1. GREENEVILLE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
Quality Schools & Complete Communities
Asongayi Venard
City Planner
Oct. 22, 2015

2. Goals
Overview of education and jobs training in comprehensive community planning
Information on strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
Share focus areas and practices

3. A Few Statistics Population Estimate 2014: 15,035
Persons under 5yrs (2010): 5.4%
Persons under 18yrs (2010): 21.2%
Persons between 18yrs and 65yrs (2010): 52.4%
Persons 65years and over (2010): 21.0%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons 25+ ( ): 79.4%
Bachelor’s degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+ ( ): 21.9%

4. Education and Jobs Training in Community Comprehensive Plan
Complete Communities
Education infrastructure
Recreational and other facilities
Housing
Transportation
Businesses and industries
Safety
Demographic
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Etc
Healthy Learners
Personal and community health
Education and Jobs Training in Community Comprehensive Plan
High Quality Education
Educators, learning instruments, etc

5. Some Community Strengths
Colleges: Walter State & Tusculum College
Day care/pre-school, home schools, private schools, adult learning, library, vocational training
Eastview, Hal Henard, Highland and Tusculum View Elementary Schools
Greeneville Middle School, Greeneville High School
Continuous high ranking of the City Schools System by the State of Tennessee
Associate degrees, certificate programs, dual enrollment and non-credit classes
School to work transition: via vocational rehabilitation
Greene Technology Center partnering with WSCC and TN Tech in Morristown = eliminating stigma of vocational training
Social and recreational facilities: NPAC, Parks
Historic attractions

6. Some Weaknesses No PhD Programs
Only one (1) city school: limits choice
Lack of funding for educational needs
Lack of diversity (teachers/faculty)
Parking challenge for downtown businesses/growth for student parking
High school graduates needing remedial courses before taking college level courses
Cost of maintaining all school buildings
Lack of business downtown to supply shopping, recreational and eating needs for students, educators, etc
Insufficient living opportunities downtown

7. Capacity in City Schools System
Capacity
% at Capacity in 2008
Tuition % in 2008
% Capacity in 2015
Tuition # 2015
Tuition % in 2015
EastView Elementary
372
430
86.6%
30.2%
366
85.2% 86
23.5%
Hal Henard Elementary
382
413
92.5%
26.6%
386
93.5% 61
15.8%
Highland Elementary
179
225
79.5%
19.9%
190
84.4% 41
21.6%
Tusculum View Elementary
376
426
88.2%
24.4%
401
94.1% 80
20.0%
25-Greeneville Middle School
621
634
97.9%
23.0%
625
98.5%
144
20-Greeneville High School
896
1203
74.5%
26.0%
907
75.4%
244
26.9%
Totals
2826
3331
84.8%
2875
86.3%
656
22.8%

8. Some Internal and External Opportunities
Walter State Expansion
Expansion of businesses to accommodate increase student population
Tennessee promise/Federal Aid
Expansion of residential development
Experienced workforce in industries
Opportunities for growth within Downtown
Fairgrounds Connector extension and Greeneville Education Corridor redevelopment

9. More Internal Opportunities
Opportunities for social events: NPAC, Capital Theater, Depot St, etc

10. Some Opportunities
Strategic Co-location and Joint Use: Walter State, Hospital and High School Walter State and Police Department

11. Some Opportunities
Strategic Co- location and Joint Use: Elementary School, Middle School and Park

12. Some Opportunities: Adaptive Re-Use
SchenkelShultz converted a 100,000- square-foot Kmart store in Lehigh Acres, Fla., a suburb of Fort Myers, for the Lee County School District of Southwest Florida, into a staging school to temporarily house 9th and 10th graders

13. Adaptive Re-Use: Turning Old Shopping Center into an Elementary School
Lee County School District, FL

14. Some Threats Competition from ETSU Economic downturn
Ranking of surrounding high schools
Specialized medical facilities linked closely with Johnson City
Lack of job opportunities and salaries

15. Be Positive and Solution Centered!!
Where does “win-win” opportunity lie in Greeneville?
Be Positive and Solution Centered!!