Education

Shane Allen
Shelby County HS
Shawn & Neshia Allen
School/Community Involvement: Ninth Grade Class President, Tenth Grade Class Treasurer, Shelby Singers, Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp., Teenage Republicans, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Chamber Singers, Church Teen Leader, Shelby Co. Public Library, Fathers Love and Head Start Volunteer
Hobbies/Interests: journalism, broadcasting, music, basketball, drama, reading

With construction and finishing touches just wrapping up at Martha Layne Collins High School, Shelby County Public Schools will jump right back into the building process.

But this time they'll work on two buildings at once.

The Board of Education Thursday voted to make a few changes in buildings around the county.

The Shelby County Board of Education will be working overtime during the last part of the month.

The board has moved the meeting scheduled for this past Thursday at Clear Creek Elementary to Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. at the SCPS Central Office on Main Street.

The board is also adding special called meetings on Oct. 19 at 6 p.m. and Nov. 4 at 7 p.m., both also at central office.

The special called meetings will allow the board to hear academic improvement plans from each school.

Going into the second year of MAP testing, Shelby County Public Schools officials are beginning to see the benefits of testing tool.

The Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) tests that are administered three times a year allow administrators to track the success, improvement and growth of each student in the district.

One area in which the test is showing immediate improvement is through the district’s summer school program.