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Tennessee School Board Approves Christian Nationalist Charter School
Hillsdale College will operate a new school in Rutherford County in 2024
Gov. Bill Lee recruited Hillsdale College of Michigan to open a network of charter schools in the state — a plan he announced last year in his State of the State Address.
Last year, Hillsdale applied to open “American Classical Academy” in three districts — Jackson-Madison, Clarksville-Montgomery, and Rutherford County.
All three rejected Hillsdale and the charters then appealed to the State Charter Commission. Eventually, though, they withdrew those appeals.
Instead, they would submit new applications in five districts — Maury, Montgomery, Madison, Robertson, and Rutherford.
School boards in Maury, Montgomery, and Robertson counties rejected Hillsdale’s new applications.
However, last night, the Rutherford County School Board voted 5–2 to approve a Hillsdale charter that would open in 2024.
