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2009-2010 First Day Information
Welcome back! As we begin a new school year, we want to make sure you know about any changes that may affect your child. If you have any questions that are not answered on this site, please contact the Customer Service Center at 259-INFO (4636).
First Day of School
Friday, Aug. 14, will be the first day of school for all MNPS students. Students will report to school at the normal start time, but will dismiss at the half-day. School times for regular, zoned schools on the 14th are:
- Elementary: 8 a.m. – 11.30 a.m.
- Middle: 8:55 a.m. – 12:55 p.m.
- High 7:05 a.m. – 10:35 a.m.
New Student Assignment Plan
This fall, the new student assignment plan takes effect. The plan, which rezoned approximately 10% of the student population, will primarily affect transportation, school sites, and school hours.
Transportation
Due to the new student assignment plan, several MNPS bus routes have changed for the 2009-2010 school year. By the first of August, each family eligible for transportation should have received a letter by mail explaining which bus each child rides, as well as the time and location of the child’s bus stop. If you have any questions regarding your child’s bus transportation, please contact the MNPS Customer Service Center prior to the first day at 359-INFO (4636), so we can help make sure your child gets on the correct bus.
School Sites – Reassignment and Renovation
Several MNPS schools closed permanently at the end of the 2008-2009 school year, while others will be temporarily relocated for building renovations. The facility changes for the 2009-2010 school year include:
- Martha Vaught MS will close.
- Nashville Big Picture High School will move from the Wharton building to the Martha Vaught building.
- Nashville Diploma Plus High School will open in the Martha Vaught facility with Nashville Big Picture High School.
- Brookmeade Elementary will close.
- The Wharton building will be closed for construction during the 2009-10 school year.
- Wharton Elementary will open, located at Brookmeade, serving grades K-4, for 2009-10 school year, while the Wharton building is renovated.
- Cora Howe closes.
- Ewing Park Middle School will close.
- Madison Special Ed. will move from the Madison building to Cora Howe.
- The Madison building will be closed for construction during the 2009-10 school year.
- Madison Middle School will open with grades 5-7 and temporarily be located at Ewing Park while the Madison building is renovated.
- McKissack Professional Development Center will close.
- Pearl Cohn High will serve grades 10-12 in the main Pearl-Cohn building and incoming 9th grade students will be located at Pearl-Cohn Freshman Academy at McKissack.
- Maplewood Freshman Grade Academy (currently housed at Dalewood) will return to Maplewood HS during winter break of 2009-10. At this time, the Dalewood facility will close.
Additional School Changes:
- Buena Vista will add 5th grade, Pk-5.
- Cockrill will add 5th grade, Pk-5.
- Park Avenue will add 5th grade, Pk-5.
- John Early MS will become a zoned school with grades 5-8. In 2010-11 John Early will have grades 6-8.
- WA Bass MS will have grades 6-8, the 5th grade will move into the elementary schools (Cockrill and Park Avenue).
- Smithson-Craighead adds grades 5-8, now serving students K-8.
- Lead Academy adds 8th grade.
- Nashville Global Academy is a new charter school that was approved and will begin with grades K-4 for the 2009-10 school year. The school will be located at 1704 Heiman Street, Nashville, TN 37208 (Old St. Vincent School).
Extended Day at some elementary schools
To fulfill the requirements in the new student assignment plan, several MNPS elementary schools will move to an extended school day. These schools, Cockrill, Shwab, and the new Wharton, will operate from 8 a.m. – 3:45 p.m., similar to the district’s enhanced option schools (Bordeaux, Buena Vista, Caldwell, Fall-Hamilton, Glenn, Kirkpatrick, Napier, Park Avenue and Warner).
MTA changes affect magnet school hours
MNPS magnet schools will operate from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., this school year due to changes with Metro Transit Authority. Construction of the new downtown convention center has forced MTA to close its Nance Landport at 6th and Demonbreun. As a result, all MTA buses and transfers will be made at the new MTA transfer facility downtown, Music City Central, located at 400 Charlotte. These changes take place Aug. 2.
Morning transfer times will see slight changes, with buses leaving downtown at between 7:20 – 7:25 a.m. and arriving at the schools around 7:40 a.m. Afternoon pickups will depart all of the magnet schools between 3:15 and 3:20 p.m., with the downtown transfer taking place between 3:30 and 3:40 p.m., and a scheduled departure at 3:40 p.m.
School Dress Code Policy
At the end of the 2008-2009 school year, all MNPS schools were given the option to opt out of Standard School Attire. Seven schools decided to opt out and will instead follow a district dress code. They include: Hillsboro High, Hume-Fogg, Meigs (partial opt-out), MLK, MNPS Middle College High, Nashville Big Picture High School and Nashville School of the Arts. A majority of the other schools in the district expanded the list of acceptable shirt colors, but decided to maintain the standard school attire. For specific information about a particular school, please contact that school’s office or visit the school website.
Principal Changes
During the summer, several school principal changes were made. For a complete list of reassignments, click here. |
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