In a room where nary a soul was wearing a face covering, Williamson County Schools Superintendent Jason Golden let it be known that the district’s nearly yearlong mask mandate is coming to an end.

A lawsuit against Williamson County Schools over the district’s mask mandate has been dismissed by a Williamson County Chancery Court judge.

Williamson County Schools families and community members have additional opportunities to participate in Listen and Learn sessions with Fostering Healthy Solutions Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 7:30 a.m. and 12 p.m.

The Kiwanis Club of Historic Downtown Franklin has named nine high school students from the Williamson County Schools district as recipients of a $1,000 scholarship to be used at the college of their choice.

A former Williamson County Schools teacher and administrator is returning to the district to lead Grassland Middle School.

Two robotics teams from schools in the Williamson County Schools district will make their first appearances in the VEX World Competition in May, according to a report from InFocus.

WCSO announced the investigation into Alfred Amore, a literacy coach who is referred to as Al Amore on the school’s staff directory, in a news release.

Stakeholders in the Williamson County Schools district will have several opportunities over the next few weeks to provide input into the development of the district’s culture strategy plan.

Four high schools in the Williamson County Schools district are the highest-ranked non-magnet schools in Tennessee, according to the annual Best High Schools list released Wednesday by US News and World Report. 

Parker Corley

Six homeschooled students from the area will compete in the Stoa USA National Invitational Tournament of Champions, a national speech and debate tournament, at the end of May. 

Members of the Williamson County Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to effectively deny an application from a group that has sought to start a charter school in the county that would serve students with autism.

Aiden Westenbarger

As Brentwood Academy prepares for Saturday’s 2021 Vex Robotics Tennessee State Championship, Chris Allen is looking beyond the competition itself and considering what the event means for the fields of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM.

The Tennessee House on Monday voted to confirm the appointment of Williamson County education and anti-Muslim activist Laurie Cardoza-Moore to a seat on the State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission.

Nolensville High School Assistant Principal Clarissa Haymon has been named the new principal of Sunset Middle School. 

Nolensville High School Principal Bill Harlin is returning as the new administrator at Brentwood Middle School, where he served as principal from 2009 to 2015.

Williamson County Schools will be hosting a series of Listen and Learn sessions through its partnership with Fostering Healthy Solutions, a consulting firm hired by the Williamson County Board of Education to help the district provide a safe learning environment for all students by creating …

Sawyer Blanchford

The leaders of Battle Ground Academy have recruited an administrator with experience at schools in Alabama and Mississippi to be their new head of the upper school.

Grace Gilbert

Members of the Williamson County Board of Education voted to approve the budget for the 2021-22 school year, one that shows a 4.1% increase in the General Purpose School fund over the prior original budget that was requested last July for the current year.

Whether students plan to go with traditional learning or use the online format, registration for the Williamson County Schools’ 2021-22 school year will come to an end Tuesday, March 23, at 11:59 p.m.

Citing three main areas of focus, the two founders of a diversity and inclusion consulting group introduced themselves to members of the Williamson County Board of Education Thursday evening during a virtual meet-and-greet.

More than 1,000 Williamson County Schools employees have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from school nurses in a district-run clinic with 1,500 more staff scheduled to receive theirs this week.

Williamson County Schools will hold its annual district-wide career fair Saturday from 1-4 p.m. at the Brentwood High/Middle complex.

Matthew Bowen