MSCS BOARD MEETING CALL MEETING 2-25-25

001e e e fill in as the parliamentarian for tonight's board business meeting she has an EXT a very extensive background and parliamentary procedures Miss Clark please call the role commissioner mckisic present commissioner Garcia present commissioner Porter present commissioner love present commissioner mckenny present commissioner OT present commissioner Williams pres borer Coleman presid you have Aiden the affirmative thank you we do have a quarum pledge of allegiance tonight's posting of colors will be presented by Westwood High School please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance and please remain standing for a moment of silence for Little Miss Chloe Williams a student at Liberto School of Memphis who passed away after collapsing during school on February 17th and for our former board chair Reverend AA green on the passing of her mother last week our deepest condolences go out

002to clo and Reverend Green's family friends and loved ones during this incredibly difficult time e thank you you may be seated the question is now on the approval of the agenda do due to the inclement weather we were unable to hold our school our scheduled board work session in light of this we will have to follow provisions of policy 00000000 school board meetings according to policy 00000000 any business items that were meant to be discussed during the council board work session can be added to the agenda of the regular business meeting provided that there is a two3 vote from the board members present and voting to move forward with this business with these business items the chair request to vote to include the items on today's agendas any questions are there any amendments in superintendent

003Richmond no amendments board chair board members I would like to add um to agend the U the um resolution to adopt the resolution for our board governance second are there any other additions there being no further amendments to the agenda is there a motion for the approval of the agenda and second a motion second as amended the agenda as amended motion by commissioner huie Garcia second by Vice chair love roll call vote commissioner mckiss I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner love commissioner mckenny I commissioner o i commissioner Williams I board chair Coleman I you have Aiden the affirmative thank you the agenda is approved we are now on to public comments in accordance with State Statute the board shall reserve a period for public comment during business and special call meetings only those

004members of the public who submit public comment cards to the board chairman prior to the commencement of this meeting shall be permitted to address the board public comments shall be taken in the order in which the public comment cards are received a signup sheet for public comments will be available 30 minutes prior to each appal meeting and will be closed at the start of the meeting this sign up is located at the in way table just passed security checkpoint speakers must State their name organization he or she is representing if any and subject of their comment before they're permitted to proceed speakers may offer objective comments about school operations and programs that concern them speakers are asked to refrain from using name of person Personnel or names of persons connected with the school system particularly

005when lodging a complain speakers will not be permitted to engage in Gossip make def flammatory comments or use abusive of vulgar language the chairman shall have the authority to terminate the remarks of any individual who is disruptive and does not adhere to board rules Dr Boer will announce the number of speakers and time allotted per speaker there there are 10 citizens signed to speak each speaker will have three minutes thank you Dr Booker your time is projected on the screen to your right and directly behind the board when you hear a bail your time has expired our first three speakers Miss LaTasha grig Miss claudet Bo Miss Tony Jackson for e e e hold on Miss boy let's get the mic turned on thank you can you hear me now okay my name is claudet

006Bo I live in 713 birthstone Avenue Memphis Tennessee I'm a proud 1973 graduate of mar Rose High School and I am here to help Memphis Shelby County schools celebrate with the orange Mound Community 135 years incorporation as the oldest black community built by poor black in the United States of America during these stressful times and dogmatic times we choose to celebrate our history the history of striving and thriving in this uncomfortable and deadly atmosphere here in Memphis but we have come a long way and we still moving forward I'm just asking everyone to take a deep breath make a CH change to do what's best for our children our students our schools our churches City of Memphis stop whatever it is that's causing us to be angry hate hatred Madness combative because whatever is good

007whatever is pure and whatever is good think on these things and make Memphis move forward help us celebrate our greatness and show our students how to overcome and claim their rightful spots as Future Leaders in America and really make America hold to its promise that if you do right live right act right work right do the right things and right things will come to you so I'm asking that no matter what we all do we all going to go up together or we all going to go down together so I'm asking you board members members of the community Mr Richmond I mean uh superintendent Richmond congratulations I'm asking you to work with us help us to do what we need to do to make our city just not just just hanger and Fest on bad

008things let's move forward I'm ready to move forward anything we can do in the orange Mound you can come and celebrate with us we'll celebrate all this year we we having parades we're going to do all of that and some more things so I want you to come and be a part everybody here you're welcome welcome welcome thank you good evening my name is Tony Jackson and I'm a Miss Jackson is the one uhuh the other one oh you this one yes ma'am can you hear me now we can hear you good evening my name is Tony Jackson I am a 28-year veteran active current fulltime salar worker with the district now I emphasize my credentials because what seems to constitute full time in my case is that question that's why I'm here I retired

009unexpectedly in 2021 after 25 years of service to become become a health care provider for my cousin who had a stroke by the grace of God he made remarkable strides and his recovery and continues to do so shout out to you czo around that same time a law was passed the Tennessee code annotated 8- 36- 822 the return to work law is for retirees like me to join the workforce as a k through 12 teacher or bus drivers without the loss of benefit let me say that again without the loss and suspension of benefits we could receive our salary and 70% of our retirement but no disability benefits I answered the call and returned to work now the HR department has repeatedly broke the law they have denied me all all for time benefits that

010I'm eligible for no six days no personal days ever they've been docking my pay for the last two and a half years every time I miss workk no social security I'm not even Social Security age hadn't even applied for it's going to mess my benefits up when I do no own the job life or health insurance no payo deduction no two times salary nothing for my beneficiaries if something were to happen to me on the job job no bereavement days my health insurance is coming out of my retirement check where is the incentive the law was created for people like me to come back to work to help where is the incentive this is illegal it's a travesty and I can tell you what I know my counterpart teachers up there in Nashville Davidson they're

011not going through this they're getting their benefits their pay is not being docked we would have heard about it they wouldn't have been silent about it this happening down here with us in Memphis where we are becoming messy in terms of Education synonymous with that and that saddens me I told some people I wrote to some people I get any feedback one person my head is off to you told me to come and speak tell my story I was coming anyway because it needs to be told this is uh wrong now this what I like you to do school board that same energy that tenacity that aggressiveness that you had when you went after Dr fager do the same thing I need my money show me the money school board and if there are any

012legal experts out here that believe in what I'm saying call me I'mma land my plane right there for now I say good night and thank you our next three speakers would be Damian Curry Morris Ali burn and Rochelle Griffin you can come on Mr Mar she just adjusting her mic Damon Curry Morris 1529 Don Mo Road Memphis Tennessee 38114 there was one of two things I had the right to Liberty or death if I could not have one I would not take the other for no man should take me alive I should fight for liberty as long as my strength lasted what you just heard was Harriet tutman I'm not pleased with this rules I'm not pleased with what my children had to witness for the second time I'm not pleased with someone sending a

013Lackey to the professor when I ask for something else I'm not pleased that your director of security lied to the Memphis Police Department I'm not pleased that it took minutes for medical attention I'm not pleased that someone called me on the phone and thought it was funny I will remind you the same thing that make you laugh will make you cry I wasn't pleased when I got an email asking me once again breaking an over 20y year protection order over my children in this District sending me their names which was written by former da Bill Gibbons I'm not pleased at all I'm not pleased that every morning I have to get up and convince my niece to go to school based on what she saw I'm not pleased that my grandson comes home to me

014telling me everybody's running to him at school and telling him things that he should not know I'm not pleased that for the second time I've been labeled a criminal with something that's under my control not under my control rod Richmond you wanted to shake my hand in front of the cameras you can shake them behind the cameras and listen to what I have to say about my children in this District if it is about the children never in your life do you send a handkerchief head negro to talk to me my name is Ali burn my address is 418 mroy Road good evening I come to you as a frustrated Richland Elementary School parent one of my daughters is in first grade this year she is the third of my daughters to go through first

015grade at Richland there are two things that every Richland first grade parent knows the first thing is that the seven teachers that are a part of that team are incredible you hit the jackpot when you get any of them as your child's teacher the second thing that you learn is that the first grade wing of our school floods inside and outside every time it rains the drainage system outside are 19 1950s something school doesn't work not only is this a mess of a situation when picking up our first graders and having to wear rain boots as we trample through mud and water to pick up our kids outside of their classroom but it's an absolute headache of a situation for our teachers and it's one that they did not sign up for and should not

016have to tolerate the weekend before President's Day just a few weeks ago it rained off and on for those three days when teachers returned to school on Tuesday Tuesday they found that seven of the eight classrooms in that wing of our school were flooded sitting pools of water just waiting for them to return and their students to return as well classroom rugs bookshelves Library shelves file cabinets desks cubby organizers seating pads books classroom materials sensory items bean bags stools Etc all ruined thousands of dollars ruined teachers and students were displaced that week too 170 students to be exact and we don't have anywhere for those students to go we don't have a gym at our school our library is teeny tiny so you can imagine having to cram seven classrooms in various areas around the

017school I wish that this was the first time anything like this has happened and the truth is it has been ongoing for years as parents we keep hearing of the district's plan to fix the issues so the water drains properly we can remove the sandbags that surround our school that entire wing of our school but it's all been lip service and nothing has happened for years we have leaking Windows all over the school mold and moisture issues throughout the building apparently we're still waiting on who's going to do this work and when it's going to take place how long are we supposed to wait we're tired of it as parents and I can only imagine the frustration that our teachers endure year after year year knowing they're told to modify and simply work around a

018flooded classroom can any of you work in an office that is flooded I don't think you can and I don't think you would want to do it either and also correct me if I'm wrong but schools close when the AC or the heat isn't working as they should close so why is our flooded wing of a school not enough to raise an alarm so it would get fixed the first time our school flooded should have been the last time I'm almost finished it's my understanding that Richland is a part of the long-term projects that will soon be on your agenda in March so I'm here to ask you to please do your job and vote to finally push this project through we're tired of waiting we want action students and teachers all over mscs at

019the very least should have safe buildings to learn and teachers to teach in as well good evening everyone my name is relle Griffin I live at 6727 was Road I'm here because I wanted to say that the people wearing this shirt and the people you see in the room and all black are people that you have likely not heard from before um we are the principles where the school leaders the administrators the central office workers the people doing the work and in the district you have not heard from us because we will not be loud we will be working but here's the thing we'll be working we'll have our sleeves rolled up we'll have our heads down doing what's best for the children and the schools and our purview for anyone who's at the seat

020because we believe in the work we do we're passionate we love our district we love our jobs we love what they represent and we'll be doing this because it's what's right so I wanted to say that it's more what this shirt is not saying it's not saying that we're lifting someone up for the demise or the degradation of someone else because we are leaders and what leaders do is we unify we do not create divisiveness because we know that Collective efforts different voices different opinions is what's make what makes us stronger it's how the work gets done for the most important people which are our students and our families so yes our shirt says what it says if someone else was at the seat tomorrow we would be doing the work to the best of

021our abilities for that person under their leadership but right now today we have someone who is tried and true his record speaks for itself he's done this work he has not just read about it he is a practitioner he is intelligent he's passionate so yes tomorrow if whatever way the wind blows if you vote for someone else we'll be doing this work not creating a Ruckus not being loud we will be working but today we're rolling with Richmond thank you [Applause] thank you our next speakers are Aiden archery Harold Carswell Andrea Lopez and finally Tiffany Henderson good evening my name is Aidan arry I live at 715 northw Street I started taking ACT prep in the eighth grade I'm a senior at Ma high school and after three years of taking the ACT prep my

022first score was a 18 and now I have a 26 as my uh super score um I've been thank you I've been admitted to a lot of schools Across the Nation because of my ACT score and it's meant a lot to me taking the ACT class uh it's prepared me taking having different test taken skills and being able to take the test in an efficient time and taking the test multiple times I've take taken the test eight times since my eighth grade year and taking it multiple times has prepared me for the test and helped me get a higher test score for hopefully getting into colleges that I want to get into ACT prep deserves to be in all schools not just the school that I attend and it would largely benefit students across Memphis

023if they had act classes in their schools as well thank [Applause] you good evening my name is Harold Carwell address 4518 Angel a venue I taught math and act in mscs schools for about 10 years since 2015 I am now trying to bring that knowledge and proficiency Beyond just a single classroom and a single school to multiple schools in multiple classrooms I've been following board meetings since last year and I've have seen that act is a prime concern of the board it's a prime concern of all Memphis um Shelby County Schools I believe that raising ACT scores is what each School each leader strives to do and I believe that I have a solution that is backed up with data the company that I represent act act up was founded by myself and other msca

024mscs teachers after working with students just like the one that you just heard from we believe that all students can learn the strategies that are necessary to m the test and move scores higher however our approach is different in that we strive to teach teachers Mastery strategies so that they can impart them to their students classroom after classroom year after year instead of as many companies do having to come back each year to teach the same thing to a different group of students we believe that speaking to leaders in the mscs uh district and also other locations that each of them acknowledge that act is an essential element in their planning and one of the foundations of what they want in order to make their schools successful with the district ACT test coming up in

025approximately four weeks several MCS schools have actually reached out to us asking for our services although that is contingent upon approval by the appropriate authorities what we would like to say is that we believe that our experience along with an RFP that we have submitted per mscs directions and the desire of school leaders for the success of act in their schools and their students will be able to promote an opportunity for partnership and mutual success for the students that we all know are capable of greatness given the proper tools if the board so wishes we do have pamphlets that outline what we do how we do it and the data that we have acred over those years thank you very much great it does go down not that tall hi everyone um Andrea abanto Lopez

026I live at 8272 shallow Rock Cove Cordova Tennessee 38016 uh good evening everyone um As We Gather here tonight I want to take a moment to reflect on the power of positivity and the importance of celebrating Black History Month of celebrating Black History Month as we conclude black history month this month is not just a time to honor the past achievements and contributions of African-Americans but also a reminder of the ongoing journey toward Equity Justice and unity in our communities it's a time to amplify voices share stories and commit to creating a future where every individual feels seen valued and empowered in that spirit I want to recognize two of our very own school board members District 4 and especially District 5 that have been a shining example of positivity and allyship allyship it's a

027strong word right now that I want to mention and emphasize because my community the Latin Community we are afraid y'all our students are terrified of coming to school leaving school being checking in we are afraid through their tireless efforts and numerous community events they have both shown their dedication to f in inclusivity and support for all members of our diverse Community their work has been particularly impactful for my community the Latin Community where they have been steadfast ad Advocates ensuring our voices are heard and our needs are addressed whether it's through cultural celebrations educational initiatives or simply being a compassionate listener they have proven to be an ally and a true champion of unity let us all take inspiration from their example as we continue to build a school district and community that celebrates diversity

028Embraces positivity and works together for the betterment of every individual thank you board members District 4 and District 5 for your unwavering commitment and thank you all for being here tonight happy Black History Month good evening my name is Tiffany Henderson address 6081 brexton Lan apartment 202 Tennesse 38115 is this not my first time here at the podium I have a question I know I'm on time so before I finish my question if you don't have an answer please don't ask me to go out in the hallway because you're going to excuse and just kind of brush on with the situation I have asked numerous occasions I have went through chain of command I've spoken to quite a few people in this room and since I can't mention your name I won't but I've talking

029to quite a few people in this room and unfortunately my concerns have not been answered emails have been ignored um with some of the members here and people who are not present today so I am asking one last time for my son to be transferred my son's IEP was violated on multiple occasions I have followed through chain of command I have been extremely patient I've been overstanding in terms of you all not me meeting the needs and doing what you were supposed to do you have failed my son and I'm sure that you have failed other students like my son because the first time and the only thing that you all will always say is we have a budget crisis or we have what is it called um we don't have the manpower to produce

030unfortunately that is not my son or any other student that goes to this school's problem so I'm asking one last time for someone to do something about this today I have done everything that I was supposed to do my son's IEP rights have been violated for the last and final time now I don't know what you all want to do and or say in terms of how you're going to resolve this issue but my son needs an emergency transfer now and I don't know what you need to do but whatever you need to do within a certain time frame it needs to be done my number is 70849 one12 72 I have spoken to quite a few people in here quite a few people in here my son will not be in a hostile situation

031ever again but the trip that part about it is if I don't take him to school right cuz see we don't you all don't have an opening as what you were told to me if I don't take my son and put him in school guess what truen he will call me because guess what it's against the law for your kids not to go to school so what do you do when your son is placed in a hostile environment do you a do you worry about their mental stability or do you say well you know what unfortunately the law says that my son has to go to School whether or not the learning condition is conducive for his learning now I'm going say this one last time and I've been over patient with the staff for

032quite some time I need answers now my son needs an emergency transfer I would not allow my son to go through what he has gone through the crazy thing is you all and teachers in school so when kids violate and break the law we have different things put in place for them to follow right so there's a consequence for their actions so what's the consequence for you all actions and not making sure that my son gets his IEP and making sure that his IEP is not violated again I'm done for the question is now on the approval of the minutes for the following meetings approval of the minutes of the January 21st 25 business meeting approval of the minutes of the January 14th 2025 work sessions are there any corrections there being no Corrections do

033we have a motion to approve these minutes and a second motion to approve second motion by commissioner McKenna second by commissioner huitt Garcia roll call vote please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner love commissioner mckenny hi commissioner Williams board chair Coleman I you have a seven in the affirmative thank you that motion passes we are now on to committee reports board chairs report we are now we would like to wish our very on Miss Danisha Clark a very happy birthday she celebrated her birthday on last Wednesday it's your birthday it's your birthday happy birthday Danisha I hope you have a day that's just as special as you are I hope this is the best birthday ever it's your birthday happy birthday Danisha have a wonderful day thank you for all of

034your good hard work and the support that you provide to us every single day again have a wonderful wonderful birthday hey Denisha I'm on the elevator I came to the office picked up some documents and Karen asked me did you do your video I forgot to do my video so I'm doing it now happy birthday Denisha and thank you so much for everything that you're doing for our Board office we appreciate it now can you join us in board member Hugh Garcia leading us and happy birthday happy birthday to you stand up so they know happy birthday to you happy birthday dear disa happy birthday to you and many more thank you special recognition on this evening I would like to recognize mscs most tenur school counselors for each School level your dedication and commitment

035to our district district is commendable as I call your name please come forward Kim Jessie school counselor at Oak for Forest Elementary 33 years of service ma brines excuse me if I said your last name incorrectly school counselor at Kate bun uh Middle School 27 board members you can go down and and greet them 27 years of service and rosan clemenson school counselor at Germantown High School 42 years of [Applause] service for here we go one [Applause] we would like to recognize and congratulate Cordova High School's very on Mr Adrien Macklin for winning the recording Academy's gramy music educator of the year [Applause] Adrien Macklin the talented and compassionate choir director at Cordova High School has been recognized with the 2025 music educator Award presented by the recording Academy in gramy museum this National Honor

036highlights his exceptional contributions to music education and his profound impact on his students life on his students lives next we would like commissioner o would like to recognize principal Crystal Andrews of Chimney Rock Elementary and Dr low of Riverwood Elementary e boy members please stay stay stay here board members and finally I have the privilege say loud baby I have the privilege of recognizing the tsaa for a state Runner UPS [Music] the the marrose high school [Applause] at this time I would like to recognize our head coach coaches Gerald and Jared [Applause] marrow come on y'all hold on let me let me the coach and staff Mr David Richmond Mr hersel sugs Mr Terrence Moore Mr Michael Smith Mr Amos mackins Mr Darius po Mr Dale craft Mr Josh wimbley Mr Greg Hardy Mr rodri

037Ruffin Mr Daryl cash Mr Nathaniel Miner Mr Cornelius fiser Mr Darien Starks Mr Don gilber and I have four young ladies I have four young ladies that there is nothing they would not do for these young men four young ladies I know they have dedicated over each one of them over 20 years to the meos football team Miss debah Stone Deb Stone Miss Stone makes sure every football game these young men are fed and I'm not talking about Crystal Burgers she makes sure every football game these young men are fed and a snack or something after the football game Miss Monique mil Monique has taken these young men under her wing and they are all her sons dedication to the young man Miss Tanya Elliott my big sick well Tanya is there she made sure

038that everything need to be done for these young men to go to the state was taken care of last but certainly not least the backbone of orange mou Denise Williams green words cannot tell you what all Denise was was the M team when my sons were playing football she put duct tape on one of them every week cuz that's all he would let her do and then Sun Saturday morning he was calling her want to know did he really need to go to the hospital and certainly not least the principal of the me the Mose there I go Amber Amber you hear me the Mose High School Mr Christopher Davis thank you and also also I want to say um this this this commissioner Port I want to say as a graduate of May and

039uh former quarterback and meros as well this this yeah former quarterback yeah yeah yeah you already know yeah and so I want I just want to say this is a full circle moment for me because as the coaching staff I grew up with a lot of them we all played on the same football team we was on the state championship as well so just for them to gize these young men within 6 months and lead them to the state it shows what not only what hard work would do what uh what dedication and just just inspiration would do as one of the coaches said you want to get Memphis right you get orange man right first then watch out the city change congratulations [Applause] y'all all right let me get y'all a look right here

040all ready on three all you ready here we go three two one hold that three two one one more three two one awesome thank you [Applause] I like this you have to keep pulling that coat off I'm through I'm through we are now on to our committee reports 8.2 academic performance committee there will be no reports for the committee because we did not have committee meetings so we'll keep just move right on okay nine point of um Personal Privilege can I just make an announcement about the policy committee the policy um governance and legislation committee will be having a meeting on Thursday from 10 to 12 to discuss the board governance training and we will be doing that from 10: to 12 and I think we move immediately into a policy Retreat that is correct

041there is no unfinished business there is no new board business there are no items for the consent agenda request for Action policies contract and others will be discussed and voted on here I am so sorry that it's not on my script let's back up I am so sorry our super super attendance report good evening board chair Vice chair love and esteemed board members and community members it is an honor to present this superintendent's report highlighting key updates on the district's progress challenges and strategic initiatives as always I want to express my gratitude for your continued leadership and commitment to making MCS the number one Urban School District in the nation it is my honor to bring you greetings on behalf of Memphis Shelby County Schools and to express my deep gratitude for your unwavering commitment

042to our students families and staff as we continue to navigate a time of change and transition I want to First acknowledge and thank all of you our board members Educators administrators and staff for your dedication to Student Success and achievement it is because of your leadership and Collective efforts that we continue to move forward even in the face of uncertainty two weeks ago I had the privilege of traveling to Nashville alongside several of you to engage directly with State lawmakers on the future of our district these meetings provided a critical opportunity to advocate for our students our staff and our schools ensuring that the voices of Memphis are heard at the state level I want to personally thank those board members who attended and helped strengthen our District's relationships with policy makers these Partnerships are

043essential as we work together to secure the resources and support necessary for Student Success additionally I would like to thank take a moment to recognize and celebrate our school board members this month we celebrate National School Board member appreciation week and I want to public publicly commend each of you for your tireless service to our district your work often happens behind the scenes but it is instrumental in shaping the direction of our district and I deeply appreciate your dedication perseverance and Leadership let's give our board a round of applause at this time I also want to recognize the challenges and uncertain facing some of our students particularly within our Hispanic and Latino communities Across the Nation we're seeing climates of uncertainty and fear and we recognize that these feelings may be felt deeply by many

044of our families here in Memphis to our students families and Educators impacted by these concerns know that mscs stands with you and we remain committed to creating a safe welcoming an inclusive environment for all as we Face these challenges it is important to reaffirm that Memphis Chevy County Schools is a trauma informed District certain experiences whether inside or outside the classroom have a profound impact on the well-being and academic success of our students the resolution Champion by board member love underscores our District's commitment to equity and Trauma responsive education our students face adverse childhood experiences such as poverty violence and systemic barriers that often impact their learning environments however as a district we're not ignoring these realities we're using them to guide our work inform our policies and to create support systems that meet students

045where they are for anyone who needs Assistance or access to resources our district has a network of social workers school counselors and Community Partners ready to help if you are someone you know require support please reach out to student support services or our Trum informed practices team we want every student family and staff member to know that you are not alone and there are people here to help you at this time we'll turn to the slide presentation and first up is come to win attendance and engagement now we're following along with the slideshow let's begin with one of our most critical Focus areas attendance and student engagement through our come to win initiative we currently have 48,8 37 Champions these students are maintaining an attendance rate of above 95% which accounts for 45.6 of our

046student body while this is slightly down from the previous 20 20 days you can see a 2.1% decline we did see an increase in our winners which is an increase of 2/10 of a percent and our participants 1.9% category we remain laser focused on addressing chronic absenteeism and ensuring that every student understands that showing up is the first step towards success to our school leaders and teachers thank you for the intentional work you doing daily to encourage our students to be present engaged and committed to education next slide facilities and capital projects on the operation side we currently have 89 capital projects in progress across our district some key highlights are projects slated for completion this month include an intercom lighting and fire alarm upgrades as well as a restroom renovation at East also we're

047managing 4979 open work orders with the most requested trades listed in the report I'd also like to note that as of June we had 7,803 work orders so we've almost cut that by 40 to 50% hats off to our facilities team and Miss Michelle Stewart let's get them around of applause cleaning scores across our schools remain strong averaging 91.7% and 94.4% respectively with zone four leading the way at 94.4% our commitment to maintaining safe functional and modern School environments remain a top priority and we appreciate the patience and collaboration of school leaders as we execute these improvements next slide real estate report vacant and occupied facil facilities we have conducted three tours of vacant facilities one at Florida Kansas and two at Magnolia Elementary we recently received a request for donation at Hamilton and an

048offer at Humes which is currently under negotiation next slide there have been no new inquiries regarding vacant land under 10 acres and there's a list of all of those properties next slide interest has been expressed in some occupied facilities including night Road and leester which will be discussed on tonight's agenda additionally offers for Riverview Elementary and Wooddale Middle are under review we will continue to explore strategic opportunities to maximize the use of our district properties in ways that benefit our students and communities uh as I talk to Representatives across our community as well as state legislators that continues to be an issue in regards to our facilities so we'll continue to pay close attention to that reach 180 next slide a major success this past month has been our reach 180 initiative which is Transforming

049Our approach to attendance intervention uh and it also aligns with our policy 614 attendance and treny 786 parents attended our January session and I was there ensuring every student was re-enrolled and engaged if you look at the data our students were at 83.4% and after our meeting our reach 180 meeting they went to 88.8% for an increase of 5.4% which is our highest percentage difference since we started our reach 180 initiative this initiative allows us to provide early intervention to students in risk of chronic absenteeism and potential juvenile court referrals personalized attendance plans were developed for students in need and we connected families to critical Community Resources this type of proactive Student Center work will improve student attendance and success long term next slide enrollment Trends a look at our February 18th 2025 enrollment data

050as you can see compared compared to projections K12 enrollment is down students however compared to this time last year K12 enrollment has increased by 1772 students while we're seeing some shifts this overall growth compared to last year's promising and will continue to Target Outreach efforts to ensure our families remain engaged with mscs next slide chronic absenteeism and attendance data our current projected chronic absenteeism rate is 27.6% factoring in the 50% enrollment rule this is a slight improvement from last year's final rate which is 29.6 but we recognize there's still significant work to do keeping students in school daily we will continue to track and analyze attendance daily closely and ensure that interventions like come to win and reach Drive meaningful Improvement I also want to show that again uh in 2013 2023 24 we were

051at 91.8 we're at 91.9 is not much but that's one tenth of of a percent better than it was at this time last year next slide teacher and security vacancies we want to address Staffing again which remains a critical priority for the district as you can see teacher vacancies we have we have 407 teacher vacancies new hires we have 110 new hires and we had 28 retirees for a total of an end of 138 also recruitment events we've held 12 SRO and mobile security vacancies we currently have six and SRO mobile security new hires we hire nine we remain again committed to aggressive Recruitment and Retention efforts to ensure we have the best educators and support staff in place to serve our students spring break opportunities and we know this is a big one for

052our board members as well as our parents as we approach spring break I want to highlight several opportunities available for our students Community Partners across Memphis and Shelby County schools are offering safe engaging camps and programs for our students during the break uh we encourage families to take advantage of these opportunities to ensure that students remain engaged active and enriched over the break more details will be shared with families through school communication and District Outreach and board members as you all know I sent you an email as well as a link on yesterday so you have a list of all of those organizations spring break is March 10th through 14th as we move forward let me reaffirm our commitment to Excellence our students deserve the best and that means we must be be relentless in

053our Pursuits of academic success operational efficiency and student engagement to our board thank you for your support and leadership as we continue working to make MCS the number one Urban District in the nation to our principles teachers staff families thank you for your dedication it takes all of us to make an impact and together we will continue to move mscs forward last I want to remind anyone that despite the challenges we Face great things are happening in our schools each and every single day our students are excelling our educators are making an impact and our district continues to celebrate achievements at every level thank you again for your leadership your commitment and your passion for Education together we will continue to build a district that prioritizes students academic Excellence equity and student well-being I also

054want to thank my team let's give them a round of applause this concludes my report thank you thank you Dr Richmond general counsel did you have a report thank you madam chair uh board interim superintendent Richmond I just wanted to take the opportunity to update the board on a couple of items uh related to immigration enforcement actions on on school campuses I know that's been an area of concern for many of you um first uh we provided guidance to principles and teachers regarding how to respond to any immigration law enforcement actions on school grounds secondly the office of general counsel has established a dedicated phone line uh for principes and School staff to contact our office for assistance and responding uh to any Communications or School visits by immigration officials and to answer any immigration

055related questions third we have been in contact with Congressman coin's office uh and the US attorney's office for guidance and direction as things evolve around immigration enforcement uh fourth we've also sent out communication to parents offering reassurance uh that we will do everything legally permissible to protect students civil and and privacy rights under the law while minimizing disruption to the school environment and also in continuing to encourage encourage attendance fifth um we've updated our website uh to include helpful uh information links and resources for students staff and families concerned uh about immigration enforcement to access uh and lastly to date we have not received any reports of any uh immigration enforcement actions on any of our school campuses so I just wanted to give you all a quick update on that and that concludes my

056report unless there are any questions thank you the chair recognizes board member mckenny thank you um thank you super internal superintendent Richmond for that report I just wanted to um I have a couple of questions but I have an observation I want to um make sure that I let you all know thank you for being responsive to um the request that we make sure that we have some information for families readily available on the website so I want to let everyone know that working with the superintendent and general council's office we were able to get a dedicated web page with all the information and even resources that they can easily click on comes in different languages it comes and and um that is read available so thank you for doing that um particularly since District

0572 has the highest one of the highest the highest population of our IM our immigrant population particularly our our Hispanic population um students and families so thank you for that I have a um just a a quick question just as we do the work around the real estate what is it that we need to think about in terms of I'm looking at the real estate report vacant facilities and I notice if we don't have offers there's a um we need to demolish and what does that cost look like when we have to demolish I'll allow Miss Stewart to answer that question I think it's about $500,000 but I'll defer to Miss Stewart that's right Dr richm think of a school the size of uh say a KS that's the last one we had an estimate

058on um so that's probably about a 60 to 70,000 foot school and that was at right at $500,000 so the larger the school obviously the bigger and if there's you know asbestos or lead or whatever in there that makes it more expensive then the there's the opportunity then to sell the land Pro possibly okay and finally one for clarification I wanted to you gave us the data on teachers the teacher vacancies you had 407 and then you have new hires retires teachers 138 is that um 407 still after the 138 or is that now 407 minus 138 still it's still 407 okay uh the 138 is made up of new hires and retirees okay all right thanks the chair recognizes Vice chair love thank you of the parents and students who attended the reach 180

059how many of them are Tru this year and last year and the year before last uh board member love we'll get you the data as far as the trend data but truen is defined by five or more unexcused absences so any of those students have at least five or more unexcused absences who came to the reach 180 event a second question um give me a list of the parents um reasons for not sending the kids to school is it because of houseless uh homeless uh sick or not providing a note when they return back to school and what are you doing for the parents that repeatedly don't send their kids to school uh Vice chair love thank you uh for that question we'll work on Gathering the data in regards to uh those students and

060what some of their challenges were uh we know we work with many uh Community agencies we work with with Mya uh Memphis Housing Authority Mata so we're working with a lot of community organizations to help parents and to reach uh these parents and families where they are uh but we'll research what some of their overarching uh concerns were in regards to why their sons or daughters have been Trent as for the other question that you asked uh we'll also work on getting that data as well yeah uh final question um has there been any conversations about the um the bear building excellent question uh Vice chair love as early as uh Mr Langston what about two weeks ago about two weeks ago Mr Langston and I walked the building I wanted to see the building

061I went in every single room uh walked all through it drove all through the entire plant uh and what I think we may need to consider doing uh and I've also spoken with Miss Stewart would be to uh do a walk through to tour that building with some commercial uh real estate agents uh and to look at possibly selling that building uh but again I work closely with you all as board members uh to see what we want to do with that but again that's uh one of my suggestions and we have walked through and looked at that building thank you the chair recognizes board member mckiss thank you madam chair Dr Richmond as you talk about teacher vacancies and making reference to a public comment from earlier and retaining the teachers that we do

062have can you speak to that the concerns regarding was that just an anomaly uh in terms of her not getting the benefits I do recall when that law was passed so what is the status of making sure teachers get what what they deserve uh excellent question board member mckisic we'll be working closely with our HR team um as soon as that uh citizen spoke uh I asked our team to go out to connect with that citizen I'd like to know more about that particular issue uh but when it comes to our employees we want to ensure that we're following the law as it relates to uh labor laws uh but we also want this to be a place that they want to come and work and so in doing so we have to make sure

063that we're offering some of the best benefits and that we're able to communicate those benefits to them so that again they know that they're valued employees well thank you that's wonderful here I certainly hope that someone she spoke incredibly well and explained her situation so I hope we can address that one other thing as you talk about you know labor laws and we're in the season of talking about negotiating teachers contracts where do we stand with all of that from the district's perspective I think tonight is on the agenda and we'll be talking about the collective conferencing as well as um the grievance that has been filed between our two associations so I think that's on the agenda tonight and I'll wait to allow our general counsel to add more context to that thank you

064yes ma'am the chair recognizes board member Murphy thank you madam chair um Dr Richmond um I know that our truancy is increasing now due to uh our parents being afraid of um ice coming into our schools how do we um say get our parents to assure them that they can bring their children to school with them being safe from not being um captured I would say captured by ice and they won't they're not allowed in our schools so how can we make the parents feel safe for bringing their children back to school excellent question uh board member Murphy uh well we I've met with several teachers uh Latino teachers our elll teachers and I've spoken with them about reaffirming uh with students that they need to come to school reaffirming with their parents that they

065need to come to school but also letting it somewhat be a Grassroots communication effort uh in regards to letting students know hey we want you at school and you should be there but I also will share with board members as well we've looked at the data um there's probably there isn't really any uh significant impact that we can say has come directly from uh our immigrant students as we've looked at data uh over the past month or so thank you Dr Richmond we're on request for action the next item on the business of businesses request for Action policies contracts excuse me and others will be discussed and voted on here when policies are presented we will ask for suspension of the rules in order for the board to vote on recommended policy revisions with one

066reading ACC according to policy 0012 on matters of unusual urgency the board May wave the two reading requirements and take action upon first reading by an affirmative vote by a majority of the members of the board when such immediate action is necessary the superintendent or desine shall State for the record and and or provide notice of the reasons for such necessity 12.1 proposed policies first reading superintendent yes Miss Wade would you come and read the policies for us please thank you thank you superintendent good evening board chair and Commissioners tonight we have two policies um that we will be bringing with proposed revisions that's policy 4014 accidents on the job and policy 60003 confidential student information 4014 Act accidents on the job um the proposed revisions strike the current policy in its entirety the most

067substantive changes that we'd like to bring your attention um regard changing the policy title from accidents on the job to on the job injury and I'm on red page four if you'd like to follow along we modify the definition section and we include include a definition for mental injury revise the time frame for providing notific of an oji by as it currently states by the end of the day to being no later than 24 hours after the incident unless prevented by the injury to do so the proposed revisions authorized the Board District general counsel um to develop rules regulations and guidance to implement the policy there are several clarifications throughout the policy but just very quickly um these include that approved medical expenses and lost wages under the oi oji program must be the result

068of an injury or an illness that is sustained out of an out of or in the course of the scope of employment with the district so anything outside of that would not be covered under the oji program work related stress anxiety depression or other mental illnesses would not be covered unless unless they were as a result of um again the injury being out of and in the course of the scope of the employee employment um on page five other changes um would limit payment for medical expenses for any on the job injury to one year unless otherwise approved by the Board District general counsel or his or her designate a statutory uh requirement we've added in that employees injured in the course of employment by either physical assault or any other kind of violent criminal

069act will be provided oji benefits in accordance with the new state law substitute teachers and paid interns are eligible for oji medical expense benefits only and oji benefits will not be provided again for nonwork related injury so you'll see that repeated throughout the policy and again failure of any employee to abide by District requirements may result in the denial of the oji claim the rules and regulations provide General guidelines for the administration of the oji program on page 10 policy 6003 confidential student information this includes statutory revisions as well on page 11 we clean up the definitions and clarify that education records um do not include records that are kept in the sole possession of a maker and used only as a personal memory aid um that would include not being accessible to anyone else

070um and then also a statutory requirement on page 13 we incorporate language requiring parents or legal Guardians to provide informed written consent before their minor child can participate in surveys analysis or evalu ation and that would be um for research purposes we'd like to make the board aware um as a point of information that revisions to other policies to the administrative rules and regulations have been made quickly those are policy 5005 Advanced courses 5015 grading systems for grades 6 through 12 and policy 6036 valedictorian and salutatorian the revisions to the administrative rules and regs are to align to changes in state board rule specifically related to Award of additional percentage points for various Advanced courses there is some cleanup throughout and some technical revisions as well and so again um we are bringing the recommendation

071that with respect the board would suspend the rule and um approve on first reading policies 44 accidents on the job and 63 uh 003 excuse me confidential student information thank you the chair has errored before going forward we will take a vote to address request for Action items it takes a majority vote Miss Clark can you do a roll call vote please commissioner mckisic commissioner mckiss I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner love I commissioner mckenny I commissioner OT I commissioner Williams borer Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative thank you that motion passes thank you the chair recognizes board member hu Garcia the chair recognizes board member mckenny thank you chair Dr Richmond can you um help us to understand why we're asking for the on the job injury

072for first reading approval as opposed to on two I just want to understand why you're asking us to or is that general counsel I think Miss Miss Stewart can you answer that question yes thank you um Dr Richmond board members it's just the flow of this particular meeting we could not add um because we missed the board work session we could not add this particular item under sorry we could not add this item under new board business it would have to go under request for action and the items under request for Action would just be that request for you to approve the the policy or those items that are under that particular section so for clarity do do you all need this this month M Stewart can we bring this policy back bring back I

073understand about the statutory requirements it's just I didn't understand about this one yeah we appreciate thank you the chair recognizes board member Williams and you're talking about on the job injuries I don't know what you are taking away you don't don't know the extent of the injury on the job we have some teachers who get hurt hit you know shot at so I don't know what you're doing why is why is the urgency there when you have so many people who are being hurt in the buildings particularly teachers other students as well so the oji which is in place now is very limited and it appears is if you're going to make it even more so limited because if a teacher is actually hurt on the job now there are certain things that do not

074get paid for they are assaulted you if you if you didn't do one two three four you don't get it so I think that this is a little Swift and a little Hasty and I don't think that teachers and other employees will be safe in knowing that they may or may not be covered by the on the job injy if you make this kind of draconian change so if if I may we're not taking anything away in the policy we're actually adding um language to the policy based on the new state law um under the previous state law only teachers were included um who who could receive coverage for up to a year in the event that a student harmed Personnel but the law recently broughten that particular provision to include any employees so that

075language is in there we also included language around mental health issues that may occur um as a direct result of of an injury on the job so we haven't taken anything away we've actually added and we're providing additional support to our employees under this particular policy does it limit the number of days you can be on oji as it does not now because I heard you quote a number that is smaller than it is not today we are aligning it with the law so that so so if a teacher or employees in injured on the job they will possibly face fewer days that they could be paid for if the law has spoken to that it's it's the same I believe it's the same it's the same number of days but instead of it just

076being limited to teachers it's now available to any employee who is injured as a direct result of um a and we've also added the 24 hours because Miss burges Sor Excuse Me Miss Burgess oh I'm sorry Sandra burges on risk management and to address the question regarding under job injury um some of the you were was stating something about some time well we have added 24 hours in order for them to report the loss right now is reported the same day of the accident and that's a problem we have uh a plethora of employees that um have been injured and it's after the same day it's normally like the next day and that's something that's throughout the a lot of other entities they have 24 hours to report an oji so we have not limited

077anything we've clarified some things and we've also made it clear that it's 24 hours instead of just that same day of the accident May I respond that is one good thing but I hear some negative things in it as well because it also seems to limit what is going to be an oji uh depending on from if my memory Serv me from what she read things that are under currently currently covered under it may include more people but there are less things covered so I would just like to see the entire policy written out before we do any voting here to say we're going to extend it or accept it because it appears to me that teachers particularly would lose some rights with the oji injuries because I see you I see you adding others

078I get that but the 8,000 teachers seemingly would be injured damaged from this policy so again if it's the will of the board because you control policy policy belongs to the board we can take it back and we can bring it back next month if that's the will of the board but I do want to make it clear that we are not taking anything away we have actually added additional benefits for teachers as well as other staff will will it still be the policy that you have to go to the emergency clinic before you go home is that still in policy that is which is a huge problem because sometimes the emergency clinic is not open will it still be in policy that you have to go to SCS Medical Services yes however however it

079does state if you have an injury a head injury or a limb you can go to the emergency room so there are Clarity regarding and that's in the previous policy as well well I just know from past experience that some people are re Williams can I get a motion to take this postpone it to our next meeting we have more time to talk about it second motion by commissioner it is moved in second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic hi commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner love I commissioner mckenny I commissioner OT I commissioner William I borer Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative thank you we move on 12.2 approval research affiliation agreement between the University of memph in Shelby County schools on behalf of the Department of exceptional

080education it's recommended that the Shelby County Board of Education approves the memorandum of understanding between the University of Memphis and Shelby County schools on the behalf of the department exceptional educational college campus transition program at the University of Memphis uh and this is a no call OU 12.3 approval Memphis Chevy County schools and Le Mo on College dual credit purchase yes Madam chair it's recommended that the Shelby County Board of Education approves the purchase order in the amount of $175,000 for the purpose of providing eligible high school students with the opport Unity to earn both college and high school graduation credit simultaneously upon the successful completion of the qualified course 12.4 approval Grounds Maintenance Zone one through four contracts yes Madam chairs recommend the Chevy County Board of Education approves the ground maintenance service contract

081with a total amount of 4,317 um Rolo Consultants uh Inc Zone one with a total amount not to exceed 761,00 zone two with a total amount not to exceed 99672 and10 magnificent grounds LLC for Zone 3 with a total of mountain knif to exceed 1,177 25520 and beer ins Sun's landscapeing for Zone 4 will a total amount not to exceed 1,381 12.5 I I apologize the chair recognizes Vice chair love uh superintendent interim superintendent yes is any of the contracts going up in pricing uh Miss Stewart thank you superintendent board member love yes ma'am they have all gone up in pricing because we have increased the services so there was a three and a half week uh cutting cycle and that was too too long grass was getting too long so now there's a two

082we U also increase the herbicide and included tree trimming and Bush maintenance um and Ice uh deicer in the winter leaf removal things that weren't in the original contract um I have a question for you grass doesn't grow in the winter time can that um I would like to see an increase in the payment um so these companies won't address the pavement but they will in the winter time we do have a payment of the payment yeah um if you could send that to me in my email I have to give you Kudos because the schools groundskeeping every school that I visit the school groundskeeping are on point thank you [Applause] okay we we we a little confused up here because we had to combine our work session and our business meeting so I the

083items that we've already discussed we have to go back and vote it won't take us but a moment and I do apologize the first one is 12.2 the approval research affiliation agreement between the University of Memphis and shevy County schools on behalf of the Tennessee on behalf of the Department of exceptional education may I have a motion and a second to approve that motion second I mov that I move the approval of 12 12 12.2 Stephanie love I second 12.2 it roll call vote please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner love hi commissioner mcken I commissioner OT I commissioner Williams boair Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative the motion is adopted the question is on 12.3 are you ready for the question is there any debate

084on 12.3 I move that we adopt 12.3 I second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter commissioner Murphy I commissioner love I commissioner mckenny I commissioner OT I commissioner Williams hi board chair Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative that thank you that motion is adopted 12.4 the question is on 12.4 are you ready forther question I move that we adopt or approve 12.4 I second roll call vote please commissioner mckiss I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner I commissioner mcken I commissioner OT I commissioner Williams I board chair Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative thank you the motion is adopted 12.5 the question is on 12.5 are you ready for the question I motion that we adopt 12.5 Dr Richmond approval February

0852025 budget item budget amendment it's recommended that shevan County Board education approved the February 2025 budget amendment resolution at this time Mr Langston would you present the resolution thank you thank you Dr Richmond members of the board so tonight we're authorizing an approval of our Fe February 2025 budget amendment resolution this resolution increases our all fund budget by 37,6 164,384 um first starting with our general fund our general fund is increasing 27,7 12,674 and the primary reason is that we had in in December we get what's called our Tissa outcomes um um that has been u in the Tisa uh legislation for the past two years years it's um I think I've spoken to some board members to explain that it's hard to predict to predict what those outcomes would be when it's time to

086do the budget so now that we have the accurate number we're adding those outcomes to our general fund and with the $27 million U the expected expenditures is to U look at um doing $12 million to our maintenance projects looking at some student technology supplies and at the end of the spring um we're slated to do a science textbook adoption that's right now estimated to be a little over $8 million so that's our general fund now moving to our Capital Improvement B um fund it's doing a project realignment so board members you'll remember that um uh the County Commission with the Mayor Lee haris he brought um forth the budget amendment on their side to do um the new Frasier uh school to add additional funding essentially what the County Commission did was moved about

087$ 33.8 million from the new east region high school over to Frasier so now we're aligning our budget to match such so that we can move forward with uh building the new Frasier High School so that's what the capital Improvement budget would do will do and then lastly we have a a little over a $10 million increase to our nonfederal Revenue budget um we have two significant grants which are our state school Improvement Grants um 2.0 is $9.9 million and state Improvement um Grant um is a little over 1 million and this primarily for our CSI schools and they're doing similar things that they do like with our tag Improvement Grant so this um concludes uh our Amendment and I'll take any questions related to such the chair recognizes Vice chair love um super um

088interum superintendent you know what's going on in the White House are we at Jeopardy of losing uh federal funds that's a very good question um is Derek Morris Derek Morris would you please step to the podium Dereck is our director of federal programs good evening superintendent board members uh actually that's a great question uh I was actually at the uh Tennessee Department of Education uh they had a conference two weeks ago and I actually asked that so if you can recall basically we will have funding we know for sure for the 25 26 school year because those funds had already been appropriated so now we've yet to receive them but for 25 26 we've been assured nothing beyond that and hypothetically if we don't get the funds what services will we cut uh we're looking

089at um staff members uh particularly title one uh Title One is is is the one we get up most blame for our book along with our sped so we would be losing uh some counselors a lot of additional Personnel is what I would know and some of the additional supplies and school resources that our students need as well you're looking at your e f funding as well uh we got a tittle for funding which is it's uh more um it's more well-rounded like we were able to purchase all the band equipment if you can recall for our students for title $4 so we're looking at losing that in a lot of our professional development uh that we're providing for our teachers and our retention and recruitment efforts would probably go by the wayside as well

090with our title $28 thank you are there any questions on 12.5 there being none the chair recognizes board member mckenny thank you chair um and Dr Richmond as we enter our budget season I would like to hope that we can start thinking about a a b and c your way out plan as we think about um what may happen after 2526 and frankly with the way things are going what may happen as a result of 25 526 so as we enter our board retreat this this week and also into our budget Retreats we I hope that we can work together to think about that point well taken board member McKenna thank you are there any further questions there being none are we ready to vote I move that we approve 12.5 second roll call vote

091please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner love I commissioner mcken I commissioner OT I commissioner Williams I board chair Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative thank you that motion passed 12.6 Grant approval but Grant Tennessee stem Innovative Innovation Network for multiple mscs schools yes thank you madam chair it is recommended that the shev County Board of Education approves the grant acceptance of $38,600 from betel grants Tennessee stem Innovative Network to support White Station Middle School $5,000 Hawkins Mill Elementary $5,000 Ross Elementary $5,000 JP Freeman optional School $5,000 Keystone elementary school $5,000 Treadwell Middle School $5,000 White Haven Elementary stem School $5,000 idb Welles Academy $2500 and Max Maxine Smith steam Academy $600 to develop and enhance the comprehensive Steam and steam learning environments for students to

092excel in technology project-based learning activities and lessons that are that are tied to the real world are there any questions there being no questions are we ready to vote I I move that we approve um item number 12.6 second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic hi commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner love I commissioner mckenny I commissioner OT I commissioner Williams I board chair Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative thank you that motion is adopted 12.7 Grant approval the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Bolton High School thank you madam chair it's recommended that the Memphis Shelby County Board of Education approves a grant of $2,186 192 from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis award to Bolton High School to be used for athletic programming are there any questions there

093being none are we ready to vote I move that we approve item 12.7 second thank you roll call vote commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter commissioner Murphy hi commissioner love I commissioner mckenny I commissioner o i commissioner Williams I borer Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative thank you that motion is adopted 12.8 approval Supreme Lawn Care contract ratification thank you madam chair it is recommended the sh County Board of Education approves the contract ratification for contract number 20230 631 Memphis Shelby County Schools ground maintenance operations 5 Acres or less for the increased amount of $99,700 the chair recognizes Vice chair love um why are we doing a ratification uh thank you Vice chair love this ratification aims to compensate a vendor who was underpaid for work performed on a 2023 contract

094so this has already been paid uh Dr Richmond no okay are there any further questions the chair recognizes board member hu Garcia so has this company been waiting for their money for a year uh board member Garcia I'll defer to Miss Stewart Miss Stewart thank you superintendent um yes ma'am this was brought to my attention by my team um a few months after I first started this position and then by the legal team so we're just trying to do some clean up from 2023 okay and so we we had more acreage than we expected and then the so the contract was wrong so we owe them more money for work well thank you thank you to them for for still serving the district and we'll make this right are there further questions yes the chair

095recognizes board member Williams so is this an an oversight that we in the contract and we're paying them a higher price for doing some the same work this year so they were underpaid as is my understanding in whatever they did are we paying them just the balance of what we ow or are they doing additional work it's the balance for what we owe board member Williams so they had a contract and we underpaid the contract correct how did that happen now you pay folk what you owe them and they let you they don't go a whole year and let you know it Miss Stewart Miss Stewart so the acreage that was um in the original contract was not correct and the vendor brought it to the district's attention um after they had already been mowing

096that acreage for some time and so now this is to correct that the extra acreage that they mowed but did not get paid for so my question was who who did the acreage count initiative did they do it or we did it um I'm I assume we did it I don't know sir I wasn't so they accepted a contract for one thing and after they done the work they decided it was more than they they had more work to do than they thought correct I don't understand it but thank you Miss Stewart are there further questions there're being none are we ready to vote I move that we approve 12.8 a second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy hi commissioner love hi commissioner mcken hi commissioner

097OT I commissioner Williams I board chair Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative that motion is adopted 12.9 approval German toown facilities usage agreement yes thank you madam chair it's recommended that the Shelby County Board of Education approves the 2025 facilities uses agreement between Memphis Shelby County Schools and the City of Germantown this is just a intergovernmental agreement uh no cost agreement are there any questions there being none are we ready to vote a motion that we adopt item number 12.9 second roll call vote please commissioner mcki I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner love I commissioner mckenny I commissioner OT I commissioner Williams I board chair Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative thank you that motion is adopted 12.10 approval sale of former Knight Road Elementary School

098to Capstone education group yes Madam chair is recommended Shelby County Board of Education declares Surplus and approves the sale of former nightroad Elementary School at 3237 night Road Memphis Tennessee 38118 to Capstone education group for $1,650,000 the chair recognizes Vice chair love is this a charter school yes it is Capstone is a charter school when grades currently at Lester they operate K through 8 but I think this one would be a K2 kindergarten through second grade what's their capacity Excuse Me Miss Stewart so this is a K2 school right now it will expand to a K5 and the capacity of the night Road facility is 600 students thank you the chair recognizes board member here Garcia I just want to say thank you to the facil team for working on this I know we've been

099talking about it for a minute and um Chief Stewart the creativity both on this item and the next of how we can benefit the district by we have over almost $8 million and different maintenance uh both satisfying our partners and Educators and and other schools but also benefiting our overall footprint I think this is exactly what we should be doing and and part of a great real estate plan so I just want to commend you for all the work and I'm excited to see this on the agenda so I'll be eager to it thank you um I have a couple of questions the first one is currently the adult virtual school is housed inside of night Road what's going to happen to those individuals yeah thank you for that question Madam chair currently we have

100about 42 uh FTE working in that building and we'll work close closely with Miss Stewart uh to relocate that team so will they stay together they're going to yes ma'am we plan to keep them uh together as you know we have the virtual uh grades 4 through 12 school as well as the adult virtual school so we'll look to keep them together in one of our underutilized buildings okay the chair recognizes Vice excuse me the chair recognizes board M mckenny thank you chair I I want to Echo um board member hu Garcia's excitement about looking at how we're going to um leverage our facilities but and and I'd like for us as we're thinking about uh doing this work with our real estate plan how we bring in the additional Partners to talk about development

101um as we're looking at what we're selling and what we may be partnering around in terms of buildings and who we're partnering with so I'm excited about this potential collaboration with with other partners um throughout the um city and county thank you thank you board member mckenny the chair recognizes Vice chair love um interim superintendent how many employees are going to be affect uh currently uh as I was saying in our virtual space between the virtual grade 4 through 12 school and our adult virtual school we have approximately 42 uh employees are there any further questions there being none are we ready to vote I move that we approve second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter commissioner Murphy I commissioner love I commissioner mckenny I commissioner o she stepped

102out okay uh commissioner Williams hi board chair Coleman I you have Aiden the affirmative thank you that motion is adopted 12.11 approval sale of former Lester school thank you madam chair it's recommended the shev County Board of Education declare Surplus and approves the sell of Lester school at 320 Carpenter Street Memphis Tennessee 3 j112 the Capstone education group for $2,600 th000 are there any questions there being none are we ready to vote I move that we approve item number 12.11 second it is moved in second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic hi commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter commissioner Murphy I commissioner love commissioner mckeny I commissioner Williams I board chair Coleman I you have Aiden the affirmative thank you that motion is adopted 12.12 contract extension Nashville Roofing Consultants contract date Amendment yes Madam chair

103it's recommended the Chev County Board of Education approved the contract with Nashville roof and consultants for $256,500 for the construction management and commissioning Services of six roof replacement projects below the costs were previously approved in a January 2024 contract so there is no additional cost to the district $ 43,81941 44551 for ab Hill $346 for Keystone elementary and $6 69,6 35 for tread will school chair recognizes Vice chair love um how long is it going to take um Nashville Roofing Consultants to uh do the roofs on the school Miss Stewart yes ma'am um so the nationville roofing Consultants were the firm that designed the roofs and the contract was supposed to be for the design and project management and commissioning which is basically the quality checks as they construct the roofs um so they're not

104the construction company they're just monitoring and project managing the construction companies um but the roofs I can give you I'll get you later the dates of all the the roof contracts the actual construction contracts of the is it going to be done by next year I believe they I don't want I don't want to be quoted but I believe they were end of summer completions so like at Keystone for instance that roof is already I'm in progress so it should be ready by start of school but I'll get you the exact dates chair recognizes board member mckenny I had the same question because I have two schools that um that have been waiting for the roof Replacements all as as well the tread Wells just at tread well uh today and the roofers were there

105and they were doing assessments and that should start soon as well but I'll I'll just get the the the end contract dates to the whole board are they using any project management software where we'll be able to kind of predict based on the project management of the project when they should finish um our team is and then these Nashville roof Consultants once they get going again we'll have such yes sir thank you are there any further questions there being none are we ready to vote I move that we adopt item number 12.2 I second it it is moved in second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic hi commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner love hi commissioner mckeny I commissioner Williams boair Coleman I you have seven in the affirmative thank you that motion is

106adopted 12.13 contract Amendment Germantown High School gy floor replacement Amendment yes Madam chair it's recommended that the sh County Board of Education amend the contract of Covington floring Company Inc in the amount of $3 34,1 121 the new extended date for the contract shall be April 15 2025 due to the required additional work are there any questions there being none are we ready to vote I motion that we adopt item number 12 a move that we adopt item number 1213 second I want to say more it is moved and second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy hi commissioner love I commissioner Williams borer Coleman hi you have six in the affirmative thank you that motion is adopted 12.14 approval K12 Insight LLC yes Madam chairs recommend that the shev

107County Board of Education approves a one-year $180,000 renewable contract with K2 insight for a customer service solution let's talk for constituents to get answers to frequently asked questions this is a piggyback agreement from Omnia Partners contract number R 22301 the chair recognizes board Vice chair love interim superintendent can you make sure the board receives the surveys yes Vice chair love I can thank you are there any further questions there being none are we ready to vote I move that we approve item 12.14 second it is moved in second roll call vote commissioner mckisic I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner love I commissioner OT I commissioner Williams borer Coleman I you have seven in the affirmative thank you that motion is adopted 12.15 approval of the Department of the Air Force yes Madam chairs

108recommend that Memphis Shel County School Board of Education approves a memorandum of agreement with the Department of the Air Force at R Egypt High School to provide opportunities of military National and public service are there any questions there being none are we ready to vote I move that we adopt 12.15 second it is moved in second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy hi commissioner love hi commissioner OT I commissioner Williams board chair Coleman I you have seven in the affirmative thank you that motion is adopted 12.16 approval of the Department of the army just recommend that the Memphis Shelby County Board of Education approves a memorandum of agreement with the Department of the army to provide opportunities of military National and public service are there any questions there being

109none are we ready to vote I move that we approve item 12.6 second it has been moved and second roll call vote commissioner mckisic I commissioner Porter hi commissioner Murphy hi commissioner love hi commissioner mckenny I commissioner a i commissioner Williams I board chair Coleman I you have Aiden the affirmative that motion is adopted 12.7 approval the department of the Navy it is recommended the shev County Board of Education approves memorandum of agreement with the Department of the Navy to provide opportunities of milit here National and public service at mace this is at uh mace charter school are there any questions um Madam chair not that I have the chair recognizes board member mcky thank you madam chair uh I don't have a question but I want to recognize Lieutenant Colonel Bobo he is the

110manager of our Junior RTC programs and uh thank you so much for being here this evening and for all the work that you do I can personally say that were it not for the Memphis Shelby County Schools Junior rltc program my son would not be at the United States Naval Academy right now so thank you so much for all that you did are there any questions I move that we adopt 12.17 second it is moved and second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy hi commissioner love hi commissioner mckenny I commissioner oot I commissioner Williams I board chair Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative that motion is adopted 12.18 approval Esser 3.0 liquidation extension yes Madam chairis recommend that Chev County Board of Education approves

111the fiscal year 25 Sessa 3.0 application board approval form the chair recognizes Vice chair love um we don't have that in our notes can we we be brief on it just two minutes please brief uh Vice chair love Mr langson Dr Richmond members of the board so this is a um I know we said we're done with a technically not this is a a 3.0 liquidation extension if you remember with the co relief grants we had until December of 20 24 to obligate um projects with era 3.0 and all the other C relief grants we what we've done is a lot of the projects that you've seen roof and some of the hbags that you've approved we've done it so with era 3.0 this is a liquidation extension saying that those projects can be still

112um finished by March of 2026 and we have until then to liquidate which means to pay for those projects with s 3.0 to get it off the books thank you the chair recognizes board member mckenny thank you um chair and Dr Richmond just for transparency sake and so that we know what we're actually signing off of is there a way to upload a list of those things to attach to this so that we have a we can see what we're approving thank thank you are there any further questions there being onone are we ready to vote I move that we approve 12.1 I second the motion it has been moved a second roll call vote commissioner commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia hi commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy hi commissioner love I commissioner mckenny I commissioner

113OT I commissioner Williams hi board CH Coleman you have nine in the affirmative that motion has been adopted 12.19 approval instructional calendars for 2025 through 2026 yes Madam chair is recommend the shev County Board of Education approves the instructional calendar for the 2025 26 school year if if it's the board's will uh I will have Mr White uh to present the calendar do we have the presentation for the calendar there's a presentation attached uh Mr White if you would be so kind thank you absolutely thank you Dr Richmond thank you board members um I'm excited to prevent present our proposed instructional calendar we're recommending adoption of this calendar tonight I know that lots of folks um are anxious about knowing what next year's calendar is going to look like uh let me start with a

114couple of background slides um first of all this is what the law requires uh that you have a calendar of 200 days these are the minimum requirements and that there be 100 180 days for classroom instruction I'm going to talk a little bit about those 180 days though because there is something called stock stockpiled time that can be used um and we're going to touch on that you have to have at least 10 days of vacation with pay for our teachers during that 200 day term a minimum of five days for inservice or professional development the law uses the word inservice so that's the way I'm going to refer to those days tonight but it's professional development days one day for Teacher parent conferences we've typically handled that in the past with two half days

115and we're going to um show you that though I've got something exciting to share about that and then we have four other days as Des as designated by the local Board of Education those are typically just commonly referred to as administrative or admin days so I touched on if we go to the next Slide the um stockpile time so the state requires that you have a minimum of a 6 and 1 half hour school day our schools however have been going for many years for seven hours and you can stockpile that extra 30 minutes each day to be used for um stockpile time and and most commonly you're probably used to hearing about it in terms of days like for inclement weather so as you know we've had a couple of days of in inclement

116weather this year and by virtue of the fact that we have that stock pile time we are not going to have to make up those days because you can accumulate through that time up to 13 stockpile days there are other uses however that you can have for that stockpile time and again I'm going to talk about that in terms of our professional development before we get there though um one of the most common things we heard in developing the calendar um we did have a committee but also we we've had lots of people provide their opinions throughout the year is that the community really wants us both our teachers and our parents to align with our neighbors so we had the benefit of the municipal districts having their calendars for 25 26 already established they

117adopted their calendars in a two-year cycle so they had already adopted one for 2425 and for 2526 that is a cycle that we would like to get back to in the future however tonight we are dealing with the 2526 calendar and really the takeaway here is you can see a lot of consistency from their calendars in terms of the dates that teachers start the last date for teachers the state that the date that students start and the last dat for students they don't line up perfectly but they're pretty close and pretty consistent likewise if you look at their holidays and again this has been one of the big things that has been a concern among our community for making sure that we try to line up with our neighbors related to the holiday again looking

118at their calendars you see a lot of consistency especially for the major holidays when you think about Thanksgiving and fall break and Spring Break um there's not a lot of differences here so again this was one of the things we kept hearing from our community um we have uh parents who work in one district and have their children in another we have teachers who um have have uh their own children maybe in another District um there just lots of reasons that the community has come to us wanting that level of consistency and it also helps across Shelby County in terms of activities that Community Partners and folks like that are planning all right this is one that's going to require a little bit of discussion because it's it's different um we've done this before in

119our district and we're recommending we do it again and let me show you what our neighbors are doing so you'll remember that from the minimum requirements you have to have those five inservice days okay every district has to have that minimum of five and so what the top portion shows is what our neighbors are doing the municipal districts in terms of those standard five in service or professional development days what the bottom portion shows however is how they are using some of their stockpile time uh what you can do is you can actually with those stockpile time you can actually add professional development days for your teachers so some of your instructional days become professional development days for your teachers um our teachers have asked that they be supported in the same way that teachers

120in our neighboring districts are being supported in terms of professional development um at the board knows we have cases of several stud several teachers on permits we have lots of new teachers there's just a level of support that is needed for our teachers that maybe has not existed as much in the past and also um we certainly want to do whatever we can to remain competitive in terms of teachers and holding on we we were talking earlier about teacher retention holding on to teach teachers and certainly being competitive in terms of retaining and hiring teachers so you can see that all of our neighbors have five stockpile days for professional development now this requires further explanation in that in these districts they are also using some of their days for what they call flex days

121so let's take Arlington just because they're the first one alphabetically in the leftand corner um just to use them as an example November 24th 25th that's the week of Thanksgiving December 22nd 23rd that's winter break they are not asking and when you see our calendar nor are we asking for teachers to report to work on that day it's just a day that serves as a placeholder for Flex professional development time and what F Flex professional development time is is it's six hours that teachers have the flexibility throughout the school year to earn so for each one of those days there's six hours worth of time so if you have four Flex professional developments days that would be four time 6 24 hours that teachers would have the opportunity to earn essentially before school after school

122weekends it could be inperson sessions that the district is offering it could be online it could be professional development that's offered by an another organization outside the district but they can accumulate that time so you can see this has it's very common for our neighbors it has been very common they've actually been doing this for a while now and you can see they're all doing this some of them have three Flex some of them have four uh Millington just has two but this is something that our teachers have really asked for so now let's talk about based on what our neighbors are doing and the desire to um try to do something similar what we're looking at for our district and I'm sorry this is a very sensitive button um to summarize in the calendar

123that I'm about to show you we would end up having 175 instructional days we would have those five inservice days that we are required to have then we would have five stockpiled professional development days some of which which would be Flex then we would have our two half days for parent teacher conferences which would equate to the one day we would have four administrative days and then the state minimum for teachers is 10 days for vacation with pay we actually though have been and would continue to give our teachers the 11 days that they've been getting okay so let's get into the details and I'm just going to try to highlight some things but I'm happy to go into specifics wherever needed if you look at it our teachers would begin on the 28th July

12428th our students would begin on August 4th in July the teachers would have on the 28th and 29th a half administrative day and a half inservice day on the 30th and 31st they would have regular typical inservice days in August they would have an admin day on the 1 that Friday before the students come back with the students coming back on August 4th in September you would see the the black represents the days that the students are out everybody would be out though on Labor Day the first now what I'm excited about and I do have to give one of our neighbors call your real schools credit for this and our parents loved this is that rather than having one night that we're doing parent teacher conferences we would have a night on the fourth

125for high school a night for Middle School on the 9th and then we would have a night for elementary school on the 11th what that does of course is if you're a parent who has children at different age levels at different schools you are then able to not have to in one night try to make it to all of those different schools and certainly for our teachers if you're an elementary teacher who has a child in middle school you're not tied up all night with your own uh school and students and you're able to go to the parent teacher conference night now it obviously doesn't work if you're an elementary teacher and your child is Elementary but this helps a tremendous amount of our parents and teachers in terms of parent teacher conference participation um

126in October quarter the first quarter would end October 3D the the 6 would begin quarter 2 and then our fall break would be the 13th through the 17th these holidays by the way are matching up with what you saw that our neighbors are doing then in November the 11th is Veterans Day which is the day we have to take Veterans Day is not one of those days that's always on a Monday like certain federal holidays so what we decided to do was to give the students both the 10th and the 11th off um because that Monday is just going to have a gap and typically our attendance is low when when there's a situation like that and that would become one of our inservice days for our teachers gives them that inservice day gives that

127long weekend for our families and then you can see that we've got the Thanksgiving break now with the Thanksgiving break the 24th 25th 26th would be what we would designate as flex days so they're the professional development days but similar to what the municipal districts are doing those would become flex days they're placeholders on the calendar we're not expecting the teachers to be in that week we're not expecting anybody in the district to spend their Thanksgiving giving professional development but they would earn those hours in a flexible format in December you see that we would have the winter break on the 2nd through the 31st with the semester and Quarter Two ending on the 19th in January you've still got the winter break going on on the 1 and the 2N but the students would

128also be out on the 5th our teachers have begged us for a day to get ready for the students coming back after such a long break and therefore they would have the fifth as an administrative day the feedback we got from parents was to have the next parent teacher conferences as early in the second semester as possible as opposed to waiting to February such that if you think about the fact that a semester has ended and you've got roughly half of the school year left it's a perhaps better time to talk with parents about what needs to happen for the rest of the year as opposed to later in the semester and again we would stagger those parent teacher conference days with the the elementary the middle and the high in February you would have

129um the 13th and 16th where students are off the 13th would be a stockpile professional development day for teachers but that would be a typical professional development type day the 16th however everyone would be off but it would be designated as a placeholder for additional Flex hours in March you've got spring break the 16th through the 20th again I want to reinforce that these holidays are matching up with the municipal districts and then in April you've got what our district calls spring break 2 or um Good Friday and that is on the 3D with everyone being out but the sixth would be an inservice day for our teachers it would be a long Easter weekend for our students and families um and that would be one of those typical service days and then finally we

130would end up the year with the students getting out on the 21st and an admin Day Before Memorial Day for our teachers to close things out get grading finished all of those kinds of things on the 22 if we go to the next slide this summarizes what I've just been through to show how it all adds up for meeting those state requirements it shows how our quarters and our semesters are pretty well balanced and I will end there to see what kind of questions we have thank you thank you chair recognizes board member mckenny thank you chair um Dr Richmond first I want to commend you and the team for listening to parents and teachers around creating a calendar that works for them as not only teachers but also as parents secondly um wanted to

131um ask you whether just by chance this corresponds with the college and universities like spring breaks and fall breaks at all or was that too much to [Laughter] ask it's a great question and I apologize that I don't know we the feedback was so focused on the K12 systems that that's where we landed um I do think it would probably this was a challenging task in and of itself and I do think that that would add some significant challenges but it is a great question well just FYI because I think I know somebody at a college they're I think flexible in looking at our calendar to to align it with um with their calendar so just if you want to reach out that's that's great feedback thank you the chair recognizes Vice chair love um

132interim super superintendent how many professional developing days do our teachers have what is it currently hours hours is this the no professional devel was the number of days not days not hours in this current school year there are six we actually have one stockpile Prof hour oh hours I'm sorry we I thought I heard days I'm sorry I did excuse me Dr tanken would you answer the question please there you go thank you interim superintendent Richmond and the school board members it's 64 hours do you know how many uh Professional Service hours through the municipalities have not at this time not at this time but I can get that information um next question how many teachers were given a survey and how many students were given a survey um this was the the feedback was

133based on a very large Committee of several teachers and in addition to that uh I did meet with the leaders of both of our teachers associations to go through this and they provided significant support um final question were they comprised of all of our districts uh I do not know you you mean in terms of board member districts uh it was a wide cross-section but I can't say you know that it was a teacher from every District necessarily thank you and we want to thank board member Porter for sitting in on the committee also we want to thank him for the chair recognizes board member mckisic thank you madam chair first of all thank you uh Dr richond um Mr White for all the work having sat on this committee a few years ago there

134are a lot of meetings and a lot of work goes into this so I applaud you for uh crafting this um my question is as far as moving forward and um creating other years maybe that one twoyear cycle that we want to get back on to what are the the plans for that because this is this is great but it's also a little bit like the the tail wagging the dog we are the largest school district in this in the state and so just to be mindful of of that I I and picking up great best practices of having the three different uh parent teacher conferences nights but just to be thinking like what what is good for mscs and then you know having others also adopt to that but I know like for example

135University of Memphis does a great job of switching out and sometimes they'll have the fall break aligned with us and sometimes the spring break aligned with us but just moving forward when we have those one two-year plans just to make sure that you know we're leading the way on this because we impact with being such a large employer in in the district and just as a side note for spring break I'm glad to see that all of our spring break is aligned with the municipals and I want to call out the Memphis Zoo and how they shut down their free access to the Memphis Zoo during spring break and that's just not right um you know for something that happened over a decade ago and our children are still paying for it all the children

136if there was one week during the year where children would go to the zoo is during spring break and um I'm calling on the Memphis Zoo to rectify that if the national parks can handle hundreds of thousands of people certainly we can handle our children and maybe expanding more days during spring break to allow them to go to the zoo during the uh the free time thank you thank you board member mckz again we will uh work with the board to see if going forward if we want to develop a two-year calendar versus the one-year calendar so uh we'll be prepared to do that uh as we approach it next year thank you the chair recognizes board member huitt Garcia thank you chair I have two one question is quick I think under teacher paid

137holidays on the summary sheet I don't see fall break are teachers not paid for fall break why is that on not on there but winter break and spring break are well I I didn't know that I think my my other question is are other staff yeah our other our salary employees is not paid during that I mean there salar so they would be paid but I guess what what does the pay structure look like during fall break I'll defer to Mr Langston on that one Dr Rich members of the board so teachers do get paid during fall break these are the designated paid teacher holidays that we set aside for the calendar but if you're specifically talking about teachers they get the same they're they're contracted for 200 days and as a part of it

138um fall break is a part of it okay and then this is a little more controversial why do we have a fall break if we are struggling with a I think there's I mean I personally have gone to my you know my mom's house to work remotely um I know we have a lot of people who don't have the flexibility to work from home I know we we have board members working to get fallies up and running um is the is there is there wisdom in spreading that out or getting out earlier or starting later or is this is this something that's really popular and yeah I think just kind of a little historical context mean and Mr White you can correct me if I'm wrong I think spring fall break used to be two

139days and I want to say during the merger uh the Legacy Shelby County used to have a week out so Memphis city when we merged adopted the week of fall break if my memory serves me correctly I mean I certainly doing something we've always done is not necessarily a good reason to do it I I assume that staff enjoy the time off but it does attendance dip do we have um do we have challenges I certainly I'm not going to hold it up on this calendar but just something that like would teachers rather have five 4 day weeks right or just having more time off throughout the year to recharge versus then I don't know just thinking creatively if we do want to split it up because I do know that if you an hourly

140wage worker you are you may be scrambling to cover what I know we are not a child care provider but we are that is the real reality that school is fall break does not align with traditional holidays where there is you know vacation time being taken so just thinking about what that could look like but sorry teachers if uh we won't we won't address that this year but I just I want that to be part of the discussion of like can we think creatively in the future chair recognizes board member mckenny I'm glad you said it and I didn't I I think one of the things that I'd like to ask that we consider when we're doing this this year is maybe look at the data and think about um what does it look like

141when our our youth come back from fall break and what does it what does it look like in terms of attendance what does it look like in terms of um course performance just if we could look at some data and and and everyone can look at that and see what's best for our students and understanding that um I did ask that question some of my um School leaders and I'll tell you they love it but we have to um we have to consider what's first and foremost which is our our students so um I would ask that we consider looking to that point well taken thank you chair recognizes board member Murphy I uh thank you madam chair I think that our teachers deserve those uh winter break days because they have a hard difficult

142job and I think that that gives them the opportunity to recharge get themselves ready to come back and and and start it all over again when school starts back so I just think that they should keep it was it fall break fall break thank you for that fall break chair recognizes board member Porter just to add to the conversation I have um talked to teachers and is there a way for first of is there a requirement around the professional development that it has to be eight hours uh or six hours six hours is the minimum yes um yeah because the thought is can we PLL the teachers and say hey can we have a half a day professional development um because it can be information overload so it's just just putting it out there and

143and also too how can we strengthen our PDS because sometimes you know the teachers are sitting there and as soon as they leave out the the class from wherever that instructions been taken everything goes out the window so they're right back in the classroom performing and doing what they've um been taught to do thank you board member Porter and I know that my colleagues who are working on our professional development plan are listening and I do personally want to thank you for the time you spent talking uh with me about the calendar thank you chair recognizes board Vice chair love chair recogn izes board member Williams uh to the extent that you're worried about teachers teachers serve as a large portion of that committee so they have to decide the days they want to be

144off already and they are a great portion of his committee that makes up the calendar committee uh more teachers serve old than anybody so they are added Advantage where that is concerned I don't think they need our help in knowing because they are salar employees they are salar employees and their check is not going to change for the whole school year and it comes every other Friday so nothing Alters that but they do constitute the committee uh by large for the calendar so they are well represented there the chair recognizes board member mckiss I like what her light was before your hold on to your thought I just wanted to I don't know what the proper parliamentarian to move that we uh go to the vote if that's possible for discussion we can have more

145discussion about this uh at another time move the previous question but that my my colleague but you know so because it's gerain to the issue of this particular Year's calendar I know I I was the first to go into the weeds with the zoo thing but I like what commissioner Porter said that's all go ahead you can go ahead then I move that the previous question move to the previous question I second it oh remove I can't hear okay it is moved in second roll call vote please hold on hold on okay we're going to take a vote on ending the discussion the debate on 12.19 the instructional calendar it takes a two3 vote roll call vote please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner love I commissioner mckenny

146I commissioner OT I commissioner Williams I barder Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative that motion passes now we're on to voting on the calendar 12.19 the approval instruction calendar for 2025 through 2026 I move that we approve item 12.19 it has been moved in second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner love um which calendar we're voting on The instructional calendar for this coming for 2526 there were two of them no just one for year 2025 through 2026 commissioner mckenny hi commissioner o i commissioner Williams I commissioner board chair Coleman I you have nine in the affirmative thank you that motion is adopted now we're on to 12.20 the MSC the the next item of business is 12.20 MS cea grievance hearing the

147chair will yield to The General Counsel uh thank you madam chair this item relates to the collaborative conferencing process for teachers under state law the first step in the process was to PLL the district's teachers to determine one whether teachers wanted to participate in collaborative conferencing and if so to which professional employees organization or organizations that teachers want to represent them in collaborative conferencing this process took place last fall the collaborative conferencing statute permits a professional employees organiz organization to file a complaint with the board to un LGE an unlock to allege an unlawful act related to collaborative conferencing Memphis Shelby County Education Association has filed a complaint with the board describing three items related to the teacher polling process that msca claims constitute unlawful acts under the statute the board's task is to listen

148to and consider the documents submitted by both mcea and the United Education Association or UEA as well as their remarks this evening and decide whether there have been any unlawful acts committed as that term is defined by section 495606 of the Tennessee code I believe you each have a copy of that section in front of you the statute provides a list of conduct that con constitutes an unlawful act by either a board of education uh its management Personnel or professional Association for example it is unlawful for either a board of education or a professional association to interfere with restrain a course a professional employee or the school board and the exercise of their collaborative conferen conferencing rights it is also unlawful for a board of education or its managerial personnel management Personnel to dominate interfere

149or assist in the administration of any professional employee organization the board has been provided with mcea complaint and Exhibits and with uea's response all of which have been uploaded to board docs previously both msca and UEA are represented by Council Ms ca's attorney is Daryl O'Neal and UEA is represented by Mr Rick cobbert my recommendation is that Ms CA or its attorney be given five minutes to discuss their complaint then UEA or its attorney should have five minutes to respond after after both associations have presented each uh the board should have the opportunity to ask questions of both msca UEA uh and we also have available Dr uh theen stalworth to answer any questions the board might have uh Dr stalworth is our director of Labor and employee rights uh and he's been involved in

150uh marshalling the collaborative conferencing process the board can then deliberate regarding whether an unlawful Act was committed under the collaborative conferencing law if the complaint is not resolved through this process either of the associations or the board May file a complaint in chancer court with that I'll turn it over to Mr O'Neal to present on behalf of Ms CA good evening Madam chair and members of the board my name is Daryl O'Neal and I represent MCA I along with co-council Mr Floyd represent uh M mcea as general counsel said to the board we're alleging a violation pursuant to TCA 495606 and we're going to go to A7 we say that it's unlawful act to dominate interfere or assist the administration of any Professional Organization what we provided to the board is if you look at

151the document that we provided as the grievance we identified three areas that we want the board to consider the question is the appearance of impropriety or was there actual impropriety what I like to do is direct the board's attention to exhibit one if the board looks at exhibit one one of the things that the board is going to notice that there is a contract agreement for the actual Pekka process so it was identified with vot net they worked up an agreement on how the ballot was going to be set up and put together the problem with that is if you look at exhibit one page one the contract is between and you see the names at the bottom of them there nowhere on that contract do you see any member of UEA why is that

152a problem if you go to exhibit two what you're going to and you actually look at the you go to exhibit two very the very beginning of Exhibit 2 there's an e ballot and on the E ballot it has Elizabeth Marbel the president of UEA the question before the board is how did her name get on that document if you even look at the affidavit that was provided to you by UEA there is absolutely no explanation of how her name got on that ballot she is the president of one of the organizations specifically think about it from this perspective if you were running for an election and your opponent's name was the point of contact on the ballot would that be impropriety without a doubt and if you go through the four pages of exibit

1532 what you will notice is there's just not one ballot with the UEA president's name on there in point of contact they're four there is no explanation for that that's what what it gives you the appearance that the UEA president is the person to contact if you got any questions or concerns on an contract that was developed by the board if you look at the second part of our contention number two we give you the sample ballot but if you look at the sample ballot what you have there is it has UEA tea and Nea this is a local education issue if one of the organizations had say hypothetically we put down on ours uh mcea and the mayor the city of Memphis they are not a part of that process but then I take

154you down one step further if you look to number three on our concern I provided you pictures the Pekka process if you look at exhibit exhibit number five and if you look at those two do those pages you are not allowed to go during class hours to get votes you can see that the hallway is empty which means classes in sessions and you see UEA members knocking on doors of a classroom inappropriate conduct if you go to the next page the affidavit that was provided to you by UEA specifically said they didn't have the list I show you on on exhibits five and six on the table there's a there's a person for UEA with the entire list there's the list right there on the document members of the members of the board the question

155again if you have impropriety or the appearance of impropriety these conducts are inappropriate and it gives the appearance that the board is favoring One Union over another and that is a concern and that's the basis of our grievance thank you you can come sir good evening I'm Rick Colbert I'm from Franklin Tennessee I'm here on behalf of the UEA um the purpose of the peka pole is for the employees to exercise their right to decide for themselves if they want to engage in collaborative conferencing and if so who they want to be represented by in collaborative conferencing the professional employees have made that decision uh and on behalf of the UEA we hope this board will honor their decision and move forward with cl collaborative conferencing after tonight um let me get to the particulars

156of the grievance in the first numbered paragraph the mcea claims that the board interfered and dominated the Pekka when it allowed the UEA to use one of its Representatives as a contact person uh Pekka does provide as your general counsel explained to you seven uh particular things that may be unlawful acts if committed by by the board this one theoretically falls under 495606 subpart A7 which makes it unlawful for the board to dominate and interfere or assist in the administration of any professional employee organization um look closely at that language uh as you consider this complaint that language like many of the unlawful acts in Pekka was lifted from the National Labor Relations Act in particular section 882 of the National Labor Relations Act which makes it an unfair Labor practice for an employer to

157dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of a labor organization so for an for example an employer can't establish or control a company Union uh at at the school board level you could have a teacher uh you know you could have a teacher advisory committee but that teacher advisory committee couldn't take the place of professional employees organizations in negotiating with the board over the subjects of collaborative conferencing nothing in this grievance suggests that the board did anything like that and as we've shown through the Declaration of Liz marille and I I want to explain what that declaration is because it's the only thing like it that you have in front of you it's it's it's something that is allowed in Li of an affidavit uh it's given to you under it's a statement made

158under under penalty of perjury uh it's not just a vague allegation unsigned by anybody made by who knows who it's a it's a statement signed by Liz Marbel under penalty of perjury and in that statement she makes it clear that she's not responsible for putting her name and phone number on the cover email that that sent the with the link to the ballot she didn't put it there we don't know who put it there the mcea made this complaint they've got the burden of proof they haven't provided you any evidence of who put it there and we also provided you with Miss Marbel statement that she received no calls to that phone number about the ballot so there's no indication that the presence of that information on that cover email that went with the link

159to the ballot had any effect at all on the outcome um the second it item that they've raised is concern about the uea's designation as UEA tea Nea on the ballot that's because the UEA is affiliated with the state organization the Tennessee Education Association and the National Education Association the National Organization these polls happen are they're they're organized and they're conducted by a special question committee the time and place to address issues about what the ballot is going to look like is with the special question committee the mcea was represented on the special question committee if they had concern about the UEA tea Nea designation on the ballot that was the time to address the concern and there's nothing in Pekka that makes that expression of uea's affiliation with State and National associations in any

160way improper and then finally the third accusation I I I'm just having a little bit of a a little bit of difficulty following it there's an allegation that the uh uh UEA Representatives called the superintendent on her personal cell phone and then the superintendent required each principal to give UA free reign in the schools and using a checklist to monitor each vote uh again that's not really tied to any of the enumerated unlawful acts in Pekka uh uh and it's not backed with any supporting proof we have given you once again miss Marble's declaration which explains to you that the only list that anybody from the UEA had was uea's own member list thank you Mr cber that's time all right I now open up for questioning uh for the board of council for the

161um mcea UEA and uh Dr stalworth chair recognizes board member mckisic thank you thank you madam chair so to the MCA um attorneys just a couple of questions just for for clarity to help me understand here um first how do you feel or how does MCA feel that it was negatively impacted how was it harmed by this this measure and um what are you suggesting as the remedy thank you m uh board member so let me ask answer the first one the last part of your question first what we asking the board do is just to do over to do a do over and the harm is again it's just like anything else it's the appearance of impropriety or impropriety the question here is we got a we have a we have an organization that

162says their name ended up on the ballot they don't know how it got there so either either the school district authorized it to go on there or the school district put it on there we don't know how her name got on the ballot but it gives the indication our issue is it gives the indication that somehow the point of contact for this this ballot scenario or anything involv in Pekka would be one organization over the other okay so my my concern here is that in some of the documentation you presented I believe one of them was exhibit a um it actually had the name of a board member passing information on to you all to msca and so talk about conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest or favoring one over the other I

163mean that impropriety it you used it in your own exhibit a um a board member's name where screenshot was taken and sent on to you all so it's a little bit of a a double dipping there it it would seem from that perspective in terms of who's being favored I'm just yeah so what happened is so and I understand what you're saying because what so my day-to-day job Mr Williams is also the executive director of mcea and so as the executive director of mcea him and I go back and forth with information not information that he received from so for instance some of those things that you're talking about that's not between the uh the vote net people and not between the board that's between myself and and my client who at that time is

164the actual director of mcea H so that's the issue there I mean so at the end of the day what you don't see here on that document is you don't see a preference over one organization over another that's the concern Madam mckisic is the impression of impropriety it's what you have here is a ballot that the teachers use to vote on and that ballot has the president of one organization on that ballot if if if MCA had Ms if that ballot had Mr Williams name on it we'll be having that same conversation well I'm sorry but I thank you so much for your you may sit um as far as for the attorney for UA now did anyone contact uh miss marble as a result of having that phone number or do you have a

165track record of that we um I think that's in Miss Marble's declaration okay that she she was not contacted at that phone number uh by by anyone she did receive some uh replies to an email that she sent out to uea's own members but she was not contacted in in at that phone number which is the uea's phone number by anybody with any ballot related questions which is what what the little little thing on the uh email cover said okay um so that's thank you thank you for that clarification so just as I wrap up my time with this this question I just this is really there's there's a lot of impropriety that can go around here um so it's just this has been in in the news it's been in the news where we

166have a sitting board member that's also a sitting executive director of one of our teachers unions and so there's been a lot of Grace given um and so I'm I'm really struggling with this when you talk about impropriety and when it was disclosed by the other Union and in your own exhibit a you have in whatever capacity it's just it's troubling it's very troubling thank you chair recognizes board member hu Garcia my question is for the msca lawyers uh why were concerns not addressed during the special questions committee again I don't I don't see and that I'm glad you said that because the special commit that special committee supposed to have whatever number of members from the board and then the number of members from each different organization I don't know I've never seen the

167documentation at all on that special committee I've have not seen any documentation on it so and and again if I would have had that mentation I would have had a better response on who was on that special committee and that's something that's pretty simple for the to hand to this board I don't have that I've never received it and I don't even know who was on that special committee to to this day I I certainly understand the case that you're making here but I think what I'm compelled by is that this is under you know threat of perjury that we have somebody saying I don't know how it got there um you can't tell us how it got there so I think I think there's like if I'm if I say I'm not guilty it

168is your it's your duty to prove that there was impropriety and it wasn't intentional the cover this is and the way that I read the Declaration is that where there was a name was not on the actual ballot it was on the cover page to the to the login um I think the it it's it's clear I think that this was not intentional and I think to board M kiss's question is what was the harm was not answered um so I I'm still failing to see why we would stop this process to discuss the heart of the matter which is how do we improve the conditions for our teachers like we we need to move forward I'd like to request that board member Williams excuse himself it is not appropriate for you to to to

169make noises no no no no no this is no I've expressed my concerns to general counsel privately but this is the second time you've audibly responded and it is Garcia parliamentarian is speaking so please tell me how to direct that properly point of order he is he is a he is audibly making noises to comments around a discussion that which he is involved in point of order to the chair board member Williams I'm asking that you don't make noises refrain from making noises please the chair recognizes board member Murphy thank you madam chair um here here is what what what I'm looking at um we look at a screenshot from one of our current board members which some of the Commissioners said it was out of order which I agree but but also we have

170another on the other side which is UEA which has Miss Marble's name on it we don't know how it got there when it got there who did it we have no idea who did it so with that being said it's messy on both ends I think we should just do do it over from scratch and then eliminate all the the crap that's going on the chair recognizes board member McKenna I have a couple of um clarifying questions Mr O'Neal you indicated that you were using a subsection 7 as premise for your first your first um allegation here it's actually for all three of the allegations all three of the allegations Madam mcken okay what I'm looking at is it's saying dominant inter dominate interfere or assist the administration of any professional employee employ employee organization

171this does not seem to be relevant to the Pekka process so can you tell me what your your theory is as how this is relevant to the Pekka process actually uh Madam U uh mcken this is actually is the way the Pekka process work is the only way that you can grieve a process is through 495606 so this is within the Pekka statute and so my position our position is if just say hyp if the board put Miss because Miss Marbel doesn't know how her name got on this vote vot net so if the board put her name on that vote net then the board assisted her or assisted UEA over so can you stop there for me yes ma'am so so that was one of my questions so is your allegation that the board

172assisted in this alleged V viation of the Pekka process and that's the only way yes ma'am short answer is yes ma'am okay and your proof of that is what twofold we twofold number one miss Marbel doesn't know how her name got on there so the board would have had to put it on there so I'm going to stop you there you're an attorney and you know that just saying that doesn't mean that is what it is I don't have anything in the exhibits I don't think any of us have anything in exhibits that demonstrates that so unless you you left something out is there anything that shows proof that the board did in fact do what you're alleging yes yes ma'am okay what is that exhibit one exhibit one is a contract and that contract

173is on with vot net that contract is with two parties the board and vot net that's who that contract is with so if the board authorized or told vot net to contact miss marble and put her name name on it we don't know how her name got on it but there's the contract is only between two parties so again there's if this contract doesn't show proof that that did in fact happen so that's what I'm asking for do you have anything that shows that the board asked vot net solutions to put Miss Marble's name on this on the on the cover sheet okay so that it's a yes or no short answer is no okay that's that's that's all I needed no okay can I elaborate no thank you no I don't I just elaborating

174doesn't help because all I wanted to know is what is the proof and you told me you have none so I'm going to um that we don't have anything the next question that I have showing us pictures and exhibit five and six five and six I see the day I see the time I don't know where this is I don't know I can't read what this gentleman is sitting in front of at a table again we're making assumptions about what this is is there any proof of that of what you say this is is the list of all teacher is that what you're saying it's all teachers names okay do we have proof that that is in fact what that is I I had I I mean I have the teacher that actually took those

175pictures do we have proof of it here today during this hearing the pictures are the proof well I'm positing to you that this is I can't read this anybody else can read that so I can't read this and so I don't know what this is yeah what you here's what is Undisputed Madam uh mckenny what's Undisputed is that is people knocking on a classroom door during the daytime when class is in process that is not allowed I have again those are people knocking I you know what I could tell you a story I can tell you a story right now they're knocking on doors to sell cookies I don't know a list of cookies I I don't know that's what I'm that's why I'm asking you and I'm not trying to be funny I'm just

176saying I there is nothing here that demonstrates that what you are positing is actually what it is it's a theory and it is not a fact so unless we have the proof of that that is difficult for us to take this at face value and so that that's where that's what I'm asking so if you have those documents that would be helpful but I think you've told us you don't have those documents you're just telling us this is what you believe it is yeah iot the documents all right okay I don't have any more questions at this point are there no further questions from the board all right at this time I guess that somebody would need to move to uh make a finding I'd actually point of order or information we just heard that

177this is potentially a liability against the board I'd like to ask that we adjourn and go into executive session okay I'd like to make a motion that we go into executive session oh oh I move that we go into executive session second roll roll call vote please commissioner mik no commissioner Garcia no commissioner Porter yes Commission commissioner Murphy yes commissioner love oh she commissioner mcken no commissioner o yes commissioner Williams he has to recruit Coleman no okay you have three in the affirmative and you have four nay so if I may I think that perhaps um I'd like to make a different motion I'd like to move that we oh will you repeat in favor and against have three three in the affirmative and then we have four n that motion fail it's that motion

178is lost now I'd like to move that we I move I keep I'mma get it I move that we um move this to another day another time postpone it to another to a next meeting second board member mckisic I have a question go ahead thank you it's been moved in second to postpone to next meeting is there any discussion now board member kiss I'm sorry we we love okay thank you thank you madam chair um I just I want to know why I want to have an understanding of why to move this into executive session I don't know if I I understand like discuss potential liability but if if postp to the next meting oh postponed to the next meeting well why this question is still the same so I don't know if U general

179counsel would he be the one to to speak to that of why can't we just make a decision tonight that that's certainly the prerogative of the board but uh you know all right let me rephrase my question so how does this impact us to delay further to to discuss discuss this in another meeting sure it it in short it just delays the collaborative conferencing process which you know we voted the the unions voted on this back in November I believe so it'll further delay you know progress in the collaborative conferencing process and as far as the tempo and the Cadence of these types of U meetings that go on for several weeks from what I recall previously what how does the timeline get impacted what could this mean down the line uh that let me

180director stalworth is he still here he might be better better able to answer that question director stalworth good evening superintendent and Commissioners I think the concern with delaying it further is as we prepare for students to go into testing during collaborative conferencing principles are sometimes out of the building participating in the process um and so it it could impact um teachers not being in their classrooms because we're still collaborative convening and that could be time they could use preparing students for testing and things of that nature at the same time with administrators may not be able to be in the building as uh consistently as like as they' like to be thank you for that clarity thank you madam chair the board recognizes the chair excuse me recognizes board member Murphy thank you madam chair

181um I'm just I I don't I'm not clear on this on both sides so that is why I'm I'm I got to just say I I'm I'm just not clear it's a lot of misinformation on both ends so I'm just not clear on what I'm voting on and he explained it I get it but I don't understand I'm not clear on it and it's just a bunch of back and forth right now and I need Clarity before I can vote on it the chair recognizes board member mckenny I I want us to tread carefully because I recognize that we need to get this process going but I also recognize that just tonight we were essentially the board was potentially put in a liability situation saying that that um I think the allegation if I'm wrong

182then Mr O'Neal can can correct me that they are believe that it is something that the board allowed to happen which puts us um because I believe the next step depending on what we make a decision on is that it could go to Chan Rec court is that correct that is correct so if that's cor if that's correct I I am um positing to my board members that one compromise is to take this an advisement and do a special call we just at the next meeting we can do a special call meeting which can be two days from now or early next week but I think because this is the first we've heard that we are being accused of doing something that violates the statute that would take it to chry court and make potentially

183make us a party then I think this is something that we need to talk about an executive session and give Council time to take under um advisement the chair recognizes board member hu Garcia we keep saying the board but this is a contract with Memphis Shelby County Schools is the accusation that the nine board members the Board of Ed I are we using Board of Education interchangeably or the board they are bringing it against the board not not the Board of Education not Memphis Shelby County Schools the contract is signed by a superintendent says Memphis Shelby County Schools it does not none of us signed a contract it's against the board but their exhibit contradicts that there's no evidence of that are we going to get additional information whether the next meeting is 2 days

184from now or four weeks from now is there a thank you board M hu Garcia that was the point I was I was going to make that's why my light is on um let's understand even if we go to Executive session or we deliberate or discuss this further I can't advocate for either side I can't present any more evidence to either side I can't present the arguments in any other way to for either side all I can do is recite the law um and and you all still have to come back and make the same decision with the same evidence you got before you now what's been submitted has been submitted there's nothing further I I'll be able to provide you uh by way of that so I just want to be clear on that

185uh maybe if there's so willing that's up to the board and just for the public the question was would the attorneys be able to provide further Evidence so would they again that that this this process is is it belongs to the board whatever the board wants to wants to do uh keep it in mind they've had time to submit documents um they've had their attorneys travel here to present to you all you've had an opportunity to ask them questions um so but you know the process belongs to the board so if you all want to hear more from them or you think you need more information from them and you want to give them an opportunity that's that's the the that's the will of the board then that's what it is if I guess if

186the yeah Okay I uh I think it's a uh I'll hold my question the board recognizes board member mckiss thank you madam chair I would like to just speak to my colleagues that there is a timeline and a time frame for a reason and that this process has been going on for many many years before we even came on the scene and I believe these claims are frivolous in my opinion and it's rooted in a problem it is rooted in a problem that is literally sitting right here in front of us so we need to move forward with the process that has been laid out that was agreed upon by the parties back when and to belabor the point with not getting any new additional information we're just going over the exact same thing over

187and over again it's not going to change in terms of the any new information that we get what we got is what we're going to get and so I would like to just make a decision on this tonight because whatever potential litigation there is that's what we face all the time as a board as a school district it happens all the time and so but we've got to continue to move forward as an organization to keep things on track it has an impact as was mentioned about what this could mean for our children and getting into testing season which is right upon us so that's my opinion and um I'm hopeful that we can move forward tonight with making a decision chair recognizes board member mckenny thank you board member mckisic I think we're on

188the same page what I want to make sure of is that we are um being responsible and I'm going to ask the question point blank on record do you have any evidence to support your allegations that the board interfered with this process so all you have are what people say I'm just that's all I'm that's what that's all you have no documentation the question again is do you have any documentation that the board participated in doing what you're alleging I did okay thank you are there further questions the question is on postponing to the next meeting roll call vote please commissioner mckisic no commissioner Garcia no commissioner Porter no commissioner Murphy present now voting commissioner love is gone commissioner mcken no commissioner OT no Boyer Coleman no you have uh six Nays and one present

189no voting the motion is lost [Music] now that you need to vote on the question as to whether there's been a finding of unlawful acts uh uh on behalf of Representatives for UA or the board the question is on the mcea grievance hearing if the illegal action was done by UEA that's the question right is there any discussion is there a motion I move that we vote on the U 12.20 grief hearing second so I think there needs to be Clarity on on what what the position is I think the motion would be to vote whe vote yet vote to affirm whether there was a finding of unlawful acts um on the part of UEA vote to that UEA acted committed committed that's the question before the board right so the question before the board

190is to if you vote yes that means that UEA acted unlawfully if you voted no that means UEA did not act unlawfully okay I have a motion in a second I move that the question that are General Council pose regarding whether or not UA U acted unlawfully that's what I move may I have a second second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic no commissioner Garcia no commissioner Porter no commissioner Murphy present not voting commissioner mckeny no commissioner OT no board chair Coleman no you have um six Nays one present not voting and one obain all right and then I think the final question is same question except for the board uh to affirm whether there was a finding that the board acted unlawfully under the P.K statute cuz it was a it was a two

191it was a two-part question there's a there's an allegation that that UEA acted unlawfully and the board acted unlawfully hearing the evidence now there needs to be a a vote on um the whether there was a finding that the board acted unlawfully Miss Clyde will you restate the vote count please for the last you have um six six Nays you have one present not voting and you have one uh upang so that motion is adopted now we're on to the board portion if you vote yes that means the board acting inappropriately I think there need to be a motion in a second first yeah there needs to be a question a motion to affirm whether the board acted unlawfully uh under the the the Pekka statute or whether the board committed unlawful act I guess

192would be more accurate whether the board committed an unlawful act under the statute I move that we vote on whether the board committed an unlawful act act no that's right she said it right okay second second roll call vote please commissioner mckisic no commissioner Garcia no commissioner Porter no commissioner Murphy no commissioner mckenny no commissioner OT no board chair Coleman no you have seven um Nays that motion is adopted all right I think that concludes our our hearing on the mcea grievance hearing thank you we are now on to the Strategic allocations item we have a total of of $97,400 in strategic allocations oh we got we have to do the resolution read the resolution just and read it into record let her read I just want a motion take take it to to the

193committee second okay there's a motion and second to move to refer this resolution through to committee I'm sorry can we be specific about the committee yall want a motion um to move to committee so we can have just a more robust conversation Comm um for policy and governance committee on Thursday uh is it Thursday Thursday okay yes on Thursday so we can U just have a more robust conversation about it the resolution is will be moved to committee on Thursday to the governance and and policy committee on Thursday okay R roll call vote please commissioner mckiss I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy hi commissioner McKenna I commissioner OT I board chair Coleman I oh commissioner William okay you have seven in the affirmative and you have one present not voting that motion

194is adopted the resolution is moved to committee meeting to the policy and governance committee on Thursday we are now on to our strategic allocations items our total strategic allocations is $97,400 is there a motion to approve this item I move to adopt uh item 13.1 thank you I was just going to make a comment that the list online showed White Station high school for 8,400 it's been corrected and uploaded as Richland Elementary so the flooded classrooms each of those teachers are getting $1,200 to replace items um and and thank you for the administration for working on that so just want to make sure it is reflected online now but and the amount is correct roll call vote please commissioner mcky I commissioner Garcia I commissioner Porter I commissioner Murphy I commissioner mcken hi commissioner OT

195I commissioner will Williams I board chair Coleman I you have Aiden the affirmative thank you that motion is adopted there being no further business this meeting is adjourned thank you so much for your patience e e e