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Tyner Middle AcademyMore than 2,000 Hamilton County students who attend high-priority schools now are eligible to transfer schools halfway through the year.
Although the Tennessee Department of Education asked for a federal waiver so school districts wouldn’t have to offer transfers to students, the waiver was denied.
“We had pretty much thought it was a done deal,” said Sheryl Randolph, Hamilton County’s director of student services.
Amanda Maynord Anderson, spokeswoman for the Tennessee Department of Education, said the U.S. Department of Education told state officials they denied the waiver because they wanted to stay consistent and had already denied similar requests by other states.
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