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Antioch High School

New report shows how Nashville could better connect classroom learning with job opportunities

Camellia Burris

March 31, 2025

A new report stresses the importance of expanding career technical education for high schools students as Nashville grows. 

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch High School, Education, Education Report Card, Greater Nashville Chamber of Commerce, Metro Nashville Public Schools

NashVillager Podcast: Two years since Covenant

Nina Cardona

March 27, 2025

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What has changed and what hasn’t? Plus, the local news for March 27, 2025.

Filed Under: History, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch High School, Covenant School

Nashville considers concealed weapons detectors expansion to all high schools

Cynthia AbramsandTony Gonzalez

February 9, 2025

Nashville’s school board will vote Tuesday on whether to expand a weapon detection system to all district high schools.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch High School, Metro Schools, surveillance

First came the warning signs. Then a teen opened fire on a Nashville school.

Paige PflegerandAliyya Swaby, ProPublica

February 8, 2025

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Tennessee authorities were alerted to Solomon Henderson’s threatening and violent behavior long before he brought a gun to Antioch High School. It’s unclear how many red flags were heeded.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Antioch High School, Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, ProPublica, school shooting, shooting

Tennessee passes sweeping immigration law to support Trump’s mass deportations

Marianna Bacallao

January 30, 2025

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Gov. Bill Lee wants to create a new state division to enforce immigration laws, mirroring a push from President Donald Trump to expel migrants.

Filed Under: Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, 287(g), Antioch, Antioch High School, Bill Lee, Gabby Salinas, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, school shooting, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition, tnleg, tnpol, Todd Gardenhire

Two years after Covenant, students march at the TN capitol in renewed push for gun reform

Marianna Bacallao

January 26, 2025

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The shooting at Antioch High School has reignited calls for gun reform at the statehouse, but activists aren’t hopeful that much will change.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 114th Tennessee General Assembly, Antioch High School, Bill Lee, Clemmie Greenlee, Covenant School, Drew Spiegel, Maryam Abolfazli, school vouchers, tnleg, tnpol

How Antioch High School is stepping up security and counseling

Tony Gonzalez

January 25, 2025

Class will not feel the same at Antioch High School this week. Metro Nashville Public Schools is implementing new security measures and says students and staff will spend the week focusing on emotional well-being, mental health support and community building.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Adrienne Battle, Antioch High School, Metro Nashville Public Schools, Metro Schools, MNPS, school safety, surveillance

What we know about the Antioch High School shooting

WPLN Staff

January 24, 2025

Nashville is reeling after the shooting at Antioch High School on Wednesday. Metro Nashville police are investigating the attack.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Antioch High School, school shooting, shooting

Josselin Corea Escalante, a ‘bright and compassionate young woman,’ dreamed of being a doctor

Caroline Eggers

January 23, 2025

The 16-year-old was a daughter, sister and niece. She played soccer and hoped to one day become a doctor. She lost her life on Wednesday after a shooting at Antioch High School in Nashville.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Antioch, Antioch High School, obituary, school shooting

Your Turn to Talk: Antioch High School shooting and gun violence

Katherine Ceicys

January 23, 2025

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Yesterday, a 17-year-old Antioch High School student shot two other students and then himself. The assailant and one of the other students died. Another was treated at an area hospital and has been released. This is the second time in two years that there’s been a fatal school shooting in Nashville.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: Antioch High School, school shooting

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