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Longtime educator and school administrator Melissa Harkreader is immediately taking on the role as the new principal of Mt. Pleasant Middle School of the Visual and Performing Arts.
The change was announced by Maury County Public Schools Tuesday afternoon. I m excited to announce I ll be serving you and the Mount Pleasant community as principal of Mt. Pleasant Middle School, Harkreader said in a press released shared by the school district.
Harkreader succeeds the position from Dr. Tim Drinkwine, who has served in the role since 2018. Although new to MPMS, I m not new to education, she said. I started my teaching career at Hampshire Unit School with family roots in Chapel Hill. I taught for 17 years before transitioning to administration, where I ve served as assistant principal in Williamson and Davidson counties. It feels like I ve come full-circle, and I can t wait to meet all of you. Stop by the school any time in the next few weeks. We re going t
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Pete Meenen and the Tennesseans We Lost to COVID-19
The state’s first resident claimed by a virus that went on to kill many more
On March 21, the Brentwood Family YMCA shared the news that Pete Meenen, a greeter at the gym and community center for more than 20 years, had died. He was the first person in Tennessee to die from COVID-19.
“Perhaps few faces in a YMCA are as recognizable as the greeter who meets the morning faithful, the early risers who start their day with us when the Welcome Center is a little quieter than usual,” the Brentwood Y’s operations executive, Roger D. Grove, wrote on Facebook. “For more than 20 years, Pete was that face in our YMCA, and his loss will be deeply felt by all of us, our staff and our members.”