She is a high-energy teacher whom students love. That’s what peers say about Kelly Peters, a fourth-grade English language arts and social studies teacher at Rutland Elementary School in Mt.

Thousands of high school seniors graduated across Middle Tennessee in May including graduates who got valedictorian and salutatorian distinctions.

"The #1 goal is to increase the safety, so we want to increase the safety of not just students, but also parents, teachers ...