Why can’t school nurses use Band-Aids? 🩹

🎙️ Tips for New Singer-Songwriters

Are you one of Nashville’s many aspiring musical artists? Local singer-songwriter Nick Tabron has some tips for you on today’s City Cast Nashville podcast. [🎧 City Cast Nashville]

🩹 School Nurses Need Waiver to Provide First-Aid

A new law went into effect on July 1 that will prohibit Metro school nurses from providing basic first aid to their students unless a parental waiver is signed. The Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act was meant to target care for trans students, but the vague wording means nurses might lose their license for rudimentary care, including using Band-Aids. [Nashville Banner]

• My first grader’s waiver was in her school folder. Sign it if you don’t want the school to call you for every minor scrape or paper cut!

🚌 Learn About the New Transit Referendum

Wonder how the Nov. 5 transit referendum compares to 2018’s? Cynthia Abrams at WPLN analyzes the marked differences between Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s transit plan and the one proposed by former Mayor Megan Barry. [WPLN]

🏥 Meharry Medical College Doubles Its Endowment

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a $175 million donation to Meharry Medical College in Nashville, the largest donation in the school’s 136-year history. The gift is part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Greenwood Initiative, a program to redress historic underfunding in Black communities. [The Tennessean]

It’s time for our weekly photo challenge, where I show you a cool place around Nashville, and you try to guess where it is.

Let’s start by reviewing last week’s challenge and winner:

Today’s super star is Judy Kaye Brown! Congrats on winning last week’s challenge. I took this picture at H.G. Hill Park, located in the Nashville West Shopping Center, across from World Market. I frequently take my daughter to the playground here after a Target run. There’s also a loop for walkers/runners, and the bathrooms are usually clean. Considering how busy this shopping center is, I’m surprised by how empty the park typically is.

Now onto this week’s challenge:

Do you know where this tiger friend statue lives? Reply to this email or click the button below to tell me!