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How Dickson is dealing with COVID: Hospital space runs low; government, schools adjust tennessean.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tennessean.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dickson Co. Schools end bus mask mandate, indoors still required View Comments Students are no longer required to wear masks on Dickson County Schools buses following a county school board vote Thursday. The board made the decision at a special meeting called after Gov. Bill Lee’s recent announcement the state would reduce COVID-19 mandates and move toward reopening. Students can still wear masks on the bus if they choose. The board voted to keep the current school district guidelines for inside school facilities, which require students to wear masks if they are not at least three feet apart. “I would like to see us leave the indoor policy we have remain in place for the remainder of the school year,” said board member Patricia Hudson. “It has proven to be helpful.”
Graduations in Dickson County: Tickets not required, return to May Dickson County Schools announced that the May graduations for Dickson County and Creek Wood high schools will not be a ticketed event. Last school year, COVID-19 led to multiple changes in the graduation ceremonies after county schools closed entirely in March. County Schools Director Dr. Danny Weeks announced this week the following information on Twitter: “We are proud to announce that we are lifting the ticket requirement for our two high school graduations. Congratulations seniors. We are proud to have this opportunity.” Both the graduations are also returning to the traditional month of May after being pushed to June last year when each student was allotted four tickets to use for family members.
The Dickson County School Board is moving closer to hiring a firm to analyze the school system’s facilities, student population, and learning environments as part of a long-range plan. Schools Director Dr. Danny Weeks told the board he spoke with the Lewis Group firm of Knoxville to “help analyze our facilities, to help make predictions on where we might need to build future facilities as well as guidance in terms of structuring school environments." The board has scheduled another discussion and possible vote on the firm at its monthly meeting in May. The board at an early April special session asked for an independent review of the school system in order to decide the type of new facility that should be added, or if a new facility should be built at all.
County mayor: ‘Comfortable’ with schools budget, June vote likely County Mayor Bob Rial told the commission Monday that the county’s 2021-2022 fiscal year budget will likely be ready to present by early June. Rial said Schools Director Dr. Danny Weeks will present the school district’s preliminary $70.16 million budget May 3 to county commissioners. "We have looked over (the schools budget), and we are very comfortable with it at this point,” Rial said. "We don't really see that as being an issue." Also on May 3, Rial said his office will also present the county government budget for next fiscal year.
The Dickson County School Board is focused on getting neutral data about growth areas and facilities’ student populations in Dickson County before proceeding with long-range planning. The board asked school administrators at a special planning session Thursday to move toward gathering more information before committing to a facility plan. Schools Director Dr. Danny Weeks repeated that education leaders should have a plan ready if County Mayor Bob Rial and the county commission approve approximately $30 million in funding the mayor has said might be available in the next few years for school capital projects. Weeks again asked the board to provide direction “in terms of administration, in terms of looking at facilities, looking at land, looking at properties."
Dickson County Schools to keep virtual learning for 2021-2022 school year tennessean.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tennessean.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A year later: Dickson Schools staff, students adjust amid COVID tennessean.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from tennessean.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.