Nashville Classical Charter School
615-538-5841
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2000 Greenwood Avenue
Nashville, TN 37206
Organization Details

Executive Director


Executive Director Mr. Charles Friedman
E-mail cfriedman@nashvilleclassical.org
Term Start June 2012
Charles's Experience: Mr. Friedman began his education career in Philadelphia with Teach For America. As a first year teacher, he led his students to more than two years of growth within a single year on externally validated national reading and math assessments. After his TFA commitment ended, he joined the organization's staff and managed the training of forty humanities teachers during the school year and the summer school program of Frankford High School, the city's largest comprehensive high school, as part of Teach For America's Philadelphia Summer Institute. In 2011, Mr. Friedman was accepted into the prestigious Building Excellent Schools Fellowship, where he researched, studied and learned best practices used by the highest-performing schools and school leaders in the nation. Mr. Friedman, an East Nashville resident since moving to Tennessee, led the design and proposal of Nashville Classical and serves as its Executive Director.

Mr. Friedman is an honors graduate of Yale University and received a Master's Degree in Urban Education from the University of Pennsylvania.

Senior Staff


Name Title
Matthew Dempsey Sr. Director of Operations
Nida Rab Sr. Director of Finance & Compliance
Molly Gauthier Senior Director of Academics

Staff

Full Time Staff 76
Part Time Staff 0
Volunteers 100
Contractors 0
Retention Rate 82%

Plans & Policies

Does your organization have a Fundraising Plan? Under Development
Does your organization have a Strategic Plan? Yes
Years Strategic Plan Considers 10
When was the Strategic Plan adopted? July 2021
Does your organization have a Management Succession Plan? Yes
Does your organization have a Policy and Procedure Plan? Yes
Does the organization have a Nondiscrimination Policy? Yes
Does the organization have a Whistle Blower Policy? Yes
Does the organization have a Document Destruction Policy? Yes

Evaluation

Is there a formal evaluation for... Frequency (if applicable)
CEO/Executive Director Yes Annually
Senior Management
Non-Management