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Feb 13, 2015
912 TN President Starts Petition to Remove Dr. Looney
On Wednesday, February 10, Project 912 TN Founder and President J. Lee Douglas sent out a petition (see DumpLooney.com) to his 912...
Feb 8, 2015
WCS Legislation Watch
The WCS Legislative Committee (Rick Wimberly-Chair, Susan Curlee, Candy Emerson-absent) met on Friday, February 6. They narrowed down 41...
Feb 2, 2015
Why are we even talking about vouchers in Williamson County? The $319 million question
We have lots of concerns about vouchers including their unproven record in improving educational outcomes for the kids they supposedly...
Jan 23, 2015
Vouchers and Williamson County
As we have stated repeatedly, we believe that the way to build and strengthen a world-class public school system is to make sure that...
Jan 15, 2015
When politicians attack! The obsession continues…
December 16, 2014 On December 3, Susan Curlee filed a sworn complaint with the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance against Williamson...
Jan 15, 2015
Heard on the Street: Is the board looking for its own lawyer?
We heard from some lawyers in the area that the Williamson County School Board was shopping around for legal representation last week....
Jan 5, 2015
Area Teacher Salaries
Happy New Year, everybody! We hope you all had some down time over the holidays – time with family and a little time for reflection and...
Dec 24, 2014
Christmas Eve, Williamson County, and Learning to Live Together in a Religiously Diverse Community
By Will Berger, Co-Pastor/Music Director at Historic Franklin Presbyterian Church I have only lived in Williamson County for twenty-one...
Dec 15, 2014
Who works for whom? On lobbying, legislators, WCS and being “like-minded”
Lobbyist, schmobbyist! At the work session Thursday night, the board debated a proposal to spend $15,000 to hire a lobbyist to make sure...
Dec 13, 2014
Looking for Something?
We hear that Susan Curlee has again gone fishing (via another Public Records Act request) for information about Williamson Strong. A few...
Dec 1, 2014
Calendar Confusion
According to state law, deliberations and decisions (aka votes) are supposed to happen during public meetings. Not before the meeting or...
Nov 27, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving!
We are so thankful for all the tremendous educators, administrators and staff in Williamson County Schools. Your dedication, skill, and...
Nov 16, 2014
Textbooks, Part 3: Check out the “experts”
A couple handfuls of textbook activists have successfully changed state law to make sure that non-educators have a greater say on...
Nov 13, 2014
Textbooks, Part 2: Socialism, Islam, and Pornography
“…an insidious action was at work to brainwash our children to be anti-free market, anti-capitalism, anti-Semitic, anti-Christian, pro...
Nov 12, 2014
Textbooks, Part 1: Nuts and Bolts
Wake up and smell the textbooks, ladies and gentlemen! Do you think about textbooks every day and twice a day on Sundays? No? We don’t...
Nov 10, 2014
Project 912 TN Leader Reports on WCS Board
J. Lee Douglas, Project 912 TN Founder and President, was at the School Board retreat Saturday. The following day, he reminded his...
Nov 4, 2014
Another Version of the Story: Let’s Talk School, October 28
One week ago, there was a Let’s Talk School meeting at Centennial. Both the Franklin Home Page and the Williamson Herald had good...
Oct 31, 2014
How much did AFP spend to influence WCS board elections? Conservative estimate: $50,000
AFP bragged that it spent $500,000 in Tennessee on Education/Common Core-related fights in the six weeks prior to the August elections....
Oct 31, 2014
Quick Recap: Let’s Talk School, October 30
The Let’s Talk School event in Fairview was very informative. Board members Beth Burgos, Candy Emerson, Bobby Hullett, PJ Mezera, Ken...
Oct 29, 2014
An Open Letter to Susan Curlee from Williamson Strong
Dear Mrs. Curlee: As Williamson County constituents and parents, we can’t see how some of your recent actions help move WCS forward....
Oct 27, 2014
Just the facts, Ma’am: The Director of Schools and the Board
There are several major issues that concern us regarding the intentions of the current school board. Among them: vouchers and charter...
Oct 20, 2014
Vouchers are Privatization
We believe that the way to build and strengthen a world-class public school system is to make sure that public schools are adequately...
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