001Board member Garcia here. Board member Porter here. Board member Murphy here. President. Board member Love here. Board member McKini here. Board member Otay here. Board chair Coleman here. You have seven in the affirmative. Thank you. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Please remain standing for a moment of silence. United States of America. Thank you. May be seated. Tonight in spotlight on spotlight on the arts special recognition the MSCS fine arts department would like to recognize art educator Lauren Carson. Is Miss Carson here We were Miss We will recognize Miss Lauren Carson for her outstanding work with the students of Hope Academy. She engages them with high quality instruction in visual art, teaching them about contemporary artists and exposing them to a variety of art making materials and techniques. Since students at Hope Academy are
002not able to take field trips, she applied for a grant with the Tennessee Arts Commission to bring an enrichment art experience to the students. The mural was an excellent way for students to express themselves and build their art skills while creating a sense of community. Thank you to Principal Jones for being an incredible advocate for the arts and for the Shelby County officers for their support for the students. Thank you to the Tennessee Arts Commission for the grant Contemporary Arts Memphis for their leadership in this project and to artist Darlene Newman for her work with the students. Under the guidance of art teacher Lauren Carlson, Hope Academy students engaged in a collaborative mural project exploring identity transformation and belonging. This unique experience was a product of a Tennessee Arts Commission grant in partnership with Contemporary
003Arts Memphis and local artist Darlene Newman. The project began with students analyzing murals from Memphis and Philadelphia to understand artistic elements. Using reflective prompts such as, "Imagine the Memphis you want to build and imagine how you want your younger siblings to see you." Students brainstormed and developed mural concepts rooted in both personal experience and collective vision. Students sketched their ideas and worked collaboratively to design a cohesive mural that reflects their community's aspirations. Guest artist Darene Newman visited the classes to demonstrate art making techniques and help them brainstorm their concepts. Art teacher Lauren Carlson works closely with students during their classes to complete the murals. The project culminated in an installation and the exhibition of the murals at Contemporary Arts Memphis headquarters at 652 Marshall Avenue. The work will be on display until August. BPOD mural.
004We chose the symbolism of the mountain to show our struggle. We are climbing out of past choices as we find better ways to reestablish our lives. The light bulbs represent the importance of thinking ahead before acting. The broken chains represent breaking the cycle of incarceration. The microphones represent music which brings us calmness, solitude, and a passageway out of our troubles. When we began this project, we were doubting ourselves and our abilities to create a successful painting. As we progressed, we learned that to be an effective painter, you must have patience and consistency. Making this mural helped us to strengthen our artistic skills and it even motivated us to make more art in the future. Overall, we have a wonderful feeling of accomplishment that we were able to paint this mural together. It gave us an
005opportunity to make the most out of our time in this space, and it taught us to work as a team. Outsiders may think of this facility as dark and hopeless, but we have gained friendships, built confidence, and conceivably are better people than we were before incarceration. CPOD mural. Having painted this mural, we wanted people to know that despite hardships and life's challenges, everything will be okay in the end. We are experiencing loneliness, numbness to pain, and trying to heal all of this. To illustrate our pain, we painted thunderclouds and dripping blood. The angel wings in our hearts symbolize the love we have for those who have passed away. We incorporated microphones because many of us find solace in listening to music and writing lyrics. We can express our inner thoughts and beliefs through music. Our
006goal is to live a good life filled with success, happiness, and time we can spend with our families and friends. We learned how to create a successful painting. We learned that painting can be meditative. We learned to mix colors and make c a custom palette and that to paint outlines, you need to have a steady hand. Furthermore, we learned that it's important to mix acrylics with water and make a custom consistency of paint. But most importantly, we learned that if we listen and come together, we accomplish our goals quickly and as a team. Finally, we hope that when the people of Memphis view our mural that they might better understand us, our livelihoods, and the struggles we endure. EPOD mural. We created this mural to express our longing for peace both within ourselves and the
007world around us. The stormy clouds symbolize the internal and external struggles we face as we strive to make better choices. Above the stars represent our hopes, dreams, and the inspirations that guide us. At the heart of the mural, love shines brightly. We believe that showing love through acts of kindness and empathy is essential to fostering peace and understanding. The hands inspired by the cysteine chapel symbolized unity and the interconnectedness of all beings. As we worked together on this mural, we strengthened our class community and empowered one another to collaborate and create. In our world, we see a lot of turbulence through the hate and violence people spread on social media and in the news. We hope this mural serves as a call to action. It encourages patience, thoughtful decision-making, and a compassionate approach to life.
008Through the process of creating this artwork, we have grown as artists, learning the importance of perseverance, courage, and embracing the com the discomfort that comes with learning new skills. FPOD mural. As young men living in a city often marked by conflict, we strive to be positive influences in our community. Our mural titled spread peace among men embodies this aspiration. We intentionally chose symbols that might be perceived negatively and transform them into positive representation of our identities. We chose specific texts to add to our street sign that we feel represent us. We feel misunderstood in our community. So, we chose to name our street Wild Child. We named our other street Black Sheep because while this idea is typically thought of as the odd one out, we wanted to embrace this thought of mine. The microphone
009represents our voice as a whole and how we want to be perceived in this world. We painted two lightning bolts because we know that lightning bolts never strike in the same place twice, illustrating how we are one of a kind. While making this mural, we learned how to be how to better mix colors and that outlining requires patience, a steady hand, and a good eye. Most importantly, we learned that if we work together, we can make something beautiful and impactful. Our chosen symbols and the powerful message has a complex yet beloved meaning for us as individuals and young as young artists. We hope that our mural inspires viewers to spread peace and understanding within their own communities. GPOD mural. Our mural is about love, freedom, and what we hope for in the future. We hope
010to achieve a better quality of life and aspire to be a positive influence in our communities. We chose to incorporate a heart in our mural to represent each of our personalities. The chain around our heart represents the constraints of incarceration. Despite our mistakes, we hope people will see beyond our circumstances and understand our desire for redemption. We're committed to personal growth and building a better future. The sun represents a new day and a new opportunity. Finally, by partnering with others, being patient, and actively listening to feedback, we were able to unite as a team. We use the symbol of the cross to represents God's guidance through our trials and tribulations. We used diamonds and money to symbolize our aspirations for success. The stars symbolize family, our source of support, understanding, and love. In conclusion, we
011hope people will empathize with our perspective, connect with our complex stories, and understand our struggles. Thank you. [Applause] I'd als I'd also like for Mr. Jones and Dr. uh Thomas to come to the front as well if you all would. Uh Mr. Jones and Miss Thomas. Ting. Ting. [Applause] What's a joke? These wonderful art projects that you just saw will be posted on Memphis Shelby County School social social media page. age. Let's give another round of applause to those young people. We're now on to the approval of of the agenda. Are there any amendments, Dr. Richmond? No amendments. No, we're pulling up. No, we're not. We're not pulling up. Board members, any amendments to the agenda? There being no amendments to the agenda, is there a motion for the approval of the agenda? And second
012motion by Vice Chair Love, second by board member Murphy. I didn't know who said I just heard. Roll call vote, please. Board member Garcia, I. Board member Porter. Hi. Board member Murphy. Hi. Board member Love. Hi. Board member McKini. I. Board member Otay. I. Board Chair Coleman. I. You have seven in the affirmative. Thank you. That motion passes. with I don't have something. We're now on to the agenda of staff action items. 9.1 Approve a district-wide formative assessment power school group LLC 859,152.78. Yes, board chairs recommend that the Chevy County Board of Education purchase the Power School Performance Matters uh formative assessment system at a cost of $859,152.78 over three years. 9.2 Two, approval Arthur L. Gallinger Risk Management Service LLC insurance coverage 4,981,367. Board chair is recommended. Sha County Board of Education authorized the
013purchase of insurance coverage through broker Arthur Gallagher Risk Management Services in the amount of $4,981,367 for property insurance, law enforcement liability, student accident, and cyber security coverage. 9.3 Approval Arthur Arthur J. Gallinger Riskmanagement Services LLC Insurance Broker Board Chairs recommend that Shelby County Board of Education approve Arthur Gallagher Risk Management Services LLC for a three-year contract with the option to renew for two years at one each year. Uh the organization is unique because it has a public entity department that separates in K12 insurance uh that specializes in K12 insurance and risk hazards. Board member Hugh Garcia. Yes. Is this a different broker than we've had in the in the past year or the past three years? And if so, what were were there any improvements upon the relationship that we pri we had prior that
014we were looking for in putting this out for a new broker? Uh, thanks for your question, board member Garcia. I defer to general counsel Bailey. Uh, thank you. It is the same broker. For the second part of your question, uh, board member Hugh Garcia, we have Sandra Burgess, who's the manager of our risk management department, who can speak to the the history of the relationship uh with the broker. Okay. Yeah. My question was in our prior so it's a continued relationship. Was there anything within renewing this that we were looking to improve upon in the in our I guess our brokerage experience over the past how many years how many years have we been working with them and then what are we trying to improve on in the relationship? Well, what we have is I
015think we started with them preme which was in 2021 I think in July of 2021. And what we're trying to do is to make sure that the district is totally insured. Um, we also purchased some excess cyber and we just did that in May of this year. So, we're just trying to get some coverage straight. We have also the crime coverage and bun coverage for the board members. They're all on one policy. So, it's it's cheaper now. It's it's cheaper. It's gone down. And is the new K through2 insurance like specialization new for them? Is this the crime the crime and bun coverage is a will be a new policy? Yes. Okay. No, it was noted that the this particular firm has a K through 12 specialization. Is that new? No. Okay. They've always had
016that. Okay. Thank you. You're welcome. Any further questions? Thank you. 9.4 for approval. Tennessee government contract grant contract 2021 windstorm 1,21,45360. Yes, board chairs recommend Chev County Board of Education approve the acceptance of the Tennessee governmental grant contract in the amount of 1,21,45360. 9.5 Approve a Tennessee governmental grant contract 2023 windstorm 104,639.34. Yes, board chairs recommend that the Chevy County Board of Education approves the acceptance of the Tennessee governmental grant contract in the amount of $14,639.34. 9.6 approval. Central Technologies. Yes. Board chairs recommend that the Shelby County Board of Education approve the contract to Central Technologies in the amount of $137,850 to provide install services for the network equipment upgrade. The purchase is a piggyback agreement with Tennessee Education Broadband Consortium contract number 68595. 9.7 approval Zo Education Inc. 2,437,57920. Yes, board chairs recommend that
017the Shelby County Board of Education approved the contract to Zo Education Inc. in the amount of $2,437,57920 to provide voice services, internet access services, virtual private cloud, and virtual private network uh internet services for the fiscal year 2026. Voice services, internet access services, virtual private cloud, and virtual private network solutions will piggyback off of the Metro Nashville contract 2-225071-08A valid through June 30th, 2026. 9.8 approval CSM Consultants Incorporated $76,000. Board chairs recommend that Sher County Board of Education approve the contract to CSM Consultants, Inc. in the amount of $76,000 to advise the district on regulatory changes, update policies, procedures, and processes related to all category 1 and category 2 applications of the Federal Communications Commission filings with the schools and libraries division SLD. 9.9 approval CW CDW Government Inc. 307, $1040. Yes, board chairs recommend
018the Shelby County Board of Education approves the purchase of CW Governmental Inc. in the amount of $37,1040 and master service agreement to provide licensing and support for the internal service which are located inside the district's data center. This is a piggyback through the state of Tennessee. NASPO contract SWC399 NASPO coot ts software. Board member Porter. Yes. Uh where is the district's data center? Uh thank you u board member Porter. Uh Mr. Langston. Thank you Dr. Richmond. Thank you, Boman Porter. The the data center is actually here. Um, currently, um, one of the things that we're trying to establish is a backup uh, centers elsewhere, but currently our data center is here. Okay. So, uh, so currently we don't if if we have a power outage or anything. We don't we don't have a backup system
019currently in place for the district. Currently, um, we won't talk too loud, but u currently, no. Um but we are working on you'll see in the next month or two um as we finish our IT plan where you'll see us getting a backup system. So one of the things that this contract does is help us to get internal service back online if in the case that uh the district goes down. Okay. So and then another thing to note that if power does go out we do have the data center on the generator. So if Okay. Yeah. if that makes sense. Yeah. Well, yeah. Well, clear that. Good to know. All right. 9.10 approval. First Students, Inc. 39,370,92. Yes, board chairs. Recommend that the Shelby County Board of Education approve the contract for First Student, Inc.
020to provide student transportation services and the amount not to exceed $39,370,92 for the 202526 school year. The one-year option was included in the initial contract term that began July 16th, 2021. This contract term included four years with a one-year renewal option. Board member McKenna. Thank you, Dr. Richmond. I recall during our board committee meetings that I um had a question about the cost and the fact that it went up 15% from last year. Were we able to get any um traction? Have we with first student around that? Any questions asked or answered around that? Uh thank you for your question board member McKenna. I'll defer to uh legal and or uh procurement services. So, Miss Braxton and or Miss Morton or General Councel Bailey, would either one of you all want to add to uh
021board member McKenny's question regarding the contract? Uh thank you, interimm superintendent. Uh board member McKini, we we have been in in continuous discussion with first student and continued and are continuing to do so. I know that uh your your request was heard loud and clear uh at last week's committee meeting. Uh so uh we we have not yet reached a resolution on that, but we are still actively discussing. Uh okay. I'm I'm hoping that we can have um that we can get a little um shift if for lack of a better term by the time we have to do this by next week. Understood. Or member Murphy. Um thank you, Madam Chair. Um so because we don't have clarity on exactly you know the the amount is actually like you said 50% higher and so
022they have not came back and given us another amount. So before we approve this next week we need to have clarity on how much because I don't think we should approve this if it's still this high. This is expensive. Uh thank you for that uh statement as well as that question board member Murphy. Uh as general counsel Bailey shared, we will continue to to negotiate. Uh and we also know that this year is the last year for this particular contract. So we will be putting uh our transportation out for bid early on this year. Thank you. Board member Huitt Garcia. Thank you. If I remember correctly, Director Weary mentioned that they did research on comparable school districts who were in a similar position. So, if we're not able to lower the cost in this one-year
023renewal, I would be in I would like us to just know we are not experts in transportation, but if we see comparable school districts that are paying the same amount or similar amounts with the same number of routes, if we could see that research, I think it would make us feel more confident that this is this is the going market. This is the particular uh labor environment or or cost of resources. So if that if that research is available that would give me a benchmark of whether we're making a good decision. So I' that would be suitable for me too. Uh thank you board member Garcia. I think many of those things are continuing to be considered uh along with the start of school uh basically being a month and a half out. Uh the
024last thing we wanted to do was to be putting this out uh for bid at this time. Uh but again, we also know that gas prices have gone up, the cost of living has gone up, there's been a number of upgrades made to uh the buses, and so again, those things are continuing to be considered uh as we negotiate the contract. But again, thank you uh for those encouraging remarks. I I would fuel is a separate line item in our budget though. So fuel should not is what it is based on the market rate. what I'm saying like it is I don't think we should put children at risk of not having transportation of putting it out to bid it is we also just need to know the decision that we're making and it if
025it is 10% higher than what other districts are paying that doesn't mean we put children at risk of not getting transportation but we need to be informed people as as approvers of the budget and and good stewards it doesn't mean we won't I don't want to put um day one readiness at risk, but I do also want to be informed about what it is we're voting on. So, thank you. Thank you. We'll we'll bring that information uh to the business meeting next week. Thank you, Vice Chair Love. I I want to see an itemized report of the fuel and the uh bus service and anything that we've included in the price increase. Um I did some research over the weekend and we are paying lower than what other school districts paid for the buses. Thank
026you, Vice Chair Love. Again, we will bring an itemized list uh of what those things are on the board uh business meeting next week. 9.11 Approval Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Memphis Department for radio tower agreement $121,920. Yes, board chairs recommend that the Shelby County Board of Education approves the memorandum of understanding between the Shelby County Board of Education and the City of Memphis for police services for the usage of the city of Memphis radio towers in the amount of $121,920 approval title one part A equitable servicesou dotto county to serve MSCS students 2025 through 2026. It's recommended that the Shelby County Board of Education approves theou with the Dotto County schools to provide title one part A equitable services to eligible MSCS zone students attending a title one participating non-public/private school in
027the DCS attendance zone. 9.13 approval title one part A equitable servicesou MSCS to serve Dotto County students 2025 through 2026 school year. Yes, board chair is recommended Chevy County Board of Education approve theou with the county schools to provide title one part a equitable service to eligible DCS zone students attending the title one participating non-public/private schools in the MSCS attendance zone 9.14 approval fiscal year 2026 ESA and IDA a consolidated funding application. It's recommended that the Chev County Board of Education approve the fiscal year 2026 ESA and IDA consolidated funding application and all subsequent agenda and amendments. Uh, school districts are required annually to submit an application to the Tennessee Department of Education to receive ESEA and IDA funding at 1115,634,4953. No lights. 9.15 approval. Hardland School Solutions $227,25. Board chair has recommended the Chevy
028SH County Board of Education approve the contract for Hardland School Solutions for $227,25 to provide continuous support and maintenance of the current food man food management system for the 202526 school year with the option to renew it for one additional year. This was based on IFBB04162025MEES 9.16 donation acceptance Grizzlies raise the rim initiative $15,000 board chairs recommend that Chev County Board of Education accept a donation valued at more than $15,000 for the from the Memphis Grizzlies to renovate basketball systems at Woodstock Middle school 9.1 9.17 approval Carrier Corporation Sherwood Middle School 1,399,457.50 board chairs recommend the Chevro County Board of Education approve the contract to Carrier Corporation for 1,399,457.50 for the replacement of the main building chiller and the auditorium HVAC system at Sherwood Middle School. Superintendent, do we have any MWBEs um working on
029any of these contracts? That's an interesting uh question, board chair. Uh again, I see our procurement department, uh Miss Baxter andor, uh general counselor Bailey, would you all like to uh nuance that question and answer for me, please? Thank you. Thank you, interimm superintendent. uh chair. Uh we do still have the uh office of economic opportunity that focuses on SB certificate uh certified uh vendors um and the goal setting uh for these vendors. So um as far as SB um and on some of our previous and Mr. Langston can correct me if I'm wrong, but some of our previous existing contracts uh MWBE requirements Okay. 9.18 Energy Energy Partners LLC Riverview Arises US Department of Energy Grant Project 10,93,995. Yes, board chairs. Recommend that Chevy County Board of Education approve the contract uh to uh
030Integrity Energy Partners LLC for the design and construction of the energy efficient upgrades and renovation of Riverview School majority funded through a grant from the US Department of Energy Renew America Schools program in the amount of 10,93,995. The project's name is Review Rises is Riverview Rises. Excuse me. Bo member Hugh Garcia. Yeah. I was just curious, did our uh facilities team or um finance team seek out the US Department of Energy's Renew America schools program? Did you all see that application and say we have a a use for it and or is this something that we that we've done statewide? Uh board member Garcia. Um I'll defer to Miss Stewart. Miss Stewart, would you answer that question for board member Garcia, please? Thank you, Superintendent. Board member Garcia, we won, this is the grant we
031won in late 2023 and our grants team found it and brought it to our um at that time the chief of business operations and um then my team worked on it along with our HVAC folks and some other people in our facilities department and won the grant then. Okay, that's awesome. I just want say thank you all for looking for additional funding opportunities and applying it to our many needs. So, thank you 9.19 approval Euan Kesler Inc. 1,460,000. Yes, board chairs recommend Chev County Board of Education approve the purchase of three temporary chillers for $1,460,000 from Euan Kesler, Inc. Board member McKenna. Yes, I actually pressed my button a little delayed, but I actually wanted to go back to the last one around the grants. Do we still have a grants department that can help
032us and assist us in seeking out grants like this? Dr. Richmond, I'll defer to uh Mr. Langston. I also see Mr. Morris back there. And many of our grants come through our federal programs uh department, but I'll defer to Mr. Langston in regards to the grants department. Thank you Dr. Richmond. Thank you Borman McKenna for your question. Answer is yes. So we we still do have a grants writing department. Um we probably should have acknowledged her. We did have our uh grants writer, Miss Carolyn Bar, who's been with the district for a number of years. She did retire in June. Fingers crossed. I'm trying to get her to come back u on a on a on a part-time basis. But we do have a continuum. Um um I Mr. Morris is heavily involved. I'm heavily
033involved with seeking out uh grant donations. Miss Burr is actually responsible for writing the entire $10 million grant. She's also was responsible for um helping the prek department write the Head Start grant as well. So we're continuing um that um that grant writing uh within the district. Um so to answer your question, yes. Thank you. Yeah, I I appreciate Mr. Langston uh renewing my memory of that Miss Burr uh has been a in integral part of our district for an extremely uh long time and I have forgotten she retired last year or this year. December December 2024. 2024. Yeah. Um, and I would really like to see if we could get Miss get Miss Burr back because she again she has written uh many grants for our district, a longstanding uh grant writer. So, thank
034you for uh reminding me of that, Mr. Langston. just as a followup, she um has been with the district for a long time because I know when I was with the district, she was with the district and so she has she's phenomenal and if we can um I don't know if you all have filled that position yet and if um that's something that Dr. Richmond, you may contemplate as we move into the next budget season of of um growing that department because it's going to be much more incumbent upon us to seek grant dollars now with the situation that we're in. So, I appreciate that job well done. Thank you. Thank you. No. 9.20 20 approval a lad athletic field striping services $483,400. Yes, board share is recommended Chevy County Board of Education approves the
035renewal of the contract with LAD athletic field striping services in the amount of $483,400 for athletic field striping services for the 27 middle and high school football and soccer fields. Superintendent, is it a process for the coaches to get their field striped? Do they have to What's the process? Uh, our facilities department, uh, Chair Coleman, our facilities department, uh, works closely with our athletic department, uh, to ensure those fields are, uh, lined and striped at their regularly scheduled uh, time. There's a regular schedule and cadence uh for both cutting uh striping as well as servicing those fields. Okay, thank you. 9.21 approval Rush Truck Centers of Tennessee, Inc. $139,93040. Yes, board chair Coleman is recommended. Sheriff County Board of Education approved the purchase of a road back flatbed truck uh a tow truck for the
036district's facility maintenance team for $139,93049 from Rush Truck Centers of Tennessee, Inc. Board member Porter. Hey, I know I asked this question in the last meeting and you said the district only needs one truck, but does it matter about the making, model of year since we're going to only use one truck? Uh, thank you for that question, uh, board member Porter. Uh, Miss Stewart. Um, so the one truck that we, just to be clear, the one truck we will buy will we will haul everybody's broken down cars. So, every department, so all of our fleets, our security fleet, our nutrition fleet, anybody's anybody's vehicle that's a district vehicle that needs to be brought back to our auto mechanic shop, we'll bring it back. Um, this specific truck will be that big flatbed truck that can
037pull any any car or truck up on top of it, as well as our big lifts and our big Bobcats and our our big digging machines, all of our construction equipment. So, so it doesn't matter the year of the or the model of the truck of the truck we're going to buy. It'll be a new model 2025. Well, 2024 maybe. I haven't picked out Well, I don't know if they've actually picked out the exact truck yet. Oh, I got you. Yeah, cuz I was saying looking at the price of the the was the the yearly cost and the overall price, but yeah, that's what I was asking. Okay. Hopefully, it's a at least a 23 and up. It will be. We we have a cooperative agreement, too, so we get, you know, a little bit
038of a discount there. Okay, thank you. 9.22 approve a lease of former Coleman Elementary to Journey Community Schools $152,269. Yes, board chair has recommended Chev County Board of Education approve the lease of the Coleman Elementary School property at 3210 Raleigh Mill Road to Journeys Community School for $152,269 for one year. 9.23 Approval Martin and White Mechanical Contractors A. Macio Walker Middle School for $840,769. Yes. Board chairs recommended Shelby County Board of Education approved the contract to Martin and White Mechanical Contractors for $840,769 for the replacement of the Jim HVAC at Aio Walker Middle School. The A Macio Walker. D the A Macio Walker 9.24 approval Morgan and Thornberg Inc. Wooddale High School $665,900. Yes, board chairs recommend the Shelby County Board of Education approved the contract to Morgan and Thornberg, Inc. for $665,900 for the
039gymnasium HVAC replacement at Wooddale High School. 9.25 approval sale of Grace Creek at Men Building to Industrial Capital Holding LLC $9 million. Yes, board chairs recommended Chevy County Board of Education declare surplus and approve the sale of Graves Creek Administrative Building at 2800 Graves Creek Road, Arlington, Tennessee 380002 to Industrial Capital Holdings LLC for $9 million. Board member McKenna, board member Hugh Garcia. Thank you, Dr. Richmond. Um, thank you for all your effort and your team's effort to get some of these buildings off of our rolls. In that vein, if you could provide us and the public a list of all of the buildings that we have we have um disposed of within I guess the last fiscal year or that we um have have um on up for sale and the amounts that we
040have them up for sale. I think this would be helpful one as we do begin our work with the ad hoc facilities committee and also um be helpful with us with us thinking about what we're doing how we're doing it and how we've done it and whe how we want to move forward in that work. Yes. Thank you. Board member McKenna. Uh would you like to see that in the business meeting or during committee meeting uh when we uh go through facilities? Which would you prefer? I think having it in the committee meeting everything will be um all in one place and at one time that would be great. Thank you. Thank you. The team and I will provide that for you. Thank you. Um I don't have a question on this particular uh sale,
041but I remember the month before last when we initially discussed a variety of buildings, we had a few that are not on this month's agenda, including a few donations. I think we had some follow-up work on um I think three different donations. I think the one we had the richest discussion around was Humes. I'd like where are we on that? Is my first on the donations? And then is is my understanding correct that the remaining facilities that were put out on the real estate plan that had no offers are going are going to be demolished or are we going to continue to try to sell them? Uh, thank you board member Garcia for your question. So, in regards to Humes, uh, I recently met, um, with Ballet Memphis as early as Friday. New Ballet. Thank
042you. I met with New Ballet as early as Friday. uh and we had an uh an extremely robust uh I think productive conversation uh around uh their plans and how uh we could partner. Uh but what was still left uh on the table as a question is how the board is going to choose to move forward in regards to uh donation of property. uh I think uh from the discussions from the previous uh ad hoc committee meeting uh that we had uh discussing uh facilities uh as we start to think about uh our facilities plan uh it's my understanding that that conversation uh will occur uh including uh how we move forward with donating property rightsizing our district school closures mergers uh and the like. go. Uh I shared with them that no, uh decision
043as far as how we would approach approach our donations had been made because the board is still needing to set the criteria. Uh I've had some discussions with uh board member uh McKenna about looking at various criteria uh that we would consider uh if and when we start to talk about donating uh property that uh we'll share when we have our next uh committee meeting around facilities. Uh as for uh those properties that we're looking at demolishing, uh I don't think again a decision has been made because we're wanting to look at all of that comprehensively when we start to talk about demolishing andor uh donating property. Okay. Yeah, the policy on or the criteria for donation does seem like there there should be further discussion. I I just wanted to for some reason in
044my mind it was if we don't get an offer it was a de so that is not accurate. So the I think we had six buildings that didn't have offers. We're not saying that those are going to be demolished. We just say there's no offers and that'll be part of the broader plan. Yes. Got it. Thank you. Yes. Board member Murphy Vice Chair Love. Thank you, Madam Chair. While we were talking about donations, there are two of my um buildings that's in my district that I am that I've asked already. Michelle and I have been discussing donating those buildings to Magnolia Elementary School and um Hamilton Elementary School. And so, we do have things in place and what we want to do with those buildings. So, I I just wanted to make sure I put
045that on the record that it is in place and we have things working for both of those projects. Thank you. Thank you. Um question question for the superintendent. Um is the money going to the general fund or the reserve the money for the buildings? I'll I'll defer to um Chief Langston. Thank you Dr. Richmond. Uh thank you Vice Chair Love for your question. Generally what happens again when we sell properties and or get insurance claims it goes to what's called unforeseen. Um now the board can choose to do whatever it will. I will say it's been a while since we've had a healthy u uh sale of about $9 million but usually it goes into unforeseen but if the board so chooses it could go into the general fund fund balance to you be used
046for other projects as well. So, um, technically it goes to unforeseen to do district repairs, but the board could choose for it to go anywhere else as well. Um, if we approve it this month, when will the sale be finished? Next month. Uh, Vice Chair Love, I'll defer to Miss Miss Stewart as to when the sale will be executed. So, usually our sales agreements have 120day usually um period of due diligence that the buyer then goes through the property and all of make sure there are no leans on it, make sure environmental is good, all of those types of things. And we usually close at the end of that 120 days. Um those contracts are in negotiation right now. So that sometimes that uh 120 days, the buyer might ask for a little more time
047or even less time. Like at the night road sale for instance, that closed within 30 days of y'all voting on it. So it's different for every contract, but it's usually 120 days. So love, I think I'm about to answer your question. I hope so. Once it's sold, the money will come into the district and then you'll see us do a budget amendment then where we can then notify You answer my question. Yes, ma'am. Yes, ma'am. Come on with then the board can decide where we can put the projects. But yeah, you'll see us do a budget amendment probably around September um uh accepting the money, saying that we got it, and then the board can then choose to do with with it with with the money. Thank you, sir. I I'd just like to continue
048to add uh that I really appreciate the team uh and how they've approached uh doing this work around facilities. I want to thank Miss Stewart and thank Mr. Langson. uh they've done an outstanding job over the last four or five months uh with what we've been able to accomplish uh regarding facilities and I'm looking forward to our facilities plan uh as we work together as a team to rightsize our district board member McKenna. Thank you. I just wanted to um reiterate what Dr. Richmond said about our facilities and the prospect of whe how and when we donate. If um everyone remembers our conversation that we had during that board committee meeting, we talked about donation and understanding that it would require us to change policy and that will take us time. But also we also
049understood that in the midst of all of this we are working with community stakeholders with our facilities ad hoc committee which I think we're going to approve those folks on Tuesday so that we can get to the business of getting input around what that looks like um and how we do that and do it in a um coordinated and aligned way. So, just want to make sure that both board member Huitt Garcia and board member Murphy know that we're we're aware, but we and yet we want to make sure we're doing it within policy and that we've when we do this, we're doing it in an equitable way with fidelity and making sure that we we do this for if we're going to do it, we've got to do it in a uniform way. Member
050Murphy. Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate that. Um, Commissioner McKenna, but we also we we we understand that everything has to go through policy. There's a process for everything that we do. However, I'm still iffy about this adhawk committee because a lot of people that's on this aha committee are not for the children. They have another agenda. So, I want to put that on record that I'm not comfortable with this aha committee. And they got one time to give me one glitch and I'm going to do whatever I can to shut it down. 9.26 Sale of former Reigns Haven land to Greater New Liberty Baptist Church $15,000. Yes, board chairs recommend the Chev County Board of Education declare surplus and approve the sale of the former Reigns Haven Elementary vacant land at 430 Ivan, Memphis,
051Tennessee to Greater New Liberty Baptist Church for $15,000. Vice Chair Love, um I have a question for the superintendent. Uh, what are they going to build on the land? Uh, great question. Uh, Vice Chair Love, I defer again to Miss Stewart. Miss Stewart, what are they planning for this property? Um, parks. It's going to be a park and some athletic fields for the kids. Thank you. These funds will go into the same account that Yes, same account. 9.27 27 approval sale of River Riverview Elementary to Vision Prep Charter School $700,000. Yes, board chairs recommended Sher County Board of Education declare surplus and approve the sale of the former Riverview Elementary at 260 Jubert, Memphis, Tennessee 38109 Division Prep Charter School for $700,000. Will this sale have any effect on the previous um thing we just
052talked about for Riverview? No, ma'am. It should not. Uh, currently the charter is is operating uh there uh as an elementary school and next door we uh have Riverview K8 uh and it will remain in operation. Okay, thank you. 9.28 approval sale of Wooddale Middle School to IOTA Community Schools 202,500,000. Yes, board chairs recommended that Sh County Board of Education declare surplus and approve the sale of Wooddale Middle School at 3467 Castleman, Memphis, Tennessee 38118 to Iota Community School for $2.5 million. Approval window replacement projects contract date amendments. Yes, board chairs recommend the Chevy County Board of Education amend the contract dates for five window system replacements to be completed by December 10, 2025 at Booker T. Washington High School, Dumbar Elementary, East High, Invictus Academy, and Norris Achievement Academy with no additional cost implications.
053Vice Chair Love, I said I said uh something about Scenic Hills windows last month. Where are they on the list? Uh thanks for that. Get it to me before the next board meeting. Yes, ma'am. Vice Chair, uh we'll work on getting you that information tomorrow. Yes, ma'am. superintendent. Um the tariffs and all that, is it playing a part on the windows that are coming to us or will it pull apart? Uh thanks, uh Chair Coleman. Uh Miss Stewart, would you weigh in on uh the impact tariffs may be having on our supply chain? So at this point um with these windows for instance we had already these were already ordered and in the in the queue. So we are not paying any more for them than we originally then before the tariffs went into effect.
054The problem here is with the companies that are manufacturing things and shipping to other places. It's causing delay in shipping because of tariffs that are affecting other people. But we didn't get affected on this specific project. we are getting affected on other quotes that we are getting and with the instability it's just it's just unpredictable. So it's we we get a lock in on a price when we procure something we go to bid and we get the biders and we pick the vendor we would like and we lock in a price on that with that vendor and we have I think usually about a hundred 120 days uh to lock keep that price locked in. So that's how we we get a little bit of relief there from just the everyday tariff changing. So do
055we know if these schools will be complete before school starts back in August? So I'm going to not make a promise, but I'm going to say yes. Most likely. Thank you. I love your honesty. Thank you. Board member McKenna, Vice Chair Love. That brings my u memory back to ESSER funds the 55 million. Do we have any status on that Dr. Richmond? Because then that is it still going to be 55 million? Member McKenna. Not at this time. Uh but I will defer to Mr. Langston. I know as early as last week he may have been involved in a meeting. So I'll allow him uh to update the board on uh what the conversation was in that particular meeting. Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Richmond. Uh thank you for your question. Board member Mc Mckenny,
056um to answer your question, we don't have it yet. We did Mr. Morris uh was able to participate in a um call with the state as they gave direction and guidance and how we have submitted everything we did in detail. Um we're hopeful that we'll know by the end of June. Um we are um I am working with the team, Mr. Morris and myself in identifying some other ways in case it don't go quite as um planned. So hopefully by committee in July or even our if we know before we'll update the board um with what happens. But again fingers crossed that we'll know by the end of June. So, the follow-up question to that is based on what Miss Stewart said about locking in prices, is there what does that look like? Because we're
057waiting on that 55 million. We already have those contracts from my understanding. What does that look like if we how much time do we have until those prices are unlocked? So, those so anything that we have a contract on right now, we're going forward and we procured those and we're holding out the vendor's foot to the fire with those prices. Okay. when she speak of locked prices that when we procure something when we go to bid they lock we lock those prices for 120 days if the board approves the vendor approves then the price is locked in that in that instance so these the contracts that we have for the $55.6 $6 million they are locked. Okay. The the it's the question on the table is whether or not we'll be paying with it with
058federal dollars or our uh fund balance. Okay. That's why I wanted to know what the was that the amount that we have to we have to worry about. Okay. Thanks. Um I have a question for the interim superintendent. Do our uh utility bill go down if we get new windows in the school? I I would hope so. Uh the the efficiency again as we purchase new windows uh particularly windows that are probably much better than uh some of the windows that have probably been on our buildings for years and years. We're hoping to have uh efficiencies that come with with those installations. Um I would like to know how much um next year um when the windows are replaced. The mother in me wants to know. Yes, ma'am. In the utility bill by by facility.
059Yes, ma'am. 9.30 approval Zo Fairle High School $121,991.38. Yes, board chairs recommend that Chev County Board of Education approve the intercom equipment purchase and installation from Zo, formerly Educational Network of America, ENA, in the amount of $121,991.38 for Fairley High School. Super engine superintendent, do we have any idea how many of our schools still need intercom uh upgrades or We can get that list uh for you. I know that's uh part of our uh capital request when we're looking at fire and life safety. Uh so what the team and I will do is we'll send that information to you uh on either this evening or first thing tomorrow. Uh Chair Coleman, thank you. It can be tomorrow. It doesn't have to be tonight. Yes, ma'am. Thank you. 9.31 Approval of Waste Management Service 1,266,575. Yes,
060ma'am. It's recommend County Board of Education approved the contract to Republic Service, Inc. Am I in the right place? Yeah. Uh to Republic Service, Inc. waste connections in the amount of $3,799,725 for three years to provide waste collection services. The breakdown by zone and vendor is as follows. Waste Connections Inc. for zone one for $771,531 annually. Republic Services Inc. for zone 2 for 1,236492 annually. Waste Connections Inc. for zone 3 for 830,631276897 annually and Republic Services Inc. for zone 4 for 961,11321,337 annually. We were discussing you yours gave you annually and over a period of time. I was just has annually on it. So yes ma'am. Okay. No questions. 9.32 approval Fifer and Associates Inc. Fairley High School $549,000. Yes. Board chairs recommended that Chevy County Board of Education approves the contract for FIFA Associates,
061Inc. in the amount of $549,000 for the Fairley High School gymnasium floor and bleachers replacement project. Superintendent, for the listening public, we are spending quite a bit of money on Fairly High School. Can you elaborate on why we're having to spend a lot of money? not that I'm complaining about it cuz we it needs to be done but just so that the listening public can know what what is taking place with Fairley High School. Yes ma'am. Thank you uh Cher Coleman for for that question. Uh as many of you all know uh on last year uh Fairley High School uh was received back from the ASD. Uh it was formerly run by Green Dot. Uh its name was changed to uh Iota Charter School. And so when that school came back to us, uh there
062were a number of renovations and upgrades that we needed to do from um wiring for intercoms, internet, uh our security cameras, um again, intercoms, uh the gymnasium uh was uh in bad uh shape. So we've had to do a number of things along with uh HVAC. uh our team has spent a significant amount of time over at Fairley this year as well as resources uh bringing that school up the code. Uh as you all know, Fairley had been with the ASD for approximately uh 10 years. Uh, and what I really want the listening public to know is we've had a number of questions about uh, facilities, particularly facilities that transition back uh, from the ASD and the uh, shape that those properties are in. Uh, when we talked last week, I think about uh, some
063of our fire life safety uh, as well as let's just say uh, for um, wiring related to camera systems. So, there was some questions, there was some media attention uh in regards to Florida, Kansas, and we were asked, why didn't we do a better job of securing that building? Well, one of the things that's difficult for us is for us to secure those buildings that may not have the same wiring and infrastructure as it relates to what we have for us to put our camera system in those buildings. So, it's difficult for us to be able to monitor uh those buildings and it takes time uh for us to use the same technologies and wiring that we have in our other facilities. And so during the time when uh that school as well as this
064school was not in sync with our own uh internet as well as safety and security platform, it was difficult for us to be able to monitor that building the way we monitor uh our other uh buildings. Also, as Miss Stewart has explained to me, uh which is extremely significant, uh some of our charter partners do a great job of painting and doing some of the cosmetic um uh renovations that need to occur. But when you think about the bones of the building, the real infrastructure, roofing, um, and some of those other things that go into stabilizing that building, uh, they don't have the resources to be able to do that in the way that we do it or we have to do it. Uh, being that the property is owned uh, by us. Thank you
065for that explanation, Board Member Murphy. Board member McKenna, Vice Chair Love. Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, Fairley High School though, it's much needed that those repairs be done in that school. Also, in the auditorium, the chairs are broken. Some chairs are not there. Uh, people were sitting down having splinters. So, we need to repair that whole school. I'm just being honest. The school needs to be fixed. It's raggedy. We need to fix it. And our kids cannot learn in that school like that. We got to fix it. There shouldn't even be a question about it. And and again, the team has done a great job of u doing much needed repairs uh to their school. Uh I was over there as recent as maybe uh three weeks ago. Uh and so I appreciate the team
066uh and what they've been able to do as well as uh Dr. Hunter, Steven Hunter, who's the principal there. Uh I appreciate his leadership and also what he's been able to do uh to assist us in getting uh some much needed repairs done for those students. Thank you. Um Dr. Richmond, when you talk about security and lighting, one of the things I wanted to um talk to you about is the real time um system that we have now and how that might possibly help us with some of our closed buildings or buildings that we are getting back but need time to renovate. um and how can we work with maybe MLGW or the city um to help us with that those assets for our children? Yes, board member McKenna. Uh I don't see Director Riley,
067but I will share uh with the board members as well as the general public uh the safety and security team along with Mr. Langston and myself, we are working uh to put a comprehensive plan in place uh to be able to not only secure but to be able to monitor our properties that currently are not being uh utilized. Uh we'll be bringing not just that plan, but we'll probably be bringing some things before the board that we need to purchase in order for us to be able to secure uh those properties uh hopefully at the latest in July. as again part of our overall facilities plan. This will be one additional step uh that we'll be putting in place to secure those those properties going forward. Vice Chair Love, um I have a question for
068the interim superintendent. Are you and your team going to go after funds from the state um um to fix these buildings? It shouldn't be all on us. Uh if that's the vice chair love, if that's the uh board's will, our team will uh again as we start to put our facilities plan together with the ad hoc committee as well as the board members. Um we we will seek any options uh to better um secure funding uh to either build uh improve andor to rightsize our district in a way that uh our students can be in uh state-of-the-art buildings that we know are safe and conducive uh to learning because correct me if I'm wrong, every charter school got ESER funds and they were supposed to be used for the upkeep of the building. It makes
069no sense for these buildings to come back to us and we have to spend the money on them. And Tito, um, did you get my sign from Florida, Kansas? They stole Riley Egyp sign years ago. And did you get that back? I I I'll defer Vice Chair Love your question to Mr. Langston or Miss Stewart. Thank you, Dr. Richmond. Thank you, Vice Chair Love. I um I fought hard to go and find that sign. I I went in every corner of the building. Uh seriously, and I couldn't find it. I I even met with the the people who when we when we got Florida Kansas back and I specifically asked them I remember it was it was actually about this time last year I was in the sweating in the heat but um not to
070make matters funny but we did not get the sign back as of yet um but um and I and I understand um that we'll continue to seek um where the sign is. I I would imagine they didn't throw it away because um that wouldn't make sense, but we've yet to receive it yet. Seriously. Now, um whose job is it to go in and view the schools before a charter school leaves up at them? Excellent question, Vice Chair Love. Um our facilities team uh our facilities team uh should do that uh work. As a matter of fact, I think back to when we first started to transition properties to the ASD, I guess would have been in 2013. I know then the executive director of facilities was Brian Ship. And we videoed we went through and
071videoed every inch of the building in regards to um the property, the assets. Uh and again I don't know we've had a number of people uh to move into being the facilities director but I know initially when we started to transition property to the ASD we videoed every inch of the property. So that again when you're talking about giving someone something uh for 10 years uh that's a long time to give someone something and for you to be able to uh accurately recall uh what all uh was either either a fixed or some other type of asset without uh some form of either videoing it uh or having a way to document it. Final question. When are we going to get this sign replaced at Raleigh Egypt Middle School? Not going to let it go.
072Get it to me next week. I'll talk to Miss uh Stewart and our vice chair Lord Love, Miss Stewart, and I work together to get the sign gone. Okay, we'll work on getting some signage. Yeah. Member Murphy. Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm going to piggy back off of what Commissioner Love just said. If all of our school ha schools have ESSER funds to do the necessary repairs to the schools and somehow we end up having to pay for those repairs, what are they doing with those er funds? And we need to know what they're doing. We need a report on what they're doing with those asset funds. Can we do that or no? So then we need to find out why we still paying for something when they have as funds. We'll we'll look into
073it. uh board member Murphy uh enter your question and we'll provide uh feedback on tomorrow. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. 9.33 approval Barnes & Brower Inc. Woodstock Middle School $351,824.90. Yes, board chairs recommended Sher County Board of Education award the contract to Barnes and Brower, Inc. in the amount of $351,824.90 for the gym bleacher replacement project at Woodstock Middle School. Christ your love, thank you for doing this. I have been in conversation with Charlotte Smith over the last five years. 11 11 11 years. Thank you for doing this. I can finally get this off of my to-do list. Yes, ma'am. 9.34 approval Shelby County Health Department immunization event Event Partnership. Yes, board chairs. Recommend that the Chevy County Board of Education approve the 2025 2026 partnership between MSCS and Chevy County Health Department uh to host
074immunization events to make immunizations accessible for families. entrance superintendent, are we doing something special for our Hispanic population with the immunizations so that they can feel safe to come out and bring their children to get their shots? Uh, Chair Coleman, we haven't planned any specific events targeting uh Hispanic students. Normally our imunization events uh target all of our students uh but we'll take that into uh consideration and advisement uh as we start to plan uh to be ready day one for the 202526 school year and can the communications team include the board members so we can let it be known in our district where they will be and when they come into our different districts. Yes ma'am. Thank you. Yes ma'am. Vice Love, interim superintendent, don't forget about my district, which is the uh northern
075part of Shelby County. There are no buses that ride through there and is very isolated. Yes, ma'am. Vice Chair Love, I see I thought I saw Miss Johnson, Carisha Johnson, and uh I see them in the back. As we plan our imunization events, uh we'll be sure to take into consideration uh the demographics and dynamics of our entire uh school district. I also see uh Dr. Baffford in the back. Uh both of those young ladies have done an excellent job over the years of getting our students immunized. Uh we normally average, particularly in kindergarten, uh 94% or better of our students being immunized and and and it's a testament uh to those two young ladies and what they've been doing over the last 5 years along with the health promotions and health services team. So,
076uh, I thank them, uh, and that they're here tonight, uh, speaks to them helping to coordinate, uh, being able to address the various dynamics and needs of our, uh, community. Thank you. Can we applaud them, please? Board member Murphy. Thank you, Madam Chair. Um I think I specified this earlier and I know that you have um a designated place that you are going to give immunizations but I also asked if you can go to the schools directly because a lot of people cannot make it to those destinations. So she just said you gave me a thumb so that that's all I need to know. I'm done. There it is right here. Yes. to to address that. Uh, board member Murphy, uh, for a number of years, immunization was a department that that I oversaw. uh
077and we've always looked at the number of students needing uh immunizations and we have always at least over the last five to seven years that I'm aware of we've tailored immunization events at specific schools particularly if principles have asked us uh to bring our team there and if we've done ahead of time because of uh what you have to do in order to uh secure uh those vaccines uh sometimes we need to have a hard number so uh we'll be able to uh imminize the exact number of students and those vaccines won't go bad. Thank you. Because I asked that question because I um went to Gwell Elementary School and I know that a lot of those children do not have their immunizations yet and I was asking her the percentage. So it's about 80%
078of those children do not have their immunizations because some of them live in the hotels and some of them are living in their cars. So they can get to school and they they work their uniforms. So, I want to make sure that they are targeted, that they get their immunizations. And thank you all so much for all that you do. I appreciate it. Yes, ma'am. 9.35 approval of Kingsberry High School laptops, desktops, computer carts, $123,51652. Yes, board chairs recommend the Shelby County Board of Education approve the purchase of Broadway Typewriter Company, Inc. in the amount of $121,8452 for computer hardware and Unisar Spark Code Company, Inc. for computer hardware deployment and asset tagging in the amount of $2,432 for Kings Bear High School for the computer devices and deployment of the hardware. The total cost
079is $123,516.52. 9.36 approval. Kingsbury Middle School laptops, desktops, teacher laptops, computer carts, 204,300.79. Yes, board chairs recommended Shv County Board of Education approve the purchase of Broadway typewriter company, Inc. in the amount of $200,340 for computer hardware and Unistar Sparkco Computers, Inc. for the computer hardware deployment and asset tagging in the amount of 396 $3,960.50 for Kingsberry Middle School for the computer devices and deployment of the hardware. The total cost is $24,300.79 approval. Melrose High School laptops, desktops, teacher laptops, computer carts, 383,598.70. Yes, board chairs recommended Chev County Board of Education approved the purchase of Broadway Typewriter Company, Inc. the amount of $376,118.70 for computer hardware and uni Unistar Sparkco Computers, Inc. for computer hardware deployment and asset tagging in the amount of $7,480 for Melrose High School for the computer devices and deployment of
080the hardware. The total cost is $383,598.70 board member Tai. Thank you, Chair. Interum quick question. Um, will all the schools in the district be fully equipped um by the start of the school year with the uh the computers needed? Uh, great question. Uh, board member Otay. Uh, I believe we'll continue to uh evaluate uh computer uh readiness. Uh that's one of the things that we focus on as we start to gear up for day one because we may have a number of computers that have been lost uh damaged or stolen. Uh and so we'll continue to update uh the board. All of our schools are not uh CSI schools and all of them do not have uh access to these types of funds to be able to replenish in the way that many of these
081CSI schools are. Uh but again, we as a district, we continue to uh evaluate uh our assets in regards to uh computers and so we'll continue to do that work so that we can give you an accurate accounting uh as far as every school being uh prepared day one over the summer. Okay. One last question. Do we have IT staff? We do we have enough staff to ensure that all the computers uh are in working condition and ready for use. So, you know, what steps are we taking for that to ensure that we're fully staff on the IT side? Uh again, good question. Uh at this time, I'll defer to Mr. Langston. Uh I don't see Mr. Boa here today. Uh so, so Mr. Langston, you are someone from your team, someone filling in for
082Mr. Boa who could possibly answer that question accurately. Thank you, Dr. Richmond. Thank you uh Borman Mote for your question. Um the answer is yes. So um we are continuing to um roll out an IT plan for right now. What has happened is formerly we had a department called virtual education and logistics in the department with our ESA dollars. We were able to hire um um people to work with devices. those instead of cutting those positions out of last year's budget, most of those positions migrated over to our IT department and our IT team has been getting them up to speed to kind of become field service ticks. Do we have enough um do we have enough to ensure that our schools are are in good order? Yes. Do we need a lot more? Yes.
083Um so um the answer is yes and yes. Um, but when we roll out an IT plan, working with the team, um, our intent is to, uh, add more positions to the department to continue to ensure some of our larger high schools with more students have a field service tech there all day long. Thank you, board member Porter. I think just to go along with Commissioner Otay's question, I think uh what the district has said is that all the elementary schools, we're okay as far as like devices and they're on a three to five year plan, but we've been approving contracts for our middle and high school students. So, I think to to somewhat address the question on day one again with all the contracts we've been approving for computer devices, everyone that's on the
084list that you identify should be ready to go. Yes. Everyone that we've been identifying. But again, we continue uh to evaluate the plan. Uh we have a lot of uh computer uh device movement even throughout the summer because students use their devices for SLA, they use them for summer school. And so we have to take those computers back up, reimage them, check them to ensure that they're uh ready for school. and then we redeploy as part of us gearing up uh for the start of school. It's a it's a massive uh operation and I want to always answer questions uh with integrity. Uh and so I don't want to say today they're ready. Uh but we're hoping as we start to prepare for opening of school and our day one readiness, those will be plans
085and things that we will be looking at. And I think initially these was for backups. If I'm not mistaken, that's for backup computers. Well, these these here, many schools are ordering these again for backups, but to have uh computer carts. So if and when students need a onetoone device, if it's lost or stolen, they will always have classroom sets of computers and computer carts uh to be able to address the needs of of students and to replenish. So this is a way for those outdated, antiquated uh computers that are now obsolete, it's a way for them to continue to replenish uh their devices as well. Vice Chair Love. Um, how many graduating seniors turned in their devices? Uh, Bare Love, I would I would hope that every senior, we normally average about roughly 7,000 seniors.
086So, I would hope that if 7,000 were issued a device that they returned them. Now again, we know we have a number of students who lose devices or they're damaged or broken or what have you. And that's kind of something that we have to continue to evaluate and assess as well. Uh I see Mr. L. Mr. Langston, did you want to add something to that? Okay. Thank you. we can and and so let me address that's that's a good question but when you think about our schools also participate in school closeout so part of the school closeout process uh I talked in cabinet at length today about uh textbook inventory so schools should be taking up textbooks They should be inventorying those textbooks. They should be looking at the number of textbooks that are lost
087or stolen to look at how many they need to order for next year so that again day one they're ready. When you think about uh devices, schools should be taking an assessment of how many devices do we have? How many of the devices were lost, stolen, or broken? and then they should be working closely with our IT team to see how many of those devices need to be replenished. Now, you could also have students who are going to summer school and we've told those students take your device with you. That student may or may not return to that same school. So, then we have to find a way to get that device either back or that student would only return that device when summer school is over. So again this this organization uh people have
088to really understand it is truly an organization where logistically we have a lot of moving parts each and every day and things that we have to evaluate really in real time. So I don't ever want to give you a number because it's constant it's fluid it's constantly changing. Okay. Uh and so I just wanted to give that a little bit of context in regards to our uh fixed assets and resources that our students use. Board member Otay and board member McKenna. Uh interum, I just wanted to maybe make a suggestion because I heard you say um the kids keep their laptops at the end of the year and they use it throughout the summer. I know it's going to be extra work, but is it possible that we just have them turn them in and
089then during summer school they could, you know, get issue laptops then and then at the end of summer school we have those taken up so we have more accountability. Yeah. Uh all students do not keep them. Uh part of the reason that we allow them to turn them in. This week we summer school started a week after school let out and so logistically just kind of a all these things have to be operationalized and summer school doesn't have its own set of computers. So if we're giving students a one:1 device, what we preferred is that that student take that one to one device that they've been assigned so that there's a place there's an assigning agent as well as someone who should be looking for that student to return that device versus we giving them
090a brand new device or having a a brand new set of devices or a different set that we give summer school or the SLAs's. This is just a better way for us to account for the asset. Board member McKenna, Dr. Richmond, I appreciate your due diligence around thinking about how to um track our 1:1 devices and how you are paying attention to and um are going to focus on providing us with a baseline before we can make any any judgment calls around what that looks like for this district in terms of onetoone devices. So, I appreciate that. Thank you. 9.38 approval and mmentum. Yes, the board of chairs recommended that the Shelby County Board of Education approve the purchase of up to 15,000 one-year program licenses of study island core library forum uh admintium in
091the amount of $123,165 9.39 approval Clear View Consulting Company $121,800. Yes, board chairs recommend that Chev County Board of Education approve entering into a partnership with Clear View Consulting Company for designated professional services, consulting, and training for 34 CSI school leaders in the amount of $121,800. 9.40 40 approval magnetic reading foundations for CSI schools K through 2 301,396.14. Yes, board chairs recommended Chev County Board of Education approve the purchase of magnetic reading foundations program uh instructional manuals, student workbooks, classroom decoding library for K2 teachers and students for 20 comprehensive support and improvement CSI schools in the amount of 301,396.14. magnetic reading can be purchased via the Memphis Shelby County Schools RFP contract number 2024677. Vice Chair Love, how many schools are coming on the cuff of a CSI uh C CISU? Um, Vice Chair Love,
092thank you for that that question. Currently, we have 34 CSI schools. Uh, I think it's my understanding, and I'll let Mr. White weigh in. Uh, there is supposed to be a new uh, what you would call bottom 5% CSI list of schools, I think, that comes out this year, but again, I'll defer to Mr. White. Mr. White, that's correct. The next cycle for releasing that list would be this coming fall. We don't have a date on that yet. Um, it could be October, November. Are they going to get the same funds as the other schools? I I will I'll weigh in on that as well as Dr. Fox if she wants. Uh, traditionally, Vice Chair Love, uh, it has changed because it's it's it's a it's a grant. So, it's either school improvement grant or
093turnaround action grant. And so we'll have to wait uh to see uh if those grants are available. Uh I know uh when I was originally over the eyes schools, we uh had to move into a period of time where we were using uh fund one dollars to support uh some of the interventions that we were putting in uh our turnaround schools. So, we'll just kind of have to wait to see uh what both state and federal funding are going to look like in regards to uh our CSI schools going forward. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Board member McKenna. I think this is a piggyback um question to board member Love, Dr. Richmond. When you get that list, those schools actually don't come on as CSI schools until the following school year. They don't come in on
094in the middle of the year, do they? If you don't get the list until October or November, they're not put on that in that status until the following school year. Is that correct? Again, out loud, Mr. White. Mr. White, I'm so sorry. um they are designated as such immediately and that's one of the complicating factors of dealing with some of the support and the grants and that kind of thing. But they're supposed to be on a three-year cycle. I think they're trying to get back to that where the schools would be on that list for three years. 9.41 41 approval of hands-on science kits for CSI schools grades 6 through 8. Yes, board chairs recommend the Shv County Board of Education approve the purchase of STEM scopes handon science kits that provide materials and resources
095that equip students in grades 6, seven, 8, and 15 comprehensive support and improvement schools to engage in scientific investigations aligned to grade level Tennessee science standards in the amount of $184,76845. Board member Murphy. Thank you, Madam Chair. This question is for Dr. Richmond. Do these kids have insurance on them? Because these are science kits here. To my knowledge, board member Murphy, they don't have insurance on them. Uh, but I see Dr. Fox. Dr. Fox, do you want to add some context? Absolutely. These kits actually include like cups, foam balls, uh magnets, uh objects that they can use in investigations, strings, tape, those things that do not require any insurance or liability. Thank you so much. You're welcome. 9.42 4 to approval curriculum associates LLC elevation in the amount of $298,898.3. Yes, board chair has recommended
096Shv County Board of Education approve the award and contracts to Curriculum and Associates LLC in the amount of $298,898 uh 3 for the purchase of Elevation Platform to include instructional strategies and a professional learning uh add-on component. This purchase is based on on a cooperative agreement by board contract number 74824 9.4 43 approval flex education K12 comprehensive online curriculum $1,378,000. Yes, board chair has recommended Shervin County Board of Education approve a $1,378,000 contract with FlexPoint Education Cloud to provide districtwide digital content for grades K through two. The agreement supports curriculum from MSCS virtual schools and offers academic resources to support teacher vacancies, academic intervention, and advanced coursework. This is the final year in a three-year renewal option under RFP031423LW online curriculum K12 9.44 44 approval in structure Canvas learning mag management systems 773,516.80. Yes, board
097chair has recommended Shv County Board of Education approved contract for instructure in the amount of $773,516.80 to support K12 digital learning content for students and teachers as well as professional development utilization for several MSCS departments. virtual supports in online learning, curriculum and instruction, CCT uh and performance and leadership development. This is the final year in a three-year renewal option under RFP AW learning management system. Vice Chair Love, um I asked this question in committee. Um but I am asking again what is the impact of the former superintendent's inability to um sign this contract? The superintendent. Yes. Uh vice chair. Uh thank you for that question. Uh Dr. Whitaw, I'll defer to you and or I see Miss Griffin. Miss Griffin, if you wouldn't mind uh going to the microphone. Um again, we know I think
098and again I'll let Miss Griffin add additional context, but I know we had a number of schools. Yeah, good evening board members. Thank you for your question. So, that question actually had uh a double impact. Canvas was approved but as I mentioned uh last week very late in the year but it was also impacted by the elimination of the department that was specifically for uh educational technology. So with both of those having gaps last year, um there was a substantial impact to teachers having uh Canvas readily available to start the year and give instruction so that they could put different resources on for all students. What we're seeking to do now with your approval is to make sure that we have enough runway to uh ensure that it's not only available at the beginning of
099the year, but also those instruct instructors that need to be trained will have that ability and it'll be available for all students at the beginning of the year. That's preK through 12. Uh drill down for me. Um there was a significant impact. what was it? So you can refer to the slide to see the number uh and how there was a significant drop. Keep in mind that this number is um also includes for the academic impact. It includes charter school availability as well charter school students and prek students. There also was a decline in the second uh data grouping which is professional development impact. We use Canvas quite a bit to provide uh online training for our staff, central office as well as school staff. And when this was not available as well as there
100was a push for in-person um training last year, uh instead of being able to use the the platform that made the training readily accessible for not only people that might have had difficulties getting there, but also people that needed to refer back to the training to make sure that they understood and had it close at hand to to abide by it, then you can see that those numbers did have an impact as well. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Bomani. Um, Dr. Richmond, I have a few more questions if you would ask. Sure. to say I just want to be clear again piggybacking on um program for love that I'm looking at this and I'm seeing that this also had a significant impact to our parents in terms of monitoring their child's academic activity. Could
101you explain that to the listening public what that now means? What they should what difference should they see from last year to this year? Yes, ma'am. Canvas does have the ability to uh create parent accounts. And so what that means is uh since I also am an MSES parent that when my child's teacher uses Canvas as a resource, then I'm able to create an account and see her activity in real time, see what she's doing, how long she has been on an assignment, uh as well as if she's just idle, uh and has it on and daydreaming or if she's actively involved. This is for any resources that's placed on the Canvas platform. What it also has the ability for is if a particular school and I want to be clear that schools and instructors
102have the autonomy to use this platform and leverage it in in a way that might be uh conducive to their classroom or their school culture. Uh but also if there is are parent orientations, if there is something that the school wants to place on Canvas just to make sure that parents are able to interact with it, uh a training for instance, something like that, then I'm also able to access that through my parent account as well. So I'm I'm looking at the slide that talked about from 2324 to this past school year. So we had 94,31 students with account activity and then in last year we had 1,01 students with account activity. So, what we should see hopefully in this upcoming school year is that we see we should see more numbers like the 93,000
103that will allow our parents to be further engaged or more engaged in their their students academic outcomes and and and working collectively with their teacher. Is that correct? Yes, ma'am. I'm pretty confident of that, especially since Canvas will be in place at the beginning of the year for even our online textbooks to be able to be co-hosted. Thank you, Dr. Richmond. I think this is a great platform to um further enhance and support family engagement. So, I really appreciate you bringing this back in. Thank you. Yes. Thank you, board member McKenna as well as uh Vice Chair Love. Thank both of you all for your feedback. for me. Um, Commissioner McKenna actually asked my question. I want to say thank you as well, uh, Dr. Richmond and staff central office for all the hard work
104that you're doing. Um, we parents definitely need this. I look at it, too. I'm a parent as well. So, um, just appreciate, you know, everything you guys are doing and putting this back in place and we have enough good enough runway to get everything going at the start of the next year. Thank you. 9.45 approval supplemental registered nurses and licensed practical nurses $1,700,000. Yes, board chair uh Coleman is recommended Sher County Board of Education approve the request for supplemental nursing services contract renewal in the amount of 1.7 million for the school year 2025. The services for the following vendors would be effective beginning for the 2025 school year 4. Comprehensive medical staffing $188,88.89 Delta T Group $188,888.89 Medical Edge Recruitment $188,88.89 89 Real Nurses LLC $188,888.89 89 Swani Medical Personnel $188,888.89 89 JK medical staffing
105$188,8889 24/7 medical staff 1888889 therapy staffing LLC 1888,888989 and worldwide traveling still u staffing LTD188,8889 the following hourly billing rates are licensed practical nurses $34 and Overtime rate 4650 and registered nurses 4650 and overtime rate 6375. This request is based on MSCS RFP031121 TJ board member Kenny. I I might be and this is um in reference to that this contract, but the next one as well. And I think it was um board member Murphy who who um made the suggestion and I think um and this was in board committee about uh less supplemental and thinking more about how we hire our actual nurses if we actually pay them what we're paying our the supplemental. So I think what I heard in board committee, Dr. encouragement is that you all were going to work on that.
106Uh board member McKenna, uh I see nurse Baffford in the back and so uh Dr. Bford and Dr. Whitaw uh we have some work to do. 9.46 46 approval RCM healthc care services 2,139,727.50. Yes, madam chair is recommended Chevy County Board of Education approved the renewal for RCM healthc care services in the amount of 2,139,727.50 to provide 30 registered nurses and two registered nurses field leaison for the school year 202526. The hourly rate is 48.50 50 for the 30 registered nurses and $52 for two RN registered nurses field leaison for 7.5 hours per day. This is the last year for this agreement. 9.47 approval Sandy Hook Promise Foundationou. Yes, madam chairs recommend Chev County Board of Education approved the no cost with Sandy Hook Promise Foundation over a three-year period. Theou dates are May 15,
1072025 through June 30th, 2028. Vice Chair Love, I spoke about this in committee meeting and I want to reiterate the uh optional schools have kids from all over. For example, they go to Delano, which is located in Frraasier. They transition to uh Snowden and Belleview and they don't come back in the district unless they've been put out of optional schools. Frasier is high in crime this year and Raleigh is high in crime this year, but we are working on it. Those students need help regardless of any school they go to. Well noted 9.48 approval occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, aiology and interpreters for death $11 million. Yes, Madam Chair. Is recommend the Shelby County Board of Education approves the award and master contracts for a second one-year term for the listed vendors to provide
108therapy and interpreting services to students based on each vendor's responsiveness of providing services for the 2025 school year. The combined total amount not to exceed for all services is $11 million with an estimated amount for each vendor as indicated. 9.49 approval dual enrollment purchase order increase for tuition for Southwest Tennessee Community College 2425. Yes, madam chair has recommended Chev County Board of Education approve an increase in the pus to fund tuition for dual enrollment students at Southwest Tennessee Community College to facilitate the enrollment of firsttime and returning dual enrollment students. The dollar amount is 150,000 that's listed 950 approval PCG 10 pulse MTSS add-on I'm hold on were you talking about 9.49 49 board member Kenny. Okay. 9.5 430,83082 cents. Yes, madam chair is recommend Chevvin County Board of Education approved the year three renewal
109of public consulting group PCG contract in the amount of $430,83082 for the multi-ter system of support MTSS add-on. This is a piggyback to the contract seven-year public consulting group with the Tennessee Department of Education and it's associated cost through the 2023 29 school year. Well, member Kenny, I just have a question. Is this something that's available through on Canvas as well that um is that uh parents can access? No. Um board member McKenna, thank you for that question. Uh I'll defer to either Dr. Raw. Dr. Tangston. Thank you, Dr. Richmond and board member McKenna. Um, again, this is a platform that we use um to house our IEPs, LPS, our 504s, ILPDS. Um so again this is something that is used when kids are transition I mean transition I'm sorry going from school to school
110throughout our district and our principles and our teachers use this information to pull that data in order to service the students. So this is something that because of the the confidential nature of the IEPs ILPS 504s and ILPDS these are housed separately. Yes ma'am. So the question I do have is um as a parent am I is there any place that I can get on a platform in a digital manner that information or is that always paper? Uh do parents have um access to uh this particular platform? No, I don't think they do. Parents do not have access for even for IEPs even though we put the information in. We give parents a hard copy. Yes. So we print the information and still give them a hard copy. Yeah. You can get electronic copy via
111email. Yes. So you do get you can get you can do electronic to the person but you can't go and apply to the Okay. No, I understood that. I just wanted to know do they get Yeah, they electronic 9.51 approval Pearson Ames web plus $190,860. Yes, madam chair is recommended to SH County Board of Education approved the single-year purchase of the Pearson Ames web plus assessment platform for progress monitoring for grades 4 through 12 in the amount of $190,860. The purchase is a piggyback to the current Tennessee Department of Education Ames web plus contract for K3 and its associated cost through the 2025 school year and will ensure alignment to the literacy success act uh SB003 state bill S00003 9.52 approve a educator preparation program school year 2025 through 26. Yes, Madame Chair has recommended
112Shervin County Board of Education approve a one-year renewal extension to 16 educated preparation programs. Betha University, Christian univers, Christian Brothers University, Freed Hardman University, Grand Canyon University. Uh I teach Morland uh University, Relay Graduate School, Roads College, Teach for America, the Le Moan College, Union University, University of Memphis, University of Phoenix, University of Tennessee, University of West Florida, and Walden University as primary partnership agreements for a total cost of $0 effective July 1, 2025. We're now on to board items. 10.1 proposed policy second reading. Yes, madame chair at this time um board policy reading. Do I see Miss Stewart or Miss Wade in the audience? There's nothing. Okay, there's not anything. Okay, move on. 10.2 Two, resolution approval of fiscal year 25 June budget amendment board meeting calendar I think is next 10.2 I got
113resolution all for the June budget amendment. Gotcha. 10.1. Same thing. Same with mine. Yeah. Okay. 10.1 resolution approval of the fiscal year 25 June budget amendment. We have anything? Okay. Yes, we do. Thank you, Mr. Langston. Thank you, Dr. Richmond. Board members, um this June 2025 budget amendment um is authorizes a net increase of 9,914,559. Um increasing our total budget from 2 bill6,533,792 to 2 bill16,448,351. First, starting with the general fund, we have an increase of 11,27,650. That primary increase or the actual increase is uh we received the summer learning camp grant. So, this is us putting a summer learning camp grant into the budget and uh paying for SLA. In our capital improvement budget, we have a uh net decrease of $6,465,537. And this amendment is just aligning our budget to the county budget
114specifically for the new Frasier High School and a new East region high school. And then next, our nonfederal special revenue budget authorizes a net increase of 4,246,3. The two primary reasons is uh we have a state special education preschool grant for 1.7 million and as I alluded to in committee our innovative school model grant we did receive an additional $2.3 million and that grant has been extended for another two years. And then next, our nutrition services fund is increasing um $4,556,394. And this additional um increase is because the national school lunch and breakfast program is going to cover the increased cost for foods throughout the year. Um um next is our federal programs fund. Um it decreased slightly by $375,132. And that is that's us taking all of our federal grants and aligning it to
115e- plan which is a state system for accurate accounting uh for those grants. And then lastly, our internal service fund shows a net increase of 3,254,919. And that is that is us aligning it to the true projected spend for our warehouse funds. McKenna. Thank you, Dr. Richmond. Can you um let us know given that the state did not take the um nutrition dollars for the summer food program, what are the things that we are doing as a district to offset that if any? Uh thank you for that question. Uh board member McKenna. Uh Mr. Langston, would you share what we're doing um through CNC for our students? I want to I want to understand your question a little better. Bor McKini, there was I can't remember the dollar amount, but there was a there's a
116$75 million that the governor did not take in terms of federal dollars for summer the summer food program, which has left a lot of the the um counties with with children. sold the state without ways to supplement food for the um students this summer other than I think $120. Right. So, great question. So, what we're doing is um since our award is for the full year, we're taking a full funding that we get and then still spending. So, our students with SLA u with summer schools, we're still speeding those students as well as even when summer school and SLA is over, we'll still provide uh meals for students in the summer with the money that we've been um responsible for with getting for the full year. We have also have a fund balance in our
117um nutrition service funds. And with that fund balance, we're able to do um by being physically responsible, do some things over the summer. Can we um be clear for our our constituency, our parents and students where especially if they're not in the SLA program or um when that's over where they can get access to to food? Yes, ma'am. We work closely with our communications team and provide those locations and usually what we do, we pick around 8 to 10 locations where we provide meals where families can pick them up. Um, but we use to work closely with communications, send that out uh countywide, not just districtwide, so that any family that who has school age kids can come and pick up meals. I I I appreciate that. Thank you. And and also in our summer
118camp, so even with our Shelby Metro camps, our athletic camps, uh we provide lunches for our students in those camps as well. Great. Thank you. Yes, ma'am. Vice Chlo Natalie asked my question, but you did a good job and explained it. Um, I want to make the board members aware. Um, Frasier High School is being built and we need a name and school colors and a mascot. There is a policy for that. Um, I emailed the superintendent last week to get the ball rolling and I am tired of constituents asking me what the name is going to be. Um, thank you to the YMCA. They did a feeding program last week and every time I look on Facebook, families are going to pick it up. Thank you [Applause] 10.2 board meeting calendar. So, I have
119a question board members and maybe some of our more seasoned board members can give me some input around this. Is there any reason we don't do the same thing in the summer that we do for November, December? And I know Dr. Richmond, you need to get your contracts at a certain time. And I know the difficulty might be we have graduation in May. If you would scroll Or is that the whole thing? Yeah, right there. So, is there a way to combine June, July, or is No, I'm just I thought we were done. I thought you got No, I'm just gonna leave you alone. for your challenge. He's looking at me. Okay, just a thought. Is that it? 10.3 approval notification of Head Start Monitoring. I'm sorry, board me. Vice Chair Love, you had your
120light on. That was from the last one. 10.3 approval notification of Head Start monitoring report. Director Gordon. Yes. Uh, thank you, Madame Chair. Director Gordon, do you want to just add more context? I will share that she came before the committee while she's coming to the podium. Uh state law requires her to share this corrective action that must be addressed. So I'll allow her to share it again in the public. Thank you, Superintendent Richmond. If you'll go to the second slide. The second slide outlines what we have actually done as far as a corrective action. We have done the staff uh protocol reinforcement. I met with the building engineers to discuss active supervision and the safety protocols. We reviewed the responsibilities of those building engineers in the school when it comes to just active supervision
121and keeping students safe. Uh we have also worked with the security team. Uh principles this week received the new emergency management template and inside that template is the active supervision early childhood prek and the exceptional children services students for them to put those specific um key actions and strategies that they're going to be implementing within their school. So now it is part of the school's emergency management plan which is shared with the entire building staff. Last week I did uh meet with principles at the leadership institute. I just worked with Dr. Whitelaw and Dr. Tangston for those principles because we had multiple mandatory sessions for principles to attend. For those school leaders who did not come uh and attend my session last week, we're going to have a virtual session to ensure that all those
122principles receive the active supervision protocol and expectations for next school year. I am working to get Dr. kinder the uh climate and culture active supervision walkthrough form that principles will be required to do once a week as a part of the corrective action plan. We also did a SWAT analysis with the Keystone team reviewing what those protocols were that they failed to implement during the time to keep all the children safe. So, we met with the early childhood staff, outline what we needed to do as far as a corrective actions with the early childhood prek team along with the exceptional children uh teachers as well. We are going to be working with the HR team because all of our substitutes that will be working in our prek classrooms during the inservice this school year will
123have to review the active supervision protocols as well. So, we also worked with the department because we changed our centers of operations to just make sure that we've outlined what those key indicators when we're working with our teachers to focus on. So now when you go into the prek classrooms, you should see charts in the classroom where we will have a face to count for the children. So when the teachers come in at any time if a child is dismissed early uh or is absent, you should be able to easily readily identify how many children are actually in the classroom. And the requirement is as they move throughout the building if a child is missing or if a teacher assistant or a sub takes a child out, they should actively know how many children are
124in the classroom at all times. We have actually collaborated with the um facilities team, the plant managers and this everybody that has to have any kind of support with active supervision to just make sure that everything is in place and everyone understands their responsibility with keeping all of our prek children safe in the school buildings. Any questions? Vice Chair Love, board member Kenny. Um, did you send that to us? It is included in the PowerPoint, but I will send you all of the completed evidence, so you'll have all the documents before the next board meeting. Uh, thank you for what you do. It is a very hard job. Yes. And you mentioned the principal's academy. I had the uh I went there every day and I learned a lot especially from Angela Wawa and she
125didn't pay me for this. I learned a lot from her session. Yes. And it is good to have board members included on it because we can't advocate for what we don't know. Absolutely. Thank you. Thank you. Um, thank you for that presentation. Um, Dr. Richmond and and team, I want I want to say that I'm uh appreciate that this is a um learnable moment where you're not only digging deep into the um issue at hand, that particular issue, but you're taking that and then um learning from it and teaching and and training all the rest of the programs. And so as we move forward, I really appreciate seeing that um so that we can we're being proactive and we're in a mindset of continuous learning and educating. So I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you.
126Okay. Um, uh, board member McKenna, I was again on on yesterday, I shared with Miss Gordon, uh, I was talking with one of our, uh, preK partners, and we're going to be a little more intentional about, uh, how we recruit and retain, uh, preK teachers, but also uh, our educational assistants uh, to ensure that they have the right disposition uh, to work with uh, our younger students who come with a myriad of of just challenges uh where they need people to be patient and extremely empathetic and compassionate. Uh and so we talked at length about that. So I feel uh extremely uh good about uh the direction we're going with prek uh particularly with Miss Gordon uh leading the department. I too want to thank uh board member Vice Chair Love for bringing up the
127principles institute. Uh I want to thank Miss Addison and Mr. Jack uh uh the the feedback that we received from principles and participants and vendors is that uh this was probably uh I don't want to say that it was the best but probably one of the best uh principal institutes that they've had the opportunity to uh uh we had food this year. We had food this year. So people, ironically, people were excited about uh uh have having food. But again, we had a great time. And I want to thank all of the board members who uh came out and participated uh and joined us on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Thank you, Board Member Murphy. Thank you, Madam Chair. I wanted to say thank you to Miss Gordon for everything that you do. My son is
128a product of prek and I know the hard work that it goes into uh with the prek students especially the students with that has IEPs and 504s and sometime you don't know when those kids are going to act out and it's a split-second uh moment that it happens and the teachers have to react quicker be they have to think on their feet when they're working with the prek kids that do have IEPs or behavior issues. So I want to say thank you so much for everything that you do and I know that it's hard work with those kids because I watch it all the time. I watch it every day and so I appreciate you and thank you so much. This is a report and nothing is being asked of the board for next week.
129Is that correct? That's correct. That's correct. Should not appear on the agenda next week. It should because the board has to approve everything that I've listed under the corrective action stating that they approve what was done to correct this issue. Yes. Yeah, we have to approve it. And as I prepare to close, I want to give a shout out to our interim superintendent. If you did not get a chance to see him play basketball on this Saturday, you missed it. Or if there's any semi-pro team that's looking for a basketball player that comes with that comes with nine bosses that that would all be a part of the fund and the money that he will receive. No, we be I don't know. He was hoping He he he and board member Porter really played super
130trying to fool some folks y'all. They didn't think he had it. But he did a wonderful job. Oh yeah, we have we Yeah, we we have some video. We We do have some video. There being no further business, this means a journ. Have a good evening. Thank you. Wasn't that bad.