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Dr. Kathleen Airhart, Director of Schools, discusses a potential change for the 2009-2010 school year that would provide a cost savings of $500,000 in an effort to limit more significant cuts to the classroom.

UC Daily news has provided a video of the "staggered start time proposal"
at ucdailynews.com with a link to the Putnam County Schools website.

An opportunity exists for school system employees, parents, and community
members to comment on this proposal.

Uffelman, Burks to consolidate
Buddy Pearson
Herald-Citizen Managing Editor
Sunday, Jun 07, 2009

MONTEREY -- Uffelman Elementary may be consolidating with Burks Middle School.

The Putnam County School Board has approved having a feasibility study done that will look into adding a wing on Burks Middle School to accommodate Uffelman students. Rather than fixing up the aging Uffelman School, Director of Putnam County Schools Dr. Kathleen Airhart believes moving the students to Burks would be a sensible solution...[more]

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PUTNAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION APPROVES "STAGGERED START" TIMES FOR SELECTED SCHOOLS......<more>

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Schools achieve accreditation status
Mary Jo Denton
Herald-Citizen Staff
Friday, Feb 13, 2009

"You have an excellent school system."

That is what Dr. Odell Stuckey of Columbia, South Carolina, an educator who specializes in school accreditation, told the Putnam school board on Tuesday as he summed up the findings of an eight-member panel of educators from other counties and states who have been here studying Putnam schools...[More]

Putnam County Schools are 100% accredited by AdvancED -- the world's largest education community, representing 23,000 public and private schools and districts in 30 states and 65 countries and serving nearly 15 million students. AdvancED is the parent organization of our regional accreditation agency, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools -- Council on Accreditation and School Improvement (SACS CASI). SACSCASI Logo AdvancED

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PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM 1400 E. Spring Street; Cookeville, TN 38506; 931-526-9777

PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOLS does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability in admission to or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities. The system will be in compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1994, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Any person having inquiries concerning the system's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI, Title IX, or the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is directed to contact the Putnam County Schools compliance officer by calling 931-526-9777.