The new executive of a local charter school investigated by the school system this year shared with the Hamilton County Commission on Wednesday some of the fallout from the recent turmoil but said the school has a bright future.
The school’s boys basketball team was honored by the commission for winning the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association Class 1A state championship in March.
Prep Public Schools CEO Troy Kemp said he’s over the Chattanooga and Knoxville campuses but that his focus is Chattanooga.
Kemp told commissioners Wednesday that when he got the call that things were not going right at Chattanooga Preparatory School, he felt it was his responsibility to step up and return to Chattanooga, where he’d spent 27 years of his life.
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