NASHVILLE, Tenn. (January 25, 2025) – In light of last week’s tragic events, Metro Nashville Public Schools is taking immediate steps to strengthen safety and security at Antioch High School. The school will remain closed for students on Monday, January 27, 2025, as staff use the day to prepare classrooms, plan for the week, and reflect as a community. Students will return to campus on Tuesday, January 28, 2025. Tuesday, through the remainder of the week, will not be a typical school day. Instead, Metro Nashville Public Schools will prioritize the emotional well-being of students with grief counseling, mental health…
Author: Metro Nashville Public Schools
The image of a white elementary school principal helping a young Black girl get home through an angry mob on the day she integrated her school – and just hours before it was blown to pieces – made Stephen MacKenzie want to write a book. It helped that his wife had been a teacher at the school during those extremely trying days. MacKenzie’s new book, told through the eyes of his wife, MaryAnne (Bruce) MacKenzie, got a one-of-a-kind launch party Tuesday morning at Hattie Cotton STEM Magnet Elementary School, the East Nashville school that was firebombed in September 1957, MaryAnne’s…