The Anderson County Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 9, to vote on a resolution for future collaborations with the nuclear industry.
“You know the big push in Anderson County is nuclear jobs,” Director of Schools Tim Parrott said during a work session on Monday.
The resolution would authorize the director of schools to create partnerships with “regional boards of education, governmental entities, and other stakeholders to establish and support a collaborative regional approach to educational initiatives focused on workforce readiness.”
Clinton City Schools is funding a new apprentice assistant school psychologist thanks to a state grant through the University of Tennessee.
The Clinton schools include Clinton Elementary, North Clinton Elementary and South Clinton Elementary, but not any of the middle and high schools in the county.
The system already has a school psychologist, Haley Paxton. However, the $18,500 grant supports funding for an apprentice, working toward licensure and assisting Paxton with functions that support student needs.
“This vital part of our system’s approach to meeting students’ needs is just one of many reasons Clinton City Schools is doing great things for children,” said Scott Rhea, supervisor of fiscal services and facilities in an email.
The school system budgeted for this grant-funded expense as part of a budget amendment passed by the Clinton City Council at its March meeting.
Madeleine Rawdon, a Clinton High School junior trombonist, poses on stage at Carnegie Hall in New York City, where she recently performed as part of the Honors Performance Series. - Submitted
Madeleine Rawdon, a junior trombone player at Clinton High School, recently had the opportunity to perform at one of the world’s most prestigious concert venues, Carnegie Hall in New York City.
As part of the Honors Performance Series, Rawdon joined band students from across the country in February to perform in various ensembles and work under renowned conductors on the iconic stage. She was the first student in the CHS band to be selected as a finalist for the audition-based program.
The selection process included a recorded audition, a student biography and a teacher recommendation. While about 500 students are typically chosen for the program, only 340 students were selected as finalists this year out of more than 10,000 who were nominated to audition.
Student Congress on Policies in Education (SCOPE) attendees from Anderson County High School are, from left, Roxanna Aguilar and Parker Davis, and from Clinton High School, Ayden Golden and Kennedy Cook. - Ben Pounds
Students from across the state, including Anderson County and Clinton high schools, got to try acting as school board members and debating school issues in Nashville.
Tennessee School Boards Association runs the Student Congress on Policies in Education.
The event took place on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville on March 3. Coming from ACHS were Roxanna Aguilar and Parker Davis, and from Clinton High School were Ayden Golden and Kennedy Cook.
Attendees participated in mock school board sessions, where they assumed the roles of school board members, school officials, parents, students and concerned citizens, a news release stated.
School board members and superintendents from across the state led the students in these mock board meetings.
Later in the afternoon, students chose speakers to represent each of their small groups.
The speakers then took part in full-scale debates on current education issues.
