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Topic: CMCSS Director Michael Harris
February 13, 2009 |
A staff member at Kenwood Elementary School was suspended for five days without pay following an incident in which a five-year-old girl was mistakenly released to a Meritan Company case worker and released from school, according to CMCSS Director of Schools Michael Harris.
 Grandmother Latina Garrett and mother Shaquanna Downs discuss the CMCSS "mistaken identity" case
The child’s mother, Shaquanna Downs, spoke to media outside the school department prior to the CMCSS press conference. She is angry and upset over the mistake that put her daughter in the hands of a stranger, and cannot understand how this situation could be allowed to happen. “We expect our children to be safe at school,” Downs said. “It their duty and their responsibility to protect (the children).” «Read the rest of this article»
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January 24, 2009 |
 President Barack Obama
A Multi-Cultural Coalition of leaders from the community and the Clarksville NAACP will meet with the Clarksville-Montgomery County Director of Schools, Mr. Michael Harris, at 3 p.m. Monday, January 26, to discuss the recent policy disseminated system wide by email that prevented a significant majority of students from viewing the Historic Inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Many students and parents assumed they would watch the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama in class Tuesday but were shocked, disappointed and upset about the majority of classes in which the inauguration wasn’t shown.
Pastor Tommy Vallejos, a community activist and Pastor at Faith Outreach Church, made this passionate statement to the media, community and school system. «Read the rest of this article»
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