There are 19 article(s) tagged Jason Manuel:

• November 2019

  • Germantown names Dogwood Elementary principal

    Jessica Woody has been named the next principal of Dogwood Elementary School. Woody has 22 years of experience in education and has served as an assistant principal at Houston Middle School.

    By Abigail Warren November 13, 2019

• October 2019

  • Germantown Municipal Schools staff moves into permanent home

    Germantown Municipal School District has opened its permanent central office on Forest Hill-Irene. The space offers an additional 20,000 square feet for district staff.

    By Abigail Warren October 21, 2019

• August 2019

  • TNReady 2019: Five suburban districts have Reward schools

    TNReady scores showed Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville Germantown and Lakeland are among the top-performing districts in the state. Lakeland was designated as an Exemplary district by the Tennessee Department of Education.

    By Abigail Warren August 15, 2019

  • Forest Hill Elementary preparing for first classes

    Germantown is opening its first school uninherited from Shelby County Monday. The school is on the cusp of welcoming its first group of students.

    By Abigail Warren August 08, 2019

• May 2019

  • Shelby County could distribute municipal school funds monthly; districts owed millions

    School districts in suburban Shelby County municipalities are beginning to receive payments from the county on a more regular basis. The money represents millions owed to the districts for capital projects.

    By Abigail Warren May 28, 2019

  • Germantown leaders get early look at new Forest Hill Elementary School

    Forest Hill Elementary is two months from completion. City and school system leaders toured it recently. 

    By Abigail Warren May 12, 2019

• April 2019

  • Germantown to implement Olweus in fight against bullying

    Germantown Municipal School District is implementing the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, a new program to help fight bullying. 

    By Abigail Warren April 30, 2019

  • Germantown school board approves first reading of tight $60.8M budget

    Germantown Municipal School District board members approved a $60.8 million budget for fiscal 2020 on the first of three readings Monday evening, with Superintendent Jason Manuel calling the spending plan a "status quo" budget.

    By Abigail Warren April 23, 2019

• March 2019

  • Suburban superintendents oppose Educational Savings Account legislation

    Shelby County's suburban school superintendents worry about the potential effects of vouchers on public education. While Gov. Bill Lee's proposal affects Shelby County Schools locally, suburban superintendents worry it could expand to affect them as well.

    By Abigail Warren and Michael Waddell March 31, 2019

  • Germantown residents wary of possible water tower

    Germantown officials would like to build a $2.5 million elevated water tank at Forest Hill Elementary. However, the city has yet to ask for use of the land and residents are wary.

    By Abigail Warren March 04, 2019

• February 2019

  • Germantown approves nearly $237K for Houston High security upgrades

    Germantown's Board of Education approved nearly $237,000 in security improvements for Houston High School.

    By Abigail Warren February 11, 2019

  • Germantown strives to nurture students' emotional well-being

    Germantown Municipal School District includes social and emotional learning as part of its curriculum. As the district heads into its sixth year, leaders want to continue to improve on the district's foundation.

    By Abigail Warren February 04, 2019

• January 2019

  • Germantown school district will not enforce tuition for non-residents in 2019-20

    The Germantown Municipal School District was scheduled to vote on nonresident transfers paying tuition. Instead, they tabled the vote until September.

    By Abigail Warren January 16, 2019

  • Germantown Planning Commission approves Houston High improvements

    A more than $4 million investment will bring a fieldhouse and other improvements to Houston High School as part of a project that won a key approval from the Germantown Planning Commission Tuesday night. 

     

    By Abigail Warren January 09, 2019

• December 2018

  • Germantown leader's 'purpose' in special education earns honor

    Germantown Municipal School District's executive director of Exceptional Student Education has earned state honors for her achievements in special education. She sees her role in special education as accomplishing her "purpose."

    By Abigail Warren December 22, 2018

  • Germantown Board of Education expands anti-bullying efforts to include mental health

    Germantown Municipal School District is focusing efforts on its bullying task force while also addressing the emotional needs of its students.

    By Abigail Warren December 19, 2018

  • Germantown Municipal School District tightening its transfer policies Tuesday

    Germantown Municipal School District is tightening its transfer policies ahead of the 2019-2020 school year with the final decision on the amended criteria set for the Board of Education meeting Tuesday.

    By Abigail Warren December 18, 2018

• November 2018

  • Suburban school districts finish high, SCS sees bright side of low ACT scores

    Suburban school districts here finished at the top of Tennessee’s ACT scores, while Shelby County Schools came in near the bottom but is seeing improvement among its economically disadvantaged students and has four high schools above the state average of 20.2, its best score ever.

    By Sam Stockard November 02, 2018

• September 2018

  • Forest Hill-Irene Road improvements pave way for new school, development

    As part of new elementary school plans in Germantown, the suburb is turning the tree-lined, two-lane out-in-the-country-style Forest Hill-Irene Road into a four-lane thoroughfare with a landscaped median between Poplar Pike and Winchester.

    By Michael Waddell September 25, 2018