Angie Mayes

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New Vision Baptist Church volunteers Norman Cooper (left) and Scott Moore pack bags of food for students as part of Murfreesboro City Schools’ Backpack Program. ANGIE MAYESEvery week throughout the school year, some Murfreesboro City Schools students take an extra bag home for weekend meals. The bags are filled with food and drinks for the students to eat during the weekend. The program, which exists in many school districts across the country, is known as a Backpack Program.

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ANGIE MAYESMain Street MediaGender reassignment/sex transformation care will not be included in the insurance plan for Wilson County Schools’ employees after the WCS board voted 6-1 to deny its inclusion at its meeting on Monday night. Melissa Lynn was the only “no” vote, saying that there are unanswered legal questions about excluding it in the insurance plan. WCS is self-insured, which means the board sets the rules as to what coverage to offer.

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ANGIE MAYESMain Street MediaA policy change would allow former Wilson County Schools students who have moved out of the county to return to a WCS school if approved by WCS Director Jeff Luttrell passed on first reading at the April 24 board meeting. Second reading on the policy changes is scheduled for the May 5 board meeting. Board member Joseph Padilla gave a scenario in which a student has cancer and had to move out of the county but still wanted to attend a WCS school.

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Lots within the A-1 (agricultural) zoning in Wilson County will remain at a minimum of 80,000 square feet thanks to a tabled motion approved by a slight majority of county commissioners at its monthly meeting April 21. The vote to table the motion was 13-12, with commissioners Robert Fields, Rick Brown, Bobby Franklin, Jerry McFarland, Beth Bowman, Tyler Chandler, Haskell Evans, Jeremy Hobbs, Rusty Keith, William Glover, Wendell Marlowe, Jeremy Reich and Danny Clark approving the measure.

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Springdale Elementary School teacher Charisse Carter receives a check and trophy from CedarStone Bank President and CEO Bob McDonald (left) and W.P. Bone III (right) of Wilson County Motors for being named Wilson County’s 2025 Teacher of the Year. ANGIE MAYESSpringdale Elementary teacher Charisse Carter spent 20 years in the accounting world before leaving to teach. For the past 11 years, teaching young students might seem like a 180-degree turn from accounting.