Tennessee Conservative
Following Our Story Regarding Knox County School Kids Being Isolated And Segregated From Other Students For Refusing Masks, Parents Have Reached Out To Us With Stories From Their Schools. One Such Parent Of A Farragut Intermediate School Student Shared The Isolation Conditions The Children Are Experiencing.
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Reports Are Coming In That Children In Knox County Schools That Are Choosing To Not Wear Masks Are Being Placed Into “Holding Areas,” Isolated From Other Children.
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A Special Session Of The Tennessee General Assembly Needs To Be Called. Joe Biden Drew A Line In The Sand And Has Challenged Us To Cross It. Tennessee’s Leaders And Elected Officials Have A Choice To Make. We Are Either On Joe Biden’s Side Or On The Side Of Tennesseans. We Must Address Biden’s Executive Order, Vaccine And Mask Mandates, Parental Rights, Excessive Quarantining, Stronger Vaccine Passports, And Protections Against Harassment And Coercion.
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Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn Has Granted Eight Of 14 Waiver Requests From Tennessee School Leaders Wanting To Switch Temporarily To Remote Learning Under A COVID Response Plan That Began This Week.
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On August 10, 2021 The Rutherford County Board Of Education Reviewed And Approved A Procedure Intended To Prevent Students And Staff From Being Quarantined Who Were Covid Free Or Symptom Free. Despite This Clear Intent, The Director Of Schools For Rutherford County Schools (RCS) Unilaterally Changed This Procedure To remove Non-Symptomatic And Non-Covid Positive Students From Schools–With No Input, Consultation, Or Vote From The Board. The Legality Of RCS Moving Forward With These Procedures Is Questionable, But The Result Is Not.
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Several Schools Across Tennessee Have Begun Shutting Down Citing A “Strong Surge In COVID Cases And Quarantines Among Teachers And Staff” And They Have Been Alerted That Remote Learning Is An Option On A Conditional Basis.
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On Wednesday, August 25, Governor Bill Lee Said He Has No Plans For Tennessee To Shift Back To Remote Learning. Lee Said This Is “In Part Because We Saw Just How Devastating The Learning Loss Impact Was When We Went Remote.”
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Following Suit With The University Of Tennessee System Of Schools, Chattanooga State Community College Has Issued A Campus-Wide Mask Mandate For The Entire Campus Community, Regardless Of Vaccination Status And At All Of Its Locations.
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In A Letter That Was Sent To All TN School Superintendents, TN Dept Of Health Commissioner Lisa Piercey And TN Dept Of Ed Commissioner Penny Schwinn Outlined The State’s Directive To Collaborate With The Federal Government To Collect And Share Data Concerning Contact Tracing Of Children Among Other Private Information.
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Hamilton County School Board Members Approve School Repairs And COVID Leave For Teachers But Fail To Address The System’s Virtual Learning Program As Expected.
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