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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
Teen charged for bringing gun to Hunters Lane High School
WTVF
and last updated 2021-05-18 21:34:16-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Metro Nashville Police officers charged a 16-year-old student with carrying a nine-millimeter handgun on campus at Hunters Lane High School Tuesday.
Police say staff alerted the School Resource Officers that the freshman had a gun magazine loaded with 14 nine-millimeter bullets. Officers then searched the studentâs car and found a nine-millimeter handgun on the passenger side floorboard.
The teen admitted that the gun was his and said he bought the weapon in his neighborhood. The teen was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun on school property.
That was before the Navigator program kicked in.
The program, tracked through weekly phone and video calls, is an ambitious effort to keep students and families from slipping out of reach as distance learning extends into next year.
Navigator’s count revealed a deeper problem. Another 1,200 families had unstable housing. Some doubled up in apartments with relatives and others weren’t sure if they’d make next month’s rent.
“It really just sets the stage for [housing] to be an acceptable topic for us to care about,” said Knowles, the district’s homeless liaison. And with a national eviction moratorium set to expire at the end of this month, she added that many of those families could be left without shelter.