Maury County Public Schools (MCPS) is a school district headquartered in Columbia, Tennessee. It serves Maury County, the sole school district doing so.[4]
The Maury County Board of Education is an 11-member school board governing the district. According to the Tennessee Code Annotated, the local board of education is a policy-making legislative body, and its members are classified as officials of the state. Except during an official meeting, a board member has no more power, authority or jurisdiction over school matters than any other citizen in the community.
Mt. Pleasant Middle School of the Visual and Performing Arts
Spring Hill Middle School
Battle Creek Middle School
Elementary schoolsedit
Highland Park Elementary School
Spring Hill Elementary School
J. R. Baker Elementary School
Joseph Brown Elementary School
Randolph Howell Elementary School
McDowell Elementary School (Permanently Closed)
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School
Riverside Elementary School
J. E. Woodard Elementary School
Marvin Wright Elementary School
Battle Creek Elementary School
Controversyedit
Hatton v. County Board of Education of Maury County, Tennessee (1970)edit
In 1968 Florence Ella Hatton was a tenured African-American elementary school teacher at Macedonia Negro School; she had been working for the school system for about six years and had an undergraduate degree from Tennessee State University and state certification. Employed by Maury County Board of Education, she had received tenure in 1966. In a position funded by Title One money from the federal government, intended to aid lower income students, Hatton served as fourth-grade homeroom teacher, instructor of health and physical education, and social studies, and as a part-time librarian at the school.[5] Two days before the start of school in 1968, she was discharged, told that the district had lost Title I funds and had to cut her position.[5]
Learning that the Board had hired non-tenured white teachers for other positions after she was discharged, Hatton filed a suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee for protection under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, seeking reinstatement and back pay. In this court proceeding, the District Court learned that the Maury County Board of Education had not fully implemented desegregation, as required by Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) in 1954. The court found that the Board's "freedom of choice" plan had not achieved sufficient desegregation and in 1969 ordered the Board of Education to create a plan to achieve that.[5] The school district's plan had to be approved by the District Court and was submitted to the Appeals Court when the County School Board appealed the lower court's decision. The District Court ruled that Hatton was not discharged because of race, accepting the Board's statement that she was discharged because she was incompetent, but the [5] Appeals Court reversed this decision, as Hatton had been employed for six years and had earned tenure without any objections. It found that the Board had never filed papers to support the claim of incompetence. In addition, white non-tenured teachers had been hired after Hatton was discharged, although the District had claimed not to have funds for any position that she might fill. Under the state's tenure policy, tenured teachers have preference for open positions before non-tenured ones.[5]
In February 1970 the United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit ruled against the Maury County Board of Education. It awarded Hatton with reinstatement of employment with the county, as well as back-pay for the time off, and costs of court proceedings.[5] This case was important to civil rights in Tennessee, as it brought a secretly noncompliant school district into the public spotlight, forcing it to desegregate 16 years after the Supreme Court had ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional.
Cases cited in decisionedit
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County, 391 U.S. 430, 88 S.Ct. 1689, 20 L.Ed.2d 716 (1968)
Hobson v. Hansen, 44 F.R.D. 18 (D.D.C. 1968)
Raney v. Board of Education of Gould School District, 391 U.S. 443, 88 S.Ct. 1697, 20 L.Ed.2d 727 (1968)
Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of Jackson, Tenn., 391 U.S. 450, 88 S.Ct. 1700, 20 L.Ed.2d 733 (1968)
Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S.Ct. 686, 98 L.Ed. 873 (1954)
Brown v. Board of Education, 349 U.S. 294, 75 S.Ct. 753, 99 L.Ed. 1083 (1955)
Stell v. Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, 333 F.2d 55, 60 (5th Cir.) 379 U.S. 933, 85 S.Ct. 332, 13 L.Ed.2d 344 (1964)
St. Helena Parish School Board v. Hall, 287 F.2d 376 (5th Cir.), 368 U.S. 830, 82 S.Ct. 52, 7 L.Ed.2d 33 (1961)
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Maury County Public Schools MCPS is a school district headquartered in Columbia Tennessee It serves Maury County the sole school district doing so 4 Maury County Department of EducationLocationMaury County Tennessee United StatesDistrict informationTypePublicEstablished1873Director of SchoolsLisa VenturaSchools21Budget88 million USD 1 2 3 Students and staffStudents12 259Teachers825Other informationTeachers unionsTennessee Education AssociationWebsitewww wbr mauryk12 wbr orgThe Maury County Board of Education is an 11 member school board governing the district According to the Tennessee Code Annotated the local board of education is a policy making legislative body and its members are classified as officials of the state Except during an official meeting a board member has no more power authority or jurisdiction over school matters than any other citizen in the community Contents 1 Schools 1 1 Unit schools 1 2 High schools 1 3 Junior Middle Schools 1 4 Elementary schools 2 Controversy 2 1 Hatton v County Board of Education of Maury County Tennessee 1970 2 1 1 Cases cited in decision 3 See also 4 ReferencesSchools editUnit schools edit Santa Fe Unit School Hampshire Unit School Culleoka Unit SchoolHigh schools edit Spring Hill High School Columbia Central High School Mt Pleasant High School Battle Creek High School opening fall of 2024 Junior Middle Schools edit E A Cox Middle school Whitthorne Middle School Mt Pleasant Middle School of the Visual and Performing Arts Spring Hill Middle School Battle Creek Middle SchoolElementary schools edit Highland Park Elementary School Spring Hill Elementary School J R Baker Elementary School Joseph Brown Elementary School Randolph Howell Elementary School McDowell Elementary School Permanently Closed Mt Pleasant Elementary School Riverside Elementary School J E Woodard Elementary School Marvin Wright Elementary School Battle Creek Elementary SchoolControversy editHatton v County Board of Education of Maury County Tennessee 1970 edit In 1968 Florence Ella Hatton was a tenured African American elementary school teacher at Macedonia Negro School she had been working for the school system for about six years and had an undergraduate degree from Tennessee State University and state certification Employed by Maury County Board of Education she had received tenure in 1966 In a position funded by Title One money from the federal government intended to aid lower income students Hatton served as fourth grade homeroom teacher instructor of health and physical education and social studies and as a part time librarian at the school 5 Two days before the start of school in 1968 she was discharged told that the district had lost Title I funds and had to cut her position 5 Learning that the Board had hired non tenured white teachers for other positions after she was discharged Hatton filed a suit in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee for protection under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment seeking reinstatement and back pay In this court proceeding the District Court learned that the Maury County Board of Education had not fully implemented desegregation as required by Brown v Board of Education 347 U S 483 1954 in 1954 The court found that the Board s freedom of choice plan had not achieved sufficient desegregation and in 1969 ordered the Board of Education to create a plan to achieve that 5 The school district s plan had to be approved by the District Court and was submitted to the Appeals Court when the County School Board appealed the lower court s decision The District Court ruled that Hatton was not discharged because of race accepting the Board s statement that she was discharged because she was incompetent but the 5 Appeals Court reversed this decision as Hatton had been employed for six years and had earned tenure without any objections It found that the Board had never filed papers to support the claim of incompetence In addition white non tenured teachers had been hired after Hatton was discharged although the District had claimed not to have funds for any position that she might fill Under the state s tenure policy tenured teachers have preference for open positions before non tenured ones 5 In February 1970 the United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit ruled against the Maury County Board of Education It awarded Hatton with reinstatement of employment with the county as well as back pay for the time off and costs of court proceedings 5 This case was important to civil rights in Tennessee as it brought a secretly noncompliant school district into the public spotlight forcing it to desegregate 16 years after the Supreme Court had ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional Cases cited in decision edit Green v County School Board of New Kent County 391 U S 430 88 S Ct 1689 20 L Ed 2d 716 1968 Hobson v Hansen 44 F R D 18 D D C 1968 Raney v Board of Education of Gould School District 391 U S 443 88 S Ct 1697 20 L Ed 2d 727 1968 Monroe v Board of Commissioners of Jackson Tenn 391 U S 450 88 S Ct 1700 20 L Ed 2d 733 1968 Brown v Board of Education 347 U S 483 74 S Ct 686 98 L Ed 873 1954 Brown v Board of Education 349 U S 294 75 S Ct 753 99 L Ed 1083 1955 Stell v Savannah Chatham County Board of Education 333 F 2d 55 60 5th Cir 379 U S 933 85 S Ct 332 13 L Ed 2d 344 1964 St Helena Parish School Board v Hall 287 F 2d 376 5th Cir 368 U S 830 82 S Ct 52 7 L Ed 2d 33 1961 See also editMaury County TennesseeReferences edit Maury County Board of Education General Fund Budget Maury County Board of Education 2011 2012 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on October 1 2011 Retrieved August 20 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on October 1 2011 Retrieved August 20 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link 2020 CENSUS SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP Maury County TN PDF U S Census Bureau Retrieved August 27 2022 Text a b c d e f Hatton v County Board of Education of Maury County Tennessee United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit 422 F 2d 457 5 Open Jurist Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maury County Public Schools amp oldid 1215513122, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
