Members of the Williamson County School System have already held three of nine sessions as part of a program they say will stamp out what they call a pattern of racism within the school district. As The Tennessee Star reported in February, Williamson County School Board members voted unanimously that month to hire a firm, Fostering Healthy Solutions, to help carry out their objectives.
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Carol Swain Says Williamson County Risks Increasing Racial Tension with Cultural Competency Program
Members of the Williamson County School System are reportedly looking to implement a cultural competency program, but former Nashville mayoral candidate Carol Swain said it will likely divide different categories of people even further.
The Nashville-based FOX 17 reported last week that Williamson County School System Superintendent Jason Golden wants a cultural strategy program.
But Swain told The Tennessee Star Monday that Golden and school board members need to ponder what, exactly, they want to accomplish.
Read MoreWilliamson County Teachers Suspended Without Pay for Not Wearing COVID-19 Masks
Two Williamson County School (WCS) System teachers, both of whom said they have previously unblemished records, said Tuesday that school administrators have suspended them without pay, indefinitely, because they refuse to wear COVID-19 masks.
And both of those teachers, Aundrea Laramee-Gomez and Tonya Homme, spoke on the record about their respective suspensions — even if they said it means they both might lose their jobs.
Read MoreWilliamson County Schools Have Power to Monitor Students’ Internet
Members of the Williamson County School System now monitor their students’ school-assigned Internet accounts through a program known as Gaggle, but one county resident fears unintended consequences.
Read MoreWilliamson County Schools Have No Measures in Place to Prevent Teachers from Politicizing Curriculum
One portion of the Williamson County School System’s social studies curriculum about U.S. presidents appears politically balanced, and teachers may pick and choose certain portions that put certain presidents in positive or negative lights.
Read MoreParents Say They Balanced Williamson County Schools Obama History Lesson
A Williamson County parent says she and a few other people can take credit for forcing members of the Williamson County School System to offer a social studies curriculum that now has less of a left-wing slant.
Read MoreWilliamson County Parents Can Review Curriculum for Left-Wing Bias
FRANKLIN — Parents of students in the Williamson County School System who worry that school officials politicize their child’s social studies curriculum have a right to view the material if they wish. The Tennessee Star reviewed a portion of the school system’s social studies curriculum Tuesday, with the caveat…
Read MoreTIP: Williamson County School System Blocks The Tennessee Star on Servers
The Tennessee Star has apparently fallen out of the good graces of the Williamson County School System. Sources in-the-know, who requested anonymity, told us last week The Star was no longer available for viewing through the school district’s Internet network. Teachers, students, school administrators could not read The Tennessee Star,…
Read MoreWilliamson County School Board Member Rick Wimberly Passes the Buck to Mike Looney on Cultural Competency Committee Questions
If you live in Williamson County and have questions or misgivings about the school system’s Cultural Competency video series then, like most people, you’re likely to contact your school board representative. And you would expect your school board representative is on top of things and knows just as much as…
Read MoreWCS Superintendent Mike Looney Refuses to Answer The Tennessee Star’s Questions About Violations of State Law
Williamson County School Superintendent Mike Looney has long evaded The Tennessee Star’s questions about the “white privilege” in-service training he imposed on teachers during the current academic year, but Thursday he made clear he refuses to talk to us. “You have mislead [sic], editorializied [sic] and been less than honest in your…
Read MoreReport: Williamson County Schools Teaming Up with Leftist Southern Poverty Law Center
Williamson County Schools will send teachers to a series of workshops in Franklin this coming May that is a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, according to a source. Those workshops, called Teaching Tolerance, are scheduled for May 3 and May 4 at the Embassy Suites by Hilton in…
Read MoreThe Tennessee Star Wants to Hear from Parents, Students, and Teachers for Eyewitness Accounts of Alleged ‘Racist Incident’ at Sunset Middle School in Brentwood
An alleged “racist incident” occurred in January at Brentwood’s Sunset Middle School, according to Friday’s Tennessean, five months after the Williamson County School System launched a system-wide “Cultural Competency Series” of In-Service training days for teachers. Allegedly, some students at the school linked arms in between classes, formed a human…
Read MoreWilliamson County Schools Spending 22 Percent More on In-Service Training for Teachers This Academic Year
The Williamson County School System is serious about prioritizing its In-Service teacher training, so much so administrators spent 22 percent more on it for this 2018-19 school year versus the prior one. According to the school system’s budget, administrators spent $689,989 on their In-Service/Staff Development training this school year. For…
Read MoreWilliamson County School System Director Apologizes for ‘Gross Error in Judgement’ on Slavery Assignment
As part of an assignment, eighth-grade social studies teachers at Brentwood’s Sunset Middle School asked students to pretend their family owns slaves. Students then had to create a list of expectations for the family’s slaves. The assignment didn’t sit well with Williamson County Schools Superintendent Mike Looney, who has publicly…
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