Regular business meeting. Mr. Vaughan absent.

Special recognition – Collierville Middle School – Mr. Jones presenting:

  • POM team and Hip Hop – 2nd and 3rd place respectively at Nationals.
  • Fire Prevention Poster; state-wide winners at 6th and 7th grade. Note: 7 of 15 state winners came from Collierville Schools.
  • March 12 at Morton Museum reception and art exhibition 10am-noon.
  • CMS Robotics teams – 5 teams. Won 4 awards past weekend, in second year competing.
  • CMS Orchestra awards and all-west honors; St Louis annual competition
  • CMS Band – all West honors

Special Recognition – several students with perfect writing score in TCAP – 4 in all categories.

Public Comments – none

December monthly financial statements up for approval – unanimous

Chairman’s report:

  • Lots of activity in Nashville, including voucher bill; up for vote Thursday 9am; CS disapproves of diverting public money away from public schools. Any parent feeling strongly about this should contact their legislators.
  • March Literacy Luau March 3rd at CMS. Including free pizza at 5:30.

Superintendent update:

  • CHS Student liaison – Evan Craft.
  • March business meeting 1 pm on a Wednesday due to certification process
  • School audits; 3 perfect scores; rest satisfactory
  • District Learning Day Friday (no school)
  • Rezoning Committee – parent meeting being planned Feb 18; 6 pm CHS. Potentially affected students notified by mail today; website update in the morning.
  • TNReady – moving to paper and pencil for the rest of the year. Thursday Dept of Ed will provide guidance on testing window. Lot of hard work and preparation went into getting ready for this within CS. Recognition all around despite the third party problems. Net result – more instructional time to prepare.
  • Engineers and town engineers working on site plan and design for CHS site. March Planning Commission targeted.

Dr Dyer Digital Learning Update. Presentation available online.

  • Various committees in place to research and decide on 1:1 options for Collierville Schools.
  • Picture in presentation shows iPad but that student is also using paper and pencil – goal is blended learning that will lean on traditional techniques and incorporate technology.
  • March/April final recommendations due to school board
  • This Friday’s DLD will start the development of the staff in the digital learning journey
  • Comparison between Lenovo and Apple.
  • Specialization by Apple into educational support and software is superior to what is available on a Lenovo platform. Cost is remarkably similar.
  • Estimated cost to upgrade network environments – $800k (no bids yet)
  • Estimated device costs – $2.5M
  • Cost estimate shows grades 4 through 7 – with iPad as a example device
  • Apple will be presented as the vendor of choice in the future recommendation. Based in part on long history of using Apple equipment in classrooms.
  • Preparing teachers will be highest priority.
  • Question from audience: estimated savings from no longer using/needing textbooks? Not yet estimated – but savings will be realized.

Student Liaison update/comments. Providing student-perspective view of CHS. Academic achievements, extracurricular activities, support by staff for students.

Consent Agenda: 3 updates as discussed in January working session: graduation requirements, cardiac arrests, budget amendment. Approved.

Adjourned.