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By: THE MURFREESBORO POST

Posted: Friday, August 31, 2012 12:00 am

Students, parents, faculty and staff at Homer Pittard Campus School enjoyed a cyber celebration Monday along with other top performing schools across the state.

The K-5 public school, which is jointly operated by MTSU and Rutherford County Schools as a laboratory school, has been deemed a “Reward School” under the state’s new accountability system. That means Campus is among the 10 percent of schools statewide with the highest achievement or overall growth on standardized tests scores.

Campus School’s designation was based on achievement, with its students scoring within the top 5 percent statewide.

Gov. Bill Haslam and first lady Crissy Haslam joined other state officials at the announcement held at Kenrose Elementary School in Brentwood that was streamed live by MTSU to 100-plus other schools across the state, including Campus School.

“Thank you for working hard,” Haslam said. “Thanks for showing that Tennessee students can be as great as students anywhere else.”

“It feels wonderful,” said Campus School Principal Chontel Bridgeman, following her intercom announcement of a school-wide celebration on Tuesday. “My teachers work hard every single day and our parents are so supportive of us. It’s just nice for them.”

The designation to Campus and other schools was given as part of the Tennessee Department of Education’s new accountability report. The report is part of the state’s request for a waiver from the original accountability measures written into the No Child Left Behind law.

Under the waiver, Tennessee proposed to raise overall school achievement by 3 to 5 percent and to cut achievement gaps in half over an 8-year period. To track progress, the U.S. Department of Education required Tennessee to identify three groups of schools:

·         Reward: 10 percent of schools throughout the state with the highest achievement or overall growth
·         Focus: 10 percent of schools with the largest achievement gaps
·         Priority: The bottom 5 percent of schools in terms of academic performance.

“I’m very proud to be a teacher in Tennessee right now,” said Campus School fifth-grade teacher Jamie Starling. “But I also want to say that we do focus on using the data from testing to make sure we’re giving each student what they need at their level.

“The children here are stupendous … They know that school is difficult, but that the rewards are worth it.”

Bridgeman said the MTSU partnership is important in that education students who work with Campus teachers are able to provide extra attention to students within the classroom.

“One of the requirements for my teachers is that they supervise (MTSU) practicum students, so we work with a lot of students going through the education program,” she said. “We get them prepared for their student-teaching experience.”

“I expect my teachers to be able to use research-based strategies because they are influencing those who will be going into the profession.”

Tagged under Campus School, Education, MTSU, Murfreesboro, RCS, Rutherford County, Schools

Member Opinions:

By: MTBoro on 8/31/12
I guess Bridgeman is also in charge of teaching the kids about honesty and integrity and how to conveniently lose a $1600 laptop without any concern from the central office. It is pathetic children are entrusted to someone who can blatantly refrain from telling the truth under oath in a deposition. But this principal is only an extension of her former boss and the others who continue the coverup.

By: mp3 on 8/31/12
Congratulations to the faculty and students at Campus School.
MTBoro--let it go. Seriously...

By: MTBoro on 9/2/12
Your congratulatory remarks are well said. I can also give congratulations to the faculty and students at Campus School. As long as an administrator is not included in that sentence, I have no problem. Ironically, all of the faculty members of the infamous DS Club have been booted or elected to go elsewhere. Do you ever wonder why? Most all the pieces of the puzzle will be "revealed" soon through the process dictated by a judge; therefore, I think it is fair and impartial. Just when everyone thought her problems were over. They have only just begun.

When the world says, "Give up,"
Hope whispers, "Try it one more time."
~Author Unknown

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. ~William Feather

He conquers who endures. ~Persius

Thanks to CB for supplying the encouragement to keep seeking the truth to conclusion. This is not a matter of "letting go" as you write. This is a desire to "reveal" the facts and documented truth about what all the participants, including Bridgeman and numerous others employed by Rutherford County, were doing while being paid with our tax dollars.

It ain't over til it's over. - Yogi Berra