001And we have one uh present online. Dr. Vice Chair um Nadal and Kenny will be participating online. Um we will do the pledge of allegiance and um Chief Spencer, will you please lead us in the pledge of allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Thank you, Chief Spencer. Um, now I'll have the adoption of agenda. I would accept a motion to um adopt the agenda um as uh listed. >> The agenda as listed. >> Motion by member O'Hara Block. Is there a second? >> Second by member Elrod. Um all in Well, we have to do a roll call. Um we have to do a roll call. Um all in
002favor? Oh, so no, no, we have to do a roll call. Dr. Seir. >> Oh, okay. Oh, okay. We can do a voice vote. Um so all in favor say I. >> I >> Okay, it passes unanimously. 90. Um we will move on to awards and recognitions. Dr. Battle. Oh, before Dr. Battle comes, um I got to make a couple announcements and we um we will have a board meeting on Monday, November 10th um at 5:00 pm. Um, we're having it on Monday, November 10th due to Veterans Day being on the 11th. So, we are meeting the day before the business day before. So, there will be a board meeting on November 10th at 5:00 p.m. um due to the Veterans Day holiday. And then also like to remind people that later on this week
003on Thursday, there will be principal for a day. Um so um through pencil you can look through the pencil website to um be able to participate and um also you'll see several board members like member Taylor at barrelsh so he can actually uh be your principal for today. Um okay um Dr. Battle will move to you for words and recognitions. >> All right. Thank you so much chair player. Um and good evening board members. Um it's so good to be with you again. Um, albeit that I'm not in person. Um, but tonight we get to celebrate an an outstanding principal, an award-winning art teacher, and two tremendous teams of student athletes. Each of them has represented their school and the district with great skill and dedication. And I appreciate all of them for what they
004have done. At this time, I'm going to turn it over to Michael Cass from the MS communications team, who's going to tell you a little bit more about each of tonight's honores. Michael, go ahead and take it away. >> Thank you, Dr. Battle. First up tonight is Dr. Fred Huitt, principal of DuPont Tyler Middle School, who has been named to the 2025 class of National Distinguished Principles by the National Association of Elementary School Principles, which represents and celebrates both elementary and middle school leaders. Dr. Hewitt and the other 42 principles in the 2025 class were honored at an NAESP conference in Washington DC last week. Dr. Dr. Huitt has led Dupont Tyler since 2019 after previously serving as the assistant principal at DuPont Hadley Middle School where his work earned him recognition as a national
005distinguished assistant principal. He is known for leading DuPont Tyler to level five status, the highest possible rating in the Tennessee value added assessment system for the past three years and for creating a culture of inclusion throughout the school. Principal Hewitt, congratulations on this well-deserved national honor. And let's get a photo of you up front with the board. [applause] >> [applause] >> You're welcome. Next up is Tomakica Lake, an outstanding art teacher at HG Hill Middle School. Miss Lake recently was named the Middle Tennessee Art Educator of the Year by the Tennessee Art Education Association. [applause] Miss Lake is known for holding high expectations for every student and taking time to understand how they think and how they experience the world. This helps her build strong, positive relationships. She challenges students to think critically and engage
006deeply when they are in creative mode and they create artwork that reflects their identities, cultural backgrounds, and lived experiences. By connecting art activities to students lives beyond school, she is able to truly see and honor who they are. Miss Lake was recognized last weekend at TAA's annual conference in Murphy'sboro. Congratulations and [snorts] let's get a photo. [applause] [snorts] Tonight, [applause] we also have two athletic teams that were top performers this fall in the state of Tennessee. First is Belleview Middle School's girls volleyball team, which was the TMSAA class A volleyball state runnerup this fall. [applause] >> You can come up. So, the Owls rolled through the regular season undefeated on their way to the city championship. They continued their winning ways when they got to the state tournament, finishing the season with an overall record
007of 30 wins and just three losses. Throughout their run to the championship game, the Owls displayed great teamwork, tenacity, and heart. Congratulations to all the student athletes, to coach Goodner, to principal Sweheart, and to all the family members and staff who have supported the team. Now, let's get one official photo. [laughter and applause] >> [applause] >> One, two, three. [applause] >> Congratulations. One more. Finally, we have the McGabic High School Unified Flag Football Team. [applause] >> [applause] >> Two weekends ago at the TWSAA state championship tournament, the Raiders tied Mville during pool play and then defeated Summit, Ravenwood, Franklin, and Mville on their way to the championship game. Their quarterfinal victory over Franklin featured one of the most exciting, miraculous endings you could imagine with the Raider interception and touchdown return with just 8 seconds
008left on the clock for a 12-7 win. In the end, the Raiders finished as TWSAA state runners up for 2025, a glorious season in which they became known for their teamwork, discipline, coachability, and sportsmanship. Congratulations to the student athletes, to Coach Leviticus, to Principal Jackson, and to all the families and staff members who have supported the program. Let's get a photo. [applause] [applause] One, two, three. [applause] >> And now I'll turn it back over to Dr. Battle to close us out. All right. Thank you so much, U Michael. Uh, I just want to say thank you to everyone uh we recognized tonight for your hard work, for your commitment to teamwork, and for the way you represent MNPS in school, in the classroom, and on the field and the court. You all make us so
009proud um of you. keep up the great work and just keep shining and sharing your talents with the entire Nashville community and the state of Tennessee and of course the world. So again, kudos to everyone we've recognized. Chair player, I'll turn it back over to you. >> Um I want to get opportunity for Vice Chair Nala Kenny since she's not here present but beaming with pride since two of her schools have been recognized. We're here for a photo. If you want to say a few words, I'll open it to you. I've talked to both of them already, but I'm super super proud and excited that McGavoc and the McGavoc cluster as well as DuPont Tyler are being recognized for the phenomenal work that they're doing um in our district. So kudos and congratulations. >> Um
010thank you. Thank you uh gentlemen. Um and thank you students. I know it's a school night, so feel free to leave whenever you need to. Um, so you can get back to your evening [laughter] your evening chores and hopefully homework. Um, now and now we'll turn it back to Dr. Battle for a director's report. >> All right. Thank you, board uh, Chair Player. Um, and thank you again to all of our board members. Um, tonight I'm looking forward to a presentation from our team that builds on our previous conversations about themy's of Nashville strategic plan, specifically our goal of ensuring excellence in citywide access to highquality pathways that prepare students to be college and career ready. Following that, our outstanding leaders from the Pearl Cone cluster, yes, Pearl Cone, uh, will share their journey map.
011They'll be demonstrating how they are working together across elementary, middle, and high schools to create guaranteed, personalized, and applied experiences that open doors to great opportunities beyond MNS. I'll turn it over now to Chief of Strategy Sarah Chen to walk through the great work happening to strengthen and support college and career readiness. >> Thank you, Dr. Battle. Good evening, board. Uh I'm excited to be sharing with you uh continued updates from ourmies of Nashville strategic plan. So this is the second of our presentations so far updating you on themies of Nashville strategic plan. Um and we're going to be looking at this update through the lens of the Pearl Cone Plus cluster and the great work that they are doing to continue to plan for outstanding student experiences uh through the lens of college and
012career readiness. So we'll just start by reggrounding all of us in what of Nashville are. Um, so themies of Nashville is a design that we've been using in the district now for almost 20 years at all of our zone high schools where each one of our 12 zone high schools is organized into smaller career orientedmies. Um so that rather than having our kids be um you know in many ways lost in the flow of being a part of a large high school, our kids get part of this uh bespoke experience of having their school actually broken down into these smaller uh smallermies that are then organized around our students career interest so that they can be part of something that is greater for themselves and see how their learning can be applied to their post-secary
013lives. So that is oriented on this idea of each one of our students having access to a college and career pathway at every single one of their schools. again uh for every single one of our students who are part of those 12 zone high schools. Um second of all, thosemies are supported by partnerships that bring learnings to learning to life. So each one of ourmies is supported by industry partners and post-secondary partners who help make sure that the instruction in that academy is relevant um and hands-on and applied in a way that helps prepare our students for their future careers. And last of all, Themies of Nashville is a nationally recognized model. Uh MNPS wasn't the first to have careermies, but we were among the first in the nation to organize all of our zoned
014high schools in accordance with this model. And that model has been replicated at uh districts all over the country. Um and through the Nashville hub, we do continue to have visitors from all over the country and all over the world who come to learn more about that academy experience. So why do we have a 2030mmies of Nashville strategic plan given this long history and this track record of success through themies? >> [snorts] >> Well, the first component of it is just making sure that we are reaffirming our promise to our students. So, looking deeply at each one of our careermies and the pathways that are embedded within them and making sure that those pathways still make sense for our students uh in a in 2025. And as we see that industries continue to change, uh
015career opportunities for our students continue to change, college and post-secary opportunities continue to evolve, that we are taking a deep uh continuous look at these programs and making sure that they still make sense and are relevant for our students. Uh second, our 2030mies of Nashville uh strategic plan is designed to make sure that we are strengthening our partnerships for the future. So, continuing to deepen our collaboration uh with industry, higher education, and our community stakeholders, all of whom have continued to evolve a great deal in the nearly 20 years since the academyy's model was first launched in Nashville. Uh and last of all, I think I've I've gestured at this with those previous two bullets, but innovating for that next generation. We know that this academy model has had a demonstrated uh track record of
016success for our students, but we also want to make sure that MNPS is continuing to lead nationally in this space. And because of that, we are continuing to innovate and make sure that our pathways uh the skills that we're supporting um and those college and career readiness opportunities that we're offering make sense for our students in 2025 and beyond. So, uh, I shared this slide with you all the last time that I was presenting on themies of Nashville 2030 strategic plan. But once [snorts] again, just to ground ourselves in the fact that nearly 20 years ago, we really transformed the face of high school instruction in MNPS by transforming all of our zone high schools into that career academy model. And because much has changed since we first launched those, we know our approach to
017themies must continue to evolve as well. Um, and we believe that as a district, we are uniquely well positioned relative to certainly any other district in the country to evolve this model in a way that makes sense for our students, makes sense for our schools, and for our communities. Uh, because we pioneered this academy model uh, in the first place, and we are the right district to set the course on where we're going from here. So, we started themies of Nashville strategic plan by grounding ourselves in the mission, vision, and core values of themies of Nashville. So the mission of themies of Nashville is to help our students build ownership and agency over their school experience and provide them with support to overcome obstacles while supporting them to strive for excellence. And our vision is
018that we are preparing students for the workforce of the 21st century by giving them access to highquality post-secary learning and career opportunities. We do this by committing to our four core values of themies of Nashville. Uh just a fun fact, three of these date back to the founding of the academyy's model in Nashville. And then one of course we've added, I'm sure you can all guess which one from my previous presentations. Uh but those core values are relationships, making sure that in those small learning communities, kids are deeply connected to one another and that they're deeply connected to the faculty that make up that academy, the faculty and staff that make up that academy. Uh second relevance making sure that we are uh guaranteeing that the educational experiences we're offering our students through themies is
019applicable and makes sense with our students future college and career goals. Rigor making sure that our curriculum is uh rigorous and challenging and aligned to future leadership opportunities for our students and readiness. This is the fourth uh core value for this cycle of themies of Nashville strategic plan. guaranteeing guaranteeing that our students are ready to earn that CCR credential and our track for college and career. So once again, we've organized theies of Nashville 2030 goals around these five priorities. Uh excellence in citywide access to high-quality pathways, excellence in embedded advanced academics, excellence in advising and transitions, excellence in academy educator support, and excellence in nationwide branding and messaging. Uh last time that I was presenting to you all on themies of Nashville, we then did a deep dive in uh goal number two around embedded
020advanced academics. Today we're going to be looking more deeply at excellence in citywide access to highquality pathways and how that work makes sense and is and is truly exemplified uh specifically through the work of the Pearl Cone cluster which you'll be hearing more about today uh but is the foundation for how we are approaching this of Nashville work throughout the entire city. So again, goal one is excellence in citywide access to highquality pathways. And we have a three-part vision for what we mean when we say that all of our students deserve excellence in their access to high-quality pathways. One, we are committing to having a reimagined pathway map for the full district that shows which experiences are available in each school, ensuring fair access for all of our students. Second, we are ensuring that there's
021a deliberate mix of pathways in each of our schools that promote career exploration, align to high wage jobs, and prepare students for their desired post-secondary experience. And that students are not closed off to any of those opportunities because of the school that they attend. And third, third, a highly engaged partnership council with clear roles that promote strong, well-resourced partnerships in all of our 12 zoned high schools. So just like last time, I'm going to update you a little bit on the specific strategies that we are using to get to that vision and where we are in the progress of implementing each of those strategies as well. So we have four strategies that support that vision that we uh discussed on the previous slide. First of all, creating that ideal state map that defines the criteria
022for pathway selection and ensures that pathways map to clear post-secondary opportunities. That work is already underway. We have a steering committee that we've launched in the district that is continuing to review data and make sure that our future state pathways map which will be completed by the end of this year makes sense with industry data uh with what we're seeing in the labor market and make sense with postsecary opportunities that are available to our students. Second of all, we are establishing a multi-year pathway modification process to make sure that there is stability in the student experience and effective engagement of students, schools, founding partners, community members, and the support hub in that work. That design work is going to be started uh in the spring. You may know we already do have a pathway modification
023process. What we are specifically driving towards in this redesign is a multi-year pro process that is projecting out what kinds of pathways may eventually mean need to be sunset or developed in each schools. Um because of course our schools don't experience uh high school in all year. Our kids don't experience high school in all year. We want to make sure we're building that out in an arc that makes sense with that student experience over their four-year trajectory in their school. Uh third of all, we are amplifying the guaranteed personalized and applied learning experiences in our schools to ensure strong alignment with post-secary goals. Uh we talked about this a little bit last time. This is where we're really making sure um that we're building out what some of these applied learning experiences are for our
024students through themies of Nashville. All of our students have access to a senior capstone, but making sure that those capstone opportunities are just the best that they can be for our kids and really make sense for their career goals. Uh and third that we are continuing to strengthen the role of the partnership council to ensure students have strong connections to industry and higher education process uh partners, excuse me. Um that work is uh launching in spring of 2026. Uh so you uh you've seen this slide every time I've presented actually. Uh so um but there but there is a key update to it that I want to bring um all of y'all's attention to. So tonight we're going to be talking about the college and career ready status. Um that is part of the state's
025evolving accountability indicator. So the state holds us accountable for making sure students are college and career ready. Uh which they measure through the four outcomes that you can see on the right of the screen. Uh one that our students earn an ACT of 21 or higher uh or an SAT of 1600 uh sorry 1060 or higher. Uh second that they earn a qualifying score on the ASVAB which is the military entrance exam. Third that they successfully earn college credentials through an early post-secondary opportunity which are the uh types of courses that are listed along the bottom of the slide. And third that they earn a high value or tier three industry credential and those uh values are set by the state. That's outside of our control. It's a TDOE decision. um or they earn a
026middle tier which is a tier two credential and one other add additional credential either a tier two or a tier three. And um as a reminder, this is how the state measures not just whether or not our students are graduating from high school, but whether there are those indicators that our students are graduating from high school truly ready to participate in the economy of 2025, whether through going directly to work or to post-secary opportunities or to the military as well. So today you're going to hear a little bit more from the Pearl Cone cluster and how they are taking advantage of these uh EPS episodes in their own school um through AP through dual enrollment including the expansion of early college local dual credit and industry credentials. These make up the advanced academic offerings in
027the Pearl Cone cluster um and are the you know in many cases the culminating experiences of the great work of redesigning pathways that is the bread and butter of where we are going with themies of Nashville strategic plan. So with that, I'm going to turn it over to Rene Perry, our chief of academics and schools, who will be introducing the principles of the Pearl Cone Cluster. Good evening. It is my privilege to introduce to you the Pearl Cone Cluster, one of the first clusters to bring MNS Reimagined to life. From the very beginning, Pearl Cone has modeled what it means to translate our district's bold vision into daily experiences that make every student known, challenged, and supported to thrive. When we launched MNPS Reimagine, we committed to a new way of organizing and supporting our
028schools. One that centers the head, heart, hands, and feet of every graduate in our district. Each cluster was asked to identify its identity around a clear set of pathways, partnerships, and supports that reflect its community's history, strengths, and aspirations. Pearl Cone Cluster did just that. This cluster represents the power of the GPA journey embedded in MNPS Reimagine. The guaranteed foundation are elementary schools, a personalized middleg grades experience, and an applied high school experience where learning connects directly to college, career, and community. Pearl Cone embodies the uniform strategies outlined in our re MNS reimagine framework. strong instructional coherence in literacy and math, intentional supports, community partnerships through a community achieves and sustained professional development that strengthens classroom culture and engagement. But beyond structure, this cluster demonstrates the spirit of MMPS Reimagine, uniting educators, families, and community
029partners around a shared belief that our students brilliance deserves both opportunity and expectation. The Pearl Clone Cluster has created a true ecosystem of belonging and purposy where legacy and innovation work hand in hand. As one of the first clusters to reimagine what's possible for our students, Pearl Cone continues to light the way, showing us how a strong unified cluster identity can drive social emotional well-being and equitable access um to opportunity for all. Let's welcome our Pearl Cone cluster principles where history shapes vision, community drives purpose, and every student's journey leads to a future without limits. Come on up, Pearl Cluster Principles. [applause] And before you get started, to the gentleman who has the camera in his hand, if you would like to come on the other side of the wall, you do have permission to
030do so. So if you need a better camera shot, you continue. >> Good evening. [laughter] I invite you to join us on a journey through the Pearl Cone Cluster. I am Dr. Brent Luther, the proud principal of Hell Jackson Elementary School, a level five school where our students are academically, socially, and emotionally well-rounded, where doves are soaring to new heights. >> Hey, hello. I'm Dr. Casey Campbell, proud principal of level 5 designated Cochril Elementary School. We are transformative because every day we instill the belief in our students that Cochril Cougars can. >> Hello, I'm Dr. Ashley Thomas. I'm the proud principal of Park Avenue where we are the home of the polar bears. We are the headliners. We're the headliners because we set the standard. We also capture the attention of our learners. We reflect
031our community's hopes and we also inspire. We are the driving force behind our community. >> Good evening. I am Dr. Tisha Wilson. I am the proud principal of Jones Elementary where excellence takes center stage. Our word is perform where we perform in the arts and academics. Hashbonjones. >> Good evening everyone. I am Kenneth Bonner, the proud principal of the Robert Churchwell Museum Magnet Elementary School. Our museum night is tonight where we showcase our talent. But our word is composers. We write, create, and develop the futures of tomorrow. We are where students come to develop their masterpiece #welleducated. Good evening everyone. I'm Jeremy Riggs. I am honored to serve at level five John Early Museum Magnet Middle, the Vanderbilt Model School. We are game changers for equity who lead with courage. We dismantle barriers to opportunity
032and we ensure every scholar feels seen, valued, and empowered to thrive. >> All right. Good evening, school board. I am Dr. Jawan Davis, the proud and passionate principal of the great Moses Mckis Middle School, where Tigers excel together. I serve and we serve as the engineer of the cluster because when you come to our school, we enhance the dreams of scholars and fine-tune their selfidentity. >> Hello, I am Dr. Harrington, principal of Pearl Cone High School, where we amplify student experiences and guide them towards college and career success with pride. TK Fain is our board representative. [clears throat] All right. So, in case you have not been able to capture what our theme is, we are the digital media communications and health science cluster. We are Pearl Cone. Can you all believe four out of
033eight of our uh schools were actually level five? That's something to be proud about. [applause] In case you don't know where we're located, we're in the heart of Nashville. I'm from Nashville and it's historic in North Nashville. I would like for you all to know how proud we are of our excellence that we are continuing to cultivate in our school. Not only in our school but in our community. Also, I would like to say that if you have a chance to come by, please visit us in any of our eight schools. You will notice that our students are the brightest scholars also that we prepare them to be leaders in digital communications and health sciences. All right. Join us on a journey through the lens of a student and we actually brought some of our
034students here today. capturing the experiences of every learner at each stage of their journey through our historic cluster as an early college focus on digital communications and health sciences. At our elementary schools, students receive a guaranteed valuable curriculum and are exposed to AVID principles building a foundation for college and career readiness. In middle schools, we personalize learning and deepen these skills through exploration and partnerships with local MNS universities and colleges. By high school, students are engaged in applied preparation that accelerates their readiness for college and career, setting them on a path to success. And you can see one of our high school students right here in action. So let's talk about Christopher. Christopher joined our cluster in elementary school with a quiet brilliance. Though silent at times, his strength has been built through the performing
035arts and the museum opportunities at Jones Hull Jackson and Churchwell Elementary School. Through his involvement in the performing arts productions like the Lion King and his work as a museum dosent, he developed confidence and communication skills that enabled him to collaborate effectively with others and create personalized learning approaches during his transition to John Early and the exploration of the university model. Great job. Now, now let's meet Tyran. Tyran is not here, but we're in spirit he is. So now let's meet Tyran. When choosing an elementary school, Tyran's parents prioritized a neighborhood school with a strong sense of community at Park Avenue and Cochril. At Park Avenue in Cochril, uh Tyran found belonging through a loving and committed staff. His teacher supported his learning through Avid strategies which helped him set goals and reflect on his
036own progress. Their uh his teachers support his learning through a their facilitation and guidance. has cultivated his ability to advocate for his needs as a learner. Equipped with these tools, Tyran is confident in taking charge of his learning as he moves on to McKisik Middle School. Meet Jiana and Prince. Jiana and Prince developed a previously untapped interest at John Early through our avid influenced medical detective program. They are able to learn through defined strategies and scientific inquiry so that through questioning they can learn more about their academics as well as themselves. The accelerated opportunities provided at John Early allow them to take full advantage of the limitless pathways to the Vanderbilt scholarship. They also learned that they have been prepared to unlock two established pathways at Pearl Cone, the next stop in their educational journey.
037>> [applause] >> All right. After gaining a school experience that grounds them at Cochril and Park Avenue, Tyran stepped on the campus of Moses McKisik Middle School. Able to cultivate his talents and dreams not just at a school, but a supportive family. We are a family at Moses Mckis. Tyran receives a personalized academic experience by way of monthly goal setting and differentiated instruction in every content area. And he extends his career exploration by participating in the one-of-a-kind Tigers Explore Academy where scholars choose from the pathways of barbering, cosmetology, robotics, premed, print design, and digital arts. You guys should come every week. And this is every week. This is not a club, but once every semester, Tiger staff, local business owners, and nearby universities like Tennessee State University walk alongside our Tigers to provide rigorous instruction,
038dental accountability, tutoring opportunities, and kinesthetic experiences that allow us to build future scientists, entrepreneurs, and healthc care professionals. After attending Moses McKisik Middle School, all Tigers are well on their way to becoming well-rounded pearl cone Firebirds in the making. [applause] Welcome to the high school experience at Pearl Cone Early College High School with an emphasis in health science and an academy of entertainment industry. Every scholar has the opportunity to earn an associates degree in health science from Nashville State, saving two years of college tuition and time. From freshman to senior year, students engage in advanced academic courses and participate in MNPS university visits while receiving full support through the college application, scholarship, and financial aid process, removing barriers to higher education. All students take career pathway courses that offer industry certifications such as medical assisting,
039hair braiding, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, and project management. Students also participate in job shadow shadowing. We are preparing them to contribute to our local economy upon graduation. ProCon students are active in clubs, academic esports, and youth court with their voices amplified through student government and studentled incentives. Our championshipwinning athletic programs open doors to D1 scholarships. At Pearl Cone, we accelerate opportunities that build generational wealth. This is the high school experience. >> [applause] >> So hopefully you got a lot of information at this point, but I'm going to come try to bring you a close here. We are the cluster that encourages the talents of our students from the first day they're with us. From showcasing the performance abilities of all the students to amplifying their scientific genius through the health sciences, we are committed to
040providing consistent college exposure, guided exploration of the college experience and engagement with all of the MNPS university schools. Our three E not only guide our work but ensure we provide the preparation needed for college and careers of the future. We encourage you to come out and see firsthand the brilliance that is only developed in the Pearl Cone cluster. And we say hashtag excellence lives here. Thank you very much. [applause] Let's give it up for our Pearl Cone cluster principles and our students as our students. Let's go ahead and get our students here in the middle as we close out so that we can see you and we can get a picture of you all with your board member. The Pearl Conclus reminds us what MNS Reimagine looks like in action. Where our vision becomes a
041reality for our students, our families, and our communities. We see our youngest learners here, Christopher, in kindergarten, all the way through our middle school students and our high school students. Every educator, every partner, and every leader in this cluster is working together to ensure that every student is known, nurtured, and prepared academically, socially, and emotionally. The work here has shown that when we align instruction, culture, and community partnerships under a shared cluster identity, student opportunity expands and outcomes accelerate. Pearl Con, thank you to our principles. Thank you to Edie Winfrey for your work. Thank you to board me board member Fain for her advocacy. So as we continue this work together, let's carry forward a model of legacy, innovation, and impact of the Pearl Cone Cluster, one that embodies what it means to reimagine public
042education in Nashville. Thank you. And I turn it over to Dr. Battle and the board. [applause] All right. Thank you so much to the Pearl Cone um leaders, the entire team. Thank you all for leading the way and just leading with so much excellence. Um it's just so brilliant to see um our young students um here and um really showcasing their talents um every day. Thank you to uh Chief Chen, um Chief Perry, thank you to Ed Winfrey for your leadership for supporting this um wonderful cluster um to success. And um Chair Player, I'll turn it back over to you. I I will um see if there's any questions um or feedback that we can provide um to the board um to just continue to elevate and highlight um all the greatness and the work
043happening with the journey maps with all of our clusters. Thank you. >> Uh board members, any questions or comments? [laughter] Surprise, surprise. Member Feain. First off, um, great job, District 5. Uh, y'all see I got my shirt. I came prepared, wear my pen, all the things. I am always elated to represent um the Pearl Cone Cluster. I'm very proud um of the work that we are continuing to do. I am so excited about all the programs that we're going to explore. I love love seeing the white coats. Um, Christopher, good job, young man. I'm just I'm just so always so so proud. Um, I wouldn't be in this seat if it wasn't for District 5 and and how proud I am and and like you said, I've always been an advocate for the community, always
044been an advocate for just improving North Nashville as a whole. So, keep up the good work and I'll keep up the good fight. Thank y'all. >> [applause] >> I am always uh excited to see a presentation from our cluster schools and let me just say that it's it's such a joy to see you present with the young people that brings an an extra special meaning to it because we that's who we fight for. That's who we represent. So, thank you for bringing the the young people along with you. Great job, Pearl Cone Cluster. anyone? Uh, member Tyler. >> Um, yeah. So, as a graduate of Peabody myself, I would love to hear from John Early's principal a little bit about how that partnership is going just to kind of hear about that transition to adding
045them in because I sure am just so appreciative of of their involvement and also I know what they did at USN back in the day and so it's just interesting to see how are we partnering with them now. >> Yeah. So, we're in our second year of partnership with Vanderbilt, and it's going really great. Um, >> uh, we started off the year, uh, last year not really knowing like, okay, let's build this plane as we fly it. Um, but we ended up, you know, as a level five. Um, we saw a lot of growth. Specifically, our growth scores were really high. Um, and so what our primary focus was last year was we had Vanderbilt students that came in and tutored our students during our uh during one of our intervention blocks. Um, and so
046they were paired up using data and some strategy with Vanderbilt professors. And we also had Vanderbilt professors that came in and helped us with planning and things like that. Um, this year we have even gone beyond that. Um, and so, um, this semester we have 51 Vanderbilt tutors in our building, um, every week. Um, and so they either support in writing or they support in math. Um, and it's it's a thing of beauty. Um, they were they were there taking pictures today. So, it was it's a really cool thing to see. Um, but we've also made it a really invested and concerted effort in our teachers for this year. Um, so Vanderbilt professors lead action research groups for us once a week. And so our our teachers, myself, my admin team, we're learners in that
047as we continue to grow in the things that are making our theory of action come to life. Um, and Vanderbilt professors are leading that work for us. Um, and so it's just really incredible to learn under them, but also for their students to get experience with us. And then of course ultimately the um the end result is our kids are getting uh more tailored instruction, more support for exactly what they need. >> That's amazing. >> If I could just add on to that, first of all, just an enormous combination of Dr. Riggs um and the team at John Early for the work they've been doing on that uh partnership. Um I think as Dr. Riggs mentioned, this is the second year of the model school at Vanderbilt, so building the plane as we fly it.
048I just wanted to also point out a couple of the other pretty incredible design details that have been at place as we've been building out this model in a way that makes sense for MNPS. So John Early actually additionally hosts Vanderbilt classes on their own campus. So Vanderbilt students who are taking classes at Peabody actually when in the course of their normal instruction come to uh to John Early's campus to take classes on site which you know as Dr. Dr. Riggs was saying is just an incredible exposure for their students to the the realities and the great opportunities of working in a middle school um like the ones we have here at MNPS. Um and then another thing that I just wanted to also give Dr. Eric's credit for is as part of the model
049school work, he and his team actually facilitate a bus tour of the North Nashville neighborhood for new students who are joining from Vanderbilt to make sure that those Vanderbilt students are getting connected to the community, getting connected to the neighborhood in which they're operating so they can be maximally effective in supporting our students. And again, I'm just giving the credit to Dr. Rigs and his team at John Early because this has become such an incredibly powerful template for how we can leverage these kinds of partnerships in our existing uh zoned middle schools. >> And I will also say I mean this thank you for reminding me Chief Chen, we do have four classes that meet on our campus >> um Vanderbilt campus and with Dr. Benbo's uh the dean of education and Dr. battles approval
050and all these things and blessing. Um the Vanderbilt staff are actually very invested in what we do. So we meet every two weeks as a steering committee just to talk about how we can get better at what we're doing. But to think that like the leader of secondary education at Vanderbilt is sitting down and like tutoring one of our children is pretty powerful thing that they don't know how powerful it is yet. Um, but last week we had the chance to go to Vanderbilt and our AVID class went to Vanderbilt and had a learning experience and they sat in on one of the classes um and just and they did some maker space and they looked at a research lab. But um they so they sat at the tables with in a freshman class. They
051reviewed an article and then when it came time the professor said, "Do any John Early scholars have something to say?" And of course we did. And according to my AVID teacher, we were right on point. So, we're excited for the whole partnership. >> That's great. Um, and then I'm assuming, but just want to double check and make it so we say it to the public. We're taking the lessons that we're learning from there. We're also able to apply them, I assume, to all of our schools where we see the need. Um, it's not just this one school is the only one benefiting from this, but this is a partnership that's going to benefit everybody in MNS, I would assume. So, >> absolutely. And we we certainly consider this to be a template that we can
052continue to build on as we think about expanding these types of partnerships to other schools. >> Yeah. Okay. Thank you. >> Any other comments, questions? Member Elrod. Thank you. Um, so my first question is, and I apologize that I did not catch all of it for Moses McKenzie McKisik is that there are already pathways lined up there that seem to mirror with what's going on at Pearl Cone, but I must admit, I didn't realize that that was going on at your school, and I don't know that to be exactly normal in most of our middle schools. So, can you tell me how that [laughter] I figured you might want to elaborate that. Um, so I would like to give the opportunity to elaborate on >> how did that get started? How long has that been
053going on? What benefits or challenges have you seen? >> Okay. >> And does it does it I'm making the assumption that it lines up with what's available at Pearl Cone, but does it line up with Pearl Cone and how does that work out? >> It does. So I I'll say this is my second year um at Moses McKisick Middle School. Last year we started it. So it was building a plane while flying it. Uh I will give the credit to the MNPS community partnerships uh division of MNPS. Uh they brought it to my attention and said hey we have partners that would love to come on side uh come inside of Moses Mackie to you know provide these different resources and and so I said okay let's let's sit down and plan and so we
054had Roboink Mr. Bond Science Guys, um, Children's Theater. And so these companies came to us and we have an innovative school model grant um, that we've utilized and instead of, you know, just taking kids to different tours, we decided to build something in house. I know we are u, Moses McKI is a smaller school and we're in the middle of branding uh, to ensure we get all the kids across the city to come and and see the great value that we have on on board to Pearl Con. Once we found out that they were early college with health and science, we said, "Okay, well, let's kind of shift our mold from just different exploration opportunities to really focusing in on on health science." And so, our our nurse, uh, nurse Burke, she's helping out with
055some different premed. U, we also connect with Tennessee State University. We uh have a couple of classroom associates who just graduated uh from exercise health and science and they immediately jumped on and said okay I have connections with TSU and the exercise and health science. Okay, well let's connect with them to get them to come over. So just overall a team effort from the district who planted this seed uh for the innovative school model grant but then us venturing out and finding those partners to come with us. So, a lot of amazing things that are going on at the level five Moses Mackis Middle School. Um, they they would hurt if I didn't say that, but we are also [laughter] a level five. Um, but not just the academic piece. We >> want to marry
056everything. [laughter] Yeah. Yeah. We want to marry just academics as well as those opportunities. So, no. Um, a lot of great things going on on our campus. >> Yeah. >> So, it's only been going on for two years. >> Two years. And there's already been some, which I think sounds like a wise decision, some editing to that to make sure that there's a focus based upon that early college process or >> Yes. And and so that's the key and I I'm glad you asked that second part of the question. It's always we're we're still learning and growing and and shaping those aspects of school. Um, one aspect we found is sitting down with our partners because it's not just jumping in. Um we have our scholars sign up, permission slips go out, parents are notified
057of what each program or pathway entails. Um and so every Friday we have that opportunity where at least 45 minutes partners come in and take advantage of the um the pathway experiences. >> Yeah. >> Since you have the opportunity, are there any partnerships that you're looking for that you have not been able to guarantee yet? >> So we want to extend health and science. I I really believe firmly in healthc care. I know healthc care is past, present, and the future. Uh I'm glad that our Pearl Cone cluster has adopted the early college health science program. I think we will strengthen our partnership with Pearl Cone and that streamline. If we have more opportunities, one plug is hospitals. And I I know Mahari Medical is one that comes to my mind. Um, but I know
058it's some some strong hospitals that are here that we can tap into bringing, you know, health care to our our campus. So, that's just to name a few >> that comes to mind to strengthen that. >> Okay. >> But we want to bring every and and I'm glad that middle school that's that guaranteed exploration. I want our scholars to explore every possible avenue uh to where when they get to high school, they'll have a better understanding of of their dreams. No, I think it's really interesting that y'all are already starting the pathway process and I think it's of course why strategically that it lines up with what's going on at Pearl Cone so that those opportunities can be further expanded and enforced. And then of course the beauty of our pathways or one of the
059beauties of our pathways is not every student sticks with what they graduate from within that pathway but they learn the soft skills and other skills >> that can work into many other jobs if not all other jobs. So, um I think it's really interesting. I'm I will be watching it and I I probably will come by. Uh I'll email you and probably ask, "Can I come see that?" Because I think that sounds really interesting. >> Join or you can visit our social media and you see different videos >> every week really of our scholars, you know, kesthetic learning and their experiences of barbering, cutting hair, and cosmetology and robotics. And uh we have a tiger design and print shop that we're working on. So you can see all of it on our social media feed.
060>> I will do that. >> Thank you. >> Thanks. I have another question. >> Sure. >> My other question uh particularly because I know we have so many students, it's not going to be for you. I'm so sorry. [laughter] Um uh because we have I see a lot of college students in our um room with us, which thank you and welcome for coming and we are glad to see you and you being involved. Um, us having museum magnet schools is a newer type of magnet school for our school system to have. Can you explain and this can be open to anybody includes our chiefs I assume. Can you um give us a definition of what is a museum magnet school and what makes that different because I know there's two of them inside your cluster.
061>> All right. So, museum magnet schools um there's a network of us across the United States. Every school is a little bit different with the idea that the notion is that you build your school around museum practices. So specifically for our school, we have two discipline tracks. So at Robert Churchwell, students not only learn the art of the museum through the dos and process. So they have three ways to do that. They learn how to curate a show, how to take care of artifacts, and then how to talk speaky about those artifacts. So that's part of the program that's open for third through fifth grade students. But all of my students, like if you were at my school tonight, have the opportunity to be a classroom dosent. And so my hallways, if you come right
062now, there is a thread that goes from one side of the building all the way up to the top of the building because we're talking about the tapestry of learning. And so students in the hallways get the opportunity to talk about what they're learning through the wood and wisdom program, speaking about the things that they are learning in math and able to have that experience. And then our dosent that are third grade, fourth grade and fifth grade are in our actual museum inside of our school and they're talking through the different exhibits that happen every nine weeks. And so depending on your school, it kind of model changes. John Early takes that model and really amplifies students ability to be a dosent and be able to talk and be able to invite guests. But I
063have elementary school students, so we give them kind of a training ground to be there. But it's really hinging on students ability to be able to understand the part of the museum and how they can use that to amplify their learning and speak to audience about that. >> And I can add um I echo everything principal Bonner said and he's doing some amazing things there. >> Um but I'm going to ask Jiana to come up. Jiana is one of our dosent um and we're we actually have our museum night is um coming up. We're celebrating our 90th anniversary and so we're doing an exhibit on our 90th anniversary um tracing our roots all the way back to Bailey school and things like that. But Jiana is one of our dosent and I just asked her
064just now if she would like to share what they're doing. >> Awesome. So when we what we're working on is like we'll have these different cases and like when you come when you come in to our school we'll present our cases like my case I'm working on this case mine is about John Early and who he was um but I think that's it. [laughter] Thank you. >> Thank you. Um that is very interesting about the curating of exhibits. I I find that also very exciting. Um, I recently had the opportunity to go to um, a performing arts school in DC and it was one of their pathways and um, it was quite frankly the pathway I was the most interested in. Um, as it's frankly the pathway I probably would have chosen for myself if
065I would have known that that was a job that I could have done. Um, and so I thought that that was so interesting. So I'm that's also I will come to see you. Beyond that, I've been at Park Avenue so friendly and welcoming when I've been there. Um, and I really have to give some kudos to Pearl Cone. Um, I've had the pleasure of being able to go there for many different events. Some of them we've been told to put on by the state. Um, and they have quickly risen to that and it's been so impressive um, how well your students and your staff all work together, how quickly you can pull it together. Um, and it's been it's been such a lovely and proud moment even though I am not your schoolboard rep. So,
066I just want to make sure that I publicly say it's been really impressive and I so appreciate it on behalf of the entire district because I know that some of those were not easy to quickly throw together, particularly the ones that were outside on your brand new uh turfed um space. But, but we were there with the cicas. Um [laughter] and they did they did that commissioner of NFL who I did not know did not like those cicas. Uh so anyways, um so I really appreciate everybody uh coming in. Y'all did a great job. You uh know our hearts. Uh my baby Christopher of course uh got to speak and so he's he is part of my heart. So you did a good job on that. Um but I really appreciate it. I will absolutely
067be looking into the museum pathway and other words otherwise I should say. Um and my last question is I guess for Dr. And that is about themies of Nashville 2030. Is that for I'm assuming that is for all schools and that all schools are involved inside the different committees that you're talking about within the goals. Is there an opportunity that board members are in on that or how often are we going to be getting updates on that? Because a lot of it starts in the spring it looks like. Yeah, I can start answering that question then Dr. Battle of course if you want to jump in I'm happy to do that as well. Um so we are right now deep in the phase of data analytics just really making sure we absolutely understand uh which
068pathways are offered in our school why how it maps onto student interest how it maps onto labor market data how those industry credentials make sense for what our kids want to do or don't want to do. So, we're still in that phase of really making sure that we have a deep understanding of the evidence behind what we're doing and that we're then we're therefore able to respond to that in the redesign plan. And just to affirm your previous statement, yes, it's true. Themies of Nashville 2030 strategic plan is for all of our zoned high schools, all 12 of them, not just for Pearl Cone. We just like having the excuse of having such an awesome cluster with us to spotlight one component um of that strategic plan. I know we'll be working really closely with
069Dr. battle to make sure that um as that data comes available, we're keeping the board engaged. Um so you all will have a chance to weigh in on how we're moving forward with that work. Dr. Battle, anything else you'd want to add? >> Nope. Thank you. >> Um member O'Hara Block, >> um I have this has been so fun. So thank you. like lit leg legitimately fun and enjoyable to learn about what's happening at your schools and to get to see students is so um brilliant to have done that and have brought along kids is it's just always such a a pleasure to get to see our scholars um in person. Um my question is actually about um the pathways uh the access to high quality pathways. Um and this is probably for you Chief
070Chin, but I just I'm I have heard of capstone experiences. I'm familiar with the term of capstone experiences. What does it mean for us in MNPS? What does it mean for our students as they potentially have those experiences? >> Yeah, absolutely. Um, so this is a uh this is a historic commitment that's always been part of the design of themies of Nashville and goes back to themies of Nashville founding. Um, that for our students in their senior year, well, first of all, that through high school, our students should be building a portfolio of experiences that help make sure they're prepared for that uh post-secary transition. Um, and that as part of the senior year and as that part of that portfolio of work, kids then get access to some sort of capstone experience, whether it's
071an industry field trip or a work-based learning experience or an internship or something like that that becomes sort of the culminating experience of their time in themies of Nashville. What we want to do through the 2030 strategic plan is really thinking about that guaranteed, personalized, and applied experiences where we're making sure that all of our kids have these um have equitable access to these great opportunities regardless of what school that they go to. Um that we're looking deeply at what those applied experiences are in the high school level. Um then we're making sure that all of the experiences that our kids have make sense with that vision, with that vision of that culminating experience. Um, so I don't know exactly where we're going to land on that design decision, but the intention behind it is
072certainly to make sure through that commitment to the GPA experiences that when our kids finish their senior year, they're finishing with some kind of culminating experience that they can use on their resume that they can use on a college application that shows just the the summitive component of success and almost as a right of passage for kids as they head into their post-secary goals. >> Thanks that it's helpful to understand it. my um so my understanding then of what you're saying is it's all students would have some sort of capstone experience, right? Um uh how and this is probably you're probably early enough in the design phases of the redesign of this part that you won't know the answer to this question but any sense of how we might evaluate whether or not those experiences
073are good and useful for students and leading them in the right direction and and you know what what kinds of things we would use to know that the that the goals that you have for it are actually working. >> Yeah. So, we're starting by just doing a full understanding of all of our existing pathways in each of our high schools. And I think that's that's the enabling condition to being able to evaluate these subcomponents, right? Like it doesn't make sense to say, "Hey, this is a great senior capstone experience, but it's a pathway that actually doesn't make sense for our students anymore." So as you kind of think through the order of operations about how we're implementing themies of national strategic plan the phase we are in right now of really testing each one of
074our pathway designs against the available EPSOS against tier the tier of industry credentials that are available and how it makes sense with the CCR accountability framework with new labor market data really making sure that all of our ducks are in order with that design and then from there we'll be able to look at those individual components those other like design dimensions that make up what the pathways are like a senior capstone, like uh the preparation that they get through the freshman academy experience, like that portfolio design, the embeddedness of the professionalism rubric, all of those pieces. Then we're going to be able to have that data. So, as we're going through and evaluating each of those pieces, it makes sense in that broader context of the data we're looking at with the pathway redesign. Anyone
075else? All right. Thank you. I had the privilege um a couple months ago to see the Lion King production at Jones and it actually prepared me for my safari I took the next months later. So I was like, "Oh, look, there's a Warhog and there's a lion." Um and all thing so um and I enjoyed the kids too. They did a great job and they I think that we were thoroughly entertained. So um our board baby, Mr. Christopher um is very dear to us and he was part of it but also just all the students and able to see them perform and be happy and joyful in their performance uh really to show all of MMPS that how we do the academic and the um extracurricular very well and so um kudos to the Pearl
076Cone cluster you guys that you guys are doing great things um and we are glad you came to present and um thank you very much for coming. I understand it's also a school night, so I will also if you want to leave, you're more than welcome to um as we finish the business of the school board. But thank you for taking the time and giving us and updating us on on all your great success. Yes. Uh now we will move on to public participation. Um we have one person um Christian Bugs the former chair but also beaming with pride back there as the former representative of district 5 and representing the procon cluster the whole entire time. She has been um just beaming with pride of her former cluster and all the great things we're
077doing. So you know the drill. Uh um Miss Bugs. Thank you so much. chair player. Uh Christian Bugs, a resident of District 5. Very excited to be here. I actually signed up. I promised. I didn't know that they were going to be here. I really just came to say hello to you all to shower my love on MNPS to remind you that Pencil, the Pencil Foundation really is here to continue to support MNPS so that children like my own, and I'm not going to get teeyed, but really the children like my own can really experience the fullness that Nashville has to offer. He's been at Jones since he was three years old in the pre-K program. He's now a big second grader. He gets to regularly see middle schoolers, high schoolers. He's tutored by a
078church right down the street. Um he's been to perform at TAC. He performed The Lion King at Jones. I mean, these are experiences that I could have never painted, you know, with my own paintbrush in the sky. And so really appreciate all that MNPS offers. So, let me try to refocus myself and remind you that pencil is here truly for any educator, for anyone to come. We want our community to offer their time, talent, and treasure. So, thank you uh board member um Elrod for asking about partnerships. So, hearing that McKisik Middle School wants to engage with hospitals is great for me to hear because then I can pass that on to my team. We can make sure that we will follow up with him tomorrow. Chief Chin, thank you for always listening to us,
079for always engaging with us, for wanting to to maximize the use of pencil. We really do appreciate just being part of the fold. The same to you, Dr. Wallace. I know that I can call you at any time. I mean the leadership here at at MNPS just continues to be helpful for Pencil so that we can be helpful to you all. Again, Time, Town, and Treasure, our three big buckets of work are making sure that we are a liazison for partnerships. So, if ever you hear of a partnership that needs to come to fruition, we're here to support it or if you need one, we will find it. Uh the second is our educator resource center. We are open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and every other Saturday. Uh and then our third bucket of work is acting
080as a pass through for dollars that if a school does not have a parent teacher organization, we work with the district to make sure that we are eliminating that kind of barrier. Remember that we have principal for a day coming up. I will make sure to invite you all earlier in the season next year because we are so at capacity. We're very excited to make sure that we are putting more champions into schools every day, especially during principal for a day. We'll see you very soon. Thank you very much. [applause] >> Thank you very much, Miss Bugs. Um, now we'll move on to governance issues. We'll move on to the consent agenda. Um, I will entertain a motion for the uh consent agenda. Is there a motion? >> Approve. >> A move by member Young.
081Is there a second? >> Second by member Fain. All in Oh, nope. We got to do a roll call. Um, Dr. Seir, >> Mr. Taylor, >> I. >> Mr. Taylor votes I. Miss Rod >> I. >> Melrod votes I. Mr. Young >> I. >> Mr. Young votes I. Vice Chair McKini >> I. >> Vice Chair votes I. Miss Fain >> I. >> Miss Fain votes I. Miss Maize >> I. >> Miss Mazize votes I. Miss O'Hara Block >> I. >> M so Hera Block votes I. Miss Tyler >> I. >> Tyler votes I. Chair player >> I. >> Madam chair you have nine eyes. >> Thank you very much. The consent agenda passes. We will now move on to board reports. We have a board report from our chair um um O'Hara Block on the
082director's evaluation committee meeting that we had earlier today. So today we conducted the final summitative evaluation um review for Dr. Battle for the 202425 school year. Um you can view that um through the uh Metro News Network website um the YouTube recordings that um are available. Um uh and as well we do have um a PowerPoint available um that goes through the various um expectations and um uh the report from the board on the things that we utilize to um to say that Dr. Bell had met the expectations for this past school year and to talk about some of the things we are interested in seeing uh and continue to have conversation about in the coming school year. Thank you. >> Thank you. Um, written information, there's the tax collections on the board. I mean,
083that was in our packet. Um, and just as a reminder, as a closing remark, um, November Oh, I am so sorry. I totally skipped that. My apologies. Student board member report. My deepest apologies. It's all right. Um so our bi-weekly update we decided to focus on the tenant of empower and equip leaders at all levels. Um we decided to focus on uh Croft Middle School who has been empowering their younger leaders. Um Croft Middle School has partnered with the National Zoo since 2003 creating global environmental awareness and developing their talents of future leaders which is supported by the school's focus on steam education. Um, Croft offers a comprehensive related art program that includes zu z zoology which is supported by being the home of four exotic animal exhibits supplied by the national zoo and cared
084by the craft zookeeper students and faculty. Additionally, Croft offers AVID, which is a program known for putting a special focus on subgroups of students who have been historically under pres under under represented in higher education and trains its educators in academic practices that are proven to deliver results from students. And then this uh board's meeting student spotlight is um Hunter Lane's debate team. Hunterlane Debate Team is a partner school of the National Urban Debate League. Noodle Noodle is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to offering opportunities for high school students in the Metro Nashville Public Schools District to participate in competitive researchbased policy debate. Um Hunter Lane is composed uh Hunter Lane debate is composed of seven people and is sponsored by Mr. Profett and Mr. Stover. at the September 25 tournament. Uh Shaniah won fifth place
085out of fifth place novice speaker out of 47 novice debaters. Um I'm just going to add my own anecdotal thing to this cuz I recently went to my second debate tournament uh like this Saturday and I went against Hunter Hunter Lane and they went they did amazing. I'd like to say like the Hunter Lane team, they have a very very strong debate uh skills. And our closing and student recommendation ends are [snorts] um the board is to continue to support schools that offer unique programs such as Scroft Middle School so future leaders can thrive in what they are passionate about. Additionally, we would like to encourage the board to highlight more programs/c collaborations for high school students so students are aware of what they have available to them. And that is all. >> Good job.
086Thank you very much. And I'm very partial to Croft since it's in my uh political district. Um but also it made me want to go back to school. I know it's like they were connected to the zoo. So I was very jealous about that that they have an awesome program connected to the zoo. Um thank you very much. And I love that the debate competition, iron sharpens iron. So u hopefully we'll be able to use it here on the board. [laughter] U but not too often like no no as often as you can. As often as you can. We love a good challenge. Um uh okay we have our tax reports that was in the in the packet. And just a reminder November uh 10th at um on Monday, November 10th at 5:00 pm we
087will have a board meeting rescheduled from um the Veterans Day holiday. So we do not have to come in on a day off. Um we can actually enjoy the holiday and celebrate our veterans. So Monday, November 10th at 5:00 p.m. we will have a schoolboard meeting um to reschedule for the holiday. Um be no further business. This meeting is adjourned. This has been a service of the Metro Nashville Network. If you would like to see this presentation again or for more information on this and other programs, visit nashville.gov. Gov. [music]