At the beginning of the 2019 school year, Principal Ricki Gibbs knew he had a tough job ahead. Warner Elementary in East Nashville had just landed on Tennessee’s list of lowest performing schools. It had lost so many students that it wasn’t even half full. Gibbs was the fourth principal in six years. Yet, he had seemingly unending enthusiasm and a federal magnet grant to boot. He was confident he could turn Warner around.
But what he didn’t anticipate was the neighborhood divide. Warner’s kids are almost all black and most live in poverty, but just about a mile up the road is another public elementary, named Lockeland, whose student body is exactly the opposite. What happens when you have two schools so close together yet so different? And what happens when people in the neighborhood finally start to notice?
Coming Soon: Behind The Blue Wall
The Final Exam
The Recruitment Divide
A Reckoning
Warner's Hope
What You Can't Unsee
The Unraveling
The Nashville Way
Season 2 Coming Soon
Update: Letting Go
Bonus 2: The Big Man Interview
Bonus
Part 6: The Future
Part 5: Get Some Gone
Part 4: The Great Divide
Part 3: The People And The Police
Part 2: A Beautiful Day In The Projects
Part 1: A Change is Gonna Come
Coming Soon: The Promise
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