News Release: 6/4/2018 -Warren County Schools STEM Education Program

For Immediate Release

May 30, 2018

Warren County Schools STEM Education Program: LEAN Frog Tri-State Best Practices Contest Grand Prize Winner

McMinnville, TN- Warren County Director of Schools Bobby Cox announced today that the Warren County School District has been recognized as the Grand Prize Winner of the Tri-State Best Practices Contest awarded by LEAN Frog for the Warren County Schools STEM Education Program. This high-quality career and technical education program centers around Mechatronics and helps students develop critical thinking skills, improves problem solving skills, and introduces students to career paths in engineering, robotics and industrial manufacturing. Warren County Schools was recognized as a Tennessee Co-Finalist in February 2018 along with Oak Ridge City Schools.

Warren County Schools went on to compete against Louisiana’s Jackson Elementary and Central High School as well as Alabama’s Eufaula City Schools and Muscle Shoals City Schools. Warren County Schools will receive $4,000 as the Grand Prize Winner.

Director of Schools Bobby Cox stated “We are extremely proud and humbled to be recognized as the Grand Prize Winner of the Tri-State Best Practices Contest and we appreciate LEAN Frog for recognizing our district and the other finalist. This would not have been possible without the vision of the Warren County Board of Education, our teachers and students and the leadership and support of our business roundtable and business partners. We have worked very hard to build and maintain an outstanding working relationship with our business community and post-secondary partners, Motlow State Community College and McMinnville-TCAT, and it is through these partnerships that we have been able to develop and enhance our STEM Education Program and expose our students to new and exciting technology.”