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Resident questions report of 43% graduation rate; commission clarifies county rate is over 98%
Summary
A resident asked about a statement at the prior meeting that seemed to imply a 43% graduation rate; the commission clarified that Bradley County’s graduation rate is 98.1 and that the 43% figure referred to participation in a separate program.
During the public-comment period, Deborah Gleason, a resident of District 4, asked the commission to clarify a statement made at the prior meeting that she understood as celebrating a 43% graduation rate. Commissioner Collins responded on the record: “Our graduation rate is 98.1% in Bradley County.”
Collins and other commissioners explained that the 43% figure referenced by the prior speaker appeared to refer to the share of participants in a specific program (identified in the discussion as the Tennessee Achieves program) who went on to college, not the countywide high-school graduation rate.
No formal action was requested or taken; the exchange served to correct the public record.
