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WCS Creates Student Safe-Driving Task Force

Published January 26, 2017

Williamson County Schools is demonstrating its commitment to keeping students safe behind the wheel with the creation of a new task force.

In response to the recent group of teen accidents involving Williamson County students, the WCS Student Safe-Driving Task Force assembled for the first time January 26 to discuss proposals and ways to keep students safe.

“We’re trying to bring awareness to distracted driving and the things that have happened throughout Williamson County,” Summit High Principal Sarah Lamb said. “We want to be proactive and make sure students are safe.”

Williamson County Schools Special Projects Manager Dr. Angela Huff is spearheading the task force.

“We’ve tried to have representation from all parts of Williamson County, the state of Tennessee and also our internal folks,” Huff said. “We felt like we needed to have the right people at the table to help us make decisions on what our next steps should be to keep our students safe.”

Task force members heard presentations from representatives of the Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, AAA, the Tennessee Department of Health and the Nissan ThinkFast Project.

Nissan’s ThinkFast Interactive Project recently visited Franklin High School to educate students about the dangers of distracted driving.

Task force members are:

  • Sheriff Jeff Long – Williamson County Sheriff
  • Captain Mark Wainwright – Crime Prevention/SRO Division, Williamson County Sheriff’s Office
  • Zannie Martin – Director, Williamson County Juvenile Services
  • Sarah Cardinali – Nissan Senior Manager of Product Safety
  • Beth Vernon – Teen Driving Coordinator, Tennessee Highway Safety Office
  • Sarah Lamb – WCS Principal, Summit High School
  • Kevin Keidel – WCS Principal, Brentwood High School
  • Randy Hatley – WCS Assistant Principal, Page High School
  • Jeni Calvert – WCS Assistant Principal, Centennial High School
  • Anne McGraw – WCS Board Member
  • Jason Golden – WCS Deputy Director and General Counsel
  • Charles Farmer – WCS Assistant Superintendent, Secondary
  • Carol Birdsong – WCS Communications Director
  • Mike Fletcher – WCS Safety and Security Director
  • Becky Mitchell – WCS Counseling Specialist
  • Dr. Angela Huff – WCS Special Projects Manager