Williamson County Schools has released its health and wellness guidelines for the upcoming school year that begins with students returning for a half day Friday, Aug. 6.

Williamson County Schools will hold its annual Classified Job Fair Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Centennial High School in Franklin.

When Jena Potter went with a group to the Williamson County Schools’ Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center to shoot a video for Williamson Inc. last spring, she didn’t necessarily think she’d end up as a mentor for the program now entering its third school year.

Hours after a new law allowing litigants to request a three-judge panel in constitutional challenges went into effect, state lawyers requested one such panel in the long-running dispute between the state and its largest school systems over education funding.

Tennessee Department of Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn made stops Tuesday at schools in both Williamson County Schools and the Franklin Special School District as part of the department’s Accelerating TN 2021 Bus Tour.

Facing a barrage of emotional and even angry parents at Monday night’s Williamson County Board of Education meeting, members voted to extend by one year the contract for Williamson County Schools Superintendent Jason Golden.

Members of the Williamson County Board of Education are voting Monday night whether to extend the contract of Williamson County Schools Superintendent Jason Golden, a process that’s typically a formality but comes with a bit of friction this year.

Several local community and advocacy groups have banded together to release a statement in support of Williamson County Schools Superintendent Jason Golden as the Board of Education gets ready to vote on an extension to his contract at Monday’s monthly meeting.

It may be summer break for students, but teachers in the Williamson County Schools district are hard at work preparing for the next school year.

Williamson County Schools and the Franklin Special School District will be among a range of school districts across the state where the Tennessee Department of Education’s Accelerating TN 2021 Bus Tour is making stops this summer.

The Tennessee Titans and Williamson County Sports Conference have announced a partnership to form the first-ever interscholastic girls flag football league in the state of Tennessee, which will bring the sport to Williamson County’s nine public high schools in the spring of 2022.

With one calling it a “dream come true,” eight educators from Williamson County Schools are taking big steps forward in their careers with their acceptance into a special program.

Williamson County Schools will be holding three more listen-and-learn sessions with the consultant it has hired to address concerns over racism and inequities many students in the district have experienced.

Students from Williamson County Schools will continue to receive meals at no cost throughout the 2021-22 school year. 

The school year has ended and Williamson County seniors are headed into their bright futures.

Lindsay Stauffer

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.