Hawkins County Schools announced the dates and times for its free summer reading book bus, Words on Wheels. Students in ...

HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. — All students in Hawkins County schools will be able to eat breakfast and lunch for free starting Jan. 3, 2024. The school district announced the pilot program on Dec. 13 ...

HAWKINS COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Hawkins County Schools was “deliberately indifferent to known race-based harassment in its schools” and will spend at least three years under a federal ...

On June 10, the U.S. Department of Justice said Hawkins County Schools agreed to settle a lawsuit that involved multiple instances of student-led racial harassment, such as students hosting a mock ...

Hawkins County contains 18 schools and 6,304 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 10%. The student body at the schools served by Hawkins County is 92% white, 0.6% Black, 0.3% Asian or ...

A state program aims to bring more school mental health professionals to Tennessee’s rural students. More than half of ...

The Justice Department launched an investigation into the Hawkins County School District in 2023 following a lawsuit by the mother of a student who faced most of the harassment. The investigation ...

Two students on the bus received medical treatment but only had minor injuries, Hawkins County Schools director Matt Hixson said in a statement. “Aleita was a longtime and valued Hawkins County ...

Hawkins County Schools (HCS) will begin its Summer Free Meals Program on Thursday. A flyer from HCS stated that any child aged 0-18 is invited to the drive-thru free ...