Tennessee / School Districts / Franklin County
Several Deckard Elementary parents and staff told the Franklin County School Board they were blindsided by the midyear reassignment of a beloved teacher and demanded transparency; the board said personnel decisions rest with the director's office.
Tennessee / School Districts / Franklin County
The Franklin County School Board voted to recommend a candidate for director of schools and gave the board chair authority to negotiate a contract. The meeting included multiple voice votes approving routine consent items, a budget amendment and a personnel policy update.
Tennessee / School Districts / Franklin County
District staff highlighted career-technical program growth, Clark Memorial Elementary's TCAP gains and falling chronic absenteeism, and a legislative briefing flagged proposed state voucher expansion and several bills relevant to local schools.
Tennessee / School Districts / Franklin County
At a Franklin County School Board meeting, North Middle School staff outlined new homeroom routines, targeted academic blocks and behavior-economy incentives; presenter said the school's state report card grade rose from a D to a C and growth metrics improved.
Tennessee / School Districts / Franklin County
Miss Shields told the board the district's middle-school virtual academy started with 10 students (target 15), regained seven previously unenrolled students to the district, ended the first semester with eight students, and staff plan to continue middle-grade virtual offerings while exploring high-school expansion.
Tennessee / School Districts / Franklin County
At the meeting the board approved the agenda and consent agenda, received and filed financial reports, adopted budget amendments and several policy updates, and authorized surplus vehicle sales; motions passed on voice votes and no roll-call tallies were recorded in the transcript.
Tennessee / School Districts / Franklin County
The Franklin County School Board approved the meeting agenda and consent agenda, received and filed November financials, approved a December budget amendment and a TN RMT grant pre-application, approved recommended teacher tenure actions, and adopted Policy 4.204 (summer instructional program cleanup).
Tennessee / School Districts / Franklin County
A board member summarized items from the Tennessee School Boards Association: passed measures to add TISA funding for nurses, a task force to examine regulatory burdens on public schools, and proposals to expand state higher-education fee discounts to non-teaching staff; a resolution to maintain free public education was recorded as 'no action' by the assembly.
Tennessee / School Districts / Franklin County
District nutrition staff told the board Broadview became a CEP school (free meals for all students), reported slightly lower lunch counts year-to-year largely due to one fewer school day, outlined a summer 'one-day pickup' plan at Franklin County High School, and noted the district donated 63,954 meals via a pizza-program partnership.
Tennessee / School Districts / Franklin County
Principal Amber Steele told the Franklin County School Board that Broadview Elementary is a Level 5 reward school with enrollment at 243 and detailed a reading initiative (739 books tested in the first nine weeks), family-engagement events, and community donations including bicycles and a quilt for a former custodian.