Topic: Kenwood Elementary School

DoDEA Educational Partnership awards grant to CMCSS

August 17, 2009 |

ARLINGTON, VA – The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Educational Partnership awarded a $2 million grant to Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (CMCSS) in Clarksville, Tennessee through the Promoting Student Achievement at Schools Impacted by Military Force Structure Changes FY 09 Competitive Grant Program. The Clarksville-Montgomery School District supports students whose families are stationed at Fort Campbell.

The DoDEA grants focus on enhancing student learning opportunities, student achievement, and educator professional development at military-connected schools with projected military student growth between 2007 and 2009 due to force structure changes. This data is based on a Report to Congress on Assistance to Local Educational Agencies for Defense Dependents Education published in March 2008. School districts serving 22 military installations identified through that report were invited to submit a grant proposal.

“The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System plays a vital role in assisting Fort Campbell and its Soldiers and Families attain distinction as a world class Army community,” said Charles A. Munson, Deputy to the Fort Campbell Garrison Commander. «Read the rest of this article»

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“Mistaken identity” triggers tougher school dismissal procedures

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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Tennessee youth qualifies for National Motocross Championship

July 18, 2008 |

Hurricane Mills, TN- Justin Barkey just made his dream come true. The 6-year-old dirt bike racer has qualified for the largest amateur motocross race in the world, the 27th annual Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch. Justin took on over 20,000 hopefuls from across America to earn one of just 1386 qualifying positions.

“The Amateur Nationals at Loretta Lynn’s is the event every motocross racer in the country wants to compete in,” says Event Director Tim Cotter. “A win at the Amateur Nationals can serve as a springboard to a lucrative professional motocross career.”

Most of America’s top professional motocrossers, including James Stewart, Ricky Carmichael, Travis Pastrana and Jeremy McGrath have won AMA Amateur National Championships at Loretta Lynn’s. The race is so prestigious that last year, three teenaged stars, Elk City, Oklahoma’s Trey Canard, Saint Clair, Michigan’s Nico Izzi, and Lincolnton, North  Carolina’s Austin Stroupe, were awarded six-figure pro contracts after the race. «Read the rest of this article»

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