Education

With six school districts to cover, Sherman Adams will be burning the midnight oil. But don't worry, as the new Energy Manager for the districts, Adams will be sure to turn the lights off when he leaves.

His office will be at Shelby County's Public School's central office, but Adams will also split his time among the Henry County, Trimble County, Anchorage, Eminence and Frankfort school districts.

"But since Shelby County is the largest district, it will get about 60 percent of my time," Adams said.

Heritage Elementary Principal Cindy French is moving on, but she isn't going too far.

After four years, French will leave Heritage Elementary on Thursday, becoming the new Director of Elementary Schools for Shelby County Public Schools.

Her new position includes working with all the elementary school principals in the district and overseeing classroom instruction and leading student achievement consultants.

Shelby County Public Schools showed strong improvement in graduation numbers according to the state’s non-academic report this year, the district did struggle in other areas.

Shelby County dropped more than 3 percent in the Transition Into Adult Life category, falling behind the state average for the first time in three years. Shelby checks in almost 1 percent behind the state’s 97 percent.

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