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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.
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.
Germantown Municipal School District laid out a wish list as part of its efforts advocate for state laws that best serve students.
Germantown’s Board of Education eliminated semester exams for the 2020-21 school year. Additionally, teachers will receive a $1,000 bonus in December.
Germantown Municipal Schools District Superintendent Jason Manuel and Bartlett City Schools Superintendent David Stephens talked on “Behind The Headlines” about changing local health department requirements that require students in schools to wear masks and be 6 feet apart at all times.
And, at local private schools, students give each other ‘air hugs’ and each lunch at their desks, as everyone tries to adjust.
As Germantown leaders consider the challenges they could face with statewide testing, the suburb's Board of Education adopted its stance on the matter.
When it comes to returning children to school or keeping them home during a world pandemic, school systems and parents must decide independently what's best for them.
Germantown Municipal School District unanimously approved a new contract for Superintendent Jason Manuel, carrying him to 2024.
Germantown's Board of Education is renewing a new four-year contract for Superintendent Jason Manuel. His current contract does not expire until June 2022.
Germantown has several financial challenges it is facing in its budget in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The board approved its $58.7 million operating budget Thursday evening.
The Germantown Municipal School District is limiting general fund spending through the end of the fiscal year to combat reduced revenues streams.
Districts across Tennessee are grappling with graduation celebrations as Gov. Bill Lee recommended schools close for the remainder of the year. Shelby County's suburban schools are looking for ways to honor senior accomplishments.
Germantown Municipal School District will not accept new non-residents next school year at three elementary schools – Dogwood, Farmington and Riverdale.
Jessica Woody will assume her role as Dogwood principal in the coming weeks. She says she will continue to love kids as she hopes to instill a joy for learning.
Germantown is exploring the idea of adding a student to its board to help give insight into issues inside its schools.
Germantown Municipal School District will in January give staffers a cost-of-living stipend that could become a permanent part of the budget in future years.
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.
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.
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.
Germantown is opening its first school uninherited from Shelby County Monday. The school is on the cusp of welcoming its first group of students.
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.
Forest Hill Elementary is two months from completion. City and school system leaders toured it recently.
Germantown Municipal School District is implementing the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, a new program to help fight bullying.
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.
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