Since students across the state returned to classrooms nearly a month ago, Tennessee has drawn nationwide attention for skyrocketing COVID cases among children.
In turn, quarantines, too, have skyrocketed, impacting students, parents, and caretakers for weeks at a time.
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MSCS leaders recommended combining Lucy Elementary School with Woodstock Middle to fill more seats. But parents worry about safety issues caused by big student age gaps.
The ILEA will select its final recommendations for changing how local public schools are run to state lawmakers in a Dec. 17 vote.
The Board of Education will vote later this month on whether to sell the former Bontemps, Henson, and Shedd elementary schools.
Board members said the company recommended by MSCS leaders has a history of poor service. It’s not the first time custodian contracts have caused issues.
Zohran Mamdani received the highest number of donations from DOE employees in 23 years, despite his thin education agenda.
State Superintendent Tony Sanders says the state board will provide more time for feedback on changes to the accountability system that labels schools based on student metrics. The new timeline includes more public feedback opportunities and delays a final vote by the state board to April.
