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Board debates renovating older schools and location for a fine‑arts magnet high school

5810314 · August 19, 2025
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Board members discussed accelerating renovations at several older schools, options to repurpose Holloway, and whether to expand Thurman Francis into a K‑12 arts magnet or locate a magnet program at a new high school site.

Rutherford County School District board members used the work session to press for a faster schedule of renovations at older campuses and to debate how a proposed performing‑arts magnet should be located.

Several board members argued that McFadden, Daniel McKee, Smyrna West and Thurman Francis are among the district’s most urgent renovation needs and urged the board to move one or more projects forward now rather than delay while planning for a new high school…

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