Entrance to LEAD Neely's Bend (Photo by Sky Arnold)
Good morning.
Parents of high school students in Nashville will have a new public charter school option this August. LEAD Neely's Bend, which opened as a middle school in Madison years ago, will enroll its first ninth-grade class.
This week we're talking to the mother of one of those students who tells us this expansion fills a need to keep students like her son in a system that's working.
“There’s no discrimination against Hispanic people here, I never really hear anything about drugs, about fights, anything like that. The teachers work well with the students. They help them to become more responsible, because in the past, Jorge wasn’t really a responsible kid, wasn’t a very responsible person, but he’s a lot more so around the house now as well.”
Lesly Olivares, mother of incoming freshman
By the numbers
2015Year LEAD took over Neely's Bend Middle when it was in the bottom 5% of Tennessee schools
15milesDistance from Neely's Bend to LEAD's nearest existing high school in south Davidson County
That's all for this week. As Nashville grows, we'll keep tracking how Metro handles the pressure on schools and the budget. Thanks for reading.
