August 2012 News

Please note: This article was originally published on 8/31/2012. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. For School Board member Eula Gardner Dowdy, this was the seventh time she had raised her right hand and sworn to uphold the constitutions of Tennessee and the United States as she took her oath to serve as the Clarksville-Montgomery County School Board Member for District 6. Newcomers to the School Board Stephanie Lobdell, representing District 2, and Anne Murtha, representing District 4, also took their oaths from Montgomery County Mayor Carolyn Bowers. School Board members serve four-year terms.

Please note: This article was originally published on 8/20/2012. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. The community is invited to see the $20 million interest-free bond renovation of Montgomery Central High School. A two-year major renovation has just been completed on the 42-year-old school. The school will be open from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday Aug. 26.  Students at the facility are now experiencing a safer and updated learning environment.

Please note: This article was originally published on 8/14/2012. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. The doors to the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System’s twenty second elementary school will be open to the public on Sunday, Aug. 19 from 3 – 5 p.m. The school is located on the corner of Sango Road and Dixie Bee Road. The Community Open House will allow the public to see the results of the $17.1 million investment in student learning. Construction began on the 842-student K-5 school in August 2011.  The 35-acre tract also will offer a county-maintained park, a Montgomery County Highway Department salt barn and an area for emergency management to use for the possible future development of an ambulance station that would service residents in eastern Montgomery County.

Please note: This article was originally published on 8/14/2012. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. The Montgomery County Commission voted to support the $15.4 million construction resolution for the proposed renovation of Northwest High School. The high school opened in the fall of 1970 and the project will include significant upgrades, with a focus on safety and security.

Please note: This article was originally published on 8/2/2012. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. The Clarksville-Montgomery County School System discovered on June 11, 2012 that an unknown individual gained access to nine of its computer databases that contained the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of certain current and former CMCSS employees, as well as the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and student identification numbers of certain current and former CMCSS students.  Beginning today, August 2, 2012, CMCSS is notifying each individual whose information was accessed during this intrusion and advising each individual of the elements of personal information exposed.  CMCSS is not aware of any misuse of the personal information accessed during this illegal intrusion at this time; however, CMCSS also is advising affected individuals of steps that can be taken to protect identity and credit from fraud and theft. 

Please note: This article was originally published on 8/2/2012. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. STEM is the integration of science, technology, engineering and math into the CMCSS curriculum.  It is not an initiative, but the next level in  learning and teaching. The integration of science and math is the key to a complete understanding of both subjects and more importantly it is the key to the application of the content.

Please note: This article was originally published on 8/1/2012. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Our mission is to educate and empower students to reach their potential.

Please note: This article was originally published on 8/1/2012. Information and/or dates from past events may be not be relevant for the current school year. Clarksville-Montgomery County is a growing and thriving community. The School System is addressing this growth with a responsible and progressive approach to building and renovating facilities in order to serve the 33,400 students.