CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Fewer than 20 people showed up Thursday at a public forum designed to get ideas about the qualities wanted in a new school director.
Cleveland City Schools officials called the forum at Cleveland Middle School a key step in the search for a successor to Rick Denning, who plans to retire in June 2011 after 17 years with the city schools.
Schools administrative staff suggested that a new director will be challenged by rapid community growth, according to the meeting’s record.
For the most part, people at the forum praised the school system and Denning’s hands-on approach.
Buck Meyer said he was impressed with the system’s fiscal responsibility.