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(RUTHERFORD COUNTY) Rutherford County Schools Director Dr. Jimmy Sullivan announced that the current Thurman Francis Arts Academy's Principal Jeff McCann has been named the next School Choice coordinator for Rutherford County Schools effective in November, 2023. Since 2016, McCann has served as principal of Thurman Francis, an academic magnet school serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade in Smyrna. It is one of several choice schools offered by Rutherford County Scho...

The proposed American Classical Academy charter school won Rutherford County Board of Education approval Tuesday.

(Murfreesboro) Rutherford County government and Board of Education employees packed over 55,000 Meals of Hope on Saturday (3/18/2023). More than 150 volunteers gathered in groups to pack fortified pasta with tomato sauce that will be distributed to various non-profit organizations, food banks, charities, and ministries across Rutherford County. Emily Cox, who helps facilitate the meal-packing events, said, “When we learned that one in six children in Tennessee face hunger ever...

  By GRAYSON LEE MAXWELLRutherford County Schools Dr. Alexandria Jackson may have begun working at Roy Waldron Elementary just five months ago, but her previous experience with schools in Nashville has more than prepared her to take on a role of leadership at Roy Waldron Elementary School.   “I was in Metro for 16 years,” Jackson said. “ I started as a classroom teacher – then went on to be an instructional coach and ass...

Kelly Newberry, Alexandria Jackson and Brad Decker have all been recently promoted as principals. Heres who they are.

Four Rutherford County Schools will have new principals when the school year starts in August.

Four new principals are stepping into leadership roles with RCS for the 22-23 school year. All come with incredible experience in education and leadership. Justin Smith, Blackman High School principal: Smith has worked in education since 2001, most recently as an assistant principal at Blackman High School. He’s served previously as an instructional coach and teacher. Director Sullivan noted Smith’s experience: “Mr. Smith has been an integral part of the su...

Astoundingly, judge sarah backus granting bail to five adults in the abuse case, claiming prosecutors failed to identify any specific threat to the community. now that is as bright prosecutors alleging that these guys were training kids to use all those firearms to carry out terror attacks at schools. how is this possible? joining us now with the reaction is attorney harmeet dhillon, who works in these types of cases, as long dominic well as troy waldron. harmeet, lets start with you. i think th...

Another individual. we also his picture right here. another individual. another case of abuse, and the bail seemed low, $10,000, and people were not happy about that. but harmeet, troys point, took the gun, took i guess, the ammunition, kids were safe, i guess, what is the big deal? >> yeah, whats the big deal, laura? they taught that in the law school, the things that speak for itself. you have a dead kid, terrorist training camp going on here, there is no threat to the public? i mean, that is ...

Abused. you have a dead child, you have numerous weapons, you have hundreds of feet of tunnel under this compound, and you have somebody who is being held on a kidnapping charge in another jurisdiction. so if this isnt clear and convincing evidence that, theres a flight risk, and b, there is a potential risk of the community, i dont know what it is. the judge went out of her way to say to the prosecutors, well, this seems like an unconventional lifestyle that you are describing here. but i dont ...