Summary of the School Board special called meeting.

Full board in attendance.

Approval of agenda.

Agreement for RISO lease – copiers for the district. Lease agreement. Town will be the ‘owner’ of the contract due to state law. Same provider as legacy Shelby County. These are lease purchase agreements. Includes service/maintenance. Equipment becomes property of district after the lease agreement. Approved by all board members, except Mr Cox who abstained.

Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with Partners in Education (PIE). The memorandum dictates the flow of gifted funds from the foundation into the district. Approved by full board.

Approval for Renaissance and Fleming to submit the new CHS school as TSBA School of the Year award.

Special called meeting adjourned.

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Summary of the Work Session.

Review of August financial statements. Notable: school revenue (USDA funding) not received yet. SFES can declare severe need, but is awaiting the ruling from the state.

Policy reviews – updates due to legislative and regulatory changes:

  • Parental and Family Involvement – minor updates to update references to state and federal school improvement programs.
  • Promotion and Retention – updates to incorporate emphasis on promotion vs retention. Addition of individual promotion plans to help avoid retention.
  • Graduation Requirements – introduction of new diploma available to special education students
  • Graduation Activities – expands the special recognitions available at the high school graduation ceremonies
  • District Water Testing – new policy – testing for lead in drinking water in facilities built before 1998; dictates specific steps to take in case of negative findings. Includes WCMS, CES, CWES, TOES.

2019-2020 School Calendar – highlights:

  • Summary of highlights available online
  • Full (proposed) calendar available online
  • Each School elected a representative for the committee
  • 607 employees responded to survey (out of approximately 1000 employees)
  • August 6 is student registration/orientation day; August 12 is first day of school for students
  • 2019-20 looks mostly like the 2018-2019 calendar
  • Fall break will be a week later in ’19-20; spring break will be a week later to better balance the calendar
  • Winter break slightly expanded in response to employee complaints about shortened ’18-’19 calendar
  • Maintains full week of no school for fall break, Thanksgiving, spring break
  • Teachers will still be required to attain 18 professional development days (state law)
  • Students will be in school for 175 days, which consumes the stockpiled minutes for inclement weather, leaving (only) 8
  • Due to, among other things, social media feedback, parent-teacher conferences will be split to evenings in fall, daytime in spring
  • It is possible there is a state ruling on testing dates that makes an adjustment to the calendar needed, but this is deemed unlikely
  • Approval of calendar by state will be requested after board approval
  • Municipals are likely to align again (with customary exception for Germantown)

Board Calendar for 2019; anticipating a shift to the CHS Community Room

Superintendent Update:

  • School board association regional meeting being hosted at CHS on Monday
  • On track to open Dragon Stadium for homecoming game
  • grades 3-8 will all be paper and pencil testing, except for one field test; tests will be shorter, and reduced by one

Chairman’s update:

  • CEF Classic Car Show at Central Church Saturday
  • Oct 20 CEF golf tournament at Memphis National
  • Oct 26 OPEB trust update from Morgan Stanley
  • TSBA convention/leadership conferences first week of November – Collierville Schools will be doing several presentations

Meeting Adjourned

 

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