JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City Police Department plans to use state funding to improve school resource officer (SRO) programs and school safety features. The funding comes from the statewide school resource officer program grant, meant to help schools place one full-time officer in every school. All 95 counties in the state have […]
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) — The Johnson City Commission tapped Thomas Weems Architects to design the new Towne Acres Elementary School at its meeting Thursday. Weems, who will partner with Lewis Group Architects, will earn an estimated $2 million for the work, which represents 5.4% of the projected $38-40 million cost. That fee also includes […]
Members from both the Johnson City commission and the school board met with Thomas Weems, the project architect, who told the boards that the new Towne Acres should fit on property where part of the school is already located. But making sure the school would fit on the property is as far as they’ve come so far in the design process.