Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced today the State of Tennessee’s recommendations to reopen schools for the 2020-2021 school year. “Providing parents a choice in their children’s education is incredibly important,” said Gov. Lee. “In-person learning is the medically sound, preferred option. Our state is doing everything we can to work with local school districts and ensure … [Read more...] about Gov. Lee issues ‘Safe Reopening Plan’ for schools – here’s what it includes
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COVID and school: How the upcoming year may look
How will school look when students return in the fall? Things will be a lot different, said superintendent Dr. John Combs. Just how different, and what the exact plan will be, changes. It’s not something that is easy. “We thought we had a good plan figured out, then numbers exploded, as [Tipton County Emergency Management Agency Director] Tommy Dunavant put it.” Two weeks ago, … [Read more...] about COVID and school: How the upcoming year may look
Here’s how Buff City Soap is partnering with local schools
[metaslider id=2103] The students’ eyes widened as Buff City Soap manager Kori Flanagan dumped a big bowl of mixture used to make bath bombs on the table. They’d already gone through the ingredients, and the properties of each one, in this science experiment and now it was the fun part: time to scoop the mixture into molds and make one of the natural living company’s signature … [Read more...] about Here’s how Buff City Soap is partnering with local schools
Integrating schools: Tipton County Schools went from freedom of choice to federally-mandated desegregation
Tennessee has always been a late bloomer when it comes to civil rights and that also extended to the education of its children. In the 20-year period between 1951 to 1971, 43 public school districts in Tennessee were sued to desegregate its schools. Tipton County was one of them. Although, the Supreme Court unanimously decided on May 17, 1954, "separate educational facilities … [Read more...] about Integrating schools: Tipton County Schools went from freedom of choice to federally-mandated desegregation
