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The @WCSedu is now discussing a resolution in opposition to HB2833 re: #charter schools, which would shorten the timeline for approval and allows charters to use district facilities: 
The #wcsb is asking with this resolution for local control. Sheila Cleveland who chairs the legislative committee on the Board, says this is on the TSBA "oppose" list which means the state board does *not* recommend this for Tennessee public school districts.
...notes it would allow charter schools to bypass local approval and go straight to the state for approval (and we know how @GovBillLee feels about sending public school taxpayer money to private charter schools.)
Follow along as we live tweet the #wcsb meeting which starts in about 20 mins. You can view the livestream here:
meeting has begun! 10/12 members present (Emerson and Aprea are absent.)
Chair Nancy Garrett takes a moment to ask we remember Board member Candy Emerson in our moment of silence on the recent loss of her husband. 💔
We will be covering the #WCSB school board meeting tonight starting at 6:30 p.m. Below is the link to the live stream. Follow along in this thread. 🧵
Here is the agenda. meeting.boeconnect.net/Public/Agenda/…
The Livestream has begun, and it does not appear there are many people in the audience. It is a relatively empty room compared to many recent meetings.
#WCSB meeting is beginning...follow us here for live tweeting. 🧵
ladies and gentlemen, we have a working livestream WITH audio! it's a September miracle!
Superintendent Jason Golden reminds us that this is the month when a new Board Chair is elected. He runs the meeting until that agenda item happens. All 12 members are present.
Williamson County School Board meeting starts soon - 6:30pm and public comment is up pretty quickly. Watch here (if it works!) . #wcsb
remember as you're watching that all the even-numbered districts are up for re-election next year (August 2022.) Tonight is D4 member Brad Fiscus's last meeting as they move out of state next week. We thank him for his service to our community the last few years!
Even-numbered districts include Dan Cash, Jay Galbreath, Candy Emerson, Eric Welch, and Board Chair Nancy Garrett in addition to the District 4 seat. wcs.edu/domain/1163
Business decorum is expected tonight at the Williamson County School Board meeting. Disruptive individuals will be asked to leave. No signs during the meeting. #WCSB
Kristen Benton, Daniel Martin and Steve Tabor (??) are being asked to the podium.
Benton is Moms for Liberty. She said she used to be proud of the school system. She said emergency online learning is not acceptable. Said she removed her children from WCS last year. Said they are about preside over the largest unenrollment of Williamson Co.
We will be live-tweeting the #wcsb meeting right here starting at 6:00. Fingers crossed this one is peaceful and doesn't end up in the national news. 🤞
We are curious what the crowd looks like right now. If you have photos, please share.
In case there are issues with the @WCSedu broadcast like last time, @NC5 will also be streaming.
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#wcsb meeting is back - missed a little bit since feed still isn't working. Golden says we can't solve covid.
We aren't going to solve covid when decisions are left up to local school boards. What we can do is mitigate, did that last year. (Jason Golden is the superintendent and is speaking now, just to be clear.) #wcsb
Golden gets interrupted and Chair gavels and tells a woman there's no talking. Golden says did summer school with about 1600 students, didn't have any positive cases in our school program. Audience claps.
Meeting will start in 8 mins! Stay tuned here for a pretty rapid fire live tweeting session of the meeting - we're fully charged up this time and should make it to the end! 🤞
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or you can watch it yourself on the livestream at
(still waiting on livestream to start....803 people waiting to be "let in" on youtube)
I'm going to attempt to watch the Moms For Liberty CRT 101 event on their Livestream & tweet some thoughts. I'll probably pause a lot so that I can take good notes, so my tweets might not be truly live. #wcsb
They've had the Livestream up early, playing a mix of the propaganda videos they have on their website, and Fox News clips about CRT.
They are now showing the Brain Pop video they find offensive.
Back at it, starting a new thread for #wcsb hour #2.
Voting to approve tonight's agenda. 12-0. #wcsb
Voting to approve consent agenda (items they don't individually vote on, lumped in as a package): 12-0. #wcsb
Livestream of tonight's #wcsb meeting - starting in about 15 minutes, will be live tweeting from this thread, public comment is one of the first agenda items.
ps internet connection is sloooooow so be patient with us if this has some fits tonight.
Chairperson Nancy Garrett (D12) announces to public commenters that they'll have 1 minute to speak, each. Believe there are a LOT (dozens?) signed up to speak....
Lots of parents and WCS community members here 1+ hour before the #wcsb meeting showing signs of support for diversity efforts:
People lined up for public comment sign-up:
We'll be live tweeting the #wcsb work session tonight at 6pm CST - be patient with us as we're a bit rusty! Agenda & livestream links can be found here: wcs.edu/domain/1164
key items of interest: Safety Planning after the 2020-2021 School Year; 2021-22 budget, Curriculum (not sure what this agenda item entails?)
Word on the street is there's a anti-mask rally in front of the #wcsb work session....looking for updates and will share if we have them.
