[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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MSCS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING AUGUST 19, 2025

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