This week, we’ll visit with newly retired South Side High School principal Anita Tucker to reflect on her time in the district as a student-athlete, teacher, and administrator. We’ll also find out what the future holds for South Side as Dr. Shari Baldwin takes over after serving as assistant principal for several years. Mrs. Tucker has been associated with the school for 41 years: as a student at the junior high and the high school; as a teacher at the junior high and later as a teacher and coach at the high school. For the past 13 years, however, Anita has been the head principal. She succeeded Jimmy Arnold, who led in that position from 1993-2011.

East Elementary School Principal Dr. Amanda Brabham always knew she wanted to work in education, but service in the military has played a special role in her reaching her goals and becoming a remarkable school leader. That discussion, plus we'll visit with a pair of recent North Side graduates who are adjusting to life in college. This is Episode Six!

This week, we’ve invited former West TN Teacher of the Year - Bob Sparks - he’s currently an English Teacher at JCM Early College High. He spent time in Nashville recently to learn more about policies impacting - teachers and students in the state of TN….he’ll tell us about that experience and the importance of civic participation from school district employees….Plus…School Board member Andre Darnell is here to recap his experience at the Student Congress on Policies in Education…Mr. Darnell served as a group leader as a group of students from Liberty Technology High School participated in SCOPE for the 2nd year in a row.