Lee Continues to Lose in Court

 Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee continues to face losses in federal court. This time, a federal judge has ruled that legislation he supported banning mask mandates in schools cannot be enforced. That is to say, those districts using mandatory masking to protect the health and safety of students and teachers may continue to do so. 

Lee continues to lose in court, and the ruling is being interpreted as having broad application to the entire state, therefore allowing districts with mask mandates to circumvent the recently-passed state legislation.

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COVID Prayers

A church group in Gallatin held a "park and pray" event ahead of the start of school with a special focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. Here's more:

This isn’t the first time members of the First Baptist Church in Gallatin have prayed for students, teachers and staff, but this time it’s different.

"We know that the virus is limited us and in the past we’ve gone into the schools and prayed in the highways and prayed for teachers and the doors," said Jeremiah Scott, youth pastor.

So instead, the church and the community parked and prayed in the parking lot of Gallatin High School. The church even used a radio transmitter to pray through the radio.

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Bill Lee is Ready for Football

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is ready for football. Lee signed an executive order this week allowing the start of contact sports, including football, to coincide with the start of school.

The return of high school sports also coincides with a significant jump in the number of cases of COVID-19 in children -- all BEFORE schools are back in session.

Sumner County is slated to begin school on a hybrid schedule on August 3rd.

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Sumner School Board to Vote on Request to #CancelTNReady

The Sumner County School Board will vote tomorrow night (7/21) on a resolution calling on the state to waive testing and accountability requirements for the 2020-21 school year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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