There are 89 article(s) tagged Germantown Board of Education:

• March 2020

  • Germantown revises exam exemption policy

    Germantown has approved a modified policy on exam exemptions. The GMSD board wants to emphasize sick students should stay home.

    By Abigail Warren March 09, 2020

  • Germantown education board approved land swap in narrow vote

    Germantown's Board of Education approved a land swap Monday night that will give up 15 acres of land at Forest Hill Elementary in exchange for 21 acres of city property at Houston Levee Park. A previously proposed water tower will be placed off school property under the deal.

    By Abigail Warren March 03, 2020

  • Germantown Board of Education to review revised land swap

    The Germantown Municipal School District Board of Education is reviewing a controversial land swap Monday. The school district would give up land at Forest Hill Elementary in exchange for Houston Levee Park.

    By Abigail Warren March 02, 2020

• February 2020

  • Germantown approves revised land swap in narrow vote

    Germantown aldermen approved a revised land swap proposal to accommodate a water tower. 

    By Abigail Warren February 24, 2020

  • Germantown to vote on revised land swap, water tower location

    Germantown is expected Monday to consider a land swap that would move the location of a planned water tower near Forest Hill Elementary School.

    By Abigail Warren February 21, 2020

  • Germantown school leaders lay out legislative wish list

    The Germantown Municipal School District's Board of Education will take the district's legislative wishes to Nashville next week as they meet with state lawmakers. 

    By Abigail Warren February 11, 2020

  • Thornwood hotel, Dogwood cell tower head to Germantown Planning Commission

    The Germantown Planning Commission is set to review an amended outline plan for Thornwood and a cell tower at Dogwood Elementary School.

    By Abigail Warren February 03, 2020

• January 2020

  • Open enrollment begins for Germantown schools

    Open enrollment is available to those wishing to transfer to Germantown schools. Residents who wish to transfer to a school for which they are not zoned may also apply.

    By Abigail Warren January 27, 2020

  • Germantown won’t accept new non-residents at 3 elementary schools

    Germantown Municipal School District will not accept new non-residents next school year at three elementary schools – Dogwood, Farmington and Riverdale.

    By Abigail Warren January 16, 2020

  • Dogwood cell tower approved by Germantown Board of Education

    Germantown's Board of Education approved a cell tower at Dogwood Elementary School Monday. The tower proposal must still go through multiple city approval steps before construction begins at the site.

    By Abigail Warren January 14, 2020

  • Germantown Parks Commission voices support for proposed land swap with school district

    The Germantown Parks Commission Wednesday evening endorsed a proposed land swap between the city and Germantown Municipal School District.

    By Abigail Warren January 10, 2020

  • Germantown Parks and Recreation Commission to review land exchange

    Germantown’s Parks and Recreation Commission will discuss a proposed land swap between the city and school district in a special called meeting Wednesday, Jan. 8.

    By Abigail Warren January 07, 2020

• August 2019

  • Germantown school leaders concerned by land swap agreement

    The five Germantown Board of Education members have concerns about a land swap. The city proposed giving the district Houston Levee Park in exchange for 15 acres at Germantown Municipal School District's new elementary school.

    By Abigail Warren August 22, 2019

  • Germantown Board of Education to review land swap Monday

    Germantown Board of Education is reviewing the city's request for 15 acres of the new elementary school site for a water tower. In exchange, the school board would receive 5 acres, including a field for softball.

    By Abigail Warren August 19, 2019