Parents voice frustration over $45,000-a-year Brentwood School scrapping Lord of the Flies and To Kill a Mockingbird as the exclusive academy wrestles with new anti-racism curriculum
Brentwood School is locked in a battle with parents as administrators push for a more progressive curriculum that excludes literature like To Kill a Mockingbird
The clash between parents, faculty, staff and alums of Brentwood School began after the school stood against racism after George Floyd s death in May
Under the Instagram post alums criticized the school as being a toxic racist cesspool for students of color, but an ivory tower for the wealthy, white elite
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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.”