Tag Archives: Putnam County Schools

The Tennessee State Department of Education set to highlight the Putnam County Schools System all week as a “Best For All” District. Federal Programs Supervisor Bridgett Carwile said a school earns that distinction by designing significant amounts of COVID relief funding directly into student achievement. “We invested at least 50 percent of ESSER funding into research-based strategies to raise academic ... Read More »

White Plains Academy set to get a new vocational program. Putnam County Schools Deputy Director Tim Martin said they wanted to expand program opportunities for students at the school through a new construction program. “It’s not going to be to the same level as what the other high schools have they’re not going to be building houses,” Martin said. “But ... Read More »

A recently-completed study found retrofitting the current Park View School to become a Cookeville PreK Center would be feasible. The project would free up an estimated 22 classroom spaces around other Cookeville campuses. Putnam County Director of Schools Corby King said the estimated cost could be just under $8 million. “The bottom line is it can be done if we ... Read More »

A new gym floor and bleachers project at Putnam County’s White Plains Academy expected to be completed by the end of this month. Architect Kim Chamberlin said the gym floor has been installed with the bleachers following shortly after. “They’ll start the sanding process this week and finish up with the final coatings on those,” Chamberlin said. “They anticipate that ... Read More »

About an hour-long lockdown at Cookeville High School this afternoon after a student reported herself to the school system’s Crisis Hotline, saying she had a gun and planned to hurt herself and others. Director of Schools Corby King said the Crisis Counselor contacted Cookeville Police, who then contacted the school’s SRO. After the school went into hard lockdown, law enforcement ... Read More »

Putnam County students who speak Spanish will soon have more opportunities to read books in their language. The school system received a state grant that allowed hundreds of Spanish books to be added to the Words on Wheels program. Coordinator Dr. Mark Rodgers said the repurposed school bus travels to schools so students can take home a book. “We have ... Read More »

A Putnam County Schools student has been named a champion in the International History Olympiad Competition. 10-year-old Taylor Chen won in Ancient History out of 27 states and 15 countries. He first what first got him interested in Ancient History was the Wikipedia page for Roman Emperors. Chen said his favorite part of the competition was the simulation portion. “For ... Read More »

The Putnam County School System has started the process of creating a new strategic plan. Director of Schools Corby King said the last plan the school system created was about 10 years ago. “A lot of things have changed in 10 years,” King said. “Our demographics have changed. Our enrollment has changed quite a bit. We have a couple thousand ... Read More »

The Putnam County School Board approved its 2023-2026 school calendars Thursday night with minimal changes. Attendance Supervisor Chris Pierce said a calendar committee created the package based on community feedback. “The committee decided to use the format and keep the format with a two week fall break, the one week spring break, taking Easter Monday in addition to Good Friday ... Read More »

The Putnam County School System reporting steady enrollment after its first day of the school year Thursday. Students from across the county visited their school for an abbreviated day. The school system has projected an increase in enrollment ranging from one to five percent, but the full scope of growth will not be available for several more days. Director of ... Read More »