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Trousdale County principals report high attendance, hands-on leadership training at summer learning camp
Summary
Principals and district staff reported strong attendance and instructional gains at the district's summer learning camp, which enrolled about 129'130 students and includes a touchscreen Chromebook pilot for a small group of rising fourth-graders.
Dr. Sandoval, a district staff member, told the board the district is completing its third week of summer learning camp with roughly 129'130 students enrolled and strong daily attendance.
Two school principals who served in administrator roles at the camp described using the program to practice schedules, transportation logistics and teacher evaluations while accelerating student learning. "We currently have 129 students enrolled for 2025. The number's a little bit down, but our student attendance on daily average has been about 95%," said Mr. Smidow, one of the principals assigned to the camp. He added the camp used incentives to encourage daily attendance and prioritized early classroom observations to support teachers.
"I definitely would probably say the time that it takes to make a singular schedule," said Lindsay Ellis, the other principal serving in an administrative role. Ellis described the detailed planning required for daily schedules and special events.
District staff said a small group of rising fourth-graders will take a post-test this week using touchscreen Chromebooks; that group is being given touchscreen devices to familiarize students with the testing platform (SchoolNet). Dr. Sandoval said the district expects the post-test results to be important for third-grade students seeking adequate growth before promotion decisions.
Administrators also reported low discipline issues and positive student engagement at camp, and that the camp has been used as a professional experience for staff pursuing graduate work. Dr. Satterfield, who the principals said is teaching an evaluation class at Cumberland University, joined some observations and helped norm evaluation rubrics.
The district runs an after-school extension connected to the summer learning camp and a high-school credit-recovery program; district staff said the credit-recovery program had two students who completed the required work. Board members were told the summer learning camp will finish next week.
Board members thanked the principals and staff for the program and the board chair said the comments would be noted for future discussion of camp outcomes.
