dispersed and that some GT staff appeared to assume facilitator responsibilities even though, she said, the facilitators who previously served in those roles were reassigned.
Taylor said the changes followed a federal freeze on Title II funds, and she asked the board to review the decision process and provide clarity on whether employees should have been informed earlier about funding‑source vulnerabilities.
Board members did not announce an immediate investigation or personnel reversal during the meeting. Taylor requested that the board look into the practice of shifting funding sources and into how the district decided which positions to retain and which to reassign.