Jenny Hill, D6 School Board

Dear friends:
Five years ago you rallied around me and our shared vision for improving public education in our community. When I first raised my voice to run, I had no idea the joys and challenges ahead of me. I've discovered that I love public service and my gifts are well used in this vocation!

Since 2018 election, you have been stalwart encouragers, challenging me to advocate for rigorous academics, to be a calming voice for pragmatic solutions, and to offer respect and dignity to all our students, teachers, and staff.

Thank you for trusting me to represent our community. Today marks the last day of my school board term.

A good friend taught me it's important to "leave well," so the last several weeks have been full of thank you notes and visionary conversations about how my work on city council will help further the cause of quality public education.

Perhaps most importantly, I've met with our new representative, Ben Connor, and given him a full download on our equity work, legislative processes, and facilities plans. I'll be holding him accountable and know you'll join me!

Thank you again for your trust and confidence in me. From here on out you can reach me at [email protected]. Stay in touch!

PS - Look how much my kids have grown! We have one in college now and one in 9th grade this year!!!

Update.

Please see below for details on the status of the information request.

The District-wide freedom of information request for student and family information is highly concerning. We are exploring all legal avenues to protect our students and families.

Last night we celebrated Clifton Hills and Woodmore elementary coming off the state’s priority list! 7 years of work went into this milestone.

Our Reopening Plan 2.0 outlines specific procedures to ensure a safe environment for students and staff at school.

We're asking all Hamilton County Schools employees and families to commit to the healthy behaviors outlined in our Covid-19 Mitigation Strategies.

SHOUT it from the (leaky) ROOFTOPS :: Hamilton County Schools is a Level 5 school system! Last year amid a global pandemic our leaders and teachers SHOWED UP for our students in a HUGE way. The results are indisputable. CONGRATULATIONS everyone. In the Kellogg house, we’d say you all deserve a Blizzard! *****Calling Dairy Queen tomorrow!

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Brown Academy families *get it*! They call the school in advance when their children are sick and don’t send them to school! That healthy behavior helps keep Brown Academy healthy too! Elbow bumps to the families, students, teachers, and leaders at Brown. Thank you!

Lookout Mountain Elementary is working hard to teach students Tennessee’s rigorous standards — and have fun and make friends along the way.

Lookout Valley Middle High’s band instruments can make beautiful music, but they’re in rough shape. An investment this year will allow for major repairs and the band can hardly wait!

Good morning form Lookout Valley Elementary! Principal Nikki Bailey says “mask up!” The teaching team at LVE is remarkable; they pull together to solve big challenges in their small school to ensure learning takes place no matter what. Thank you teachers!

Community partnerships make a world of difference for our students. High five to UNUM!!

HCS and Unum Extend Their Partnership Hamilton County Schools (HCS) receives extension funding from Unum for the 2021-22 school year.