Larry Payne

Larry Payne Supervisor of Instruction 6-12 (ext.17)
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Larry Payne , Attendance Supervisor (ext. 17)

Office of After-School Childcare Programs 472-9571

Larry Payne, Cleveland City Schools supervisor of secondary education, also recommended the board approve a half-credit ACT Prep course to be partnered with the already required half-credit Personal Finance class.
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Director of Schools Dr. Rick Denning and board members asked Goodman and Payne how teachers were being prepared for the changes in curriculum.

The first was given to Paul Ramsey with Cleveland City Schools and Larry Payne, secondary supervisor for the city schools.

Larry Payne - Cleveland City Schools

Larry Payne, Supervisor of Instruction 6-12 (ext.17)
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Larry Payne, Attendance Supervisor (ext.17)

Office of After-School Childcare Programs 472-9571

Larry Payne gave a virtual school update regarding adoption by the state board. He stated that virtual school has been approved provided credit is accepted by the local school system.
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Larry Payne, Supervisor of Secondary Education gave an update on the curriculum standards recently revised by the State Department of Education. Larry said he would be bringing a revised policy back to the board at a later date for credit requirements for high school students.
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Larry Payne brought back the Virtual Schools update from the State of Tennessee. Mr. Payne said he had included the update in the board packets and he would answer any questions the Board had at this time. The actual guidelines have not been handed down from the state at this time. When asked when the guidelines would be handed down, Mr. Payne said he did not know but that he was attending a meeting next Friday and hopefully would be informed of the guidelines at that time.
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Mr. Larry Payne reported on the attendance and enrollment for Cleveland City Schools as of September 8, 2008. After Mr. Payne's report, Dr. Denning made the recommendation that a teacher be hired for Cleveland Middle School in order to be in compliance with BEP requirements.
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Doug Greene and Larry Payne, Administrators and Mr. Steve Morgan, citizen were also in attendance.
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Dr. Rick Denning asked Mr. Larry Payne to report on the possibility of having virtual school classes available to student of Cleveland High School and the Teen Learning Center.
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Mr. Payne reported that the Teen Learning Center has some opportunities for virtual school classes. The cost is $50.00 per student. Mr. Payne asked Debbie Crabtree to attend the meeting this evening and she reported that there might be some opportunity for the technology grant E4TN to help with the cost. Mr. Payne added that the state board will be meeting and more information will be available after the meeting in October.
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Mr. Larry Payne reported on the implications of the new graduation policy by the State Board of Education and the recommendation made by the team of administrators to study this policy.

5D. Report on School Attendance and Enrollment - Larry Payne and Rick Denning
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5F. ACT - Larry Payne

5G. Report on CHS Science Department Needs
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D.A.R.E. - Larry Payne and Paul Ramsey
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Withdrawal Rate - Larry Payne
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6B. Attendance Update - Larry Payne

6C. Tennessee Bar Association Freedom's Foundation

Several guest speakers -- including Cleveland High School Principal Chuck Rockholt; Blythe-Bower Assistant Principal Kellye Bender; Miss Cleveland Melissa Martin; the Rev. Bill Griffith of First Baptist Church; Larry Payne, administrator for Cleveland City Schools; Jenni Turner from Lee University; Bambi Hines from the City Council and Donnie Yates, teacher at Cleveland Middle School -- also spoke to students throughout the project about the importance of using good manners.

"Our Algebra I scores are near the state average, while our Biology scores are well above the state average," said Larry Payne, secondary school supervisor for the city system.

"We must remember that this is the first year the Gateway tests have been administered, so the results will give us a baseline from which to work," he added.

Cleveland City School Board Chairman Dawn Robinson agreed with Payne.