Rutherford County Schools has been named a recipient of a new state-funded Innovative High School Grant that will result in additional opportunities for students. Valued at more than $1 million, the grant will reimagine the use of time, space, partnerships and modes of learning for student success. The grant calls for three facilitator positions including…
Rutherford County Schools has been selected for a fast-track pilot program that will allow those interested in becoming math or science teachers to earn their teaching credentials and become classroom teachers for the school district. As part of the program, participants will serve as full-time teachers in the classroom while completing two years of coursework…
After 31 years in education, it all came down to 16 days for Kim Day to have one final opportunity to make a lasting impression on middle-schoolers. Day has been a middle school math specialist for the past 17 years. On the heels of more than 14 months of education being interrupted by a pandemic…
Rutherford County Commissioners voted unanimously at Thursday’s County Commission meeting to adopt the “School Facilities Tax” in lieu of the Rutherford County Development Tax. The change becomes effective July 1, 2021. Under the Rutherford County Development Tax, Rutherford County currently imposes a tax on each residential development in the amount of $1,500.00. However, beginning July…
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Students, educators and parents alike have watched with great anticipation as a construction crew of nearly 150 have worked on building a 56,000 square-foot annex to the right of LaVergne Middle School’s main building. When construction, which began back in mid-August 2020, is completed, the 26 new classrooms will be used to house the entire…
Lascassas teacher April Holland has come a long way. She always preferred working in the background and supporting others with their projects. But her experience with the Junior League of Murfreesboro has helped develop leadership skills and feel more comfortable taking the reins, she said. “It’s done so much (for me) professionally and personally,” Holland…
Rutherford County’s JROTC program teamed up with the Tennessee Army National Guard to host the JROTC Cadet Leadership Challenge at various locations throughout Murfreesboro from June 3-10. CLC is a weeklong course designed to challenge students physically JROTC Campand mentally while incorporating JROTC principles and values. High school sophomores, juniors, and seniors are provided a…
From the outside it has looked like the site of a future elementary school for quite some time. Monday morning, Dr. Mark Gonyea emerged from his latest walk-through at Plainview Elementary School able to say it feels like a school. “It’s gotten more and more real each and every day,” said Gonyea, who was named…
Four Central Magnet School graduates will concentrate not on speed but accuracy when they compete in the Hemmings Motor News Great Race starting Saturday in San Antonio, Texas. The Great Race website explains the driver and navigator team receive instructions showing every turn, speed change, stops and starts for the day with about 220 to…