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Citizen’s Report: Collierville School Board Business Meeting, July 28, 2020

Jul 28

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Summary of the July 28 Collierville School Board Business Meeting. This summary represents my best attempt to capture what was discussed. Please feel free to contact me if there are any issues. Full board present. Meeting was moved to CHS Pickler Auditorium to accommodate more members of the public. Full distancing is in place, with marked seats in alternating rows. Estimated 150-200 people in attendance (1000 seat auditorium, half of the rows available, 1 person for every 3 seats, means about 1/6 full.

Mr Hansen asks the board if they consent to suspending the new 30 minute limit on comments, and they agree to ‘take as long as needed.’

Opening Statements – presentations about reopening plans.

Dr Lilly – we are having to learn as we go along – this has never been seen before. Dr Lilly thanks attendees and parents for their input through emails and calls, which have been much appreciated.

  • 88% of parents said they prefer return to school if safe
  • 85% of parents prefer hybrid if not safe
  • AAP: “spacing as close as 3 feet may approach the benefits of 6 ft of space”
  • Health Department questioned the 3 ft, the planned bus use and not mandating masks at all grades; sets 6 ft as gold standard
  • AAP, CDC and Tn Dept of Education all point to local health authorities as the primary source for decisions and guidance
  • 6 ft of distance forces use of hybrid model
  • Other districts have higher participation in virtual education, allowing them to use greater distancing between students
  • CVA offerings are limited because ‘you can’t stand up a full virtual academy in such a short time.’
  • Breaking news: additional AP courses will now be available through a third party provider (not Edgenuity).
  • Also adding STEM and Art at the middle school
  • Virtual enrollment will be monitored to see if enough students will select it to allow in-person return to school with distancing.
  • Lower grades will be prioritized for return to in-person.

Presentation by Dr Nancy Kelley, Director of Safe Schools at Collierville – Provided background on what distancing looks like. One example of desk usage – all desks in the hybrid classroom, but color coded which seats are in use each day.

Public comments. Mr Hansen addresses the public response to the reopening plan, and having seen feedback everywhere. People don’t like the hybrid plan, and neither does he. Nobody has this as the preferred solution. Everyone acts like they are experts, but we have to rely on real data from the appropriate official institutions. Collierville seems to have been the most aggressive in trying to open back up to 5 days of in-person teaching across the state. With cases continuing to rise, the Shelby County Health Department would not endorse the plan.

Notable comments from speakers:

  • Having a much stronger Virtual Academy offering can reduce capacity in schools
  • Seniors aren’t allowed to take study hall in CVA – which is a bizarre rule
  • Parents asking for in-person school because students need that help
  • Families are choosing to leave Collierville Schools which will remove funding from our schools
  • There are still undecided parents in regards to CVA
  • Nobody is answering the question: how do we keep a parent home to guide a child through the hybrid model? Collierville Schools hasn’t addressed this
  • Parent asking for help from Collierville Schools to figure out how kids can stay home for hybrid
  • Parents referencing what Governor Lee said earlier today – challenging the board to take the governor up on his offer
  • Parent asking to sign medical waivers for parents who aren’t scared
  • Parent urging we listen to medical professionals. Different models may be possible at different ages, but have to follow medical advice
  • Collierville Schools hasn’t published medical response plan at this time
  • Parent points people to COPOD site that matches students with learning coaches
  • Parents in the crowd: “we don’t need data”
  • Parent: “masks work, why don’t we use them and send kids to school?”
  • Parent asking about half days, using other buildings in town (Malco is empty), trailers. Urges creativity.
  • Majority supports in-person school, need to listen to them
  • Parent says we shouldn’t be held hostage by the Shelby County Health Department
  • Several parents recount their medical professional background
  • Parent (also teacher at CHS) points out how the number of students at CHS creates an environment where the virus will flourish, and recommends the hybrid model to keep kids, teachers and all their families safe
  • Parent spoke in support of what Collierville Schools has done to support her family and thanks the board and administration for their dedication
  • Parent claims kids of teachers can come to school 4 days a week (which is actually not true, per Collierville Schools administration)
  • Parent and teacher talks about the decisions she has had to make to prepare for teaching in a COVID world. Speaks in favor of the hybrid plan
  • Many parents pointing out that local child care facilities were open with no issue

Following public comment, Mr Hansen called a 10 minute break. Vast majority of people filed out.

Business Items:

  • Approval of agenda, prior meeting minutes, June financial statements
  • Chairman Report – thanks for the feedback from the public, appreciated people taking time to share their concerns
  • Superintendent Report:
    - virtual school options being enhanced
    - welcomed new teachers back today, all others tomorrow; first day of school August 17
    - Contingency of Remote Learning will not look like what the spring looked like
    - Parents will need to be vigilant to check kids for sickness and keep them home to prevent outbreaks
  • Final review and approval of revised policies:
    • Budget line item transfer authority language and responsibility clarification
    • Gifts and bequests
    • Surplus property sales
    • Audits
    • Fundraising Activities – new policy replaces old policy – will need to add clause about exception process to follow TN law
    • Staff Gifts
  • Review of new Deferred Compensation Plan (401(k))
  • Establishment of Middle School (combined) Dance Team Support Organization
  • Approval of Elementary, Middle and High School Fees
  • Approval of updated disciplinary hearing authority committee membership
  • Approval of resolution for emergency suspension of (select) board policies for 20-21 school year

Finally, review of the Board Resolution on the Reopening Plan. This resolution approves the plan, and specifically urges the Superintendent to offer 5 days a week in-person teaching as soon as possible.

Mr Warren had some comments about being pleased with the original plan, which in his opinion was a low-risk plan. Realizes the legal liability of opening schools against health department advice. Disagrees with the sentiment of the public that students were not put first, since this is the only feasible (if undesirable) choice.

Mr Warren asks what the role of the board is in moving forward with reopening. Dr Lilly explained the board is to be informed, but approval through resolution is the formal vehicle for that.

Mr Cox states the goal is to get to 5 days in person as soon as we can, and the resolution provides that instruction.

Board Attorney Marshall clarifies that the Superintendent and his administration are responsible for the plan and its execution.

Mr Cox and Mrs Chism urge the administration to make the Virtual Academy broader and make it a better offering.

Resolution approved.

Mrs Gibbs made comments acknowledging the passion of the parents here tonight. Apprciates the Superintendent, his staff, administration for the endless effort put in over these past months.

Meeting adjourned.

One more thing… I have been writing up these summaries in my attempt to help local stakeholders stay engaged and informed since 2014, adding up to 80+ meetings. I am hoping to further improve community engagement by getting elected to the school board. If you’re so inclined, please visit my campaign page and ‘like’ it for updates, and consider getting involved! Thank you!

 

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Citizen’s Report: Collierville School Board Work Session and subsequent Business Meeting, May21, 2020

May 19

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This is my summary of the Work Session of the Collierville Board of Education for April 28, 2020. As always, these notes represent my observations of the public meeting. Any comments or corrections of inadvertent misstatements are welcome.

Board Present on WebEx, except for Mr. Cox.

Review of April Financial Statements.

Mrs Hays reporting on favorable results where revenues are outpacing expenses.

CARES Act funding comments – the district will try to use federal funds to replace missing revenues (sales tax) rather than to make purchases. This is pending State allocations, then State guidance on what funding can be used for.

Apple Lease Review – three year lease-purchase agreement. At the end of the three years, the district can sell the devices to a third-party at approximately 33% of the value of the devices. Town BMA will hold the lease and will need to approve this lease, due to the nature of the lease being a debt agreement, which the school system cannot incur. In addition to this lease, the district is looking to supplement devices to 1:1 ratios in K-2 grades. These will be attempted to be a CARES act purchase rather than a lease.

This lease is iPads for middle schools, iPads for staff and MacBooks for teachers.

School Board Calendar for July 2020 through June 2021. Proposed schedule follows current model: Work Sessions 4pm at Central Office on third Tuesday of the month, and Business Meetings 6pm fourth Tuesday of the month at CHS, with minor exceptions for November, December, and March.

Change to Field Trip Policy: set constraints for independently planned trips organized by school teachers, which are not part of curriculum or funding. These will be unexcused absences, and any liability will lie with the organizers.

Graduation Activities Policy – TSBA recommended update to define scope of graduation activities and to protect the district in regards to maintaining separation of church and state. Proposed update to create distinction that this pertains only to activities organized by or sanctioned by the district.

Special Course Application – seeking approval for new (optional) full credit Student Success Course. This is to correct a state error that only allows a half credit for the student success course under the old model. This would be effective this coming school year. Previous year(s) were allowed to remain at full credit due to publication error with the state. This course is the enhanced student success course that was discussed in prior meetings, but will not be made mandatory for 20-21. Approval (or rejection) is anticipated to be completed before the end of June. If rejected, some options are available to add co-enrollment of another course to add up to a full credit, or switch to a half-year, etc. Some discussion around board member questions for the justification of the application and some of the content.

Career Success Course as a focused elective – improved listing of Career Success to be paired with CTE classes for focused elective option.

Bailey Station bus lot and Tara Oaks parking lot repaving – one bid for both – to be awarded to Hollingsworth Paving

Sycamore Elementary Roofing Restoration to be awarded to Garland/DBS – attempted to do under cooperative agreement – quote came in too high – will be pulled from agenda and sent out to bid.

Superintendent Evaluation instrument – Presentation by Board Attorney Mr Marshall. Evaluation to be performed and submitted by  board members to Mr Marshall.

Work Session Adjourned approximately 6:12pm – 5 minute break prior to business meeting.

Moving on to Business Meeting

Mr Cox still absent (planned) but enough of the board present to have quorum; Mr Cox may join later during meeting. Speedy meeting since essentially all discussions took place during the work session reported above.

Public Comments:

  • Amy Johnson – would like to know what the plans are for the fall for safe return of students and any remote learning plans. Dr Lilly: was scheduled to touch on this during update, but will address now. Lots of unknowns for what the fall will hold. Planning for various contingencies, including full normal return, some students remaining home, all the way to complete online scenario. Scenarios under consideration to see how curriculum, transportation, nutrition will look like; impacts on sports, cleaning, etc. Reentry committee will be seated tomorrow, with Mr Hansen as the board representative, to create variety of plans which will be vetted with health professionals. This will allow for the creation of a set of contingencies which can be switched as the need arises. Students, faculty and staff need to remain healthy and safe. Hoping to share some more plan variety details in June.
  • Suzanne Stanford – thanks to CHS and Project Graduation for senior pickup process. Is asking for increased, more consistent, and broader communication. Touches on the fact that seniors that are joining the military will likely be in basic training by the projected June 26 Bellevue graduation, and that a July football field commencement (contingency) will be very hot.

Review and approval of prior meeting minutes, agenda and April Financials.

Chairman’s Report:

  • Will keep it short due to the long meeting. Refers to contingency planning under way for next school year. Other board meetings will be welcome to represent the board on subcommittees that will spring up.
  • Lots of board-related work that was planned and/or started has been deferred, but some items are now getting scheduled again.

Superintendent’s Report:

  • Thanks to Mrs Stanford’s comments. It is impossible to overcommunicate, so he appreciates the ask for more, and will be more intentional with frequency and content.
  • Graduation ceremony/event planning is very tough in the fluid situation. Relates to the needs of the military-bound graduate as his son is going to a Service Academy.
  • Email with updated graduation activities is coming tomorrow.
  • This week is the end of the school year. Thanks and apologies to the student body for staying engaged and positive. Thanks to parents for support. Thanks to teachers for major changes they had to make. Thanks to all the staff everywhere that put in so much effort.
  • Today there was another delivery of household necessities to 77 needy families.
  • Collierville Schools is going to have extensive plans for next year. Will be looking to incorporate parental input.
  • Offices will be closed for Memorial Day. Gratitude expressed for those who served and paid the ultimate price.

Approval of business items discussed in work session earlier in the evening. Mr Cox has joined the meeting.

Mrs Chism made comments in regards to the Student Success Course application stating she didn’t have enough time to perform due diligence on this item. Course application vote passed 4-1 with Mrs Chism voting against.

No further notable discussions of business items.

Meeting Adjourned.

 

 

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Citizen’s Report: Collierville School Board Business Meeting, April 26, 2018

Apr 26

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Full board present. Large number of public in attendance due to several recognitions.

Special Recognitions:

  1. Retirements: teachers and staff
  2. Collierville Schools MLK50 Art Contest – one winner for each of the three grade categories; organized by Collierville Schools
  3. Collierville High: Sr Band Members; president of Student Government Association; Tony Sims, winner of speech competition – recited his highly impressive speech.

Approval of agenda, Previous month’s minutes, March Financial Statements – including attendance adjustment of $500k in revenue.

Public Comments:

Jim Schillinger Collierville resident – daughter is Sr in band and other daughter is rising sophomore. Local entrepreneur who could provide AV Services. Agenda for today’s meeting shows contract up for approval, but didn’t get opportunity to bid, despite ensuring full qualification and closely watching the bid invitations. Disappointed not to have seen a competitive bid opportunity. Mr Jones took his contact info and will follow up.

Chairman’s Report

  • Dr Kelly and Mr Hansen went to school security summit in Nashville
  • TNReady issues; nod of the head to Mr Vaughan representing Collierville Schools at the General Assembly. Hopeful for successful completion of testing. School board is appreciative of the determination and patience of school admin, teachers, parents and students. Local administration is very limited in options in following state law.

Superintendent’s Report

  • Announcing the opening of the second Voluntary Pre-K classroom – will be at SFES
  • Discussed TNReady testing with commissioner and able to share frustration. State law dictates the actions of the school district in testing. Thanks to the General Assembly to create ‘exemption’ for test results.
  • May 7-11 is teacher appreciation week
  • Asked Mr Vaughan to provide comments on TNReady. Paraphrased: Challenge is lame-duck administration including appointed commissioners and their staff. Assembly believes testing must be done, and online is the appropriate method. Problem is in the failed execution and inability to hold the department of education accountable. In the end the legislators were able to agree on language that allows for any positives to be recognized out of testing (if any) and to hold stakeholders harmless for negatives.
    Mr Vaughan emphasized that testing will not stop. Assessment is necessary to measure effectiveness, and the department of Education (under the next administration) will need to keep working on better solutions. Also wants to highlight that Collierville is establishing itself as a leader in the state.

Business Items

  • Inclement Weather Days – enough stockpile days (13) to recommend no makeup days – approved
  • 2018-2019 Transportation Services Contract. Two bids on contract. Durham winning bid, authorization for executive committee to enter into contract once approved by joint municipalities. Cost of services going up. Approved
  • Sick Leave bank committee. Requested by employees. Committee will review requests. Mrs Chism and Mr Cox board representatives on 5 member committee.
  • 2018-2019 General Fund Budget. Big changes this year due to new high school, as well as higher cost for several essential services. Teachers will get step increases. Some new teaching and support positions, both for Schilling Farms Elementary and across the other schools as needed. Approved.
  • 2018-2019 Special Revenue Fund Budget. Approved.
  • Apple Lease for MacBooks for the high school students – $1M per year for 3 years; 3100 student devices. Capital lease between town of Collierville and Apple, and reimbursed by School district. Approved.
  • High School interior score boards contract. Run through contractor’s FFE contract. Followed RFQ process – request for qualifications. Vendor to use contracted pricing. Approved.
  • High School Athletic Lockers contract. Approved. (RFQ)
  • High School Building Signage contract. Approved. (RFQ)
  • High School Basketball Goals. Approved. (RFQ)
  • Schilling Farms Elementary Renovations. Approved.
  • Schilling Farms Elementary roof replacement. Approved.
  • High School exterior scoreboards. Opportunity for participation by Partners in Education (sponsorship). Approved.
  • West Collierville Middle Interiors and Renovations Contract – bids opened last week (new business added to agenda). Will include changes to entrance to improve safety and security, flooring, paint work, etc. Approved.

Meeting Adjourned

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Citizen’s Report: Collierville School Working Session and Business Meeting, March 21, 2017

Mar 21

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Working session preceding the regular business meeting.

Board present, except for Kevin Vaughan.

Board Calendar changes… April 11 will be full schedule.

April 25 will have too many absent – reschedule for April 17 (Monday) still at 6 pm

May 9 and 23 scheduled.

CTE Text book adoption. Full process followed is linked here. Recommendation is full list adoption, which will allow for flexible purchases when needed (no purchase at this time).

Policy Updates:

  • Internet usage – no longer ‘use of computer’ but changed to ‘use of network’ and adding use of others’ accounts in definition of trespassing.
  • Staff Responsible Use – change from ‘acceptable use’
  • Student Responsible Use Pre-K-5
  • Student Responsible Use 6-12

Q: Damage to iPad devices? There have been 9. One by dog… All have been repaired under the insurance coverage at no cost.

Q: issues with content? No, filtering is working well

Q: are there new security features in the next OS version? Yes, and we’ll push that to the devices when it comes to general release.

InterLocal Agreements. All drafted for one year. Bartlett in all of them.

  • Student Management (Powerschool), ABC schools (Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville).
  • Nutrition, Bartlett and Collierville.
  • Transportation, all schools except Millington.

Why are some districts pulling out? Various reasons, mostly related to desire to be independent/distinct or financial considerations. Important to note that a lot of the legacy knowledge is with staff that is looking at retirement.

Financial Report – no surprises. Holding the line on expenditures.

Budget Amendment – increased BEP funding; this is largely allocated to the capital outlay fund for future major project use.

Allowing construction manager to act as purchasing agent for the district. Streamlines process and allows for some sales tax savings through agency status.

Resolution of opposition for school vouchers (House Bill for Shelby County pilot only). See the link for the full text, which provides a good outline of all the reasons school vouchers should not be implemented.

(Kevin Vaughan joined the meeting)

ILAs for additional services, not originating with Collierville:

  • Business Information Management Assistance – APEX system – ABC schools, hosted by Bartlett
  • Payroll Services – ABC schools, hosted by Bartlett
  • Planning Services – ABC schools, hosted by Bartlett
  • Benefits – ABC schools, hosted by Bartlett
  • Purchasing assistance – ABC schools, hosted by Bartlett
  • Career and Technical Education – All Schools except Lakeland, hosted by Arlington
  • Energy Management – ABC plus Germantown schools, hosted by Arlington

The Bartlett ILAs are raising cost by approximately $49k over the current year; the Arlington ones are at essentially the same cost.

All ILAs will be put on business meeting’s consent agenda.

— end of working session

Business meeting has full quorum.

Special recognitions today:

  • Schilling Farms Middle School (1118 students). Presentation included two videos, which will be posted on the school website shortly.
  • Collierville Schools Technology Team. Public thank you for the team responsible for the iPad roll-out and all the planning and support that this took.

Public Comment:

  • Paige Eubank – softball CHS as a student, and speaking on behalf of her sister who is on the team currently and the rest of the CHS team. Wants to challenge the apparent preference given to boys’ teams over girls’ teams: visible in facility use and scheduling.
  • Jack Eubank – speaking on behalf of the group (female athletes) – recalls speaking at this venue in summer 2015, noting Title IX issues. Board then assured ‘give us time.’ Mr Eubank provided some detail about the Title IX stipulations, and various examples of how Collierville Schools has some significant issues in its current operations. Mr Eubank makes strong points addressing detailed concerns. Suggests three immediate actions to review current state and build consensus for improvements.

Vote to create consent agenda item for ILA.

Approval of minutes, January financial statements.

Chairman’s report – nothing at this time.

Superintendent’s report:

  • Battle of the Books
  • Kindergarten Kickoff
  • Non-resident applications being processed
  • Going to Nashville to attend education legislation events, may testify on voucher bill

Hansen question: Bill on Physical Education concerns: while the time is being reduced, the schools are not going to be able to be compliant with it without cutting into education time. Impacts being assessed – will result in policy updates in April and May.

Approval of updated school board meeting calendar, CTE textbook recommendation.

Approval of policy updates from working session and purchasing agent items.

Approval of resolution to oppose school vouchers.

Approval of ILA consent agenda.

Meeting Adjourned.

 

 

 

 

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Citizen’s Report: Collierville School Business Meeting, December 13, 2016

Dec 13

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Regular business meeting for the Collerville School Board. All board members in attendance.

Special Recognition: Tara Oaks Elementary’s Tiger Tones. Should mention that having them in the room for the Pledge of Allegiance was a special treat, also… (Most of these recognitions bring in the students after the meeting has gotten under way)

Ms. Risa Elder, 3rd Grade Teacher, Tara Oaks Elementary “Science Educator of the Year” for the State of Tennessee (lower grades)

Ms. Lauren Baker, Counselor, Collierville Elementary School “School Counselor of the Year” for the Elementary Division for the State of Tennessee

No public comments

Approval of Agenda, Minutes, October 2016 Financial Statements.

Chairman’s report:

  • Lot going on in the schools, trying to attend as many programs and open houses as possible. Very enjoyable to interact with the parents, students, and staff.

Superintendent’s report:

  • 2% longevity bonus for employees maxed out will receive half of that this month
  • Collierville Schools listed as the top educational employer in the area
  • Congratulations to reelected board members who were sworn in last week
  • State Report Card published today. Proud of achievement. Top 10 rating in state for English and Math. Expected dip in statewide achievement scores due to TN Ready challenges was visible. American History is main area of opportunity for Collierville Schools.
  • 24.6 composite ACT score for the district
  • Challenges around the future format of the report card – will lead to reduced visibility in key areas.
  • State level lots of discussion on charters, vouchers, etc.
  • Friday half day for students for Christmas break
  • January will start rezoning meetings
  • iPads will be issued in January

Business Items:

Board officer position elections: chair, vice chair and Tennessee Legislative Network

Mark Hansen nominated to continue as chairman, with support from the rest of the board. Honored to accept. Exciting work.

Kevin Vaughan nominated to continue as vice chairman. Accepts on condition Mr Hansen keeps up his attendance record.

Cathy Messerly nominated to continue as TLN representative.

Pro-Rated device fee for Middle School iPads: $25. 6th and 7th graders will carry device home. Annual fee is $50. This will cover protection through Safeware against damage, loss, and theft. 4th and 5th graders will not take device home, and will thus not be assessed a fee. Note: devices are in protective case to preserve them.

Meeting adjourned.

 

 

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Citizen’s Report: Collierville School Working Session, November 15, 2016

Nov 15

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Collierville Schools Board Working Session. Full board present.

Digital Learning Update

Note: the (draft) resource guide for the technology rollout is online. NOTE ALSO: THIS IS NOT FINAL

Rollout planned to start early in January 2017 with iPads for grades 4-7. Summer 2018 will see rollout to the high school with MacBook laptops. Grades 6+ will be able to take devices home. Home use of devices for grades 4-5 is not currently available, but may be an option in the future.

Fees listed in the draft resource guide are not final/approved yet.

Updates to network infrastructure are under way to ensure sufficient bandwidth is available.

Devices will be controlled through the Filewave Mobile Device Management tool. Has the devices locked and controlled remotely. This will render any stolen devices completely unusable, in addition to pushing updates and content out to the devices. All internet use will be filtered and restricted while on campus, but will also have filtering when the students are off-campus. The result is a powerful digital tool that is controlled by Collierville Schools.

Major component of the technology roll-out is Digital Citizenship. All teachers are in the process of being certified in the digital citizenship model promoted by Common Sense Media. In the first couple of months of the roll-out, all users will complete 5 lessons on digital citizenship. This will have annual refreshers and continuous reinforcement.

Collierville Schools is using the Schoology Learning Management System (LMS). It is integrated with PowerSchool, including schedules and rosters. It also lets teachers create digital content and assessments, and has freely available digital content from around the world from other teachers and service providers.

Student emails have been created for all Collierville Students with an @colliervilledragons.org domain. The email is through the Office 365 service, which allows each user 1Tb of cloud storage, and provides Microsoft Office applications on up to 5 devices, such as home computers. K-5th grade students can only email within the district.

Discussion of concerns around students getting email access, especially in the lower grades.

Part of the digital learning is also significant support for the admin, staff and faculty. Professional development geared to the grade levels. Selected classroom teachers per school are designated members of the ‘Vanguard Group’ to help their schools with the technology integrations and to support their peer teachers.

Deployment schedule:

  • Grades 4-7 in January 2017
  • Grades 3-8 in Fall 2017
  • Grades 9-12 in Fall 2018
  • Grades K-2 with 2:1 ratio devices in Fall 2019

Collierville High School Update

Collierville Schools stays closely informed on construction progress through bi-weekly review updates with the architects and construction management. These meetings also preview upcoming work, and to cover decisions to be made. Currently, the project is “absolutely not behind schedule.”

Presentation showed progress in a 3-D image. This showed the weekly and even some daily progress with footings, foundations, slabs, walls, etc. Concrete work started on 8/31.

Bids for interior finishes were opened 10/27. This includes millwork, drywall, tile, vinyl and wood flooring, and paint. Qualified lowest bid selection process under way.

Design being finalized for the athletic complex.

Update on the financial angle – close monitoring of the cost against budget.

Question from Mr. Vaughan about road infrastructure around the school and the concerns around peak times. This is subject to projections and modeling and the town is working to prepare for this.

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