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Metro schools add security at football games

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Posted on September 12, 2008 - 7:23am at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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Earlier shooting raises concerns
By TOM KREAGER • Staff Writer • September 12, 2008

Metro officials have added security for some football games this season after a shooting in McGavock's parking lot during a basketball game last season.

McGavock student hospitalized after ingesting liquid drug

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Posted on September 4, 2008 - 5:15pm at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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WKRN Channel 2

A McGavock High School student is recovering after ingesting a liquid believed to have similar affects of Ecstasy.

Police said Shayne Colvin, 17, got the drug from a classmate at school Wednesday morning.

Unresponsive, Colvin was transported to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and placed in intensive care.

Metro tackles truancy with help center

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Posted on September 1, 2008 - 10:21am at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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Tennessean

Students brought into the new Metro Attendance Center have a choice — take a citation, head to court and risk paying more than $100 in fines and fees or accept social services offered by the center and don't miss school for six straight weeks.

Most choose the latter.

Debating Student Rights and Southern History

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Posted on August 14, 2008 - 3:36pm at Cup of Joe Powell
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Can a school system's dress code policy curb your free speech? An Anderson County student says so and is suing over the way he was treated because he wore clothes with images of the Confederate Flag, and he wants to change the policy and seeks punitive damages to boot.

Rezoning Plan = Property Tax Hike

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Posted on July 17, 2008 - 9:12am at Pith In The Wind
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Pat Nolan makes a good point in his column:

Williamson County Student Information goes Full Monty

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Posted on July 11, 2008 - 6:38am at Truman's Take
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The coalition's site reports that "about 17,000 Tennessee K-12 students and the names of several hundred teachers were posted on a personal Web site" in three separate files, which included names, birth dates, gender, test scores and Social Security numbers.

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Brown Elementary principal reassigned

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Posted on June 4, 2008 - 12:40am at Maury Thinks
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Joseph Brown Elementary School Principal Joe Cornelius has been reassigned, Maury County Public Schools spokeswoman Sharon Kinnard said Monday.

China And India Are So Ahead Already So Metro Just Decides To Give Up

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Posted on May 26, 2008 - 10:43pm at Post Politics
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Jackson Miller reacts to the news that Nashville’s middle schools will no longer offer Algebra as an option to seventh graders:

China And India Are So Far Ahead Already Metro Just Decides To Give Up

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Posted on May 26, 2008 - 10:43pm at Post Politics
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Jackson Miller reacts to the news that Nashville’s middle schools will no longer offer Algebra as an option to seventh graders:

Metro looks to aggressively fill teaching vacancies

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Posted on May 3, 2008 - 8:05am at Vivian Wilhoite District 29
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Metro utilizes media to help fill teaching spots
WKRN NEWS

The hiring season is underway for school systems across the country, and the competition is fierce.

This year, Metro Nashville Public Schools is pulling out all the stops to fill hundreds of vacancies in its classrooms.

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