Summary of the October 22, 2019 Business Meeting for Collierville Schools Board of Education.

Mrs Chism absent.

Special Recognitions:

  • STEM at Bailey Station
  • CHS National Merit Semi-finalists
  • CHS National Merit Commended Scholars

No Public Comments

Approval of Agenda, financial statements for September, and previous meeting’s minutes – all approved

Chairman’s report:

  • Congratulations to the girls’ volleyball team who beat Cleveland today, and are facing Brentwood this evening.
  • Annual school board association meeting and OPEB trustees meeting coming up.
  • Excited to get the Battelle for Kids strategic plan activities started.

Superintendent’s Report:

  • Good to be back from fall break.
  • Congratulations to the National Merit Commended and Semi-Finalist students
  • West CMS has now also achieved the Apple Distinguished School designation
  • Athletic Fields have been subject of questions from the public. Field progress not where it should be, and operations and legal counsel are working on them. Update from Mr Dougherty: Contractors and Collierville Schools met and contractors are working with construction managers and contractors to address soccer field issues, baseball field issues are being addressed, including the misaligned bases and foul pole, and the off-center ‘champions wall.’ Stadium lights are now working properly after new wiring. Priority on making all fields safe and operational by spring seasons. Practice fields are lagging behind these.

Additional Item from the Chairman about the school board opening. October 29 4pm working session scheduled by Board of Mayor and Aldermen at Town Hall to review initial list of 30 candidates. Meeting is open to the public.

Business Items:

  • 2019 LEA Compliance Report
  • January-June 2020 Board Calendar change. Recommendation to move the work session meetings to be only one week prior to the business meeting, and also to move them to 4pm. Discussion affirmed that this schedule change will make these meetings more convenient for staff to attend, which should outweigh any inconvenience to members from the public who might want to attend during their job’s regular business hours. The meetings will also move to the central office, which should see its construction effort be completed by then.
  • Approval of Studio/Broadcast Equipment RFP. This will install commercial-grade equipment that is on par with what is found in professional TV/News studios. Equipment will include the ability to broadcast within the school building, as well as a remote studio for live streaming from location. Funding will be from various sources, including a grant made possible through a partnership for dual enrollment with UT Martin. Mr Warren asked if the broadcast in the building would consume wifi bandwidth, but was assured this would be a wired connection.
  • Approval of school board calendar policy to remove reference to work sessions to more closely follow the TSBA model policy and rewords the language around regularly scheduled meetings to incorporate increased flexibility.

Meeting Adjourned.