September 12, 2019
By: Dwayne Page
State Representative Terri Lynn Weaver is on a tour of the 40th district visiting all the schools to meet with students, teachers, and principals.
She kicked off the tour this week in DeKalb County with a visit to all five schools. During her visits she shared copies of the U.S. Constitution with students in social studies classes and passed out flags.
“I got a chance to visit every school. We started at the high school and then at the middle school. I hand out Constitutions to the 8th grade and high school senior government classes. I got to share our nation’s history and some really cool stories about our founders and why we are a Republic. September 17, 1787 was when the U.S. Constitution was drafted and we are coming up on that day next week so that’s why I like to go to the schools in September to remind kids of or beginnings and why we are such an exceptional nation and the importance of preserving our Constitution. It was very exciting and lots of fun and the students were so excited to receive them (copies of the Constitution). They had questions and I love it when they ask questions and I ended it singing an acapella version of “God Bless America”,” said Representative Weaver.
As a member of the Education Committee in the State House of Representatives, Weaver said her district tour of the schools gives her a chance to hear directly from teachers and principals about their concerns and to share those views with her fellow state lawmakers in Nashville.
Representative Weaver said her next stops on the tour will be in Smith County and then to Trousdale and Sumner Counties.