Mayor Tim Kelly wants you dazzled by his AI experiments and lidar-powered traffic lights. Meanwhile, Chattanooga’s city schools are failing—badly—and he’s doing nothing to change that.
Kids in his own city can’t read or do math on grade level, and instead of stepping up to fund real solutions, Kelly’s throwing money at IT staff and tech gimmicks. He talks a big game about innovation and equity, but when it comes to actually helping students succeed, he vanishes.
Let’s be clear: Tim Kelly isn’t investing in the future—he’s hiding behind buzzwords while a generation of Chattanooga kids falls further behind. AI won’t fix what a mayor refuses to fund.
Harold Parker