Picture courtesy Northside Neighborhood House, Hamilton County
Picture courtesy Knox Education Foundation, Knoxville, TN
Picture courtesy Community Achieves, Nashville, TN
Tennessee Community Schools Providers
Tennessee currently has eight providers across the state with more than 50 years collective experience operating Community Schools.
Chattanooga Area
Community Forward Schools
A collaborative partnership between The City of Chattanooga and
Hamilton County Schools – District operated initiative
Community Forward Program Director, Karitsa M. Jones, kmjones2@chattanooga.gov
District Coordinator of Community Schools, Caitlyne Steward, steward_c@hcde.org
Northside Neighborhood House
Hamilton County – Nonprofit organization
Chief Education Officer: Yang Matthews, ymatthews@nnhouse.org
Knoxville Area
Knox Education Foundation
Knox County – Nonprofit organization
Community Schools Director, Adam Fritts, afritts@knoxed.org
University of Tennessee Supported Community Schools
Knox County – University Assisted
Director, Janine Alaseer, PhD, jalaseer@utk.edu
Memphis Area
Shelby County Public Schools
District operated initiative
Director Community Schools, Devonte Payton, paytond@scsk12.org
Communities in Schools Memphis
Shelby County – Nonprofit organization
CEO, Sonji Branch, sbranch@cismemphis.org
Nashville Area
Community Achieves
Metro Nashville Public Schools – District operated initiative
communityachieves@mnps.org
Communities in Schools TN
Metro Nashville and Rural Counties – Nonprofit organization
CEO, Samantha Wigand, (615) 414-0839
TN Rural Counties
Bledsoe
Clay
Cocke
Fentress
Grundy
Hardeman
Jackson
Hancock
Lake
Lauderdale
McNairy
Morgan
Scott
Van Buren
Wayne
Communities in Schools
Rural Counties – Nonprofit organization
CEO, Samantha Wigand, (615) 414-0839
Tennessee Community Schools Providers
Tennessee currently has eight providers across the state with more than 50 years collective experience operating Community Schools.
Chattanooga Area
Community Forward Schools
A collaborative partnership between The City of Chattanooga and
Hamilton County Schools – District operated initiative
Community Forward Program Director, Karitsa M. Jones, kmjones2@chattanooga.gov
District Coordinator of Community Schools, Caitlyne Steward, steward_c@hcde.org
Northside Neighborhood House
Hamilton County – Nonprofit organization
Chief Education Officer: Yang Matthews, ymatthews@nnhouse.org
Knoxville Area
Knox Education Foundation
Knox County – Nonprofit organization
Community Schools Director, Adam Fritts, afritts@knoxed.org
University of Tennessee Supported Community Schools
Knox County – University Assisted
Director, Janine Alaseer, PhD, jalaseer@utk.edu
Memphis Area
Shelby County Public Schools
District operated initiative
Director Community Schools, Devonte Payton, paytond@scsk12.org
Communities in Schools Memphis
Shelby County – Nonprofit organization
CEO, Sonji Branch, sbranch@cismemphis.org
Nashville Area
Community Achieves
Metro Nashville Public Schools – District operated initiative
communityachieves@mnps.org
Communities in Schools TN
Metro Nashville and Rural Counties – Nonprofit organization
CEO, Samantha Wigand, (615) 414-0839
TN Rural Counties
Bledsoe
Clay
Cocke
Fentress
Grundy
Hardeman
Jackson
Hancock
Lake
Lauderdale
McNairy
Morgan
Scott
Van Buren
Wayne
Communities in Schools TN Rural Counties
Metro Nashville and Rural Counties – Nonprofit organization
CEO, Samantha Wigand, (615) 414-0839
Tennessee Community Schools Providers
Tennessee currently has eight providers across the state with more than 50 years collective experience operating Community Schools.
Chattanooga Area
Community Forward Schools
A collaborative partnership between The City of Chattanooga and
Hamilton County Schools – District operated initiative
Community Forward Program Director, Karitsa M. Jones, kmjones2@chattanooga.gov
District Coordinator of Community Schools, Caitlyne Steward, steward_c@hcde.org
Northside Neighborhood House
Hamilton County – Nonprofit organization
Chief Education Officer: Yang Matthews, ymatthews@nnhouse.org
Knoxville Area
Knox Education Foundation
Knox County – Nonprofit organization
Community Schools Director, Adam Fritts, afritts@knoxed.org
University of Tennessee Supported Community Schools
Knox County – University Assisted
Director, Janine Alaseer, PhD, jalaseer@utk.edu
Memphis Area
Shelby County Public Schools
District operated initiative
Director Community Schools, Devonte Payton, paytond@scsk12.org
Communities in Schools Memphis
Shelby County – Nonprofit organization
CEO, Sonji Branch, sbranch@cismemphis.org
Nashville Area
Community Achieves
Metro Nashville Public Schools – District operated initiative
communityachieves@mnps.org
Communities in Schools TN
Metro Nashville and Rural Counties – Nonprofit organization
CEO, Samantha Wigand, (615) 414-0839
TN Rural Counties
Bledsoe
Clay
Cocke
Fentress
Grundy
Hardeman
Jackson
Hancock
Lake
Lauderdale
McNairy
Morgan
Scott
Van Buren
Wayne
Communities in Schools TN Rural Counties
Metro Nashville and Rural Counties – Nonprofit organization
CEO, Samantha Wigand, (615) 414-0839
