A Signal Mountain committee looking into the viability of breaking away from the Hamilton County Schools system will hear firsthand from municipalities in Shelby County, Tenn., about their experiences leaving a county school system.
The seven-member group and Chris Howley, the town’s mayor, will travel to Shelby County on Monday to spend three days talking with superintendents and mayors in several of the county’s six municipalities that launched their own school systems in 2014.
Howley said he hopes the trip will help the committee better understand the inner workings of small municipal school districts as Signal Mountain continues to investigate whether it’s a viable move for the mountain’s three schools.
“This will give the committee an invaluable opportunity to speak with community leaders and school officials who have been through the process,” he said.
Each meeting is open to the public. It also will be recorded and available for anyone to listen to after the trip, Howley added.