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Resident criticizes public schools, cites Tennessee Achieves figure and calls for local control
6440949 · September 23, 2025
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Deborah Gleason, a Fourth District resident, criticized the public school system, repeated a claim that Tennessee Achieves raised a graduation rate to 43%, and urged restored local control of schools.
Deborah Gleason, who identified herself as a Fourth District resident, used her five minutes of public comment to criticize the current public school system and to call for restoring local control. She said a representative previously told the commission that "Tennessee Achieves have increased their graduation rate to 43%."
Gleason described…
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