Rhea County contains 7 schools and 4,091 students. The district’s minority enrollment is 10%. The student body at the schools served by Rhea County is 84.1% white, 1.8% Black, 0.6% Asian or ...

But Supt. Messimer said the board is not sure as of yet how it will affect Rhea County Schools. Overall, the state and local governments will split the costs of the base and weights of the formula ...

Some 3,800 youngsters got Friday and Monday off because of the action taken by Dallas Smith, superintendent of Rhea County schools in east Tennessee, to ease transportation spending. "That kind of ...

Rhea County — Michael Wayne Ledbetter, a Rhea County Schools bus driver, was under the influence while on the job on Wednesday, the Rhea County Sheriff's Department said in a Facebook post ...

Rhea County Schools Director Jesse Messimer announced Thursday night that he plans on retiring at the end of this school year in June. Board Chairman Johnny Mincy said that the Tennessee State ...

Elizabethton said in a Facebook post that Rhea County schools are in danger of closing this week because of COVID-19 issues. But the Rhea Co administrators told our sister station WTVC ...

"We moved out of that old gymnasium because of the deterioration of the ceiling," Rhea County Director of Schools Jerry Levengood said. "It was examined, and the roof is irreparable, you can't ...

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Officers arrested two people in connection with a bomb threat Tuesday that led authorities to evacuate and close some schools. Dayton Police officers along with the Rhea County Sheriff's Office ...

Oneida will be closed on Monday. Union, Monroe, and Roane County schools will also remain closed on Monday. Rhea County Schools will be closed Monday and Tuesday. School staff will clean and ...