| Maury County Department of Education | |
|---|---|
| Type and location | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1873 |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Maury County, Tennessee |
| District Info | |
| Budget | 88 million (USD)[1][2][3] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | ?? |
| Teachers | 60+ |
| Other information | |
| Schools | 21 |
| Director of Schools | Eddie Hickman |
| Teachers' unions | Tennessee Education Association |
| Website | MauryK12.org |
The Maury County Board of Education is an 11 member board with ten elected from districts outlined in the county and one appointed by those elected ten. According to the Tennessee Code Annotated; The local board of education is a policy-making legislative body and the individual member is an official of the state. Except during an official meeting, a board member has no more power, authority or jurisdiction over school matters than any other citizen in the community. A school board’s primary duty is to provide the opportunity for the best and most appropriate education for all children entrusted in its care. Tennessee currently has 136 public school districts.
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Miss Florence Ella Hatton was a tenured elementary school teacher at Macedonia Negro School holding a graduate degree from Tennessee State University and was certified by the Tennessee Department of Education. She was employed by Maury County Board of Education and was tenured in 1966. She was discharged without notice and was told it was because of funds not being available and enrollment being down at the negro school.[4] She served as fourth grade homeroom teacher, instructor of health and physical education and social studies and part-time librarian at the school prior to her dismissal.[5]
In February 1970 United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit ruled against Maury County Board of Education and awarded Miss Hatton with the reinstatement of her employment with the county as well as back-pay for the time off and costs of court proceedings.[6] Additionally with this court proceeding the Sixth Circuit realized Maury County Board of Education had not yet implemented desegregation ordered by Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954) in 1954.[7] This case was profound for the sake of civil rights in central Tennessee since it brought a previously unrecognized noncompliant school district into the spotlight and forced them to desegregate 16 years after it was initially ordered.[8]