Dedication Ceremony for Raider Arena on April 24, 2016. Shown are Board of Education Member Peggy Pesterfield, Mayor Emeritus Tom Rowland, Board of Education Chair Dawn Robinson and Board of Education Member Steve Morgan, Vice Mayor Avery Johnson, Councilman David May, Cleveland City Schools Board of Education Member Charlie Cogdill, and Councilman Dale Hughes.
The Cleveland City Schools Board of Education is having a dedication ceremony for the Cleveland High School’s Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corp’s room.
The classroom is being named after Mayor Emeritus Tom Rowland, the city of Cleveland’s longest serving Mayor. The Classroom will be named the Colonel (Ret) Tom Rowland Air Force JROTC Classroom.
The Cleveland City Schools Board of Education approved this bestowment earlier this year to honor Mayor Emeritus Rowland for his 27 years of dedicated service to the city of Cleveland and his long-term commitment to Cleveland City Schools.
The dedication ceremony will take place at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, at the Cleveland High School Raider Arena Lobby at 850 Raider Drive, Cleveland, Tn. 37312.
Mayor Emeritus Rowland inspecting one of the classrooms