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Lenoir City teacher in yearbook controversy transferred

Hugh G. Willett
Knoxville News Sentinel
Knoxville, Tenn.

May 25, 2012

The Lenoir City High School teacher who found himself at the center of a series of controversies surrounding the school newspaper and yearbook has been transferred to another position within the school system.

James Yoakley, who served as chair of the English department at LCHS, has been transferred to the Lenoir City Middle School, according to Rosemary Quillen Chairwoman of the school board. Yoakley has been teaching at the high school for 11 years and has been supervisor of the school paper and yearbook for six years.

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