Thanks to Tennessee Journal On the Hill, here A working group has been established to establish letter grades for schools. There are at least five from East Tennessee as part of Knox County area or the immediate area around Knox. Dr. Jim McIntyre is now in Middle TN, but served as the Superintendent of Knox County for several years. they are Chrisi Bollinger, Margaret Bright, Tanya Coates, Wendy Hansard and Tim Parrott. You can catch up and follow along here. The complete list of the committee are here.
- Raumesh Akbari, Senate minority leader.
- Chrisi Bollinger, analytics, strategy, and special projects, Emerald Charter Schools.
- JC Bowman, executive director & CEO, Professional Educators of Tennessee.
- Margaret Bright, teacher, Lenoir City Schools.
- Sarah Carpenter, executive director, Memphis Lift.
- Scott Cepicky, House Education Instruction Subcommittee chair.
- Tanya Coates, president, Tennessee Education Association.
- Melissa Collins, 2022-23 teacher of the year, Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
- Kevin Deck, assessment analyst, Williamson County Schools.
- Venita Doggett, director of advocacy, Memphis Education Fund.
- Russell Dyer, director of schools Cleveland City Schools.
- Bob Eby, chair, Tennessee State Board of Education.
- Victor Evans, executive director, TennesseeCAN.
- Tammy Garrett, director of schools, Bedford County Schools.
- Norma Gerrell, director of schools, Paris Special School District.
- Mary Graham, president, United Ways of Tennessee.
- Aleah Guthrie, vice president of policy and government relations, State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE).
- Wendy Hansard, assistant principal, Knox County Schools.
- Kirk Haston, House K-12 Education Subcommittee chair.
- Patsy Hazlewood, House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee chair.
- Christy Carrol Highfill, vice president of advocacy, TN PTA.
- Ryan Holt, board member, State Board of Education.
- Christy Hovanetz, senior policy fellow, ExcelinEd.
- Kim Inglish, 2022-23 teacher of the year Grand Division winner, Murfreesboro City Schools.
- Corby King, director of schools, Putnam County Schools.
- Yetta Lewis, principal, Gestalt Community Schools.
- Kyle Loudermilk, 2022-23 principal of the year, Kingsport City Schools.
- Harold Love Jr., House Education Administration Committee member.
- Jean Luna-Vedder, director of schools, Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools.
- Jon Lundberg, Senate Education Committee chair.
- Jim Mcintyre, dean of the College of Education and assistant provost for Academic Excellence, Belmont University.
- Debra Moody, House Education Instruction Committee chair.
- Francisco Moreno, parent.
- Sara Morrison, executive director, State Board of Education.
- Nate Morrow, board member, State Board of Education.
- Bob Nardo, executive director, Libertas School of Memphis.
- Erin O’Hara Block, school board member, Metro-Nashville Public Schools.
- Tim Parrott, director of schools, Anderson County Schools.
- Eddie Pruett, director of schools, Gibson County Special School District.
- Gini Pupo Walker, executive director, Ed Trust.
- Tyler Salyer, principal, Collierville Schools.
- Jenna Sharp, principal, Clinton City Schools.
- Missy Testerman, 2023-24 teacher of the year, Rogersville City Schools.
- Joey Vaughn, director of schools, Manchester City Schools.
- Tim Ware, executive director, Grizzlies Preparatory Charter School.
- Warren Wells, board member, State Board of Education.
- Mark White, House Education Administration chair.
- Maria Paula Zapata, director of programs, Conexión Americas.
