The Sumner County school board is offering a compromise, after a budget fight with county commissioners kept schools from opening this week as scheduled. Last night the school board unanimously agreed on some budget sacrifices, but is still asking for three million dollars extra.
Budget Fight Could Further Delay Sumner Schools’ Opening
Tonight the Sumner County school board will decide whether to end a stalemate that’s kept schools from opening on time. Earlier this week the district wrangled an extra two million dollars from the Sumner County Commission, but that’s still millions below what it says it needs to run schools this year.
Public School Library Renovated With Single Donation
A public high school in Nashville has opened the doors of a newly renovated library funded by a single donation. The $500 thousand gift represents something Mayor Karl Dean hopes becomes more commonplace.
MTSU Pondering Limits of Growth, Guaranteed Admission
Middle Tennessee State University is thinking about how it will change when it can’t keep adding more students. Over the next few years the growing Murfreesboro college could tweak what it looks for in new recruits.
Murfreesboro Mosque Doesn’t Get Certificate – Yet
The Islamic Center of Murfreesboro did not get final approval to move into its new building today as members had hoped. Officials with the mosque say a problem with the sprinkler system held up an inspection, but they’re still optimistic about opening the doors soon.
Charter-Backed Challenger Ousts School Board Chair
An executive from Teach For America has unseated the chair of the Metro School Board. Ellissa Kim received thousands of dollars in campaign funds from pro-charter-school groups on her way to beating out incumbent Gracie Porter.
Older People Increasingly Crime Victims: TBI
Older people in Tennessee are increasingly the victims of crime, according to new data from the state Bureau of Investigation. The surge of incidents targeting the elderly comes even as the overall number of crime victims has fallen.
Judge Rules Memphis Library Card Can’t Serve As Voter ID
A federal judge has ruled library cards issued in Memphis will not count as proper voter identification in Thursday’s election. The ruling effectively favors the state, but the judge made clear she’s no fan of the voter-ID requirement as it’s currently written.
Metro Graduation Rate Hurt By Five-Year Finishers
The state is warning dozens of school districts in Tennessee they have to do better, based on student test data out last week. Metro is not one of them, but it’s not at the head of the pack either. One reason for that is a change in how the dropout rate is measured.
Nashville Researchers Get Big Grant to Develop ‘Microbrain’
Scientists in Nashville are hoping to revolutionize the study of how diseases and new drugs affect the brain. Instead of experimenting on actual brains, the idea is to integrate a few brain cells into part of a microchip, to use as a kind of model. Researchers at Vanderbilt and a colleague at Meharry Medical College […]
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