Collierville School Board Business meeting. Absent: Kevin Vaughan and Wanda Chism.

Special Recognitions:

• Special Education for Collierville Schools. Good reminder of what all a public school system offers to its students in addition to basic/mainstream education. 167 total staff.
• System retirees

No Public Comment

Approval of minutes, March financial statements.

Chairman’s Report:

• End of the year is here – CHS graduation 515 seniors
• Busy summer with capital projects
• High School construction at full speed

Superintendent’s Report:

• Friday is last day of school, but summer projects will start following Memorial Day, painting, concrete work, A/C work, etc.
• New custodial services company starting June 1.
• Auditorium going up at CHS, roofing going into cafeteria, drywall and insulation going into classrooms, athletic site pricing under way
• TN Ready testing update – no results returned at this time, therefore no inclusion in student final grades. Individual scores and assessments will be provided when they are made available. State-wide it appears barely any school systems have received their results, even if testing was taken online.
• Next year’s test should be online, which may help with the turnaround time.
• Next school year will be very busy: rezoning for elementary and middle schools, high school construction, expansion of digital learning initiative
• Best wishes to the retirees
• Student meals will go up 25 cents next year
• Central Office will be on summer schedule: 7-5 Monday through Thursday, closed on Friday

Business Items:

• Amending 2016-2017 CIP budget approved; $1.3M in county capital to be received within the next month will lead to additional updates
• Amending 2016-2017 discretionary (grant) budget
• Board Meeting Calendar
• Policies on food service management and student wellness
• HVAC bid awards for current high school and Schilling Farms middle school
• Update on 5-year capital improvement plan (CIP)
• Superintendent evaluation tool
• All items approved by the board – details for all of these can be found in the summary of the previous meeting

Meeting Adjourned

Tags: Citizen's Report, Collierville Schools

Board Working Session – full board in attendance.

Special recognitions for CHS Valedictorian (Priyal Pathak) and Salutatorian (Caitlin O’Connor).

Introduction of the next STEM Cohort for both middle schools.

Budgets:

• Capital Improvement Plan funding – $1.7M from Shelby County. Detailed budget amendments due in June.
• Discretionary Grants (non-federal): School Health, Teacher Leader Council, America’s Farmers Grow, Race for the Ville, Safe Schools, Voluntary Pre-K – $224,000 total

March 2017 Financial Report

Board Calendar Updates – flipping working session and business meetings for the remainder of the calendar. No date changes at this point.

Policy updates – based on recommendations of TSBA:

• Food Service Management – regulatory-based changes
• Student Wellness – sections around physical activity updated based on updated guidance. Removal of ‘unstructured play’ wording, adjustments based on legislation and federal requirements. CHS does not have the physical facilities to currently be in full compliance.

Bid reviews:

• CHS Installation of previously purchased HVAC equipment (22 units). Low bidder coming in at half the cost of other two – healthy skepticism applied, but all details are included – lowest bidder recommended for business meeting.
• SFMS Installation of previously purchased HVAC equipment (69 units).

5-year Capital Improvement Plan update (annual activity)

• Full details available at this link

Superintendent Evaluation – updated model based on consortium of TN organizations

Board Retreat – looking at some time in June to work on strategic plans, etc. Will include discussion of start times, grading scales, non-resident tuition.

Superintendent Update:

• Congrats to Mr Vaughan on his primary election win
• TNReady – Dr Ducey’s first go-around. No speculation when raw scores are expected
• Teacher appreciation week(s)
• Budget going to Collierville BMA May 22
• Prom 5/13 at Columns

Chairman Update:

• Board member educational requirements – several board members have activities planned
• Collierville Education Foundation team trivia event last week was great event
• Recollection of some specific teachers of Mr Hansen’s past in honor of teacher recognition week

Meeting Adjourned

Tags: Citizen's Report, Collierville Schools