The Board of Education approves bid, contracts, other business

The Jacksboro Elementary School Gym floor will be re-bid

By Charlotte Underwood

JACKSBORO, TN (WLAF)- Bids on the Elk Valley Elementary Gym Floor and for the Jacksboro Elementary Gym floor were reviewed by the Campbell County Board of Education at its Tuesday evening meeting.

The board approved a bid for the Elk Vally Gym floor, and rejected the bids for the Jacksboro Gym floor, voting to send it back out for bid again.

Bids received for the Elk Valley gym floor included one from Finchum Hardwood for $65,550 and the other bid was from Finchum Sports Floors at $54,683. The board voted to go with the recommendation of Finchum Hardwood Flooring, due to “known history of previous work with them and known issues from previous work with Finchum Sports Floors.

Three bids were received on the Jacksboro Elementary School Gym floor including Finchum Sports Floors for $91,444, Finchum Hardwood Flooring for $159,418 and one from GCE for $96,000.

The recommendation of Interim Director of Schools Nancy Lay was to reject all bids due to work history issues and high bids and to re-advertise.

The board approved this, and the Jacksboro gym floor will be re-bid.

Also, regarding bids, the school board approved to advertise bids for milk products, grease traps and Managed Internal Broadband Services (MIBS) and Internal Connections.

In other business, the board voted on several action items including the approval of TN ALL CORPS Tutoring Innovation Grant for the 2025-2026 school year. The district will receive $74,600.00.

“This builds on the tutoring program we already have in the district,” said Lay.

Also approved was the pay scale for Tennessee College of Applied Technology stipends for dual enrollment certified teachers.

Lay announced that the district had used up all its snow days and she was waiting to hear from the state how many of those days would “be forgiven.” (WLAF NEWS PUBLISHED-02/12/2026-6AM)