The Maury County Commission has given its approval to implement a new system to more accurately manage time off for local public school teachers and staff.
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Maury County Board of Education Chairman Michael Fulbright has successfully led a charge to put a temporary hold on the sale of Columbia’s historic McDowell Elementary School.
The board, which declared the property as surplus during this month s regular meeting on Tuesday, mostly agreed with the chair s proposal by voting in approval of holding off on selling the property until August.
Board member Austin Hooper cast the sole dissenting vote on the motion to postpone the sale, while Marlina Ervin cast the sole vote in opposition of declaring the property as surplus.
Fulbright plans to hold a meeting with Maury County Mayor Andy Ogles, Columbia Mayor Chaz Molder and Maury County Commission Chair Don Morrow to consider potential options for the property.
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As Maury County Public Schools prepares to take bids for the sale of the historic McDowell Elementary School property, some members of the Maury County Commission are considering asking the school board for the first chance to acquire the site.
Ahead of the school board’s Tuesday regular meeting, Maury County Commission Chairman Don Morrow stressing that he does not speak for the full commission told fellow commissioners that he plans to approach the school board to reiterate the county s interest in the property.
“It may be worth a visit from a district commissioner to say hold the process,” Morrow said during a county building committee meeting Monday night. “There are seven acres of land there that maybe we could utilize.”
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The annual State Eggs & Issues breakfast is a time when state leaders discuss the major projects and bills currently being decided within the state legislature.
This year s event, presented by the Maury Chamber & Economic Alliance, along with Columbia Breakfast Rotary, was no different.
Friday s panel consisted of Sen. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald, and Reps. Scott Cepicky, R-Culleoka, and Michael Curcio, R-Dickson, returning to address the Columbia crowd.
Topics ranged from the legislature s stance on COVID-related mandates, education and judicial reform, as well as ways Republicans and Democrats can work better together.
COVID-19, masks and mandates
Now that Tennessee is more than a year out from the initial outbreak of COVID-19, the first topic addressed was where are we now?