The Tennessee General Assembly concluded a four-day special legislative session Friday, passing several bills addressing education policy in the state.
Kate Keese of Brentwood didn’t mince words when she joined four other parents to speak on the issue of cultural sensitivity during the most recent Williamson County Board of Education meeting.
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Awareness toward cultural sensitivity is nothing new for the Franklin Special School District.
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Betting may now be legal in Tennessee, but all bets are off when it comes to distribution of vaccines for protection against the coronavirus.
Williamson County Schools students who were learning online during the first semester but have chosen to learn on-campus during the second semester will experience their first flex asynchronous day Friday, according to a report in the district newsletter, InFocus.
Williamson County Schools will open one hour late Tuesday morning, while the Franklin Special School District opens two hours late to account for possible hazardous driving conditions from lingering snow showers and temperatures below freezing overnight.
Arabella Best
With a forecast of winter precipitation for at least some parts of Williamson County, both Williamson County Schools and Franklin Special School District will be closed.
The Tennessee Supreme Court dismissed a case against Williamson County Schools that was brought by a former Walnut Grove Elementary teacher.
Williamson County Schools has canceled school across the district due to hazardous travel conditions following snow in some parts of the county.
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After starting the spring semester with all students staying home and learning remotely this week, all schools in the Williamson County Schools district will return to campus when the second week of the terms begins Monday.
The school board for Maury County Public Schools, which include multiple schools in Spring Hill, voted down a proposed mask mandate Tuesday by a slim margin of 6-4.
High school seniors and current college students who live in Williamson County are encouraged to apply for a scholarship to be awarded by Leadership Franklin.
Stuart Beaton
Students and their families should check their bus numbers and routes before the second semester begins Tuesday, Jan. 5, according to an article in the Williamson County Schools’ newsletter, InFocus.
Williamson County Schools has promoted a staff accountant and internal auditor to take over the position of assistant superintendent for Budget and Finance.
Gabrielle Jones
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An elementary school proposed by the Williamson County school district to be constructed just off of U.S. 31 and Wilkes Lane was dealt a minor blow Monday night after the Spring Hill Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) voted against granting two of the school district’s requests.
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Jeremiah Scruggs
In the same way that many local families make picking out a fresh cut Christmas tree from Santa’s Trees an annual tradition, it’s also a tradition for Santa’s Trees to give back to the Williamson County community that continues to support the seasonal business.
Three high school students in the Williamson County Schools district are among the less than 1 percent of students across the country who earn a perfect PSAT score, according to an article from the WCS newsletter InFocus.
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Miny Weaver has been a crossing guard with the Williamson County Sheriff's Office since Aug. 5, 2016, where she's helped students and parents safely enter and exit the grounds of Kenrose Elementary.
Perfect ACT Scores. National Merit Scholar candidates. Winners of prestigious math and science competitions.
With a recent change in quarantine guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Dec. 3, the Tennessee Department of Health and Williamson County Health Department have updated their quarantine guidance which affects Williamson County Schools students and staff as …
Taylor Crabtree
All secondary schools in the Williamson County Schools district will return to campus Monday after spending this week and at least part of the week before Thanksgiving in remote-learning mode.
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