[0:00] 2025 work session. Miss Clark, please
[0:03] call the role.
[0:05] Board member McKisik
[0:06] here.
[0:07] Board member Garcia
[0:09] here.
[0:09] Board member Porter.
[0:12] Okay.
[0:13] Board member Murphy
[0:14] here.
[0:15] Board member Love
[0:16] here.
[0:16] Board member McKini
[0:18] present.
[0:19] Board member Otang
[0:20] here.
[0:21] Board member Williams
[0:22] present.
[0:23] Board chair Coleman
[0:24] present.
[0:25] You have Aiden the affirmative.
[0:26] Thank you. We do have a quorum. uniform.
[0:29] Please stand for the pledge of
[0:30] allegiance
[0:33] tonight. Please remain standing for a
[0:35] moment of silence. It is with extremely
[0:37] heavy hearts that tonight's moment of
[0:39] silence is in remembrance of Macy
[0:42] Bankhead, an MSCS student from Ross
[0:45] Elementary School. Please keep her
[0:48] family in your thoughts and prayers.
[0:52] I pledge algiance to the flag of the
[0:55] United States of America and to the
[0:57] republic for it stands, one nation under
[1:01] God, indivisible, with liberty and
[1:04] justice for all.
[1:11] Thank you. May be seated.
[1:20] We are now on to spotlights of the arts.
[1:22] For today's spotlight on the arts, high
[1:25] alum Derek Forger with the intent to
[1:28] grow the next generation of artists is
[1:30] from Memphis. Next generation of artists
[1:32] is from Memphis. He was inspired by the
[1:35] quality arts education he received in
[1:38] our district from his Central High
[1:39] School art teacher, Bill Hicks,
[1:42] whom he credits with encouraging him to
[1:45] become an artist. Contemporary Arts
[1:48] Memphis is a proud partner with MSCS and
[1:51] offers free year-round programming for
[1:54] high school students at their studio on
[1:56] Marshall Avenue. We would like to share
[1:59] a glimpse of what our students
[2:01] experienced this summer. Can we play the
[2:03] video, please?
[2:20] It's just pictures, no music.
[2:22] Oh. Oh, I thought you said play the
[2:24] video. I was trying to see the video.
[2:26] That is a video. Oh,
[2:28] I was
[2:31] [Applause]
[2:33] students, board members, go down,
[2:36] please. Students, please come forward
[2:38] when your name is called and remain
[2:40] standing. Jaman Appa, I'm sorry if I'm
[2:43] saying your last name incorrectly, from
[2:45] Central High School. Joey Fernandez Dio
[2:49] Santos, Central High. Antoine Groves,
[2:53] White Haven High. Namasi Hampton, East
[2:59] TEM Academy. Gabriella Perez Salvador,
[3:03] White Station High
[3:08] Sin, White Station High. Ela Elena
[3:12] Shook, Central High School. Adarius
[3:17] Shipparo, White Station High. And Elijah
[3:20] Williams, Overton High School.
[4:00] [Applause]
[4:32] We are now on to the approval of the
[4:34] agenda. Are there any amendments
[4:36] in Superintendent Richmond?
[4:39] No amendments at this time.
[4:41] Board me board members.
[4:46] There being no amendments to the agenda,
[4:47] is there a motion for the approval of
[4:49] the agenda and a second?
[4:51] So moved.
[4:52] Seconded.
[4:54] Motion by board member McKisik, second
[4:57] by board member Murphy. Roll call vote,
[4:59] please.
[5:02] Board member McKisik.
[5:05] I.
[5:06] Board member Garcia.
[5:07] I.
[5:08] Board member Murphy.
[5:10] I.
[5:10] Board member Love.
[5:11] I.
[5:12] Board member McKenna.
[5:13] I. Board member Otay
[5:15] I.
[5:16] Board member Williams
[5:17] here.
[5:18] Board chair Coleman
[5:20] I.
[5:20] You have eight in the affirmative.
[5:22] Thank you. That motion passes. We're now
[5:24] on to the chair's report. Vice Chair
[5:27] Love would like to recognize the Young
[5:29] Actors Guild, better known as YAG. Young
[5:32] Actors Guild impacts, inspires, and
[5:35] engages underserved underserved youth
[5:38] ages 3 to 17 in the performing arts.
[5:41] While developing their artistic skills,
[5:43] our youth are also exposed to team
[5:45] building, service learning, and cultural
[5:48] enrichment activities. For the past 34
[5:52] years, Young Actors Gill Performing Arts
[5:54] Academy, a local nonprofit in Memphis,
[5:57] Tennessee,
[5:58] has been dedicated to implementing arts
[6:01] programs that provide
[6:03] a platform for youth to hone their gifts
[6:07] and talents. The staff and organization
[6:10] has positively impacted over 42,000
[6:13] youth through their dynamic arts program
[6:17] and they strive to continue the rich
[6:19] tradition of bringing the arts back to
[6:22] the community. Their mission of
[6:25] educating, inspiring, and enga engaging
[6:28] youth through the arts provides them
[6:30] with a stage to rewrite narratives of
[6:32] negative prayer pressure, bullying, and
[6:35] deferred dreams, refocusing their lens
[6:37] on positive interaction,
[6:40] character building, and fostering
[6:41] supportive friendships.
[6:44] Young Actors Gills has had the distinct
[6:47] pleasure of performing for notable
[6:48] figures such as Oprah Winfrey, former
[6:51] President Bill Clinton and Maxine Waters
[6:53] among many others. Yag shares a rich
[6:56] history of students who have performed
[6:58] on Broadway, American Idol, So You Think
[7:01] You Can Dance, and The Four. Many have
[7:04] also been accepted into prestigious
[7:06] programs like Dance Theater of Harlem,
[7:09] Alvin Ay, and the de Debbie Allen Dance
[7:12] Academy. Most importantly, the
[7:14] organization is proud to celebrate a 98%
[7:19] college graduation rate among their
[7:21] participants, 98%.
[7:28] We will have a performance by the young men today. Desawn Eli, when I call
[7:34] your name, come up front, please.
[7:37] Yuri Brooks,
[7:41] Jaylen Hunter,
[7:43] Dominique Barona,
[7:46] King Henry, and Amar McClendon.
[8:02] [Music]
[8:06] Good evening everyone.
[8:22] And it brings me so much joy.
[8:26] children
[8:36] not
[8:47] having
[8:52] 12 years old. I was
[8:55] supermarketatform
[9:22] and
[9:28] But not only
[9:31] so many things in my day. I learned to
[9:36] be confident. I learned I learned
[9:42] most.
[9:49] And so for all of
[10:00] further ado, I am proud to introduce
[10:03] you.
[10:06] [Applause]
[10:13] [Music]
[10:30] King
[10:38] worked
[10:41] [Music]
[10:52] Hallelujah. Hallelujah.
[10:58] [Music]
[11:09] I
[11:10] [Music]
[11:18] business.
[11:20] [Music]
[11:30] Angel.
[11:35] [Music]
[12:07] I got
[12:10] the
[12:12] chance.
[12:15] [Music]
[12:27] Lower your voices. You keep out of
[12:29] trouble and you double your choices. I'm
[12:31] with you, but the situation is wrong.
[12:34] You have to be carefully taught. If you
[12:35] talk, you're going to get
[12:38] [Music]
[12:55] your position.
[13:06] Let's get this guy in front of the
[13:07] crowd.
[13:10] [Music]
[13:32] W Woah.
[13:35] Yeah.
[13:36] Wo.
[13:38] Yeah.
[13:42] [Music]
[13:54] for
[13:55] [Music]
[14:18] you. A
[14:25] [Music]
[14:34] I don't know.
[14:37] [Music]
[14:57] Hallelujah.
[14:59] [Music]
[15:08] expectation.
[15:09] [Music]
[15:27] Take a shot.
[15:30] It's time to take a shot.
[15:36] [Music]
[15:42] Take a shot. Take a shot. Not throwing
[15:45] away.
[15:48] [Music]
[15:49] [Applause]
[16:07] Just excuse me, young men. I think there
[16:10] were some of you all. Let's give them
[16:11] another round of applause.
[16:15] I think there were some of you all that
[16:17] didn't get your name called. So, what
[16:19] I'd like for each one of you all to do
[16:20] is to let us know your name. Okay.
[16:24] My name is King Henry. I am 13year-old
[16:27] 13 years old and I go to DInnesota
[16:28] Central Middle School.
[16:30] My name is Jaylen Hunter. I'm 15 years
[16:32] old and I go to Bride Chris Christian
[16:34] School.
[16:35] My name is Amari McClendon. I'm 17 years
[16:38] old and I attend Gateway Christian
[16:40] School.
[16:41] My name is Yuri Brooks. I'm 15 years old
[16:44] and I attend Olive Branch High School.
[16:46] My name is Jackson Wheeler. I'm 13 years
[16:48] old and I attend Maxine Smith Academy.
[16:52] My name is Dominic Baroneia. I am a
[16:55] 16-year-old that goes to the White
[16:56] Station High School.
[16:59] My name is Desan Ellie. I'm 15 years old
[17:02] and I attend White Haven High School.
[18:43] [Applause]
[18:50] Congratulations.
[19:31] Jack
[19:35] the whole make sure he's gonna get that
[19:43] when they switch it still forget that
[19:45] they
[19:51] At this time, we have a special
[19:54] announcement from board member McKenna.
[19:58] Real quick, you have a folder that says
[20:00] governor's training. We left out two of
[20:02] the proposals. I wanted to make sure you
[20:04] had those. Well, you read the other
[20:05] ones. And also you have the RFI that
[20:08] went out with so that you have the the
[20:10] um things that we were asking for so you
[20:12] can compare it with the documents that
[20:13] you got during the board committee
[20:15] meeting. That's it. Thank you.
[20:24] We're now on to the superintendent
[20:27] report. Interim superintendent Dr.
[20:29] Richmond.
[20:30] Yes. Thank you board chair. on next
[20:33] Tuesday during the business committee
[20:35] meeting, we will bring a more robust uh
[20:38] superintendence report. But what I would
[20:40] like to do is just to thank all of our
[20:42] parents, all of our students, all of our
[20:44] building level administrators, all of
[20:46] our central office administrators, uh
[20:49] you all board as well as the larger
[20:51] community for a wonderful opening of
[20:54] schools. I couldn't think of a smoother
[20:57] opening. Uh, and so again, staff, I'd
[21:00] like for you all, as well as anyone else
[21:03] in the audience, give yourselves a round
[21:05] of applause.
[21:11] This has to be one of the smoothest
[21:14] openings we've ever had. And again, on
[21:17] Monday, next Tuesday, we'll bring uh a
[21:20] more comprehensive opening of schools uh
[21:24] report. I also want to thank Miss
[21:26] Christy Chandler. She's not here. Uh,
[21:28] but I want to thank her for the Young
[21:30] Actors Guild uh, and the work that they
[21:33] continue to do in our community with our
[21:36] students. Let's give them a round of
[21:37] applause.
[21:40] Uh, and I will go on record as saying,
[21:42] as you all know, the arts is one of my
[21:44] five A's, and we are really, really
[21:46] looking forward uh, to partnering uh,
[21:49] and doing some outstanding things with
[21:52] Miss Chandler and the Young Actors
[21:55] Guild. So again, Miss Chandler, if
[21:56] you're out there and you're listening,
[21:58] uh know that we see you. We appreciate
[22:01] you and we value what you're doing for
[22:04] our students and our community. Thank
[22:06] you.
[22:11] Dr. Richmond. We're now on to the agenda
[22:14] of staff action items. The first item on
[22:16] the agenda is 9.1 approval St. Jude
[22:20] Children's Research Hospital
[22:22] Incorporated science technology
[22:24] engineering math and medicine
[22:27] partnership.
[22:30] Yes, madam chair is recommend that the
[22:32] Chevy County Board of Education approved
[22:34] the memorandum of understanding with St.
[22:36] Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.
[22:38] to support the development of an
[22:40] implementation of science, technology,
[22:42] engineering, and math, and medicine
[22:44] learning opportunities across 10
[22:46] elementary, two middle, and three high
[22:49] schools.
[22:52] 9.2 approval of strategic partners of
[22:55] literacy,ou
[22:58] 91,8834.
[23:02] Yes, madam chair recommend that the
[23:04] Shelby County Board of Education approve
[23:05] the memorandum of understanding with the
[23:07] Urban Child Institute and the Hyde
[23:10] Foundation on behalf of strategic
[23:11] partners for literacy group for a
[23:14] project manager position which will
[23:16] provide guidance and oversight of the
[23:17] district-led SPL work with community
[23:20] partners to positively impact student
[23:23] literacy outcomes. The Urban Child
[23:25] Institute and Hyde Family Foundation
[23:27] will pay 50% and MSCS will pay 50%
[23:31] $45,94152
[23:34] of the maximum salary total of $91,8834.
[23:40] Thank you. And let the record show board
[23:42] member Porter is
[23:45] present tonight. Thank you. 9.3 approval
[23:49] reading horizon
[23:51] $539,895.
[23:55] Yes, madam chairs recommend Chevvin
[23:57] County Board of Education approve the
[23:59] contract for Reading Horizons as a
[24:01] dyslexia specific intervention in the
[24:04] amount of $539,895
[24:08] implementing a dyslexia specific
[24:10] intervention tool in alignment with TCA
[24:12] 49-1229
[24:15] which outlines that local education
[24:17] agencies provide identified students
[24:20] with dyslexia specific intervention.
[24:25] No lights. 9.4 approval dual enrollment
[24:28] memorandum of understanding between MSCS
[24:32] and college partners
[24:34] Tennessee College of Applied Technology
[24:36] TCAT, Tennessee Tech University of
[24:39] Memphis, and Southwest Tennessee
[24:40] Community College 2025 through 2026.
[24:44] Yes, madam chairs recommend that the
[24:46] Shelby County Board of Education approve
[24:48] the dual enrollment memorandum of
[24:50] understanding between Memphis Shelby
[24:52] County Schools and the following college
[24:54] partners for 2526
[24:56] TCAP one year 10 year University of
[25:00] Memphis 5 years and medical district and
[25:02] uh STCC uh standalone 5year additionally
[25:07] is recommended the Shelby County Board
[25:08] of Education approve the standalone
[25:11] one-year between medical district and
[25:13] southwest Tennessee Community College
[25:15] that ended on July 31st, 2025 for the
[25:18] 202425
[25:20] school year.
[25:23] 9.5 Approval Memphis Symphony Orchestra
[25:26] Incorporated.
[25:29] Yes, Madam Chair is recommend Shelby
[25:31] County Board of Education approve the
[25:32] contract services provided by Memphis
[25:34] Symphony Orchestra, Inc. in the amount
[25:37] of $98,800.
[25:40] This contract will continue to enhance
[25:42] fine arts opportunities in grades K12 by
[25:45] bringing the orchestra into schools,
[25:47] providing small group and individualized
[25:49] student assessment support and providing
[25:52] to and providing directors with pedigogy
[25:55] guidance as needed.
[25:59] 9.6 approval Save the Music Foundation J
[26:02] Diller Music Tech Grant Craigmont High
[26:06] School $58,300.
[26:08] Yes, madam chair is recommended that
[26:10] Chevy County Board of Education accept
[26:11] the J Dill Techch grant for the Save the
[26:14] Music Foundation for Craigmont Middle
[26:15] School in the amount of $58,300
[26:18] for the 202526 school year. The grant
[26:22] funds will provide students with the
[26:23] opportunity to enhance their technical
[26:25] music skills to apply outside of the
[26:28] classroom and increase student
[26:30] marketability.
[26:33] 9.7 approval of state special schools
[26:37] agreement with Shelby County School
[26:38] Board of Education.
[26:41] Yes, madam chair is recommend the Shelby
[26:42] County Board of Education approve the
[26:44] agreement with the state of Tennessee
[26:45] for special education services at the
[26:48] state special schools uh Tennessee
[26:50] school for the deaf and Tennessee school
[26:52] of the blind pursuant to the Tennessee
[26:54] state board education rule 05204-
[26:59] 03
[27:02] 9.8 Approval of Seven Mindsets Academy
[27:05] LLC 389,000.
[27:08] Yes, madame chair. It is recommended
[27:10] Sher County Board of Education approved
[27:12] the contract to Seven Mindsets in the
[27:14] amount of $389,000 for one year to fund
[27:17] the social emotional learning curriculum
[27:19] with the option to renew. Vice Chair
[27:22] Love.
[27:25] Um, Superintendent, did you have
[27:28] teachers uh input on this?
[27:32] Uh, Vice Chair Love, thanks for that,
[27:34] uh, question. Uh, I think teachers did
[27:38] serve on the RFP committee. Uh, but at
[27:41] this time, I'll defer to, uh, our chief
[27:44] of student support services, Dr.
[27:46] Broadway.
[27:48] Good morning. Oh, good. Not good
[27:50] morning. long day. Um, no, we had um on
[27:54] the RFP committee there was a counselor
[27:56] also that there was a culture and
[27:58] climate survey that teachers were able
[28:01] to uh give their input and that is was
[28:03] taken into the scope of work when create
[28:06] when looking at the RFPs.
[28:08] How many teachers participated in the uh
[28:12] survey?
[28:13] That's a good question. And this RFP was
[28:16] on taken when I was on boarding. So, I'm
[28:19] gonna ask for
[28:20] uh Dr. Hill, or Dr. Phillips if they know
[28:24] the count of how many teachers
[28:26] participated in the survey
[28:31] if you don't have it.
[28:32] No, no, no. I think Do we have that
[28:35] number? Yes, we have that number.
[28:39] Good evening. There was the uh TNTP
[28:42] culture and climate survey and it was
[28:44] 82% of teachers that participated of the
[28:47] overall staff.
[28:49] Next question. Um will the parents have
[28:53] um the are the parents connected to
[28:57] this?
[28:57] Yes ma'am. There's a parent engagement
[28:59] piece and there will also be virtual
[29:01] sessions for parents and I'll also defer
[29:04] if they you guys want to add to that.
[29:06] Absolutely. That's during the family
[29:08] forum. So the first one is scheduled for
[29:10] the end of uh September should this be
[29:13] approved and we'll be having those other
[29:15] seven sessions throughout the year. So
[29:18] parents and it's a family engagement
[29:20] component. So as we're equipped better
[29:22] equipped each month that we we it is a
[29:25] connection a homeschool connection
[29:27] component.
[29:29] How many parents uh come to your
[29:31] sessions?
[29:34] Uh on average the family forum sessions
[29:37] Dr. Stevenson is in the hallway. Um, I
[29:40] can ask and get that information
[29:41] because I'm not worried about them per
[29:44] se. I'm also worried about the parents
[29:48] that don't come.
[29:50] Absolutely. So, we'll make sure that we
[29:52] are innovative enough to make sure and
[29:54] ensure that all schools uh help us get
[29:56] that word out. And so that's one reason
[29:58] why we are so excited about this
[30:00] opportunity because it's a one
[30:02] curriculum, one curriculum for the
[30:04] entire schools across our district. And
[30:07] so that we'll make sure that that
[30:08] information is out there and um pushed
[30:11] out to all of our families as well
[30:12] through our school leaders.
[30:15] This question is for the superintendent
[30:17] board member love. So I also wanted to
[30:19] add when schools have their um parent
[30:22] meetings like the parent uh pastries
[30:24] with parents, donuts for dads, muffins
[30:27] for moms, we will ask the MTSS teams to
[30:30] also share about the new curriculum
[30:33] during those parent sessions.
[30:35] Um finally, this question is for Dr.
[30:38] Richmond. Once this is uh approved, can
[30:43] you bring the board um a update every 90
[30:48] days or 60 days?
[30:51] Yes, thank you vice chair for that
[30:54] question. Uh as a matter of fact today
[30:57] and you all will see tomorrow in our
[31:00] retreat during our cabinet meeting today
[31:02] we talked about how first of all uh an
[31:05] SEAL curriculum was part of my 100 day
[31:08] plan uh but when we meet uh over the
[31:12] next two days you all will see where we
[31:14] are discussing certain things that will
[31:16] be beyond my 100 day plan and how we'll
[31:20] be implementing those things. And so
[31:22] just this morning we were talking about
[31:24] the implementation of the seven
[31:26] mindsets, what that would look like
[31:28] beyond my 100 day plan and how we'll
[31:30] come back and and brief uh the board as
[31:33] well as the larger community with our
[31:35] implementation uh of this seal
[31:37] curriculum.
[31:38] Thank you.
[31:41] Board member Williams,
[31:43] someone explained 9.7 the approval of
[31:46] the special school agreement with Shelby
[31:48] County Schools Board of Education. How
[31:50] much are we given from the state to take
[31:52] on that burden?
[31:55] There's no money value here.
[31:59] It's just anou
[32:01] uh board member Williams. It's just a
[32:04] memorandum of understanding that we
[32:06] enter into with the state.
[32:08] Are we paid in any way?
[32:10] No sir, we're not. It says it is the
[32:12] recommended that the CH County Board of
[32:13] Education approves an agreement with the
[32:15] state service to provide services to
[32:19] social special schools. So we do that at
[32:21] no cost.
[32:22] And this would be for some
[32:25] of our students who would have special
[32:27] needs if they wanted to register at
[32:31] perhaps the Tennessee School of the Deaf
[32:34] and Tennessee School of the Blind. It's
[32:37] just entering into anou because those
[32:39] schools are not local
[32:45] is for our students who would have
[32:48] special disabilities.
[32:58] Yes, sir.
[33:00] Board member board member Porter.
[33:04] All right. Going back to 9.8. Um, so I
[33:07] know that this is a new curriculum
[33:08] that'll be implemented into the school
[33:10] system, but at the last meeting, you
[33:12] guys did state that we do have things
[33:14] programs like this already in the
[33:15] school. So, how were we able to assess
[33:17] the u the expected outcomes or the
[33:19] outcomes that those programs that we
[33:20] currently have in in the school system?
[33:22] What have they been effective? Have we
[33:24] been able to assess that? How we've been
[33:25] able to to measure those programs?
[33:27] Yes. Uh, board member Porter, thank you
[33:30] uh for that question. uh for I think
[33:33] probably the last
[33:35] three years, two to three years, we
[33:37] haven't had an SEAL curriculum. Uh and
[33:42] so this will be uh the first in the last
[33:45] two or three years that we've had a
[33:47] social emotional learning curriculum
[33:49] that we can implement districtwide.
[33:52] Schools may have different programs that
[33:55] they have been implementing uh in
[33:57] isolation, but there's nothing
[33:59] comprehensive that we've been doing
[34:01] districtwide. As for the data, uh we
[34:05] probably do not have any quantitative or
[34:08] qualitative data uh that I can say uh
[34:12] for sure that we've implemented with
[34:14] fidelity uh that would give you the
[34:16] answer to the question that you have.
[34:18] Yeah. And um I think I anticipated that
[34:21] I just don't want to overlap programs
[34:23] and it seems like the teachers will have
[34:25] to another thing they will have to learn
[34:27] to implement the program. So it's just
[34:28] be it's online based or it's actually
[34:31] workbooks that be given out or it's
[34:32] these are techniques that the teachers
[34:34] will have to learn. So when they
[34:35] actually spot a u a situation with a
[34:38] child, they can go in and intervene
[34:39] because I think the last meeting it was
[34:41] stated that you can just have any
[34:43] teacher degree but you have to go to
[34:45] training for this particular program to
[34:47] learn the methods and techniques.
[34:49] Yes. Uh board member Porter this is an
[34:51] actual curriculum and teachers will uh
[34:55] be giving uh professional development. I
[34:58] think we'll start with first of all
[34:59] counselors and we'll start with other
[35:02] staff who impact student behavior. We'll
[35:05] start with them as far as the
[35:07] implementation plan is concerned uh with
[35:10] our efforts eventually impacting all of
[35:13] our teachers so that again everyone will
[35:16] be uh cognizant of the SEAL curriculum
[35:19] and they'll be able to implement it.
[35:22] Okay, I got you. So it's not something
[35:23] that the teachers got to learn. Just
[35:24] going, like you said, start with the
[35:25] counselors, then the teacher assistants,
[35:27] and it'll it'll keep Okay.
[35:28] Yes, sir.
[35:35] No further questions. 9.9 purchase
[35:37] approval of Monon College and Hollis F.
[35:39] Price Middle College High School
[35:42] $175,000.
[35:45] Yes, madam chair is recommended the
[35:46] Chevy County Board of Education approved
[35:48] the purchase order in the amount of
[35:50] $175,000.
[35:57] 9.10 approval recoa.
[36:01] Yes.
[36:02] $9,4856.
[36:05] I'm sorry.
[36:05] That's okay. Yes, madam chair. It's
[36:07] recommended Chevy County Board of
[36:09] Education approve an increase change
[36:11] order to contract 20250484
[36:16] which recoa in the amount of $39,271.31.
[36:21] The original contract amount was
[36:23] $91,81569
[36:26] bringing the total of $131,87.
[36:29] The contract is for digitizing of
[36:32] student records for Martin Luther King
[36:34] College Preparatory High School and
[36:36] Fairley High School. And as you all
[36:37] know, these are the two schools that
[36:39] came back to us from the ASD. Uh and
[36:42] they were being overseen by Frasier
[36:44] Community School and Green Dot Community
[36:47] School.
[36:51] 9.11 approval of preac assessment
[36:54] $345,835.
[36:58] Yes, madam chair is recommended that
[37:00] Shelby County Board of Education approve
[37:02] the purchase of preac assessments for
[37:04] grades 8 9 and 10 for the 202526 school
[37:08] year at a cost of $345,835.
[37:16] Board member Williams
[37:17] preparation include and who does it?
[37:23] Uh, thank you board member Williams for
[37:25] that question. Dr. Whitlockaw, can you
[37:27] add more context to the preac?
[37:35] This preparation that students are
[37:37] receiving, I'm assuming, at all high
[37:38] schools for ACT testing, who performs it
[37:42] and what is its the
[37:43] curriculum? Who does that? Board member
[37:45] Williams, these are for practice tests.
[37:48] So, but it's the hope is to increase the
[37:50] ACT score, I'm assuming.
[37:52] Yes, sir. We would use the the data to
[37:54] assess students to see where they are in
[37:57] grades 8, 9, and 10. As you know, in
[37:59] grades 11, all students have to take the
[38:02] ACT. So, this preACT assessment will
[38:05] allow us to better prepare our students
[38:08] in grades 8, 9, and 10. and for us to
[38:10] see if some of the interventions, so for
[38:13] example, if we wanted to do an RFP for
[38:16] someone to support us with ACT prep or
[38:20] if we wanted to order a curriculum
[38:22] around ACT prep, we will be able to use
[38:25] this assessment data to better inform uh
[38:29] how those preparations, whether we're
[38:31] using uh an outside company and are
[38:34] using curriculum, is impacting the
[38:36] outcome of our students taking the ACT
[38:39] in the 11th grade.
[38:40] So who does the skill who is who's
[38:43] creating the atmosphere to give them the
[38:45] skill? Do you have to hire people? Are
[38:47] you using the teachers at those schools?
[38:50] Where do they get the information from?
[38:51] What are they teaching? What is the
[38:53] curriculum like?
[38:54] Excellent question. Again, uh Dr.
[38:57] Whitaw, Dr. Maples, do you all want to
[38:59] add context to where we are in regards
[39:01] to again this is preACT assessment. Do
[39:05] you all want to add context as to where
[39:07] we are with ACT preparation?
[39:10] I think that's a great question. Uh
[39:11] thank you, Superintendent uh Richmond,
[39:13] as well as board member Williams. There
[39:15] are a couple things that inside of each
[39:17] school uh schools have uh in their
[39:20] schedules where they have ACT prep
[39:22] classes. So, it's already in many of our
[39:25] high school classes. What we wanted to
[39:27] provide was a preACT assessment for
[39:30] grades 8 through 10 so that uh we can
[39:33] start really honing in on those
[39:35] attentional skills and standards that
[39:37] they may need to ensure that they have a
[39:39] higher ACT and we can get you that
[39:42] information probably per school of who's
[39:45] involved in who has ACT classes. Amy, if
[39:48] you wanted to add Dr. Maples.
[39:50] Yes, board member Williams, just one
[39:52] thing to add because you're asking about
[39:53] the curriculum. So we have had
[39:55] historically um a complex text course
[39:58] and a um algebra course um and we take
[40:02] that curriculum and it we align it to
[40:04] the ACT outcomes and so that um whatever
[40:08] they have in their building they do have
[40:09] that curriculum available to support the
[40:11] ACT prep.
[40:14] Is it a part of the curriculum in the
[40:15] school?
[40:17] Yes sir. Board member Williams it is.
[40:25] 9.12 approval Open Text Inc. $88,748.
[40:32] Yes, madam chairs recommend the Shelby
[40:34] County Board of Education approve the
[40:35] contract with Open Text, Inc. and the
[40:37] amount of $88,748
[40:40] for a one-year contract and the
[40:42] continued use of the Documentium Smart
[40:46] UT
[40:47] application. Is that UT or UI?
[40:51] application
[40:56] 9.13 approval B Ford Pow Inc. Treadwell
[41:02] Elementary School and Treadwell Middle
[41:03] School.
[41:06] Yes, madame chair. It's recommended
[41:08] Shelby County Board of Education amend
[41:10] the contract for the roof replacement of
[41:12] Treadwell Elementary and Middle Schools
[41:14] with B4 Applied Inc. by extending the
[41:17] completion date from August 30th, 2025
[41:20] to October 18th, 2025. There is no cost
[41:24] associated with this item.
[41:29] 9.14 approve a naming of Fairley High
[41:32] School auditorium.
[41:34] Yes, Madam Chair, it's recommended
[41:35] Shelby County Board of Education approve
[41:37] the naming of the Fair High School
[41:38] Auditorium in recognition of Pastor
[41:41] Robert J. Matthews.
[41:48] 9.15
[41:50] donation acceptance Middle College High
[41:52] School 57,669.80.
[41:57] Yes, Madam Chair. It's recommended Chev
[41:59] County Board of Education approved the
[42:00] donation acceptance of $57,669.80
[42:05] from a Mr. Bill Courtourtney to be used
[42:07] for the purchase of football equipment,
[42:09] uniforms, and helmets.
[42:13] 9.6 16 approval of Protek Professional
[42:16] Technologies Inc. $612,337.73.
[42:23] Yes, Madam Chair, recommended Shervin
[42:25] County Board of Education approved the
[42:26] purchase request for ProTek Professional
[42:28] Technologies, Inc. in the amount of
[42:31] $612,37.73
[42:34] for the purchase of a mobile
[42:36] surveillance trailer system.
[42:40] 9.17 approval Lenv Systems US Inc.
[42:46] 147,000
[42:49] $915.18
[42:51] $952.118
[42:54] sorry
[42:54] yes madam chair is recommended Chevy
[42:56] County Board of Education approve the
[42:57] purchase request for Line V Systems USA
[43:01] Inc. in the amount of $147,952.118
[43:05] for the purchase of a warranty renewal
[43:07] of weapons detection bag scanners
[43:13] 9 point I do apologize board member July
[43:16] Garcia I apologize
[43:19] so this item is just for uh
[43:24] warranty over all of the security the
[43:27] scanners that we purchased last year
[43:30] yes ma'am board member from Mark Garcia.
[43:32] Did we use the warranty
[43:35] for the first year of full
[43:37] implementation? And if so, what did that
[43:40] save us?
[43:42] Yes, board member Garcia, but I'll defer
[43:45] to um Major Jackson.
[43:53] Yes, board member Garcia. The warranty
[43:56] was for two years for the bag scanners.
[44:01] So, we're out now and it's renewing it
[44:05] for the one additional year with the
[44:08] service agreement.
[44:10] Did we have did we have significant
[44:13] services where
[44:15] uh the cost without a warranty would
[44:18] have been
[44:20] higher than what? So, another year is
[44:22] $150,000.
[44:24] What is the average repair on one of our
[44:26] scanners?
[44:29] The average repair would be anywhere
[44:34] between 10 and 15,000, but the state of
[44:38] Tennessee requires us to service these
[44:43] machines annually.
[44:45] Okay. So, this is required to keep our
[44:48] safet we have safety and security
[44:49] dollars, I'm assuming, attached to this.
[44:51] Okay. Thank you. I appreciate it.
[44:52] You're welcome.
[44:57] 9.8 8 approval emergency medical
[45:00] resources PLLC $15,000.
[45:04] Yes, Madam Chair, it's recommended
[45:05] Shelby County Board of Education approve
[45:07] a three-year contract to emergency
[45:09] medical resources PLLC in the amount of
[45:13] not to exceed $15,000 to provide
[45:16] emergency medical resources. The
[45:18] professional services provided by the
[45:20] consultant will review and analyze data
[45:22] from medical related incidences that
[45:24] will subsequently assist district AED
[45:27] programs to be more effective with its
[45:29] response using CPR and first aid.
[45:37] We're now on to board items 10.1
[45:41] proposed policies. First reading.
[45:57] Good afternoon. We have five policies I
[46:00] believe before you um today. The first
[46:03] one is policy number 10009,
[46:06] nondiscrimination statements. And we've
[46:08] discussed all of we discussed all of
[46:10] these policies in the committee meeting.
[46:13] But just as a highle overview with
[46:16] policy number 1009 non-discrimination
[46:19] statements, we're proposing general
[46:21] updates to the policy to align with
[46:23] applicable laws which prohibit um
[46:26] discrimination. The draft also includes
[46:29] additional language to align the policy
[46:31] with Title 9 requirements, including the
[46:34] name of our Title 9 coordinator, as well
[46:37] as contact information for the US
[46:39] Department of Education, just in case
[46:41] someone needs to report um a violation
[46:44] of the law or policy. Finally, this
[46:47] draft um requires annual dissemination
[46:50] of the policy to school employees,
[46:52] students, and parents and guardians as
[46:55] well as um a requirement for posting a
[46:58] notice of non-discrimination at all
[47:00] schools. The next policy is 50002
[47:04] programs for students with disabilities
[47:06] under IDEIDA. The key proposed revisions
[47:09] aligns the definition of a child with
[47:11] disabilities with applicable law as well
[47:14] as includes language to align with the
[47:17] ID IDA principle of lease restrictive
[47:21] environment that mandates that students
[47:23] with disabilities be educated with their
[47:26] non-disabled peers to the maximum extent
[47:30] um available.
[47:32] Policy number 519, early transition to
[47:35] college program. We're proposing that we
[47:37] repeal this policy because the state no
[47:40] longer provides this program. Policy
[47:43] number 6019, student rights and due
[47:45] process. We're also repo proposing to
[47:48] repeal this policy because the language
[47:50] is duplicated in our appeals related to
[47:54] student discip discipline policy which
[47:56] is 6026 as well as our student conduct
[48:00] policy which is policy number 6022. Our
[48:03] last policy is policy 6043 healthc care
[48:06] management. The revisions in this policy
[48:09] will align us with state law or guidance
[48:12] with key provisions clarifying that
[48:15] health care procedures that a student
[48:17] cannot perform on their own must be done
[48:19] by a licensed professional. This
[48:21] requires a physician's order as well as
[48:24] written parental authorization. We also
[48:27] clarified that district staff are now
[48:29] permitted by law to provide to provide
[48:32] first aid to students in emergency
[48:34] situations for uh minor injuries.
[48:41] Any questions?
[48:45] Thank you.
[48:48] 10.2 Two, resolution approval fiscal
[48:52] year 26 August 2025 budget amendment.
[49:08] Go to the next slide.
[49:12] All right. Uh, thank you, Dr. Richmond,
[49:14] members of the board. Tonight, um this budget amendment authorizes a net
[49:20] increase to our all funds budget by
[49:22] 66,430,39.
[49:26] It is amending our budget from 1
[49:28] bill952,112,514
[49:34] to2 bill18,542,823.
[49:40] First starting with the general fund, is increasing by
[49:44] 72,714,462
[49:48] for two primary reason. First, and we'll
[49:51] discuss in the next item, but it's the
[49:53] um 66.4 million for our um general fund balance and then we have about $4.5
[50:00] million um for our comprehensive
[50:04] coordinated early intervention services.
[50:06] And then we have a little over $3
[50:07] million to true up to for our one-time
[50:10] teacher bonuses.
[50:12] Um, next is the
[50:15] capital improvement fund. It's actually
[50:17] decreasing by 14,986,261.
[50:22] And again, we're just aligning the
[50:23] capital improvement fund to that. Um,
[50:26] that aligns with what the budget is for
[50:27] the county now that they've approved
[50:29] their budget. Next slide.
[50:33] Then our non federal special revenue um
[50:36] budget we affectionately call it fund 8.
[50:38] It's increasing by $8,72,18.
[50:43] And essentially uh we're um um
[50:46] increasing the state improvement grant
[50:48] um for a carryover of $1.7 million. Um
[50:53] and then we also have the state
[50:55] improvement grant for $6,345,581.
[51:00] Next slide.
[51:02] Um board members, as we went over in
[51:05] committee, um just to be transparent, in
[51:07] the back of your um handouts for the uh
[51:10] budget amendment, you'll now see where
[51:12] we're bringing any new um positions that
[51:16] we're adding to the budget for your
[51:17] approval. Um these positions are listed
[51:20] here. The majority of them is for our CC
[51:23] EIS program. And then we have um a
[51:26] couple for um part-time positions
[51:28] related to a grant that we got from the
[51:31] city of Memphis for uh house assistance.
[51:33] Next slide.
[51:35] Uh you can go to the next slide. We've
[51:38] gone through this and then now I'll take
[51:39] any questions around the fun uh the
[51:41] budget amendment.
[51:48] Vice Chair Love,
[51:50] I know it isn't the 20th day of school,
[51:53] but do you have projections on the
[51:56] enrollment this year?
[51:59] Trending up.
[52:00] Great question, Bo. Love. So, as you
[52:02] know, we're on day 12, I believe. Now,
[52:06] uh we're on day 12. Um uh my team sends
[52:10] a report to all the senior leaders,
[52:12] including the superintendent. Right now
[52:15] um we're close to what we projected as
[52:17] you'll remember board members we have a
[52:19] projected enrollment and then we have
[52:21] actuals I don't want to give a projected
[52:23] number because it's just projected on
[52:25] 20th day ends um on Friday is is 20day
[52:30] Friday was that next Friday
[52:33] I'm tripping next Friday 20 days next
[52:35] Friday I'm sorry misik um right now I
[52:39] would say year-over-year the numbers are
[52:40] comparable to where we are um one of the
[52:43] things we always watching is where
[52:45] charter schools will land obviously
[52:47] because that money goes directly out of
[52:48] the door and then where we are
[52:49] enrollment wise. Again, what I'll say is
[52:51] we're comparable to where we were
[52:53] year-over-year as we're watching it on
[52:55] day 12. Looking forward to bringing uh
[52:58] next week a more comprehensive list as
[53:00] we get closer to day 20.
[53:05] Thank you.
[53:08] Board member Kenny.
[53:10] Thank you. Um if I recall, Dr. Um,
[53:14] Richmond, we generally will get that
[53:16] true up in October, right? That's what
[53:18] we got it last year around October.
[53:23] Yes, ma'am. Uh, board member McKenna,
[53:26] thank you for that question. The way the
[53:28] team and I are looking at it is again,
[53:31] we'll look at 20day, but you're
[53:33] absolutely right. beyond the 20th day
[53:36] period. What we've traditionally done is
[53:39] if and when we go out for fall break, we
[53:42] try to true up uh by looking at where we
[53:45] need to adjust uh staff. Uh and so we'll
[53:49] be doing something similar to that this
[53:52] year as to not disrupt schools. And if
[53:54] we're going to make some staff changes
[53:56] in regards to leveling of class and
[53:59] staff adjustment, it will occur at that
[54:02] 9-week period. So that again we're not
[54:04] disrupting uh students or schools in the
[54:07] middle of the nineweek period.
[54:10] And follow up that'll give us a better
[54:12] picture of our teacher um vacancies
[54:17] as well, right?
[54:18] Yes, it will.
[54:19] Okay. Thank you.
[54:24] 10.3 resolution approval of Shelby
[54:27] County Board of Education assignment of
[54:29] general fund balance.
[54:31] Uh yes ma'am.
[54:33] Um, Dr. Richmond, board members, this is
[54:35] our general fund fund balance. Um, as I
[54:38] alluded to in committee in August, on
[54:40] August 31st is when we close the books
[54:43] for the prior year and then the annual
[54:45] audit starts. Ahead of that, um, we have
[54:48] to do a couple fund balance assignments
[54:50] per policy that I'll go over in a
[54:52] second. And then we have an opportunity
[54:53] to look at other fund balances. Um, as I
[54:56] alluded to, we're around 23 24% right
[54:59] now, which is essentially 9 to 10% over
[55:03] what's required for um by policy for
[55:06] board. So, financially, we're in a
[55:08] really good space where we want to be as
[55:10] far as fund balance goes. Um, if if this
[55:14] uh fund balance assignment is approved,
[55:15] then we'll be around 19% again, which is
[55:18] about 4% over the highend for a fund
[55:21] balance. Again, per policy, we want to
[55:24] be between 8 to 15% of your annual
[55:26] expenditures for fund balance. And
[55:28] again, if this is approved, we'll still
[55:30] be at 19%. So, I'll quickly go over what
[55:32] these fund balance assignments for are
[55:34] for. First, $329,33.
[55:38] These are for un um allocated board
[55:41] allocations from last year. So, board
[55:43] members, we allocated a total of of
[55:46] 1,125,000
[55:48] uh allocations. those that was left
[55:51] unspent, we're rolling them over for
[55:53] this year. Um 28,228,147
[55:58] by policy. These are carry forward
[56:00] purchase orders. Again, by policy,
[56:02] anything that's 5,000 or greater that
[56:05] has a contract attached to it, we roll
[56:07] forward and take the money out of fund
[56:09] balance. So for easy math, essentially
[56:12] what we do is that this money that was
[56:14] unspent for last year, it falls to fund
[56:16] balance and now we're just taking it
[56:17] out. The way I like to explain it is
[56:20] you're moving it from your checking
[56:21] account, went to your savings, and now
[56:23] you're moving it over to do these
[56:25] one-time things. The next item you'll
[56:27] see is $4,192,659.
[56:31] That's for deferred maintenance
[56:32] projects. Those are projects that we had
[56:34] last year that we didn't finish. Now
[56:36] we're rolling them over to this year. We
[56:38] affectionately have about 53 to 55
[56:41] projects that's underway right now. Um
[56:44] when Miss Stewart and I talked, um we
[56:46] don't want to do too many more projects,
[56:47] but we want to true up and do all of the
[56:49] projects that we currently have. So this
[56:51] $4 million will help us kind of close
[56:53] out any major construction projects that
[56:55] we have. Um and then $18,590,
[57:00] 337 is for the textbook, science
[57:02] textbook adoption. 16 million of that is
[57:05] for textbooks. The other 2 million and
[57:07] some change is for um the warehouse fee.
[57:10] So, our warehouse charges, we do a
[57:13] mockup of 15% for delivering the uh
[57:16] books to our schools. Um, a 8 100
[57:20] 1,846,72
[57:22] is for our school projects. Um, as we
[57:25] undergo the facility plan this year, as
[57:28] we anticipate possibly getting back more
[57:30] ASD schools next year, we want to put
[57:32] aside some money just in case uh we need
[57:35] to to get schools online before July
[57:38] 1st. And then lastly, $12 million is for
[57:41] the uh device purchase. This 15,000
[57:44] devices will get us to a full complement
[57:46] for our high school students. Um that
[57:48] gets us to this final fund balance
[57:50] assignment. I'll take any questions uh
[57:51] related to this.
[57:55] Board member Kenny.
[57:58] Thank Thank you, Dr. Richmond. For the
[58:00] listening public, I know we're going to
[58:02] start this process, but I want to make
[58:03] sure everybody understands what the fund
[58:05] balance is used for because we are we
[58:07] have a a higher than required, but we
[58:11] need to make sure we everyone
[58:12] understands what we can do with that
[58:14] money and what we cannot do with that
[58:16] money and what's fiscally responsible to
[58:18] do.
[58:20] Yeah. Thank you.
[58:21] board member McKini. Uh I'll
[58:23] have Mr. Langston. Mr. Langston, would
[58:25] you uh explain uh the restrictions on
[58:28] that particular restricted uh account
[58:31] regarding fund balance?
[58:32] Thank you, Dr. Richmond. So, when it
[58:34] comes to fund balance, again, the way I
[58:36] like to explain it in kind of layman's
[58:38] terms is your your budget is your
[58:41] checking account. Your fund balance is
[58:42] your savings account. Savings accounts
[58:44] is what you want to do on one-time
[58:46] things. Your unassigned fund balance is
[58:48] what you can do and what's is um tied to
[58:52] policy. You have a restricted fund
[58:54] balance as well, which is where you set
[58:56] aside 3% of TISA just in case for some
[58:59] odd reason the state can't deliver you
[59:02] your normal monthly payment and you can
[59:04] continue to do payroll and things of
[59:06] your debt nature. Again, this is your
[59:08] unassigned fund balance. Again, by
[59:09] policy, the policy, the board has said
[59:12] that we want to stay between 8 and 15%.
[59:14] Just for it's essentially your rainy day
[59:16] fund for you only want to use it for
[59:18] one-time things. You never want to use
[59:20] your fund balance for reoccurring costs
[59:22] because again it can be depleted and
[59:24] also you want to look into the future
[59:25] and forecast of of things to come. So
[59:28] again as I alluded to even with this
[59:30] approval we'll be at 19% which is 4%
[59:33] higher than the highest end of 15% that
[59:36] the board wants wants us to be. Um but
[59:38] we are uh closely watching it again
[59:41] because we know that we have some
[59:42] upcoming things um to get online. For
[59:45] instance, uh the new high schools will
[59:47] have to contribute to uh we'll have to
[59:49] con constantly do device purchases and
[59:51] things of that nature. But again, those
[59:53] are all onetime things that we want to
[59:55] consider when we think about fund
[59:56] balance assignments.
[1:00:00] Board member Hua Garcia.
[1:00:03] Thank you. uh the 329,000
[1:00:06] for carryover board allocations. Is that
[1:00:08] just last year or do we have any schools
[1:00:11] that have had uh allocations for
[1:00:14] multiple years that they have not spent?
[1:00:16] Great question, board member Garcia.
[1:00:17] That's just for last year. So if for
[1:00:20] some reason schools hadn't spent, we
[1:00:21] just let them follow the fund balance
[1:00:23] for that. Um if it's two years prior,
[1:00:25] this is just for last year of any
[1:00:27] unspent funds that happened again just
[1:00:30] for last year and we can give it to you
[1:00:31] by a board member. So again, we usually
[1:00:34] only do one year. Um, and yeah, that's
[1:00:37] what this is.
[1:00:38] I think there's several of us who had
[1:00:40] questions and we brought up the need to
[1:00:42] revisit our allocations policy and I
[1:00:45] think going into budget season. Is it
[1:00:47] easy for the finance team to maybe look
[1:00:51] at the last few years to see like what
[1:00:56] codes what are the what percentage of
[1:00:58] funds are going to things like student
[1:01:00] incentives or I think what I'm
[1:01:02] interested in is are we using board
[1:01:07] allocations to potentially
[1:01:10] fill a deficit that we should be
[1:01:12] actually putting in the budget. Right?
[1:01:14] if we're all putting in student
[1:01:15] incentives, maybe that's something we
[1:01:16] actually just fund. Um, and in terms of
[1:01:21] uh or or covering up things like I know
[1:01:24] uh locker rooms need redone, right? Uh
[1:01:27] our board member teachers lounge, right?
[1:01:29] Um, if we're all funding similar things,
[1:01:34] um, or we're funding what I what we
[1:01:36] might consider need, then we can we can
[1:01:39] discuss that as a board some priorities
[1:01:41] we can actually put directly in the
[1:01:42] budget and free up for, you know,
[1:01:45] special field trips or whatever it is
[1:01:47] that we decide those board allocations
[1:01:49] should be assigned to. Um, but not um
[1:01:53] what could be I think budget gaps. So,
[1:01:57] could you provide us like a three-year
[1:02:00] analysis?
[1:02:01] Yes, ma'am. I I um we can we can 100% do
[1:02:04] that. And then one of the things that
[1:02:07] um we can be a better partner at too,
[1:02:10] you can always reach out if a school
[1:02:11] asks you for something. And more than
[1:02:14] likely, a lot of the things that I see
[1:02:16] is something that's already probably in
[1:02:17] the budget and the schools are just
[1:02:19] asking for more or they don't realize
[1:02:21] that it's in the budget. So, um, one,
[1:02:24] yes, we can get that, uh, analysis for
[1:02:26] you. Probably a 3 to 5 year trend of
[1:02:28] what it has been. And then what we've
[1:02:30] tried to do as a budget team also is
[1:02:32] look at those trends. And as you can
[1:02:34] see, some of the things like we put
[1:02:36] money in the budget for athletics and
[1:02:38] things of that nature over the years to
[1:02:39] kind of combat that.
[1:02:40] Okay. Great. Thank you, chair. I'm
[1:02:44] sorry. If I may pay you back while we're
[1:02:46] on the subject of the same topic.
[1:02:48] Everybody, I got Let me go around. I get
[1:02:51] to
[1:02:51] All right. was just relevant to what she
[1:02:52] said, but that's okay.
[1:02:54] Board member Otai.
[1:02:58] Thank you, chair. Uh, inter Dr. U
[1:03:02] Richmond.
[1:03:04] Uh, just taking some notes here. So, all
[1:03:06] resources will be in place to support
[1:03:08] academic and operational needs as it
[1:03:10] pertains to the textbooks and devices
[1:03:14] with these with this carryover funds
[1:03:16] that we have here.
[1:03:18] Yes.
[1:03:20] All right. Thank you.
[1:03:23] Board member vice chair love
[1:03:27] Amber asked my question.
[1:03:30] I I will add a little more context to
[1:03:33] board member Garcia's question as well
[1:03:35] as your question. uh vice chair love the
[1:03:38] team will tell you I've spoken with them
[1:03:40] about regional superintendence
[1:03:44] uh possibly having uh an allocation
[1:03:47] where we will uh incentivize schools uh
[1:03:52] by region uh grade band uh as a way for
[1:03:56] uh us getting around attendance around
[1:03:59] being uh fight free around other things
[1:04:03] that we know schools need in order for
[1:04:06] uh students to want to come to school,
[1:04:08] for them to be excited about coming to
[1:04:10] school, and so we can kind of also
[1:04:12] create uh some competition
[1:04:15] uh around some of those metrics that we
[1:04:18] want to move in in positive directions.
[1:04:20] Uh and so I appreciate the question that you asked and I appreciate the way
[1:04:26] uh Mr. Langston framed it in a way that
[1:04:28] if we know we want to reinforce certain
[1:04:32] positive behaviors through our RTIB, our
[1:04:35] MTSS and our social emotional learning,
[1:04:38] uh it may uh speak more to equity. Uh if
[1:04:42] we did it uh using the regional model uh
[1:04:46] to do it and to allocate uh those funds
[1:04:49] equitably across uh the regions as well
[1:04:53] as the grade bands uh within that
[1:04:54] region. So thanks for that question.
[1:04:57] Board member Williams.
[1:05:00] Yes. Uh I would like to give public
[1:05:03] thanks to Tito. He has done a remarkable
[1:05:06] job.
[1:05:07] I mean everybody who has a problem comes
[1:05:09] to here with money and these teachers
[1:05:11] they call constantly about money and he
[1:05:14] has done a magnificent job. So I thank
[1:05:17] you for that and certainly the fund
[1:05:19] balance and what you collect at the end
[1:05:21] whatever you have left over it's could
[1:05:22] put to good use because you have to
[1:05:24] figure out a lot of things because
[1:05:26] people will call me and the mitten I'm
[1:05:28] going to do this I'm going to kill you
[1:05:30] know I'm going to my money so and he he
[1:05:33] manages to fix it some kind of a way so
[1:05:35] that the fund balance plays a crucial
[1:05:37] role cuz whatever's in the fund balance
[1:05:39] can be used to satisfy some of these
[1:05:41] broke people these broke teachers
[1:05:43] especially and I appreciate it and I
[1:05:45] thank you for all that you do for this
[1:05:47] school system uh with your funding and
[1:05:49] your mechanisms.
[1:05:51] Yeah,
[1:05:51] that's an honor.
[1:05:52] I I' I'd like to thank you again uh Mr.
[1:05:57] Langston. Uh, but I also do want to say
[1:06:00] uh, Miss McKenna raised the right
[1:06:03] question around fund balance. And even
[1:06:05] though our fund balance appears to be
[1:06:08] robust, there's about 80 million that,
[1:06:13] believe it or not, is really spoken for.
[1:06:16] uh that 80 million when you think about
[1:06:19] the new Frasier bill, that's about $40
[1:06:22] million that we're going to have to put
[1:06:24] toward that school uh to furnish it and
[1:06:27] to do some other things. And then when
[1:06:29] we start on the east bill, we're going
[1:06:31] to need another 40 million not taking
[1:06:34] into consideration uh colas not taking
[1:06:37] into consideration just uh salary
[1:06:41] harmonization. there's still a lot of
[1:06:43] different employees. uh as we go through
[1:06:47] uh our compensation study and we get
[1:06:49] that information back uh with Miss
[1:06:52] Oliver and the team uh we want to ensure
[1:06:54] that all employees are being uh
[1:06:57] compensated appropriately uh and that
[1:07:00] we're offering a fair market uh
[1:07:04] competitive uh compensation and salary
[1:07:07] schedule so that we'll be able to
[1:07:08] recruit and retain uh not just our
[1:07:11] teachers but all of our employees. So, I
[1:07:13] appreciate the question that Miss U
[1:07:15] McKenna, board member McKenna asked
[1:07:17] earlier.
[1:07:20] Board member Kissing.
[1:07:23] Thank you, Chair.
[1:07:25] So, going back to the um school board
[1:07:29] member allocations and just the process.
[1:07:31] I wonder if that's part of the problem
[1:07:34] with just how whomever whether it's the
[1:07:37] principal or the financial secretaries
[1:07:39] in executing the application to to get
[1:07:44] the money cuz it's always very clear to
[1:07:45] me and they're very I I haven't had any
[1:07:48] problems with it over the years but
[1:07:49] maybe I I don't know how many schools or
[1:07:51] what amount so I'd like to know for for
[1:07:53] district one. So that's one thing. Um
[1:07:56] but the other thing as far as our field
[1:07:58] trips, you know, when we had the um
[1:08:00] discover Memphis and just the status of
[1:08:03] that because that's really really
[1:08:05] important.
[1:08:08] Great uh question. Um
[1:08:11] I was hoping I'd get a great question
[1:08:13] response. Thank you.
[1:08:14] That's a great question. First to your
[1:08:16] original question, um you and I have
[1:08:18] talked about that and then um I'll
[1:08:22] we'll do a better job of preparing
[1:08:24] schools to be aligned when we go through
[1:08:27] the budget process. The second part is
[1:08:29] uh on Thursdays we have um AOTI meeting
[1:08:32] where um a lot of us outside of cabinet
[1:08:36] huddle together to talk about district
[1:08:37] initiatives and how we move forward. And
[1:08:39] one of the things that came up last
[1:08:41] Thursday was discover Miss Memphis Dr.
[1:08:43] Luster, I know who's in charge of
[1:08:45] it. She's outside. She brought u
[1:08:48] together the full plan um last week. So,
[1:08:51] it'll be going out to schools and we'll
[1:08:53] be talking about it with principles at
[1:08:55] the principal meeting on next week. I
[1:08:56] assume we we can talk more about this uh
[1:08:58] in our board retreat over the next
[1:09:00] couple of days and how we rotate through
[1:09:01] maybe nonprofits that are uh benefiting
[1:09:04] from that and just making sure that uh
[1:09:06] for example the Memphis Zoo which bans
[1:09:10] um pre-week during our spring breaks um
[1:09:13] that's a problem and I want to make sure
[1:09:15] before I ever leave this board that that
[1:09:18] is rectified and I just want to say for
[1:09:20] the record it's wrong how the Memphis
[1:09:22] Zoo
[1:09:24] prevents any sort of free access to the
[1:09:26] zoo during the one week that Memphis
[1:09:29] Shelby County Schools is on spring
[1:09:30] break.
[1:09:31] It is absolutely unacceptable. So before
[1:09:34] we do any more funding of field trips
[1:09:37] for the zoo, let's have a conversation
[1:09:38] about that. Thank you.
[1:09:40] I agree with that.
[1:09:42] Definitely agree.
[1:09:43] I totally agree with you.
[1:09:44] I agree.
[1:09:47] Yeah. You got nine agreements.
[1:09:49] We had a conversation.
[1:09:51] Board member Kenny about
[1:09:54] I think we all agree with that.
[1:09:55] I agree with that.
[1:09:57] I think thank you board member Hu Garcia
[1:09:59] for bringing that up about strategic
[1:10:02] allocations. And I think this is an
[1:10:04] opportunity for us to think about a
[1:10:05] policy so that we can be strategic in
[1:10:08] thinking about our allocations and how
[1:10:10] we do those allocations. So I appreciate
[1:10:13] that. Um and I look forward to working
[1:10:16] with Dr. Richmond and uh the money man
[1:10:18] Tito
[1:10:20] to help us figure that out cuz I do want
[1:10:23] to make sure that we're thinking about
[1:10:24] equity as well.
[1:10:26] Don't
[1:10:28] Yeah. Okay. Board member M Oay I'm sorry
[1:10:32] I got McKenna Otay.
[1:10:34] Thank you chair. Dr. Richmond I had a
[1:10:36] question. So we mentioned the East
[1:10:38] region school. Um we have the SCORP fund
[1:10:41] here. These have not been assigned or
[1:10:44] allocated already. Correct.
[1:10:47] these funds they're just correct.
[1:10:49] Okay. Have we What is the average cost
[1:10:51] to building a new school? Now, the only
[1:10:53] reason why I asked this is because the
[1:10:55] principal at Cordova made a great
[1:10:57] suggestion of building a
[1:11:00] uh
[1:11:02] a nth grade academy. Yeah, I mentioned
[1:11:04] it to you last week at at our facilities
[1:11:06] meeting, a ninth grade academy since
[1:11:08] we're having to close or move from
[1:11:10] Germantown pretty soon. Have we looked
[1:11:13] into that? Have we taken taken that into
[1:11:15] consideration of
[1:11:17] uh not at this time uh board member Otay
[1:11:20] we haven't uh taken into consideration
[1:11:23] uh I think at this point the price on a
[1:11:26] new school is somewhere between 100 and
[1:11:30] 120 or 40 million roughly
[1:11:33] is is that Mr. Langston isn't that the
[1:11:35] projection?
[1:11:36] Yes.
[1:11:36] sir. And that just depends on your
[1:11:38] square footage. 40 is just the
[1:11:40] construction for just the new Frasier
[1:11:42] High School. And remember this just for
[1:11:45] 1,000 students. So, um, as we continue
[1:11:48] to go year after year, inflation goes
[1:11:50] up. Um, but again, that's just
[1:11:52] construction cost. What Dr. Richmond
[1:11:54] alluded to um
[1:11:55] earlier about the $80 million, $40
[1:11:57] million just for just furniture and
[1:12:00] fixture and outfitting um the school. So
[1:12:03] altogether um on the low end for um a
[1:12:07] th000 students you're looking at in the
[1:12:09] neighborhood of 165 $170 million and
[1:12:11] then for 2000 um enrollment school. Um I
[1:12:17] think it it was estimated as high as
[1:12:19] $215 million.
[1:12:21] Awesome. So, I guess my my last question
[1:12:24] is, is that something that you guys will
[1:12:25] consider exploring building a freshman
[1:12:28] academy behind the Cordova High School
[1:12:30] since we do have the land back there
[1:12:32] already?
[1:12:32] Uh, thank you again, uh, board member
[1:12:35] Otay for that question. Uh, I will talk
[1:12:38] with staff. I'll speak with Miss
[1:12:40] Stewart. Uh, I know uh, Principal Thorne
[1:12:45] uh, did share um, the possibility of
[1:12:48] that. We'll look at that land to see if
[1:12:50] that's a possibility. Uh but I think we
[1:12:53] also have to look at it comprehensively
[1:12:55] uh as we look at where those students
[1:12:57] will be coming from. Uh looking at again
[1:13:00] uh growth of the area uh if and where we
[1:13:03] may still need a new school. Uh and even
[1:13:06] when we think about possibly an annex
[1:13:09] for Cordova, I think we also have to
[1:13:12] look at long-term uh the building of
[1:13:16] Cordova High School. uh looking at that
[1:13:19] high school and the amount of deferred
[1:13:21] maintenance in many of those schools
[1:13:23] that are in that area uh and will it be
[1:13:26] to our advantage to just build a 9th
[1:13:28] grade annex versus uh going ahead and
[1:13:31] building a new uh comprehensive high
[1:13:34] school in that area. So, so we'll take a
[1:13:36] look at it. Great question.
[1:13:39] Thank you, Vice Chair Love.
[1:13:43] Since we are talking about schools, um
[1:13:48] Lucy is slated to go back to Millington
[1:13:51] next year.
[1:13:54] Uh great question, Vice Chair Love. Um
[1:13:57] it's not necessarily slated. It will be
[1:14:01] one of those things that again as we
[1:14:03] start to look at both our facilities
[1:14:06] plan and to look at right sizing and
[1:14:08] repurposing our district uh we will uh
[1:14:12] have discussions about our entire
[1:14:14] portfolio when we think of school
[1:14:16] closures as well as we think of uh
[1:14:19] schools that rest in certain
[1:14:21] municipalities that under uh state
[1:14:24] statute uh are supposed to be returned
[1:14:26] to those particular municipalities.
[1:14:29] We'll leave it up to the board uh to
[1:14:31] make a decision about if and when that
[1:14:33] transition should occur.
[1:14:36] Um the question
[1:14:38] that I have is when are we going to
[1:14:42] start
[1:14:43] the plan of moving those kids?
[1:14:49] Thank you again, Vice Chair uh Love for
[1:14:51] that question. As we start to look at uh
[1:14:54] our facilities plan, as you know, we had
[1:14:56] our ad hoc committee meeting on last
[1:14:58] week, uh we'll start to roll out uh and
[1:15:02] bring to the board uh possible schools
[1:15:05] for either repurposing uh closure andor
[1:15:09] transitioning uh back to municipalities.
[1:15:12] We'll start that work. I think we've uh
[1:15:14] we're on target to start that in October
[1:15:16] or November so that we'll be in line
[1:15:19] with the policy where we'll have to have
[1:15:21] two public meetings in the fall and in
[1:15:24] February we'll bring before the board
[1:15:26] for a vote uh moving forward with those recommendations.
[1:15:31] Thank you.
[1:15:37] There being no further business, this
[1:15:39] means ajourned you. Thank you for good
[1:15:41] evening.
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