Collierville Schools board to review budget
Collierville Schools Board will review a $99 million budget Tuesday. The plan includes numerous facility enhancements and academic supports.
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April 2021
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Family Resource Center helps Collierville meet ‘whole child’ needs
Collierville is looking at how to better serve students and families. The Family Resource Center and its new leader are helping meet physical, social and emotional needs.
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Collierville High adds security measure: Student IDs
Collierville Schools is adding a layer of protection at its high school this week. Students will be given badges and asked to wear them during the school day.
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Collierville Virtual Academy application headed for state review
Collierville is moving forward in hopes to open the district’s 10th school, Collierville Virtual Academy. The board approved the application, and the district submitted it to the state.
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March 2021
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Third-grade retention law causes suburban superintendents angst
Suburban superintendents are wary over a plan that would hold back third-grade students based on TNReady data. The law is supposed to take effect in 2023.
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Collierville, Germantown school employees seize vaccine opportunity
Germantown Baptist Church’s vaccination site was dedicated to teacher inoculations Friday. Collierville Schools and Germantown Municipal School District collaborated to offer the vaccine to their employees.
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February 2021
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Collierville Virtual Academy could become district’s 10th school
Collierville Virtual Academy – its 100% virtual learning method – could be the district’s 10th school.
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Collierville Schools pulls Opportunity Academy from agenda
Collierville Schools decided it will not review its Opportunity Academy about 24 hours before district staff was supposed to review policy around it.
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Suburban districts set plans for teacher vaccinations
Teachers are eligible for vaccinations in Shelby County. The suburbs are releasing plans for how it plans to give vaccinations to those teachers who want it.
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All six suburban districts’ campuses closed Monday
Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown, Lakeland and Millington students will continue to learn remotely Monday as uncertainty around road conditions in the suburbs persists.
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Suburban schools closed Wednesday due to road conditions
Arlington and Lakeland will be closed Wednesday as Bartlett students transition to virtual learning.
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Millington Schools remains closed due to inclement weather
Millington Schools will remain closed, while other suburban districts plan to reopen Friday.
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Threat of winter weather closes suburban schools, U of M campuses
All six suburban districts and the University of Memphis campus are closed due to the threat of winter precipitation.
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Braille more than a language lesson for Collierville students
When Shelandra Ford took her visually impaired grandson to Tara Oaks Elementary School, she found not only needed educational supports but a loving community as well. Now a group of fifth-graders are learning Braille alongside their friend.
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January 2021
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Collierville High parents want students to return
Debate continues on when Collierville High students should return to more time in the classroom as the district weighs safety with best learning experience.
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TNReady requirements concern suburban superintendents
The governor and education commissioner have touted districts won’t be penalized based on test results. However, that’s only if 80% of students take the exam. Superintendents are concerned as so much uncertainty surrounds the requirements.
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December 2020
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Collierville students ask to remain virtual; school system’s staff get $1,000 bonus
Collierville students are worried about their safety as they return to school.
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Collierville Schools to review bonuses for employees
Collierville’s Board of Education will review staff bonuses in their monthly meeting Monday.
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Collierville students return to classrooms next week
Collierville middle and high school students will return to classrooms next week, ending a one-week remote-learning approach due to coronavirus.
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Collierville remote learning due to uncertainty following holidays
Some parents are frustrated that their students are learning remotely this week. Superintendent Gary Lilly said staff will “monitor the situation” before deciding to reopen three of its schools to students.
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November 2020
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Districts still address students’ special needs amid pandemic
Teachers in exceptional education – formerly known as special education — want to make sure the individualized needs of students are met as the pandemic forces them to continue to pivot.
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Houston High earns Germantown top ACT scores
Houston High earned Germantown the top ACT scores in the state. At 25.6, the composite average is slightly below what the district saw in the 2018-19 school year.
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COVID-19 concerns lead to closing of Collierville High
Students attending on the hybrid platform will learn remotely. Friday was already scheduled as a remote learning day.
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Collierville Middle School closing until after Thanksgiving
Collierville Middle Schools students will not return to campus until after Thanksgiving due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
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Opinion: Students weigh in on returning to classroom and anxiety of virus
“As students, many of us are saddened when we see decisions made about our well-being that will not affect the decision-makers but will clearly affect us. We just hope this starts a true conversation where every argument is given equitable consideration.”
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