Dr. Thurman Tucker has been selected to participate in the Advisory Council for Special Education Collaborative. Tucker, who teaches seventh grade inclusion math at LaVergne Middle School, was also selected this past spring as the Middle School Teacher of the Year for Rutherford County Schools. “I am humbled and honored to be a part of…
Rutherford County Schools already has plans in motion to accelerate learning for students who experienced learning loss during the 2020-2021 school year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Tennessee Department of Education released achievement scores today from last spring’s TCAPs, and as expected, the assessments show students from across the state, including Rutherford…
On August 6th The Exchange Club of Murfreesboro presented a variety of school supplies to the Department of Children Services to provide those needs to their clients. Frequently children are removed from situations and do not have time to retrieve their school supplies. In order to help those students continue their education needs these supplies…
It had been three years since Dhruv Patel had been in the mechatronics classroom at Oakland High School. After graduating in May 2018, Patel enrolled in the University of Alabama – Huntsville, where he is majoring in aerospace engineering. Last week, he was one of more than 10 former Oakland graduates who returned for the…
“Shock was the first feeling that I felt when I saw the 98 backpacks that were donated for needy children,” said Beth Porter with the Rutherford County Sherriff’s Office. “Rutherford and Cannon Counties are communities that genuinely care about children.” Thirty-nine Sheriff’s Office employees donated school supplies for needy children who are served by the…
As teachers and students prepare to return to the classroom the La Vergne Police Department is reminding drivers to be extra cautious in school zones and near school buses and bus stops. To keep school zones and students safe, there will be extra patrols in La Vergne school zones during school commuting hours for the…
Oakland High School hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate Nissan’s donation of a FANUC robot to an already state of the art mechatronics classroom. Paul Anthony, Wayne Ellington, Mark Little and Nathan Carroll were on hand from Nissan along with Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron, County Commissioner Robert Peay, School Board members Coy Young,…
Keeping students safe in school zones this academic year will be the goal of Rutherford County Traffic Safety Task Force officers who will launch an awareness event beginning Friday. Tennessee Highway Patrol Lt. Jon Officer said troopers, city police officers and sheriff’s deputies will participate in the enforcement and awareness campaign through Friday, Aug. 13….
Braxton Johnson is currently a Life Scout with BSA Troop 248 in Alabama and working toward earning an Eagle Scout. He was recently granted permission by the Rutherford County School Board to clean up the Towns Cemetery located between Rocky Fork elementary and middle schools. “We always have a great return when we work with…
There was a time when you did not have to listen closely to hear the traffic behind Riverdale High School whisking by on I-24. When the school opened in Fall 1972, not much was found on the westside of the interstate. In fact, seven years later, after the late Edward Elam Carlton hired Hulon Watson…