Anderson county schools earn state honors
What makes schools in our county ‘Reward Schools’?
The state of Tennessee made nine schools in Anderson County “Reward Schools” and the calculation is more than just a number for their principals, staff and students.
The designation goes out to schools with a federal accountability score of 3.1 or higher out of four. The score is based on student achievement, student growth, low chronic absenteeism
and the proficiency of students whose first language is not English. Schools in Oak Ridge and Clinton city schools got the designation,
but out of the county’s school systems, Anderson County Schools had the largest number of Reward Schools with Clinton High, Grand Oaks Elementary, Claxton Elementary and Andersonville Elementary winning the designation. The state also named Anderson County Schools an “advancing district.”
CHS Principal Rob Herrell pointed out in an interview he took over recently and couldn’t speak to the secret to achieving the designation. However, he did have thoughts on what to do to maintain it. And to that end, he said he was listening to the teachers and staff who had been there to achieve it.
“They are learning who I am and I am learning who they are,” he said, adding that he’d gotten a chance for them to share ideas with him.
