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CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Leadership Clarksville-Montgomery County School System (LCMCSS) has announced members of its 2013-14 class.

The twenty people selected and will participate in a year-long, in-depth study of the local public schools, including six half-day sessions throughout the school year learning about the School Board’s governance, the strategic focus of the school system, the curriculum, and how instruction and assessment is delivered. Sessions will be held throughout the system’s facilities, including schools and the Operations Complex, where one participant will receive hands-on training in parking a school bus.

The program is sponsored by the Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation.

“The Foundation Board, which piloted the program two years ago, sees this as a great investment in our schools, helping to broaden the understanding of the successes and challenges CMCSS experiences,” according to William Beach, president of the CMC Education Foundation.

Members include:
Joel Wallace, an attorney with Cunningham, Mitchell and Rocconi and a member of the Clarksville City Council; Jim Durrett, vice president with First Advantage Bank; Robert Huffman, senior military advisor with Nova Technologies; Charlie Koon, with Five Star Radio Group; Chris Goodman, associate principal with Civil Site Design Group; Julie Newberry, extension agent with Montgomery County/U.T. Extension office; Jimmie Garland, a member of the CMCSS School Board; Carol Joiner, attorney with Batson Nolan PLC; Deon Lucke, with City Saver; Mark Kelly, real estate broker with Keller Williams; Misty Ann Cutshall, an auditor with Thurman Campbell Group PLC; Jonathon Clark, architect with Clark and Associates Architects, Inc.; Cassandra Osborne, credit clerk with Cumberland Electric Membership Corp.; Pete Reed, director of Bi-County Solid Waste Management; Phil Harpel, director of administration with Montgomery County Government; Deondra Diggs, high school admissions with Miller Motte Technical College; Katherine Purnell, campus president of Daymar Institute; Tommy Vallejos, pastor with Faith Outreach Church and a county commissioner; Jason Hodges, environmental inspector with Chenega Global; Karen Blick, executive officer with Clarksville-Montgomery County Home Builders Association; and Courtney Caudill with Maynard Construction.

Applications for the next class will be accepted in May 2014.

To learn more about LCMCSS or other Foundation programs visit www.cmcss.net/educationfoundation.