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The Hamblen County Department of Education consists of seven members who are responsible for setting educational policies for the Hamblen County School System. The Hamblen County School System provides a range of educational and extracurricular programs for students in kindergarten through grade12. It has several departments, such as administration, business, special services, instructional technology, career and technical education, school nutrition, transportation and maintenance. The school system offers a variety of gifted education, homebound instruction, special education and extended school programs. It also provides various staff development opportunities. The Hamblen County Department of Education is located in Morristown, Tenn.

Edamerica, located in Knoxville, Tenn., is one of the largest providers of educational loans in the United States. The company provides loans for college students throughout the United States and works with postsecondary institutions nationwide to help students and parents fund and manage college education expenses. It offers Federal Stafford loans, Federal Plus loans, student loan consolidation, EdLoan/Techloan programs and private student loans. Through Edfinancial Services, its primary loan servicing partner, borrowers have access to college planning and financial aid resources at eCampusTours.com, as well as life-of-loan servicing. Borrowers can also manage their account online at the company s web site.

TapRooT software is offered by System Improvements, which provides a range of analytical products. The software conducts root cause analysis of various problems, such as accidents, quality issues, human errors and everyday incidents. It investigates maintenance problems, sentinel events, productivity issues, production delays, environmental releases, and medical and manufacturing mistakes. TapRooT features incident identification and report writing capabilities. The software also provides information on defining causal factors, determining sequence of events, performance measurement and trending, and cognitive interviewing and corrective action implementation process. System Improvements offers a range of software-related training courses on equipment troubleshooting, risk management and stopping human error.