Some school districts across the state experienced issues with TNReady testing again Thursday after a fiber optic cable that delivers internet from Atlanta to Nashville was severed.
“The telecommunications industry has confirmed the main fiber cable between Nashville and Atlanta has been cut,” a spokesperson for the Tennessee Department of Education said in an email to district leaders Thursday morning. “Telecommunication vendors are reaching out and calling impacted districts directly, and we will continue to keep you posted as we learn more from them.”
In this March 15, 2018, staff file photo, Dr. T. Nakia Towns Edwards, Hamilton County Schools chief of staff, speaks to staff of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.The department advised districts to continue testing, but that connectivity could be slow.
Despite Thursday’s problems, Hamilton County Schools officials said more than half of scheduled testing has been completed in the district.
Hamilton County also left it up to individual schools to decide if they wanted to continue testing today.