Dear Resident,
Just a quick note. Please take special care today as School will be back in session and the 15 mile per hour speed zones will be enforced. Please watch for children on corners and walking along roadways.

Brush pick-up is scheduled to begin today across District 28, however, the crews are about two weeks behind due to severe storms over the summer. I'm told they are working seven days per week to catch up. No matter what, be sure to have your limbs and brush out and ready to go.

Duane
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Just received this forwarded to me from Congressman Marsha Blackburn. Sorry about the short notice, but I just got it this evening. According to news articles, Jim Cooper is not holding special meetings here in Nashville regarding the health care bills before the US Congress. See more info at http://wpln.org/?p=10468 or http://www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=10894836.

Health Care Town Hall
Friends,
I will be hosting a town hall meeting on health care in Nashville this Friday. My special guest for the town hall will be nationally recognized health care expert Dennis Smith, former director of the federal Center for Medicaid and State Operations at the Department of Health and Human Services. All of the pertinent information is below.
I hope to see you there,
Marsha

WHAT: Health Care Town Hall Meeting
WHO: Congressman Marsha Blackburn and Health Care Expert Dennis Smith
WHERE: Embassy Suites Franklin, 820 Crescent Center Drive
WHEN: Friday, August 14th 10:00 – 11:00 AM

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MNPS launches national search for associate superintendent;
announces return of former administrator in interim role
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 13, 2009) – Dr. Aldorothy Wright, a former assistant superintendent for high schools and student services, has agreed to return to MNPS in a temporary role as Associate Superintendent for High Schools. Wright retired from the district five years ago, having served more than 41 years with MNPS.
“To have someone with Dr. Wright’s knowledge and experience in this position is extremely important,” said Director of Schools Jesse Register. “She can come in with an immediate ability to keep all our reform work and support to high schools on track while we conduct a national search for a permanent associate superintendent. I appreciate her willingness to answer my call.”
Dr. Wright retired in June 2004, having served since 2001 as Assistant Superintendent for Student Services. During her tenure with MNPS, she also served as a teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent for Instruction and Administration, 9-Adult.
The district is now seeking applicants for the associate superintendent’s position, following last week’s announcement that former Associate Superintendent Jim Briggs had requested a reassignment to Big Picture High School. High school reform is one of the key initiatives underway in MNPS -- one reason Dr. Register says a national search is required to ensure the district hires the candidate best able to lead in this important area. Dr. Wright will serve until the next associate superintendent is hired.
Metro Nashville Public Schools provide a range of educational opportunities to more than 75,000 students in Nashville and Davidson County. The governing body for MNPS is the Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County Board of Public Education, a nine-member group elected by residents of Metropolitan Nashville. For more information, please visit www.mnps.org.
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Football Traffic
August 13, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Traffic in the downtown area Saturday afternoon and evening will be heavier than normal due to the 7 p.m. sold-out NFL preseason game between the Tennessee Titans and Tampa Bay Buccaneers at LP Field.
By 4:30 p.m., the Woodland Street Bridge will close to regular traffic and be available only to pedestrians and shuttle buses.
Fans parking north of Broadway, and those who use state parking lots, can safely walk across the Woodland Street Bridge from downtown to LP Field. For fans parking along and south of Broadway, the Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge will provide safe, enjoyable and easy access to the game.
The Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge (Gateway Bridge), which connects East Nashville to 4th Avenue North, will be open to eastbound and westbound traffic until moments before the conclusion of each game this season. However, there will be no access to the LP Field campus to eastbound traffic coming across the bridge from the downtown area in the two-hour period before each game (eastbound vehicles coming across the bridge will not be allowed to turn left onto the LP Field campus).
At the conclusion of each game this year, all lanes of the Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge will be open to westbound traffic only, which should more quickly disperse congestion around LP Field.
Gates to LP Field will open at 5 p.m. Saturday. Stadium parking lots will open at 3 p.m. to Titans fans with parking passes. Football fans are reminded that only persons with parking passes will be allowed to park on the stadium campus. Fans without parking passes who drive to the LP Field campus will be turned away. Those fans are urged to save time and find parking in the downtown area and walk to LP Field or ride an InShuttle Transportation, Inc. shuttle bus.
InShuttle will provide park and ride bus service for this game from the state parking lots at 4th Avenue North & Harrison Street, and from 10th Circle North downtown (off Charlotte across from TSU’s downtown campus), beginning at 5:30 p.m. The cost for a roundtrip shuttle ticket is $12 per person.
After the game, football fans are asked to be patient as police officers work to direct traffic away from LP Field as quickly and efficiently as possible.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nearly 70 uniformed Metro police officers and supervisors dedicated to ensuring a safe learning environment are ready to join Nashville’s public middle and high school students when they return to the classroom on Friday.
Of the city’s 18 high schools, 12 will have two officers assigned to each building (Hillwood, Hillsboro, Pearl-Cohn, Overton, Stratford, Maplewood, McGavock, Antioch, Glencliff, Cane Ridge, Hunters Lane and Whites Creek). Six will have one officer assigned to each building (Hume Fogg, Martin Luther King, Nashville School of the Arts, Maplewood 9th Grade Annex, Pearl-Cohn 9th Grade Academy, and East Magnet, which serves grades 5-12).
The city’s 35 middle schools will each have one permanent officer position. In addition to responding to any emergencies that might arise, most middle school officers have been cross-trained to teach the GREAT (Gang Resistance Education & Training) and DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) curriculums. Those officers will be spending a good deal of time in the classroom teaching and interacting with students.
“As the new school year begins, the police department will continue to be very serious about ensuring meaningful and peaceful learning environments on campuses throughout Nashville,” Chief Ronal Serpas said. “We will also work with the administration of the school system to closely monitor attendance issues to help ensure young people are actually in class when they’re supposed to be and not out on the streets.”
In addition to police officers, more than 170 crossing guards and supervisors will be on duty Friday and throughout the school year during campus arrival and departure times. School crossing guards work to ensure the safety of children at street corners and intersections surrounding Davidson County schools. Motorists are strongly encouraged to watch for and obey the 15 mph speed limit in school zones.
School crossing guard vacancies presently exist, and applications are always being accepted from interested persons age 21 and over. The pay is $9.41 per hour. Benefits include great working hours, furnished uniforms and equipment. Those interested in employment as a school crossing guard are encouraged to contact 862-7752 for application