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Maury County residents weigh-in on the future of the now closed McDowell Elementary School.

The Maury County Commission is pulling back on a proposal to take over ownership of Columbias closed McDowell Elementary School.

The Daily Herald Less than a year after residents in Maury County voted to approve a sales tax increase, Maury County Public Schools shuttered a historic elementary school and is now struggling to secure funding to build more schools. Because of continued high growth in schools and aging school buildings, the Maury County Commission is now considering a 7.23% property tax increase in order to pay for the mounting needs in MCPS, including new schools, renovations and even funding for dai...

Some studnets at Maury County Public Schools will return to campus with new principals and assistant leading their school.

The Daily Herald The Maury County Budget Committee has taken the county government’s operating budget under consideration for the coming fiscal year, reviewing major upcoming projects including a plan to build a new high school in Spring Hill. “Every department is now under consideration,” Committee Chairman Scott Sumners told The Daily Herald following the countys initial review of the budget last week. “I am a little concerned about the deficit that we will have with the debt on the...

Hard to say goodbye During her visit to the campus last week, she returned to the schools playground where she remembered being terrified to climb the steel jungle gym, which still stands today. She recalled that instead of hesitating, she climbed the bars and carried herself across the tall threshold, proving herself to her fellow classmates.   “I felt something come over me,” Ogilvie-McClain said. “I am at the end of this road, and I don’t want it to end. My heart does not want t...

The Daily Herald Maury County Board of Education Chairman Michael Fulbright has successfully led a charge to put a temporary hold on the sale of Columbia’s historic McDowell Elementary School. The board, which declared the property as surplus during this months regular meeting on Tuesday, mostly agreed with the chairs proposal by voting in approval of holding off on selling the property until August.  Board member Austin Hooper cast the sole dissenting vote on the motion to postpone the ...

The Daily Herald As Maury County Public Schools prepares to take bids for the sale of the historic McDowell Elementary School property, some members of the Maury County Commission are considering asking the school board  for the first chance to acquire the site. Ahead of the school board’s Tuesday regular meeting, Maury County Commission Chairman Don Morrow — stressing that he does not speak for the full commission — told fellow commissioners that he plans to approach the school bo...

The Daily Herald The Maury County Board of Education is moving forward with a plan to sell the historic McDowell Elementary School property. The elementary school, the longest continually operating campus in the county, will shut its doors at the end of this school year with a plan of transferring students and educators to other campuses across the district. The plan follows the boards September 2020 decision to close the campus, which has accrued more than $5 million in needed repairs�...

Someone that you love so much? were not saying good-bye, auntie. but farewell, until we see you again in our final resting place. thank you. [ applause ] >> please receive the musical tribute from miss franklins son, my friend. we lived eight blocks from each other. we went to mcdowell elementary together. clai clarence, edward, and myself. we played little league baseball