Dr. Gary Nixon, Executive Director of the Tennessee State Board of EducationBE HEARDMail written comments on the school’s appeal to Dannelle F. Walker, General Counsel, Tennessee State Board of Education, 710 James Robertson Parkway, Nashville, TN 37243. Comments also may be faxed to 615-741-0371 or emailed to Dannelle.Walker@tn.gov. Comments must be received by 4:30 p.m. CST on Feb. 16.
The fate of a proposed Hamilton County charter school now rests with the Tennessee State Board of Education.
Gary Nixon, executive director of the state board, presided over an appeal hearing for SMART Schools Inc., which earlier applied to open a business- and law-themed charter school here.
The matter now will go to the state board for a decision.
The Hamilton County Board of Education went with administrators’ recommendations and voted to deny the group’s first application in November. After the proposed school scored higher on an amended application, administrators recommended the board approve the proposed sixth- through 12th-grade school.