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Published on: 5/25/2009
Last Visited: 5/25/2009
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.