SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TO ADDRESS REPUBLICAN WOMEN
Sumner County school board member Beth Cox will discuss current issues facing the school board at the Sumner County Republican Women’s Club’s meeting on March 21 at 9 a.m. at Shoney’s Restaurant in Hendersonville. Visitors are encouraged to attend. Breakfast is optional.

SUMNER COUNTY SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS

Homeless students in county tops 100 (Hendersonville Star-News, Mar 6, 2009)
School Board saves county $1.6 million (Hendersonville Star-News, Mar 6, 2009)
School technology lacking (Gallatin News-Examiner, Mar 11, 2009)
School construction at targeted cost (The Gallatin News, Mar 12, 2009)
Construction/owner advocate plan to be studied (The Gallatin News, Mar 12, 2009)
Meeting disruption policy worries some (Gallatin News-Examiner, Mar 13, 2009)

SCHOOL BOARD MARCH MEETING AGENDA SET
The Sumner County School Board will hold its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 17th, in the Board Room of the District Office, 695 E. Main Street in Gallatin, beginning at 6:00 PM. A copy of the agenda can be found here.

Items to be discussed and/or voted upon include:

-The establishment of a Homeless Committee
-Second and final reading of several Board Policies, including Disruption of School Board
-Meetings, Sumner County Athletic Committee and Cheerleading Selection
Adoption of a school board five-year plan based (in part or whole) on discussions held at the school board retreat in January
-A recommendation by the director of schools to rescind (make void) the December board decision to rename the current Knox Doss Middle School to Station Camp Middle School

The public is invited to attend. As always, the board allows time for citizen comments at the beginning of the meeting on any item that is on the agenda. You can also contact your school board member directly from the list below. This information can also be found on the Sumner County Schools website at http://www.sumnerschools.org.

District Board Member Email

1Mike Fussellmfussell@thoroughbredfinancial.com
2Tim Brewertim.brewer@sumnerschools.org
3Don Longdon.long@sumnerschools.org
4Beth Coxbeth.cox@sumnerschools.org
5Rob Wheelerrob@rwheelerlaw.com
6Danny Haledanny.hale@sumnerschools.org
7Ben Harrisbenjaminaharris@bellsouth.net
8Ted W. Wiseted.wise@sumnerschools.org
9Will Duncanduncanw@nctc.com
10Glen Gregoryggregory43@comcast.net
11David A. Browndave1brown@nctc.com


Michael Hurdle michael_hurdle@bellsouth.net

Sumner County School Board

SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN TO SPEAK TO HENDERSONVILLE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
Mike Fussell, Sumner County School Board chairperson, will be the guest speaker at the Hendersonville League of Women Voters. The meeting will be held Monday, March 9 at 7 p.m., in the Hendersonville Hospital Conference Room. Mr. Fussell will discuss major policy and construction issues facing the Board, with a question and answer period to follow. The public is encouraged to attend. The league is a nonpartisan political organization that seeks to provide the public with information on political candidates and public issues.

STAND FOR CHILDREN SEEKS TO MOVE TENNESSEE SCHOOLS FORWARD
[I received this email yesterday from Andy Spears and am passing it along as a courtesy – Michael]

Over 60 Stand for Children members and supporters converged on the Capitol last night to attend a Senate session and engage legislators in dialogue about moving Tennessee schools forward. The meeting focused on Tennessee's urgent need for reform in public education and Stand for Children's agenda to meet that need. Continued expansion of the Tennessee's high quality, voluntary Pre-K program was clearly a priority of Stand members, though legislators attending were cautious (get the full story here). Full funding of the BEP formula and the importance of BEP 2.0, and improving all schools by improving teacher and principal quality were also on the agenda.

Please take a moment to thank the legislators who attended and urge them to take bold action this legislative session to move our schools forward. Ask them to keep all 934 pre-K classrooms, fully fund the BEP, and support items like HB 1171/SB 1186 to improve teacher quality.*

The time is now to move our schools forward. Thanks for lending your voice to our movement!

Andy Spears
Director of Policy and Outreach, Stand for Children

SUMNER COUNTY SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS
Anger Erupts at School Board Meeting (The Gallatin News, Feb 19, 2009)
Holt asks for 3% schools budget cut (Hendersonville Star-News, Feb 20, 2009)
Knox Doss name change could top $75K (Gallatin News-Examiner, Feb 20, 2009)
Teachers Contract Still Under Negotiation (The Gallatin News, Feb 26, 2009)
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Sumner County Board of Education will be held 6:00 p.m. on March 17. The meeting will be in the Board Meeting Room of the Sumner County Schools District Office, 695 E. Main Street in Gallatin. This meeting is open to the public.

This message is from:
michael_hurdle@bellsouth.net

MODIFIED CALENDAR UPDATE

The Calendaring Committee presented their recommendations for the modified calendar for 2009-2010 to the school board at their study session in October. This document as presented is available for the review of parents, teachers and all other interested parties at the following link:

http://www.freewebs.com/mhurdle/Modified_Calendar_Draft_Copies.pdf

A quick word about the format of this document to make it less confusing. The first page of the document has comments specific to the recommended 9-1 proposal and a table at the bottom that shows how the calendaring committee voted on the two 9-2 proposals and two 9-1 proposals (9-2 meaning a two week break in the fall and spring, whereas 9-1 means a one week break in the fall and spring). The pages that follow are the four calendars that were presented and correspond to 9-1B, 9-2A, 9-2B and 9-1A (arranged in that order). In all likelihood, the calendars on page 2 (9-1 recommendation) and page 3 (9-2 recommendation) will be the ones to be debated next Tuesday at the November 18th regular session of the Sumner County Board of Education at 7:00 PM at 695 East Main Street, Gallatin.

The school board members are very eager to hear the opinions of not just teachers, but especially of parents and even those who may not have a child in school. You may send your comments to sumnerboe@bellsouth.net and please be sure to include your name and address at the bottom of your email so that each school board member can pay special attention to the comments from their own district. Thank you for your interest in this matter.

The Sumner County Board of Education will meet in regular session on Tuesday, October 21st at 7 PM in the District Office Board Room, 695 E. Main Street in Gallatin.



Among the items on the agenda:



o Consideration of facility use request for Merrol Hyde Magnet School from Middle Tennessee Super F League

o Consideration of utility bids for Drakes Creek Middle School

o Consideration of payment for paving GHS and BHS parking lots from Capital Outlay Funds

o Request for release of retainage on Portland High School addition

o Consideration of the adoption of a Modified Calendar format for Sumner County Schools

o Consideration of recommendation to change custodial supply vendors

o Consideration of Textbooks Adoption Committee

o Consideration of request to build softball storage facility at Westmoreland High School

o Consideration of request from Westmoreland High School to request funds from the County Commission



With regards to the modified calendar, if the school board votes to approve the modified calendar format this Tuesday night, then the calendaring committee will come back to the regularly scheduled November board meeting with 2-3 different calendars for 2009-2010 from which the school board will select one. Any citizen who wishes to learn more about serving on the calendaring committee should contact rick.eaton@sumnerschools.org



If you wish to provide feedback on any of the items to be discussed this month, please contact your local school board member or you may send an email to all school board members via sumnerboe@bellsouth.net.



For those who are interested in the outcome of last week's special called meeting, you may wish to refer to the article that was published on Friday in the Gallatin News-Examiner:

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081015/MICRO060101/81015109/1478/MICRO0601

1. SCHOOL BOARD UNANIMOUSLY ACCEPTS "ONE BOARD, ONE VOICE"
2. EDUCATION COMMITTEE TURNS DOWN FUNDING FOR BEECH AND GALLATIN HIGH SCHOOL PAVING PROJECTS - MONEY WILL HAVE TO COME FROM 08-09 SCHOOL BUDGET
3. SCHOOL BOARD CHAIRMAN CALLS SPECIAL MEETING TO CONSIDER CHALLENGING THE SCEA AS A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING UNIT

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SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, SEPTEMBER 23RD
In the continuation of the September 16th meeting of the Sumner County Board of Education, the school board voted unanimously to approve a motion made by board member Danny Hale that once a vote was taken by the school board on any given issue, that all members would accept the outcome as the board's decision and speak with "one voice". In other action, the board unanimously approved:
o The creation of a technology study committee to be led by Mr. Hale which will provide monthly reports for up to the next 12 months.
o A negotiated Memorandum of Understanding with SCEA on 08-09 salarieso A request to the Sumner County Commission for $4.8M to purchase the old Fleetwood Homes property for relocation of the transportation and maintenance facilities
o A request to the Sumner County Commission to approve up to $100K to cover change orders on the Gene Brown Elementary and Nannie Berry Elementary expansion projects.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEETING, OCTOBER 6TH

As reported in the Star-News and News-Examiner, the Education Committee of the County Commission voted to defer a final decision on the Fleetwood property until a special called meeting to be held on Monday, October 20th at 4:30 PM, by which time some alternate properties as identified by the interim County Executive will also be reviewed. In other action that was not reported by the newspaper, the Education Committee rejected the school board's request to fund the paving projects at Gallatin High School and Beech High School from the $75 million bond issue premium. The amount of these projects, which came in at $712,640 must now come out of the $179M balanced operating expenses budget for 2008-2009, which means cuts will need to be made elsewhere in the already approved budget. The motion to reject, made by Commisioner Hughes and seconded by Commissioner Goode, was approved by a 5-2 margin, with Commissioners Hughes, LeMarbre, Goode, Matthews and Vaughn voting aye and Commisioners England and Decker voting nay.

SCHOOL BOARD CALLS SPECIAL MEETING

Pursuant to a call by its chairman, the Sumner County Board of Education will hold a special called meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, October 14, 2008. The meeting will be held in the Board Meeting Room of the Sumner County Schools District Office, 695 E. Main Street, in Gallatin. The items to be considered are:
1. Retention of legal council to assist with the 403(b) plan requirements.
2. Retention of legal council to represent the Sumner County School system in pending legal action.
3. Discussion of union recognition pursuant to T.C.A. 49-5-605 and to consider all options open to the Board under the Tennessee Code Title 49 Chapter 5 Part 6.

For questions or to comment on the above school board items, please contact your local school board member. If you are unsure who your school board member is, or wish to address comments to all school board members at once, you may send an email to sumnerboe@bellsouth.net.

***Sumner County Board of Education MEETING****

The Sumner County Board of Education will resume their September 16th meeting on Tuesday, September 23rd at 7:00 PM, in the District Office Board Room, 695 E. Main Street, Gallatin. This meeting will be followed by a non-voting study session.

Topics on the unfinished Sep 16th agenda to be addressed:

o Discussion and/or action concerning District technology needs

o Consideration of negotiated Memorandum of Understanding with SCEA on salaries

o Consideration of final approval of purchase of the Fleetwood property and a request for $4.8 million in funding from the county commission (for new transportation/maintenance facility)

o Consideration of change order for Gene Brown and Nannie Berry elementaries

o Consideration of a request from Westmoreland High School to request funds from the County Commission

o Consideration of a request from Station Camp High School for a concession stand/restroom facility

o Consideration of Policy AA (School Board Legal Status and Authority)

Topics for the study session:

o Discussion of naming school facilities
o Report on Portland rezoning
o Report on Modified Calendar study

These are important issues that affect students and teachers across Sumner County and the public is encouraged to attend.

Sumner County School Info

Chief Nurse, Superintendent issue health reminders (Download.pdf)
Compensation Study Committee Meets Jan. 3 (Agenda.pdf)
12/14//07 School Health Issues Update (View)
Board approves 2008-09 Calendars (08-09 Regular) (08-09 Union Elem.)
State Releases Education Report Card (View)
Area Seminars Target Suicide Prevention (Click, scroll down for Info)
Board Meeting Television Schedule (.pdf file)
2007-08 School Calendars (Click Here)




Latest News
Latest Sumner County School Health Issues Update
12/14/07: A single case of MRSA Staph infection was confirmed at Rucker-Stewart Middle School in Gallatin on Friday, Dec. 14. Notices will be sent home to parents this afternoon. Out of an abundance of caution, additional cleaning has already taken place at the school. Appropriate measures have been taken involving the individual diagnosed with the infection. Privacy laws prevent us from making any additional comments about the individual. Local, regional, and state health officials have assured us that this situation is not unusual, nor is it a cause for undue alarm. We are taking steps to protect students and staff by following the advice given to us by public health officials.This brings to nine the number of Sumner County schools with a confirmed MRSA Staph infection case: J.W. Wiseman Elementary, Beech High, Gene Brown Elementary, Gallatin High, Clyde Riggs Elementary, North Sumner Elementary, Indian Lake Elementary, Hendersonville High, and Rucker-Stewart Middle.In the time since we received the first confirmation of an MRSA case in one of our schools, we have met with principals of all grade levels to discuss this situation. Information was provided by our chief nurse and our custodial supervisory staff concerning routine precautions that should be taken at every school. All of our schools have reviewed their standard cleaning activities to make sure we are doing everything possible to reduce the spread of any germs brought into our facilities.The following are downloadable pdf files of the letters sent to families of Rucker-Stewart students. We also are posting a packet of information concerning MRSA Staph infections that was provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. You may download the information here, or it is provided following this information along with a link to the CDC.

Rucker-Stewart Parent Letter.pdfStaph Fact Sheets.pdfLink to U.S. Centers for Disease Control information on MRSA in Schools

School Calendar for Sumner County Schools

All OTHER Schools See "ACROSS THE BOARD"

MEMO TO ALL SCHOOLS:
Please submit your school events, testing schedules, Open House, etc to:

cpuryear@mtcngroup.com or Fax 452-9110 Attention Cheryl Puryear
to publish the last publicatioin date of each month.

*Sporting events will not be included in this schedule

January 2008

Robert Ellis Middle School
1/9 Report Cards
1/15 Ellis Middle School Sponsored Red Cross Blood Drive 1-7pm
@ Hendersonville First United Methodist Church
1/22 Student Council Super Bowl Jersey Day School-wide participation


Hendersonville Christian Academy
1/10 Open House- 9 to 11 am, enter door 7
High School Coming Home Banquet 6:30 pm, enter door 12
1/22 Junior Class parent Meeting- 4pm, room 201
1/31 TACS District Fine Arts Competition 8:30 am in Auditorium/
& 2/1 Gym/Various Classrooms

Beech Elementary School
1/8 Report Cards
1/9 Geo Bee 4th/5th Grades
& 1/10 1/9 Classrooms, 1/10 Commons Area @ 8:15
1/24 Kindergarten Field Trip to Children's Theater

Walton Ferry Elementary School
1/10 School Wide Family Game Night 5-7:30 pm
Families are encouraged to bring favorite game
and get to know other families in the school community
1/17 Chic-Fil-A Spirit Night @ Glenbrook 4-8 pm
1/21 Inservice Day/Martin Luther King Day NO STUDENTS
1/28 Book Fair Starts

Beech High School
1/14 Report Cards
1/18- Indoor Soccer Tourney in Main Gym
1/20
1/21 Inservice Day/Martin Luther King Day NO STUDENTS

Sumner Residents

December 18, 2007

Dear Sumner Residents,

A few weeks ago, the Education Consumers Foundation sent detailed information on the performance of Sumner schools to every household in the county. Our purpose was to bring parents and taxpayers more fully into the conversation about school quality.

Part of the problem in informing the public is that schools are complex organizations; and even though extensive data is available, few individuals have the time or expertise to sort through it all and make sense of it. Thus, the school quality information that the parents do receive typically comes through spokesmen and media reports. This creates a conflict of
interest: as is the case with all institutions, schools have a vital interest in maintaining a favorable public image, and their efforts can therefore run counter to the interests of parents who would prefer to have the "whole story" and not just the most flattering news.

Parents and taxpayers are the parties who have the greatest stake in schooling, yet they are among the least well informed with respect to the availability of objective school quality evidence. Our Tennessee Project, which includes our Sumner County work as well as some other initiatives in the state, is an attempt to demonstrate that it is possible to take the sophisticated data on which schools in Tennessee are evaluated and make it directly accessible to parents, taxpayers, and their elected representatives.

Sumner County is a pilot for a program that we plan to expand across the state and eventually across the nation. Given the thousands of responses to our website and other feedback, we believe that the cause of parent and public engagement in schooling has been substantially advanced in Sumner County. Families are able to see for themselves how well their local schools are performing.

Within the education community, school quality is said to be indicated by wide variety of factors-all of which, it is argued, should be included in a performance evaluation. Among parents and taxpayers, however, there is a clear pattern of priorities. In general, outcomes are more important than process; thus a school that used ideal practices but failed to produce acceptable outcomes would not be deemed a success.

From a parent’s standpoint, the success had by a school in increasing a child’s knowledge and skills from year to year is the most important attribute of a school, so that’s why we built our school performance charts on TVAAS gains in reading and math. A school that falls short on this measure cannot be considered an effective school regardless of its strengths in other areas.

Furthermore, it is important that this information be known to the public. We all want to provide the best for our children, so we need to know both which schools we should seek and which we may want to avoid. Taxpayers similarly have a need to know which schools are doing the best. They need to know which schools deserve recognition and encouragement and which need to be strengthened. Without an informed electorate, the ability of a school board to carry out the public will in matters of school improvement necessarily remains weak and limited.
Our goal has been to let parents and taxpayers know what school performance information is available, where they can find it, and what it means. Our mailing was an introduction to this body of information and to sources such as our website and that of the Tennessee Department of Education. It was intended not just as one-time event but as the beginning of a process. Tennessee has spent hundreds of millions of dollars developing TVAAS just so school performance can be clearly measured and understood, and our mission is to systematically update parents and taxpayers as to its findings.

Our outreach effort included an e-forum for Sumner residents who might have questions about our report. Because almost all questions and comments were expressed to the moderator rather than the group, we have posted the answers online for review by all interested parties http://www.education-consumers.org/sumnerqna.htm.

This list will be updated as additional questions are submitted and responses provided.

Our next scheduled report is the release of our school performance charts updated with the TVAAS data that was publicly released on November 2, 2007.

We believe that schools can improve, and we know of counties where real improvement has taken place. For example, Knox County, where value-added assessment was born, has paid careful attention to the value-added performance of their schools and the results are evident. The same thing can happen in Sumner County. It has some excellent schools; and given its growing population and proximity to Nashville, it can become one of the premier school systems in the state. In fact, Sumner’s potential for excellence was one of the main reasons we chose it for a pilot project.

School effectiveness is not something that just mystically happens. It takes leadership and hard work fitted to local circumstances, so we have no certain formulas or pat answers as to how Sumner County should proceed from here. However, here are a few suggestions:

First, know that school effectiveness is determined by the actions of the schools, and not by the makeup of the students. It is entirely within the means of the schools to become great.

In a recent study, we looked at the common practices of Tennessee’s most effective elementary and middle schools and found that they share a great deal. Our report, "Effective Schools, Common Practices" is available on our website.

Sumner County has some highly effective schools; we suggest recognizing them for their efforts, finding out what practices they use, and sharing those with others in the system.
Publicly promote value-added achievement as a goal for schools to strive for. Both the Board and the County Commissioners have stated that they want to have the best schools in your region and value-added gain is the right way to measure whether that objective has been achieved (in fact, it’s the only valid measurement). By making it the primary criterion, everyone will be focused on the same indicator as you work toward that goal.

We believe that Sumner County has an historic opportunity: a widespread public understanding of educational quality among the public and the expressed support for action from many parents. If we can be of any assistance in advancing this effort, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
J.E. Stone, Ed.D.
President
Education Consumers Foundation

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This site gives you latest scores, game schedules and much more.

Beech High School
Recent Results
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
vs. Wilson Central
L 52-55
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
vs. Station Camp
L 57-62
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
vs. Clarksville NE
L 54-58
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
vs. Wilson Central
L 54-60
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
vs. Station Camp
W 63-48
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
vs. Clarksville NE
W 57-51

Upcoming Games
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 11, 2007
at Gallatin
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
at White House
Tue. Dec. 18, 2007
vs. Jackson Co.
Fri. Jan. 4, 2008
at Mt. Juliet
Sat. Jan. 5, 2008
vs. Whites Creek
Tue. Jan. 8, 2008
at Hendersonville
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
at White House
Tue. Dec. 18, 2007
vs. Palm Beach FL

Gallatin High School
Recent Results
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
at LaVergne
L 46-79
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
at Hendersonville
W 44-39
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
vs. Lebanon
W 37-34
Tue. Nov. 27, 2007
vs. Riverdale
L 39-55
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
at LaVergne
L 46-48
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
vs. Lebanon
W 35-22

Upcoming Games
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 11, 2007
vs. Beech
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
at Station Camp
Thu. Dec. 20, 2007
vs. Pope John Paul II
Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
vs. Greenbrier
Thu. Dec. 27, 2007
vs. Dickson Co.
Fri. Jan. 4, 2008
vs. Rossview
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
at Station Camp
Thu. Dec. 27, 2007
vs. Lewis Co.


Hendersonville High School
Recent Results
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
at Mt. Juliet
L 32-67
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
vs. Gallatin
L 39-44
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
at Kenwood
L 55-64
Tue. Nov. 27, 2007
at Rossview
W 47-46
Men's Basketball
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
at Kenwood
L 49-63
Tue. Nov. 27, 2007
at Rossview
L 52-54

Upcoming Games
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 11, 2007
at Smyrna
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
vs. Portland
Mon. Dec. 17, 2007
vs. Cheatham Co.
Thu. Dec. 20, 2007
vs. Spring Hill
Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
vs. Siegel
Sat. Dec. 22, 2007
vs. Westmoreland
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
vs. Portland
Mon. Dec. 17, 2007
vs. Cheatham Co.

Merrol Hyde Magnet School
Recent Results
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
at Gordonsville
L 38-71
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
vs. Friendship Christian
L 40-63
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
at Watertown
L 44-57
Tue. Nov. 27, 2007
vs. Davidson Academy
L 17-67
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
at Gordonsville
L 43-64
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
vs. Friendship Christian
L 46-55

Upcoming Games
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 11, 2007
at Davidson Academy
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
at Clarksville Academy
Thu. Jan. 3, 2008
vs. Mt. Juliet Christian
Tue. Jan. 8, 2008
at Mt. Juliet Christian
Fri. Jan. 11, 2008
vs. Trousdale Co.
Tue. Jan. 15, 2008
vs. Watertown
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
at Clarksville Academy
Fri. Jan. 11, 2008
vs. Trousdale Co.

Pope John Paul the II
Recent Results
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
at Greenbrier
W 52-28
Tue. Nov. 27, 2007
vs. East Robertson
W 52-40
Men's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
at Greenbrier
W 43-29
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
vs. MUS
Tue. Nov. 27, 2007
vs. East Robertson
L 61-66
Tue. Nov. 20, 2007
at Creek Wood
W 47-45

Upcoming Games
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 11, 2007
vs. Ensworth
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
at Goodpasture
Thu. Dec. 20, 2007
at Gallatin
Fri. Jan. 11, 2008
vs. BGA
Sat. Jan. 12, 2008
vs. Goodpasture
Tue. Jan. 15, 2008
at Ensworth
Fri. Jan. 18, 2008
at Father Ryan
Tue. Jan. 22, 2008
at East Robertson

Portland High School
Recent Results
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Mon. Dec. 10, 2007
vs. Friendship Christian
L 39-46
Thu. Dec. 6, 2007
at Macon Co.
L 52-56
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
at Friendship Christian
W 57-53
Men's Basketball
Mon. Dec. 10, 2007
vs. Friendship Christian
W 45-30
Thu. Dec. 6, 2007
at Macon Co.
W 70-47
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
at Friendship Christian
W 56-53

Upcoming Games
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
at Hendersonville
Fri. Jan. 4, 2008
at Greenbrier
Sat. Jan. 5, 2008
vs. Westmoreland
Tue. Jan. 8, 2008
at Station Camp
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
vs. Hendersonville
Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
vs. Cheatham Co.
Fri. Jan. 4, 2008
at Greenbrier
Sat. Jan. 5, 2008
at Westmoreland

Station Camp High School
Recent Results
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
vs. David Lipscomb
L 49-68
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
at Beech
W 62-57
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
vs. Franklin Road Academy
W 71-47
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
vs. David Lipscomb
L 59-73
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
at Beech
L 48-63
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
vs. Franklin Road Academy
W 67-52

Upcoming Games
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 11, 2007
vs. Friendship Christian
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
vs. Gallatin
Mon. Dec. 17, 2007
vs. Trousdale Co.
Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
at Franklin Road Academy
Men's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 11, 2007
vs. Friendship Christian
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
vs. Gallatin
Mon. Dec. 17, 2007
vs. Trousdale Co.
Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
at Franklin Road Academy

Westmoreland High School
Recent Results
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
vs. Red Boiling Springs
W 48-44
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
vs. Mt. Juliet Christian
W 53-29
Thu. Nov. 29, 2007
vs. White House
W 56-40
Tue. Nov. 27, 2007
vs. Watertown
W 59-19
Men's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
vs. Mt. Juliet Christian
W 54-49
Thu. Nov. 29, 2007
vs. White House
L 54-65

Upcoming Games
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 11, 2007
at Macon Co.
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
at Friendship Christian
Thu. Dec. 20, 2007
vs. Kenwood
Fri. Dec. 21, 2007
vs. Spring Hill
Sat. Dec. 22, 2007
vs. Hendersonville
Fri. Jan. 4, 2008
at Watertown
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
at Friendship Christian
Sat. Dec. 22, 2007
vs. Cheatham Co.

White House High School
Recent Results
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
vs. Smyrna
L 25-53
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
vs. Franklin Simpson, KY
L 32-45
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
vs. Jo Byrns
W 73-41
Men's Basketball
Fri. Dec. 7, 2007
vs. Smyrna
W 53-36
Tue. Dec. 4, 2007
vs. Franklin-Simpson,KY
W 58-42
Fri. Nov. 30, 2007
vs. Jo Byrns
W 66-53

Upcoming Games
Date/Opponent/Result
Women's Basketball
Tue. Dec. 11, 2007
at Smith Co.
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
vs. Beech
Thu. Dec. 27, 2007
vs. Glasgow,KY
Fri. Jan. 4, 2008
at Station Camp
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vs. DCA
Men's Basketball
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at Smith Co.
Fri. Dec. 14, 2007
vs. Beech
Fri. Jan. 4, 2008
at Station Camp

Education Consumers Foundation

ECF

School Performance in Sumner County

To download a PDF version of the Sumner County brochure you received, click here.
Every parent wants their child to receive a quality education. Those in Tennessee are fortunate to have access to data on school and student performance from the Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS). The Education Consumers Foundation is committed to making this information accessible so that you can make the best decisions for your child.

School Performance Charts
The Education Consumers Foundation has created interactive school performance charts for Tennessee’s public elementary and middle schools. Created from data produced by the state’s TVAAS program, the charts allow parents and other consumers of education in Tennessee to see which schools in their area and across the state are doing the most to promote academic achievement among their students. Click here to access these interactive charts.

School Performance in Tennessee: The Video
Do you want to learn the basics of measuring school effectiveness in Tennessee? Are you unsure as to the difference between TVAAS and TCAP? Do you want to see the ECF’s School Performance Charts in action? Our introductory video provides an introduction to these subjects and more – click here to view it.

Student Projection Reports
As part of its TVAAS program the State Education Department in Tennessee collects data from each student in elementary and middle school annually that can help be used ot predict his or her future academic performance., These reports can show how your child will perform on standardized assessments like the TCAP, end of course tests, Gateway exams, and even the ACT college entrance exam. These Student Projection Reports can help you determine whether or not your child is on the path to academic success or if you need to seek additional help before it’s too late. Click here to learn more.

12 Practices of Effective Schools
In April and May of 2007, a researcher visited six of the most effective elementary and middle schools in Tennessee to identify the practices that they had in common. His findings can be found here.

A Primer for Parents on Testing in Tennessee
If you’d like detailed information on testing in Tennessee, visit our primer; it offers descriptions of TCAP and TVAAS, information on the state’s Student Projection Reports, and links to additional information.

The Value-Added Achievement Awards
Each year the Education Consumers Foundation recognizes 18 principals representing some of the most effective elementary and middle schools in the state. Go here to learn more about this annual awards initiative, read about the winners (including their recipes for success), and learn about this year’s awards ceremony.

SUMNER COUNTY SCHOOLS
http://www.sumnerschools.org/
Tennessee School Scores
http://tennessean.com/assets/pdf/DN38692823.PDF

8 HIGH SCHOOLS

• Beech High SchoolPrincipal: Frank CardwellSchool Address: 3126 Long Hollow Pike, Hendersonville, 37075School Phone #: 824-6200School Web site: www.beechbucs.com•
Gallatin High SchoolPrincipal: Rufus LassiterSchool Address: 700 Dan P Herron Drive, Gallatin, 37066School Phone #: 452-2621School Web site: www.sumnerschools.org/whs/index.htm•
Hendersonville High SchoolPrincipal: Mike SheltonSchool Address: 123 Cherokee Road, Hendersonville, 37075School Phone #: 824-6162School Web site: www.hendersonvillehighschool.com•
Portland High SchoolPrincipal: Janet GroganSchool Address: 600 College Street, Portland, 37148School Phone #: 325-9201School Web site: http://phs.sumnerschools.org/•
RT Fischer Alternative School(grades four through 12)Principal: Bob GideonSchool Address: 455 North Boyers, Gallatin, 37066School Phone #: 451-6558School Web site: none•
Station Camp High SchoolPrincipal: Art CrookSchool Address: 1040 Bison Trail, Gallatin, 37066School Phone #: 451-6551School Web site: www.stationcamp.org/•
Westmoreland High SchoolPrincipal: Dwayne OldhamSchool Address: 4300 Hawkins Drive, Westmoreland School Phone #: 644-2280School Web site: www.sumnerschools.org/whs/index.htm•
White House High SchoolPrincipal: Jeff CordellSchool Address: 508 Tyree Springs Road, White House, 37188School Phone #: 672-3761School Web site: www.whitehousehigh.com/•
E.B. Wilson High SchoolPrincipal: Cynthia HornerSchool Address: 102 Indian Lake Road, Hendersonville, 37075School Phone #: 264-6085School Web site: www.sumnerschools.org/ebw/

9 MIDDLE SCHOOLS

• Ellis Middle SchoolPrincipal: Opal PoeSchool Address: 100 Indian Lake RoadSchool Phone #: 264-6093School Web site: www.ellisms.com/•
Shafer Middle SchoolPrincipal: David HallmanSchool Address: 240 Albert Gallatin Avenue, Gallatin 37066School Phone #: 452-9100School Web site: www.sumnerschools.org/sms• Hawkins Middle SchoolPrincipal: Jeff HelbigSchool Address: 487 Walton Ferry Road, Hendersonville, 37075School Phone #: 824-3456School Web site: www.sumnerschools.org/hms/•
Knox Doss Middle SchoolPrincipal: Mike BrownSchool Address: 281 Big Station Camp Blvd., Gallatin, 37066School Phone #: 206-0116School Web site: www.sumnerschools.org/kdm/• Merrol Hyde Magnet School (K-12)Principal: Brad SchreinerSchool Address: 128 Township Drive, Hendersonville, 37075School Phone #: 264-6543School Web site: www.sumnerschools.org/mhm/•
Portland Middle SchoolPrincipal: Jim ButlerSchool Address: 604 S Broadway St., Portland, 37148School Phone #: 325-4146School Web site: http://pms.sumnerschools.org/•
Rucker-Stewart Middle SchoolPrincipal: Andrew TurnerSchool Address: 350 Hancock St., Gallatin, TN, 37066School Phone #: 452-1734School Web site: http://rsm.sumnerschools.org/• T.W. Hunter Middle SchoolPrincipal: Carla EasterlingSchool Address: 3140 Long Hollow Pike, Hendersonville, TN, 37075School Phone #: 822-4720School Web site: http://www.twhunter.org/•
Westmoreland Middle SchoolPrincipal: Danny RobinsonSchool Address: 4128 Hawkins Drive, P.O. Box 69, Westmoreland, 37186School Phone #: 644-3003School Web site: www.sumnerschools.org/wms/•
White House Middle SchoolPrincipal: Jerry AppleSchool Address: 111 Meadows Road, White House, 37188School Phone #: 672-4379School Web site: www.sumnerschools.org/whm

Elementary

Anderson Elementary
Carolyn Lassiter, Principal
mailto:lassiterc@k12tn.net
(615) 264-5830

Beech Elementary
Brenda Green, Principal
mailto:greenb3@k12tn.net
(615) 824-2700

Benny Bills Elementary School
Ken Henderson, Principal
mailto:hendersonk5@k12tn.net
(615) 451-6577

Bethpage Elementary School
Bill Johnson, Principal
mailto:johnsonb9@k12tn.net
(615) 841-3212

Clyde Riggs Elementary School
Steve Hilgadiack, Principal
mailto:hilgadis@k12tn.net
(615) 325-2391

Gene Brown Elementary School
Doug Binkley, Principal
mailto:binkleyd2@k12tn.net
(615) 824-8633

George Whitten Elementary
Adam Cripps, Principal
mailto:crippsa@k12tn.net
(615) 824-3258

Guild Elementary School
Lance Taylor, Principal
mailto:taylorl7@k12tn.net
(615) 452-5583

H. B. Williams Elementary School
Ellen Brown-Principal
mailto:browne@k12tn.net
(615) 672-6432

Howard Elementary
Cindy Swafford, Principal
mailto:swaffordc1@k12tn.net
(615) 452-3025

Indian Lake Elementary School
Jewell McGhee, Principal
mailto:mcgheej@k12tn.net
(615) 824-6810

Lakeside Park Elementary
Vicki Shelton, Principal
mailto:sheltonv2@k12tn.net
(615) 824-5151

Madison Creek Elementary School
Jim Daniels, Principal
mailto:danielsj@k12tn.net
(615) 859-4991

Merrol Hyde Magnet School
Brad Schreiner, Principal
mailto:schreinerb@k12tn.net
(615) 264-6543

Millersville Elementary School
Olivia Isenberg, Principal
mailto:isenbergo@k12tn.net
(615) 859-1439

Nannie Berry Elementary School
Kathy Kimble, Principal
mailto:kimblek@k12tn.net
(615) 822-3123

North Sumner Elementary School
Terry Herndon, Principal
mailto:herndont@k12tn.net
(615) 888-2281

Oakmont Elementary School
Jeff Witt, Principal
mailto:wittj1@k12tn.net
(615) 325-5313

Union Elementary School
Billy Nolen, Principal
mailto:nolenb2@k12tn.net
(615) 452-0737

Vena Stuart Elementary School
Brenda Valentine, Principal
mailto:valentineb@k12tn.net
(615) 452-1486

Walton Ferry Elementary School
Danny Sullivan, Principal
mailto:sullivand@k12tn.net
(615) 824-3217

Watt Hardison Elementary School
Theresa Levatino, Principal
mailto:levatinot@k12tn.net
(615) 325-3233

Westmoreland Elementary School
Linda Cash, Principal
mailto:cashl@k12tn.net
(615) 644-2340

Wiseman Elementary School
Dale Wix, Principal
mailto:wixd2@k12tn.net
(615) 325-8580

Sumner Board of Education

Mary Ralph Bradley
Board Member - 8th District
325-4762
David A. Brown
Board Member - 11th District
644-4225
Will Duncan
Board Member - 9th District
841-3712
Mike Fussell
Board Member - 1st District
824-5363
Glen Gregory
Board Member - 10th District
325-9764
Ben Harris
Board Member - 7th district
451-0840
Don Long
Board Member - 3rd District
826-6173
Sharon Lyle
Board Member - 4th District
822-0158
Nancy Roth
Board Member - 6th District
452-5839
Randy Stamps
Board Member - 2nd District
509-8088
Rob Wheeler
Board Member - 5th District

Sumner County Calendar 2007-08

August 1, 2007 New Student Registration
August 7, 2007 New Teacher Inservice
August 8, 2007 Administrative Day #1 (no students)
August 9, 2007 Registration Day--all K-12 students report to school abbreviated day #1
August 10, 2007 Administrative Day #2 (no students)
August 13, 2007 First full day of instruction
September 3, 2007 Labor Day--schools & Central Office closed (no students)
September 21, 2007 End 1st six weeks ( 30 days)
October 9-10, 2007 TCAP Competency qualified spec ed only
October 10, 2007 End 1st term 1st nine weeks ( 43 days)
October 11, 2007 Administrative Day #3 (no students) (Parent Conferences)
October 12, 2007 Inservice Day #1 (no students)
November 2, 2007 End 2nd six weeks ( 28 days)
November 4, 2007 Daylight Savings Time ends
November 21-23, 2007 Thanksgiving--schools & Central Office closed (no students)
December 04-06, 2007 Gateway Testing (in this order) Algebra I, Biology, English 10
December 04-07, 2007 End of Course Testing (in this order) U S History, English 9, Math Foundations II, Physical Science
December 19-20, 2007 Exam Days
December 20, 2007 Last day prior to Winter Break abbreviated day #2
End 3rd six weeks ( 31 days) End of 1st term ( 89 days)
End 1st term 2nd nine weeks ( 46 days)
December 21-31, 2007 Winter Break (no students)
January 01-03, 2008 Winter Break (no students)
January 4, 2008 Administrative Day #4 (no students)
January 7, 2008 First day for students following Winter Break
January 21, 2008 Inservice Day #2 (no students)
February 5, 2008 TCAP Writing Assessment grades 5, 8, & 11
February 12-14, 2008 TCAP Competency qualified spec ed only
February 18, 2008 Inservice Day #3 (no students)
February 22, 2008 End 4th six weeks ( 33 days)
March 9, 2008 Daylight Savings Time begins
March 14, 2008 End 2nd term 1st nine weeks ( 48 days)
March 21-28, 2008 Spring Break (no students)
April 11, 2008 End 5th six weeks ( 29 days)
April 14-18, 2008 TCAP Achievement grades 3-8
April 25, 2008 Kindergarten registration for incoming students for 2008.09SY
May 6-8, 2008 Gateway Testing (in this order) Algebra I, English 10, Biology
May 6-9, 2008 End of Course Testing (in this order) English 9, Math Foundations II, Physical Science, U S History
May 20-21, 2008 Exam Days
May 22, 2008 Administrative Day #5 (no students)
May 23, 2008 Report Card Day abbreviated Day #3
End 6th six weeks ( 29 days) End of 2nd term ( 91 days)
End 2nd term 2nd nine weeks ( 43 days) End of School Year ( 180 days)
May 26, 2008 Memorial Day
July 8-10, 2008 Summer Gateway Testing (in this order) Algebra I, English 10, Biology