School Challenges, Online Safety and Enrollment Policy

Putnam County Schools are adapting to new Tennessee requirements involving trafficking prevention, online safety, screen time, vouchers, and recess, alongside a second-reading-approved tuition-based out-of-county enrollment policy. Cookeville High's unresolved TSSAA eligibility request remains an accountability issue, while an Upperman sectional volleyball match and Tennessee Tech's Oct. 19-23 transfer-application window and scholarship offer are timely local-interest items.