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1 week ago | 
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Murfreesboro City Schools Director Dr. Trey Duke, student David Philippee and teacher Gretchen Campbell after Philippee was honored at the May 27 MCS board meeting for being invited to attend the National Invention Convention in Michigan this summer. David Philippee, a sixth grade student at Black Fox Elementary School, received the Murfreesboro City Schools’ “Best of MCS” award at the May 27 meeting after he received an invitation to attend the National Invention Convention.
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2 weeks ago | 
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Discovery School students Bentley Bergsten and Boston Barnes work on a robot. About three years ago, the Tennessee Valley Robotics helped seven Murfreesboro City Schools get robots and materials to compete in VEX Robotics Competitions. According to its website, the VEX Robotics competitions are a place for STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) students to further their interest in those topics.
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2 weeks ago | 
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ANGIE MAYESMain Street MediaAn increase in the income limit for Wilson County senior citizens to qualify for the state Property Tax Relief Program was unanimously deferred one month by the Wilson County Commission at their May meeting on Monday night. The issue was brought up in the April and May budget committee meetings and was placed on the agenda for the May 19 meeting.
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2 weeks ago | 
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Lebanon Special School District has Parent Responsibility Zones which affect bus transportation for students and LSSD Director Brian Hutto said he working on a proposal to expand the area for some schools. There is no bus transportation in the zone; instead, the parent is responsible to get their student to school either by car or walking or riding a bicycle.
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2 weeks ago | 
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Wilson County Schools will take $12 million in restricted funds out of its fund balance to balance the 2025-2026 budget. The $330.1 million budget was unanimously approved at a special-called meeting on May 15. The Wilson County Commission will discuss the WCS budget at its May or June meeting for approval.
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3 weeks ago | 
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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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1 month ago | 
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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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1 month ago | 
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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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1 month ago | 
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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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2 months ago | 
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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.
