As students at the Franklin location of Big Blue Marble Academy recently filled shoeboxes with toys, school supplies and hygiene items to donate to underprivileged youth worldwide, they were also learning the importance of contributing to society.
Grace Marie Baggett
Mike Sangster
Flowers were blooming down one of the hallways at Franklin Elementary School this week.
The Franklin Band took its 2021 show “Lucy!” to the Bands of America (BOA) Grand National Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Friday and Saturday, competing in a field of 98 high school marching bands from across the country.
Going against the recommendation from Superintendent Jason Golden and attorneys for Williamson County Schools, members of the county’s Board of Education voted 7-5 Monday night to remove a mask mandate that has been off and on for the past several days.
Galileo Preparatory Academy, a private school for students in grades 6-12, will host a come-and-go style open house Saturday.
Two days after school districts across the state were ordered to end mask requirements for students, staff and visitors through a bill signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee, the two school systems in Williamson County have been ordered by a federal judge to resume the mandate.
Longtime Battle Ground Academy Middle School Spanish teacher Holly Hicks was elected to the Tennessee Foreign Language Teaching Association board at the organization’s recent conference held at the Cool Springs Marriott in Franklin.
Whether by the governor or by the superintendent, it appears the mask mandate for staff and students in the Williamson County Schools district will be lifted by Monday night.
Wyatt Gore-Lane
Ainsley Henderson
Wyatt Parson
Pre-kindergarten through fourth-grade students at Franklin Elementary School will join communities across the nation in a collaborative art project that, so far, spans 15 states and will include a painted garden of 10,000 flowers.
Hannah Frost
It's not clear if the student is from another school in the Williamson County Schools district or elsewhere.
School districts across the country are struggling with nationwide food shortages, and Williamson County Schools is no different.
One of the district’s biggest challenges is finding teachers to help with those numbers. Elementary schools are currently short 18 teachers, while middle schools are short eight and high schools down 14.
David Delk
Ashley Saavedra
In a field of 64 competing high school marching bands, The Franklin Band advanced to Finals and placed 12th place with its show “Lucy!” at the Bands of America Indianapolis Super Regional at Lucas Oil Stadium Oct. 22-23.
Caroline Woodring
Landon Bass
Twenty high school students from Williamson County are among 321 who have received scholarships through the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee scholarship program, according to a news release from the nonprofit.
Cosmo O’Neal
Officials with Williamson County Schools have determined there was nothing inappropriate in students’ behavior during a homecoming parade for Independence High School last month.
Saint Matthew School recently announced that it has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished School for its innovative use of 1:1 iPad technology and other Apple tools.
Georgia Mingle
Daniel Villasenor
Addison Gossett
The nomination faced a gauntlet of naysayers and familiar outbursts from angry parents, but the Williamson County Commission voted overwhelmingly Monday night to fill the vacant District 4 Board of Education seat with Josh Brown, a lifelong Franklin resident and fourth-generation Williamson …
Saint Matthew School announced recently that intermediate (grades 4-5) science teacher Kristina Tons has been named the national Distinguished Teacher of the Year by the Mensa Foundation.
Gov. Bill Lee and Tennessee education commissioner Penny Schwinn announced Friday morning a new plan regarding the state’s education funding formula.
Franklin Road Academy’s 2021 Distinguished Alumni award went to Paul C. Allen, founder of Wealth Strategies Partners, which will be recognized this evening at the homecoming game.
Williamson County commissioners from District 4 have named their nominee to fill the Board of Education seat left vacant after Brad Fiscus had stepped down last month and later moved out of state with his family.
The mask mandate for students, staff and volunteers for Williamson County Schools and the Franklin Special School District has been extended by a ruling from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Battle Ground Academy’s Upper School Theatre Department will be presenting The Government Inspector by Nikoli Goglo at the new Sondra Morris and Robert N. Moore Jr. ’52 Center for Arts and Entrepreneurship.
Nine residents have applied to fill the District 4 seat of the Williamson County Board of Education that was left vacant after Brad Fiscus stepped down to move to another state with his family.
The Franklin Band, seven-time state marching band champion and 2014 recipient of the prestigious Sudler Shield Award, will host its Sonic Boom! marching band competition in partnership with The Home Depot on Saturday at Howard Gamble Stadium at Franklin High School.
A Summit High engineering teacher is returning from an out-of-this-world mission.
Two parents are suing Williamson County Schools and the school board over the district’s COVID-19 mask mandate.
Liberty Elementary School is among 325 schools across the nation, and one of only six in Tennessee, to be named a U.S. Department of Education 2021 National Blue Ribbon School.
Clovercroft Elementary is making history by being the first Williamson County elementary school to receive multiple National Blue Ribbon School honors.
For a change, the topic during the public input portion of a Williamson County Board of Education meeting didn’t center on mask mandates or anything else to do with COVID-19 mitigation strategies.
In what may have been the most orderly meeting of the Williamson County Board of Education in months, members voted 8-4 Monday night to extend the mask mandate that was implemented in August for all grade levels of Williamson County Schools.
A pride float featured in Independence High School's homecoming parade over the weekend has stirred outrage among members of the Williamson County chapter of Moms for Liberty.
Williamson County Schools Superintendent Jason Golden said Thursday he anticipates he’ll ask that the mask mandate implemented in August be renewed.
Williamson County Schools announced Wednesday that it has hit an all-time high in the number of National Merit semifinalists, tallying nearly 20 more students than its previous high of 53.
Williamson County Schools reported Wednesday that some students from the district have vandalized and destroyed school property as part of a nationwide social media trend.
In a sense, Ravenwood High School junior Sharada Ghantasala is bringing space down to Earth.
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