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Coffee County was formed in 1836 from parts of Bedford, Warren, and Franklin counties. [3] It was named for John Coffee, a prominent planter, land speculator, and militia officer. [4] [5] In the period after the Reconstruction era ended (1877) and into the early 20th century, whites in Coffee County committed eight lynchings of blacks. This was ...
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The Bradley County Commission, however, voted to back bills in the Tennessee House and Senate that would "discontinue the use of the Common Core state standards." [91] Multiple proposals have been filed to scale back, delay, or outright repeal the standards in Tennessee. [92] [93] Tennessee passed a law to phase out common core in 2016. [94]
In January 2022 the school board, in a 10-0 decision, removed the graphic novel about the Holocaust Maus, the only graphic novel ever to win a Pulitzer Prize, from its curriculum for 8th grade English classes. The board in doing so overrode a Tennessee state curriculum review that had in contrast approved the teaching of the book.
This is a list of public school districts in Tennessee, sorted alphabetically. The majority of school districts are operated by county governments, and some by city governments. The U.S. Census Bureau does not consider those to be independent governments.
Mike Frazier began his post as director of schools (superintendent) in 2012. The board renewed his role in 2019. [8] The Tennessee Valley Authority, in 2022, gave the school district a $400,000 grant for its school School Uplift program, could have more cost-efficient power usage. [9]
Athens City School System or Athens City Schools (ACS) is a school district headquartered in Athens, Tennessee. The district serves grades Pre-Kindergarten through 8, with McMinn County Schools serving Athens residents for grades 9–12. [1] The latter operates McMinn County High School in Athens.
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