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McKENZIE — The 2020-21 school year at McKenzie Special School District included daily temperature checks of students and the mandatory wearing of masks. In the April 6 meeting of the Board of Education, members voted to eliminate the daily temperature checks for the remainder of the school year.
In a survey of principals from McKenzie High School and McKenzie Middle School, only one student was flagged with an elevated temperature during the spring semester.
Millions of federal dollars are headed to the local school systems. According to documents released by the Tennessee Department of Education, the relief allocations are based on the number of Title I students served in the district. Those are students with low-income families or high-need students.
Local public school districts will receive the third round of stimulus funds known as Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) 3.0 - two relief allocations during the President Trump administration and one during the Biden administration.
The allocations are as follows for area school districts: Benton County $5,955,621; Henry County $7,863,862; Hollow Rock-Bruceton - $1,788,500; Huntingdon - $3,048,351; McKenzie $2,500,583; Milan $3,516,983; Paris City - $4,395,905; South Carroll - $865,882; Weakley County - $8,694,049; West Carroll $2,331,749.