The high school also saw two additions in its first year: a television studio[3] and a new turf field.
[4] The school board hired Jason Manuel as the district's first superintendent.
[6] In 2015, two of its schools performed in the top 15% for performance on standardized tests, and the district as a whole earned the highest ACT average for the entire State of Tennessee[7] in its first and second years (consecutively).
Manuel and his staff deliver frequent presentations across the State as to how the District has pulled off such successes in such a short time.
[1] Archived 2017-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Germantown Municipal Schools have also been named a Top Place to Work in both 2015 and 2016 by the Commercial Appeal.