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Retiring Cleveland City Schools Director Rick Denning helps board members plan out a daylong interview process for his successor. The school system has five candidates for the position, which should be filled by the summer.CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Five candidates for director of Cleveland City Schools will swing through the city this month in marathon daylong interviews.
Board members got their first glimpses of the five candidates’ qualifications during a lunchtime planning meeting Monday. The candidates plan to visit Cleveland between Feb. 14 and Feb. 18.
The finalists come from varying professional backgrounds. They are, in the order of their visits:
* Damon Cathey, assistant superintendent of Kingsport (Tenn.) City Schools.
* David Roper, assistant professor of education at Middle Tennessee State University and former director of assessment for the Tennessee Department of Education.