Dandenong Shire

Laurel Lodge was also the site of an elite ladies private school between 1869 and 1884. Headed by Miss Matilda Shaw it was "one of the leading boarding schools in the colony".

Laurel Lodge was a focal point of community life in the district and provides us with a link to the upper class social network of the past.A Mt. Juliet High School student was being held overnight in a Rutherford County juvenile detention facility for allegedly bringing an automatic handgun, a knife and police nightstick onto school campus Tuesday and faces a hearing before Juvenile Court Judge Barry Tatum at 8:30 Wednesday morning.

Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe said the weapons were found inside the 16-year-old students car Tuesday as Student Resource Officers searched his belongings. Ashe said the SROs were searching the car for an unrelated reason and indicated the search was connected to a report that the student possessed narcotics.

Ashe said the student had a .22 caliber Luger automatic handgun, a hunting knife and the nightstick in his car and was apprehended by school SROs and taken to the Rutherford County facility.

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