Montgomery County middle school students were headed to attend Grand Prix event in Jackson through STEM program, parent says
CEDAR GROVE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A parent whose little one was reported on the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System’s bus that was concerned in a deadly crash in Carroll County on Friday has confirmed to WSMV4 particulars concerning the journey the students were on.
Suzy Butler, a parent of a Kenwood Middle School scholar, confirmed to WSMV4 that the sector journey bus was carrying STEM students from Montgomery County to Jackson for a GreenpowerUSA event.
Butler stated that there were about 24 students and 4 academics on the journey. The students had been engaged on a Greenpower curriculum all 12 months, which concerned constructing a automobile or cart from the bottom up.
According to GreenpowerUSA, the Toyota Hub City Grand Prix was scheduled for March 27-28 on the Rockabillys Baseball Stadium in Jackson, Tennessee.
According to the list of registered teams for the event, Kenwood Middle 52 and 72 are listed among the many Int Stock Division.
The event’s schedule listed arrivals for Friday afternoon that will lead into observe classes. On Saturday, groups were set to arrive in the morning earlier than Heat 1 for Middle Schools which started at 9 am, with Heat 3 for Middle Schools at 1 pm, with the awards ceremony set for five pm
CMCSS experiences that the school bus was transporting a gaggle of Kenwood Middle School students and staff to Jackson for a area journey on Friday.
The bus was concerned in a crash in Carroll County and households of the entire occupants on the bus have been contacted.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol is the lead company in investigating this crash and CMCSS doesn’t have any further data presently.
There’s been at the least one fatality and a number of critical accidents reported presently.
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