Tag Archives: truancy
Bright & Early: Merrily We Row Along Edition
Good morning, Nashville. One east Tennessee high school is pulling out all the stops to get kids to school on time. Every month, they dole out a $300 prize to a student who hasn’t been late that month for the student to split with his or her parents. And what is the first lucky winner [...]
Bright & Early: Wave Of The Future Edition
Good morning, Nashville. We thought we’d seen it all, but now we’re getting solar-powered trash cans to cut down on the amount of times our trash needs to be emptied by the city in hopes of saving some cash. Weirdly enough, Lipscomb University has been on the forefront of this as the first testing site, [...]
Bright & Early: Too Cool For School Edition
Good morning, Nashville. It sounds like our schools have a real truancy problem, and Police Chief Ronal Serpas is telling the Metro school board, “No more.” Serpas addressed the school board yesterday and blamed teachers and administrators for the problem, accusing them of slacking on taking roll and not doing anything about students who are [...]
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