Battle Ground Academy will host its fall entrepreneurial event, Ignite Series: Impact of Venture Capital in the Nashville Area, on November 17.
The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission unanimously voted against Founders Classical Academy of Brentwood, a proposed charter school, during Monday’s commission meeting.
Belmont professor will speak at Southern Festival of Books next week
Williamson Inc. hosted Williamson County Schools and Franklin Special School District representatives in Franklin on Thursday for the 2022 State of the Schools address where the accomplishments of and challenges for teachers took center stage.
Conservative activist organization Turning Point USA brought its Made in America Tour to Franklin last week, where dozens of Williamson County students gave self-proclaimed “conservative creator and social sensation” Benny Johnson the rockstar treatment as he spoke about how to fight the “cu…
Williamson County Schools and Williamson Medical Center celebrated the newest addition to the district's Heart Healthy Bus, which will give student's first-hand healthcare learning experiences.
94 Williamson County Schools high school students have been named as 2022 National Merit Commended Students.According to a WCS news release, around 34,000 students receive the annual honor based on their high PSAT/NMSQT exam scores."The Commended Students are chosen based on a nationally-app…
Battle Ground Academy’s Upper School Drama Department will present "The Mouse that Roared" this week.
The Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival, in partnership with Williamson County Schools’ Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center (EIC), hosted the two finalists in its Battle of the Bands this past Saturday with the winner receiving a prized slot on the main stage of the festival.
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Williamson County Schools has been named an Exemplary District with 29 of their schools named as Reward Schools by the Tennessee Department of Education.
Seventy-nine Williamson County Schools students have been named National Merit Semifinalists.This is the highest number ever for WCS, who saw 72 finalists in 2021, 52 in 2020 and 53 in both 2019 and 2018."I just want to congratulate all the students and commend them on their hard work," WCS …
Dozens of high school students in the Williamson County Schools district have earned national recognition from the College Board.
As the weekend draws nearer for the Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, organizers have partnered with Williamson County Schools and its Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center (EIC) program to host a Battle of the Bands for high school acts during its upcoming pep rally.
More than 100 colleges and universities are scheduled to be at the Williamson County Schools College Fair later this month, according to a report from InFocus.
Students in Williamson County Schools will have access to a new tool in the fight against bullying, one that ensures the identity of a person making a report won’t be revealed.
Tennessee Titans edge rusher Rashad Weaver is no stranger to being called a preseason darling.
The Franklin Special School District announced recently that is among the top 10 highest performing school districts in Tennessee based on the 2021-22 TCAP achievement scores.
Harpeth Hall announced on Thursday that it will not move forward with a gender diversity philosophy released to the public last week.
Saying “we’ve got some work to do,” Williamson County Schools Superintendent Jason Golden shared some sobering results with Board of Education members Thursday night from a survey of district teachers that was taken as the 2021-22 school year came to a close in May.
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Williamson County educator Willie Dickerson was recognized on Thursday by dozens of her professional peers, community members, family members and former students for her 50 years of service to Williamson County Schools.
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After the recent election for six of the 12 seats on the Williamson County Board of Education, two newcomers will be sworn in at the Sept. 19 regular monthly meeting.
Harpeth Hall’s student body is no longer entirely female, forcing the administration to define its 157-year-old commitment to all-girls education.
An update on construction projects, the approval of a few new and revised policies and a report on the start of a new school year were highlights of the Franklin Special School District’s school board meeting Monday evening.
The eight schools in the Franklin Special School District opened their doors Friday morning for the first day of the 2022-23 school year.
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Four of the five incumbents in the school board race for Williamson County Schools held on to their seats after Thursday night’s general election, with the lone exception coming in District 12 where independent candidate Nancy Garrett lost to Republican Drason Beasley.
Williamson County students returning to school on Friday and law enforcement officials throughout the county are reminding drivers to exercise patience and caution during their morning and afternoon commutes.
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As the new school year is about to begin, law enforcement agencies and school officials, including those in Williamson County, are reevaluating security measures and preparedness following the Uvalde, Texas school shooting.
For those Williamson County Schools teachers who have retired and are now finding themselves with too many idle hours, the district may have a solution.
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As election day nears, the Home Page has continued to try and connect with several political candidates.
Battle Ground Academy announced promotions for three of its key administrative staff this week.
Vanderbilt University officials have announced plans for three future residential buildings to sit on the main campus and targeted to upper-division students.
Before the COVID-19 pandemic erupted in March 2020, Franklin Special School District Director of Schools David Snowden figures he had participated in maybe one Zoom meeting.
Veteran Franklin educator Nancy Martin Beard died July 24 surrounded by family after a brief battle with cancer.
As likely expected by most in the room, members of the Williamson County Board of Education voted unanimously in a special-called meeting Thursday night to uphold a committee’s recommendation to deny an appeal of an application for a new charter school that would operate in the county.
A Fairview High School graduate has been named the principal of his alma mater, effective immediately.
The Williamson County Board of Education will gather Thursday at 6 p.m. for a special-called meeting regarding the appeal of an application for a new charter school that would operate in the county.
After two years of free meals for all public school students, the USDA has announced that it will require families to complete applications for students to qualify for the free and reduced-price breakfast and lunch meals for the 2022-23 school year.
Grace Christian Academy will hold Cornerstone Building Dedication event for their new high school on Thursday, Aug. 4, at 6:30 p.m., per a release.
On Wednesday, the Davidson County Chancery Court lifted an injunction on Gov. Bill Lee’s Education Savings Account program, which will allow certain students in Nashville and Memphis to use public education funds to attend private schools.
Gov. Bill Lee continues to face statewide, bipartisan criticism for not defending Tennessee’s teachers after an education partner made disparaging comments about public education.
The Independence High Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC) Leadership team placed third in the nation at the JROTC Leadership and Academic Bowl, the highest of any Williamson County Schools team in history, per the school system.
One month after giving the nod to the Williamson County Schools’ request for a 2022-23 budget of just over $467 million and a 12.7 percent increase from last year, members of the Williamson County Board of Commission voted Monday night to approve the district’s proposed capital needs budget …
As a fourth generation resident of Williamson County, Josh Brown has come to appreciate a “small-town” feel that he senses still exists in a region that continues to experience exponential growth.
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Not long after he became keenly interested in Robotics a couple of years ago, Ravenwood High School senior Rijul Tandon came to realize he wanted to spread the word.
A Williamson County parents' rights group has sued the county's school system leadership and Tennessee's education leader over an oft-discussed Williamson County Schools curriculum adopted in 2020.
Two local educators have become so sought for their teaching and tutoring services in Spring Hill that they are now incorporating and blossoming as a nontraditional school.
All these years later, Eric Welch can still feel the sting of his favorite high school teacher’s words.
Students from outside of Williamson County can apply on a tuition basis to attend a school in the Franklin Special School District after members of the Board of Education voted to approve an expanded tuition policy.
In what was generally a no-frills opportunity for Williamson County Board of Education candidates to respond to a set of questions via Zoom, the League of Women Voters of Williamson County held the area’s first forum since before the May primaries Tuesday evening.
When it comes to batting around the issues facing the Williamson County Board of Education, Jay Galbreath knows which buttons to push.
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