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.

Nearly one-third of families with children enrolled in Williamson County Schools have sought to opt out of the mask mandate the district implemented in August and is set to expire Sept. 21 at 11:59 p.m.

On a resolution put forth near the tail end of a special-called meeting of the Williamson County Board of Education Thursday night, members voted 8-4 to extend the current mask mandate of elementary schools in the Williamson County Schools district to also include middle and high schools.

The Williamson County Board of Education will have a special-called meeting Thursday, its second such meeting this month to address concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

For decades, the 4-H program through the University of Tennessee’s Extension Office system has introduced thousands of school-aged children to educational opportunities in traditional subjects such as agriculture and home economics. 

Fairview Middle School will be closed Friday as 187 of the 560 students and 23 of the 77 faculty and other staff from the school are out due to illness.

More than 320 students and staff from schools in the Williamson County Schools district have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the first of weekly reports WCS has begun releasing. 

Franklin’s High Hopes Development Center and Nashville’s Lipscomb Academy recently forged a historic partnership on Lipscomb’s lower school campus to better serve children in need of therapeutic services.

At Monday night’s regular monthly meeting of the Williamson County Board of Education, there was no applause, no shouting from the gallery and no pounding of the gavel.

Brad Fiscus, a member of the Williamson County Board of Education representing District 4, will be stepping down from his seat in September as he and his family move to Virginia.

A parent advocacy group has made recommendations on how parents of students in the Williamson County Schools district can avoid adhering to the mask mandate that was passed Tuesday night at the special-called meeting of the county’s Board of Education.

Amid frequent eruptions from an angry and unruly crowd, members of the Williamson County Board of Education voted 7-3 Tuesday night to mandate the wearing of masks in all elementary schools in the Williamson County Schools district.

With amendments layered on amendments, eruptions after eruptions and discussions stretched through the night, members of the Williamson County Board of Education voted 7-3 Tuesday night to approve staff recommendations that would mandate the wearing of masks in all elementary schools in the …

With a favorable day weather-wise clouded primarily by an ongoing pandemic, the 2021-22 school year got underway Friday morning for both Williamson County Schools and the Franklin Special School District. 

With Williamson County students returning to school on Friday, law enforcement officials throughout the county are reminding drivers to exercise patience and caution during their morning and afternoon commutes. 

It’s been nearly 10 years since Brentwood native Savannah Cleveland was a student in the Williamson County Schools system, but she is still feeling the positive vibes she received from the teachers and the classrooms she encountered.

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.