On Tuesday, September 16, 2025, the school resource deputy assigned to the Chattanooga Center for Creative Arts was made aware of a student who had made threats of mass violence involving students. During the investigation, school administrators discovered that the same student had shown students a journal containing a hit list. Based on the investigation, …
July has reached it’s midpoint and back-to-school time will soon be here. While most parents know very well the days and dates, sometimes we do need a little reminder…and with that, here’s the school calendars for our area public schools (and others, as provided)… We have also linked to a downloadable PDF — just look …
During November, the Tennessee Department of Education has been celebrating Career Development Month by highlighting the Career and Technical Education (CTE) and Innovative School Models (ISM) programs that provide every student with the necessary skills to pursue postsecondary education and high-skill, high-wage, and in-demand careers. The participation rate of middle school students in CTE courses nearly …
On Thursday, September 19, 2024, the School Resource Deputy assigned to Central High School was made aware of a student who reported a vague school-related threat. The alleged threat was a Snapchat video saying someone was going to pull a fire alarm and shoot people as they exited the school. The alleged video did not, …
On Tuesday, September 10th, 2024, The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy Unit investigated several separate threats of mass violence on school properties. The first occurred at Hixson Middle School, where the HCSO SRD was informed that a student stated he was going to “shoot the gym up”. During the investigation, statements were gathered …
On September 5, 2024, at approximately 6:30 A.M., the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy (SRD) assigned to Hunter Middle School was contacted by a school administrator and made aware of possible threats of mass violence made against Hunter Middle School by a student. The student was located and immediately isolated by school administrators …
Problems continued Wednesday in Hamilton County. A school administrator notified the Sheriff’s Office School Resource Deputy assigned to Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences of a group text message between students and a former student involving a threat to CSAS. The student posted several images of schematics for an explosive device and armor-piercing bullets …
Another day, another issue at a Hamilton County School. On Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at approximately 10 A.M., Administrative staff at East Hamilton Middle School received a tip that a student had brought a weapon with them to the campus. The school’s administration searched the student’s locker and found two backpacks. One backpack contained a …
