Tag Archives: Cumberland County Schools

Cumberland County Schools seeing gains across the board in its TCAP district scores. Director of Schools William Stepp said that two of the biggest gains were in 8th-grade math and high school history. He said that one area they will focus on for next year is literacy across all grade levels. “We know we have that third-grade goal of reading ... Read More »

The Cumberland County School Board voted Tuesday night to begin contract negotiations with Upperman Principal Billy Stepp as the system’s new director of schools In a second round of voting, Stepp earned five votes while Dr. Rebecca Farley, the school system’s current supervisor of instruction for pre-K through eighth grade for Cumberland County Schools, received four votes. “If we can’t ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Schools Attorney has recommended that the school board should continue enforcing a mask mandate. The Board of Education met in a special called meeting Wednesday to revisit the topic of mask wearing. Lawyer Earl Patton said if the mask mandate was removed, the school system could be liable. “It does not make sense to do away with ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Rising Anti-Drug Coalition is looking to expand its virtual programming for local students. Programming Director Holly Kisly said the Cumberland County School system will allow virtual drug education during the Spring. Kisly said now the work begins to see how to effectively use a $1,500 grant to reach kids. “This money that the Volunteer Energy Cooperative Customer ... Read More »

Both Putnam and Cumberland County Schools want the state to not penalize districts over state testing this school year. Representative Terri Lynn Weaver serves on the House Education Committee. She said she agrees with the systems’ position. “I am all for the concerns of the parents,” Weaver said. “We do not need to go down that path of making testing ... Read More »

Cumberland County Schools reported 28 positive COVID-19 cases in its first data release Friday. From July 27th until August 27th, the system reported 16 positive student cases, and 12 positive staff cases. 67 students and 30 staff members have been quarantined after being determined to have come in close contact with someone outside school who tested positive. There is a ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Board of Education unanimously approved requesting a freeze on state standardized testing Thursday night. In its resolution the Cumberland County Board cited the disparities in learning and teaching methods this school year. However, if state testing does happen in Tennessee, the board asked the results be used in a different fashion. Instead of counting scores against the ... Read More »

Cumberland County School Board Incumbents had a good night in Thursday’s election. The only new face coming onto the board is in District 6, where Chris A. King received 705 complementary votes to replace Tom Netherton. Netherton did not run for re-election. Anita C. Hale defeated her opponent in District 4, Brian McDonald, 652-508. Robert Safdie in District 2 and ... Read More »

The Cumberland County Schools will open August 5 with an in-classroom and a virtual learning option. The School Board spent some three hours discussing all aspects of the return to school from the wearing of masks to taking temperatures to feeding children. Masks are to be worn in schools with some latitude for situational decisions by teachers. School board members ... Read More »

The Cumberland County School Board approved its 20-21 fiscal year budget Thursday night, but the work may not be over. “We have no idea what’s coming from the state, what’s coming from the commission,” Board Chair Teresa Boston said. “We do understand that in the month of June and July there may be some changes and we may be coming ... Read More »