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Five Star Quality

When you want to go to an extra special restaurant you might choose one that has a 5 star rating. And if you want to take that once a year weekend to a luxurious hotel you will surely look for one that is also of 5 star quality. It is our desire to offer a 5 star quality educational experience for every child and family in Cheatham County.

What does that look like? I believe to get to a 5 star quality we must fine tune the details. It is the little things. There are many things that are expected and standard, if you will, in education: transportation, food service, newsletters, and reasonably sized classes. What gets you to the five star rating?

Multiple forms of communication are expected by parents in a 5 star quality program including phone calls, emails, videos, and newsletters. Personal phone calls home giving a positive referral by the teacher should happen throughout the year. Up to date social media sites sharing happenings in the schools with pictures to spark dinner table conversations happen daily. Robyn Miller met car drivers in the line with cold bottles of water-for sure 5 star quality service! Free breakfast and lunches for the first week of school and school calendars for every parent's refrigerator on nice cardstock are examples of little things we are trying to offer.

We continue to look at our academic programming to ensure we are offering the best options possible. From dual credit to career/technology classes our course catalogs are growing. We are embracing STEM in every building, sending teachers to be a part of a STEM Collaborative across the state to learn more to bring back to our district. We are networking with educators across the country to network and gain ideas as to how to add to our repertoire of lessons. Finally, we are gathering input from stakeholders on various topics of interest to the district right now. You tell us, what does 5 star quality education look like in your mind? We want to know your thoughts!

Our new motto is 5 Star Quality, 5 Star Education, Achieving Excellence Together!





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