Present. Board member Porter. Present. Board member Murphy. Present. Board member Love. Present. Board member McKenna. Present. Board member Otang. Present. Board member Williams. Board chair Coleman. Present. You have
Aiden the affirmative. We do have a quorum. Tonight's posting of the codes is presented by White Station High School. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance. Please remain remain standing for a moment of silence. It is
with extreme heavy hearts that tonight's moment of silence and remembrance of the following MSCS students and staff that we have recently lost. Please keep their families in your prayers. Otis Cornelius, a recent graduate of Kirby
High School. Ransom Destiny, a recent graduate of Kirby High School. both just graduated this year. Baker Varian, a Treadwell Elementary School ISS coordinator. Daryl
M. Dosset, an RO instructor, ROC instructor at White Haven High School. And David Johnson, retired admin administrator from Merose High School. And I'd like to add uh Fred Smith,
founder and CEO of uh Federal Express. To the flag of the United States of America to the republic for it stands nationy andice for all. Thank you. You may be seated. We are now on to the approval of the
agenda. Are there any amendments in Superintendent Richmond? Yes, board chair. We'd like to uh move uh 4.5 and 4.8 11.45 and 11.48
uh to the action agenda. from consent to the action agenda board members. Yes, we'd like to request to add um ad hoc facilities committee members. No,
there being no further amendments to the agenda, is there a motion for the approval? A motion to approve the agenda. I move to the agenda. Second motion by board member Murphy, second by board member Oto. Roll call
vote. Board member Garcia. I. Board member Porter. Hi. Board member Murphy. Hi. Board member Love. Board member McKini. Yes. Board member Otay. I. Board member Williams.
I, Board Chair Coleman, I. You have eight in the affirmative. Thank you. That agenda is approved. We're now on to public comment. In accordance with state statute, the board shall reserve a period of public comment during business and special call meetings.
Only those members of the board who sign up for public comments prior to the commencement of this meeting shall be permitted to address the board. Public comments shall be taken in the order in which the public signups are received. A signup sheet for public comments will be
provided 30 minutes prior to each applica meeting and will close at the start of the meeting. This sign up is located at the entryway table just past the security checkpoint. Speakers must state their name, organization he or she is
representing, if any, and subject of their comment before they to proceed. Speakers must offer may offer objective comments about school operations and programs that concern them. Speakers are asked to refrain from using names of
personnel or names of persons connected with the school system, particularly when lodging a comp. Speakers will not be permitted to engage in gossip, make defamatory comments, or use abusive or vulgar language. The
chairman shall have the authority to terminate the remarks of any individual who is disruptive and does not adhere to board rules. Dr. Schultz will announce the number of speakers and times allotted per speaker. This evening, we have nine speakers at three minutes
each. Your time is projected on the screen to your right and directly behind the board. When you hear a bell, your time has expired. Our first three speakers, Miss Latasha Griggs, Miss Claudet Boyd, Mr. Damian Noel.
Good afternoon. My name is Tasha Griggs. My address is 3321 Burges Drive. I have a couple of things I want to address. First thing I want to address is there is no way with the heat index at 104. This building is locked
and you have elderly people standing outside waiting to get in. That needs to change. We pay for this building. we should have access to this building when it's that hot outside. First thing first. Second of all, I wanted to know
how do you all terminate employees without proper investigation? I know I'm not going to say no name, so I ain't going to do that. But I'm trying to understand why do we have a school who has a group of parents that raise
money for their children to participate in certain activities or so of such such as $1,200. So if you got 15 kids and their parents each paid $1,200 for them to uh
participate in whatever it is they participating in, that's $18,000. Where's that money? Like the parents are trying to get the money. The school telling them there's no money. So I'm asking you all, where's the money? Well, I would ask you all to look into it and
see where that money is at because at today's time, everything is high and nobody has $1,200 to give to nobody and they can't get their money back. Especially when the kids can't participate in whatever the sport or whatever it is that they trying to
participate in. Thank you. Hello, my name is Claudette Boyd, 713 Burststone Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee 38109. I'm here personally to thank the administration for listening. I'm an
alumni, a proud alumni of Merose High School. We've working diligently trying to turn our community and our school around. You listen to what we had to say. I think you heard us loud and clear and we're willing to work with you to do
all the things we can do to change our community. We're in trouble in Orange Mountain. We recognize that. We got a lot of things going on over there, but we do have some good things also that we want to make sure our children have the best of whatever it is you got. We want
some of it. And I want to thank you personally, Dr. Richmond. You heard me the first and second time. You don't want me to come back here the third time. So, I appreciate you listening to us with a a good ear. But, uh, we want to improve the atmosphere that we have
at the school. So, whatever program that you have that would enhance our students learning, uh, a safe environment, we're willing to work with you to do whatever we can to get it done. We working with our we have a successful athletic
department, but we also want a successful curriculum learning. We want the atmosphere at Meros to change. We don't want in and out back and forth unrest changes. We need a subtle
atmosphere. We need to work together. And I assure you, the Merrell's Alumni Association will work with whomever has the best interest of our school at heart and the community. You can't separate Merrows from Orange Mound. Whatever goes
on in Orange Mound goes on in Merose and whatever goes on in Merose goes on in Orange Mound. So once again, I just want to thank you. keep us in the forefront of whatever you think we need, we willing to work with to get it done because our students need job. We need
job training. We need all those things the mechanism to help them learn and move on and get out of a rut because we need it. We so desperately need it. So once again, thank you all administrators who listened to us and heard our cry for
help. Now we ready to work. Thank you. Good afternoon. My name is Damon Noel. I live at 1650 Ray Brad, uh, Memphis, Tennessee 38016. Um, good evening everybody and I'm speaking on the, uh, principal vacancy
at Colonial Middle. Uh, I believe time is our greatest commodity and so I thank you for yours today. I've known um Mr. Litzy for 5 years now. And the moment I knew there was an opportunity to speak on his
behalf, I had to jump at that chance. Um, not because I consider him a friend or a mentor, but because I believe in him. I've witnessed firsthand his heart, his vision, and his leadership. When you believe in something, you don't
sit idle and wait for something to happen. You don't hide behind a keyboard. You stand up and you take action. Just as I stand before you today, I believe in Aaron Lindsay. He is more than an educator. He's a man of action.
He's a builder of trust, of relationships, and most importantly, young people. He has a unique understanding of the needs of our children academically, socially, and emotionally. He's not a man that
leads behind a desk, but in the hallways and in the classrooms. And you see, his leadership does not stop at the children because it's just not the children that need help. It's also the teachers out there. And he is a a leader that stands above. We know Colonial Middle is a
school with incredible potential, but it needs a principal who sees beyond test scores. It needs a principle that sees children as more than data. Someone who can build a culture of achievement because we know that the
system is broken and someone has to stand in the gap and say, "This is a problem." That man is Aaron Litzy. He's already deeply connected in our community. He has shown time and again that he's invested not just in our
students success, but in their long-term futures. I believe this with all my heart. And my child has not been in his classroom, but yet she has been affected in the most positive of manners because it's not about who's in his classroom.
It's not about what school he's at. It's about what he can do to better the future of our children. And I stand by that with everything inside of me. And so once again, I thank you for your time. Our next three speakers, Kiana Rhodess, McKenzie
Carpaci, excuse me if I pronounced it wrong, and Benny Paige. Good evening everyone. My name is Kiana Rhodess. I reside at 1467 Title Lena, Memphis, Tennessee 38111.
Um, I am here to speak on behalf of Aaron Litzy for the principal position. I'm here speaking um from the heart as a mother
and as a woman of the community that needed help with her two boys. I had one child flunking out of school. I had one child in the system. This man went over and beyond to give my
kids the help that they need to succeed, to graduate, and to persevere. Once he did that, he did not leave them alone. To this day, he stands beside them. He calls them, gives a word of encouragement. He's put programs into
place to help them, for more education, for jobs and just to be better young men. And not only for the young men, for the young women as well. He is a true educator. He understands the needs of
the parents. He understands the needs of the students. He understands the need of the community. Not only does he work with the students, he works in the community and he gives
back. I have witnessed firsthand what this man can do. He believes in our children and also in our parents. Sometimes us as parents, we don't have the right answers when it comes to the
education system. Um, I'm sorry, we're not a good speaker and I didn't propose anything to write. I wanted to speak from the heart. I had a I met Aaron Litzy because he was my daughter's freshman teacher this year
and within a short period of time he has helped me transition in my own life in better ways because of the resources that he's provided outside of his education. I was able to go back to work full time. I was
able to get my boys the mentoring that they need. I was able to get them back on the right track. along with becoming a part of the community in my area. Um, I don't have much to say, but what I
will tell you that um, our school systems are failing our children. They're failing. They're not learning anything. They're not getting homework. They're not reading. They can't write cursive. This man goes over
and beyond and he holds classes outside of school for tutoring and for any other resources that they need. I can assure you that if this man is principal of Colonial, he won't make a difference at the school,
but also the city of Memphis, the community, something that we need. Thank you. Good evening everyone. Um, my name is McKenzie Carpensky. My address is 4666 Leatherwood, Memphis 38117.
I'm here tonight also to support Mr. Litzy. I'm a proud mom of a young man who attended Colonial and he's now a student with Mr. real estate at Overton. Our time at Colonial was not easy at all. It was horrible. He
struggled academically, behaviorally, socially, everything. And as a single mom, I often felt alone. Wasn't sure who I could go to to help him succeed in this system that really I felt was setting him up to fail. So this
year at Overton, he met Mr. Lindsay and all of those things really changed for him. Sorry. He didn't just mentor him. He saw him and he spoke life into him. Challenged him and stood beside him in a
way that no one else ever did. Today he's more confident. He's focused. He sees his future is attainable. And I credit that to Mr. Litzy and the influence that he's had on him. And I feel if he would have had someone
like that during his middle school years, he would have been further ahead today. But I am still thankful that he has met Mr. Litzy now in ninth grade. Colonial needs a leader like that who sees potential in every child and
doesn't just dismiss them instantly based on their past. especially these boys and girls who are having a hard time. And that is Mr. Litzy. He stands behind everything. He stands behind these kids and he's here to transform these kids'
hearts and lives to be who their best people. So with that being said, I support him going to Colonial and making a difference in these middle schoolers lives before they get to that next step in their life. Thank you. My name is Benny Paige, address 1530
Realton Road. I am also here for Mr. Lizzie. I am the vice president of Opie, Overton Partners in Education, and I work closely with Mr. Lizzy, but everybody said everything you needed to know. I my daughter went to Colonial for
three years, went through three two regime changes, and it still hadn't gotten better. I think Mr. Lizzie would be the perfect person for that. He's a pastor, educator, a man of God, everything that you need in a
in a principal. Also, Mr. Superintendent, I want you to make the necessary decisions that that cut out all the nepotism that I've been through and seen in my four years of dealing with Shelby County School System. You we passed over a lot of good
people based on someone that somebody knows. They make a phone call cuz they was mad at them. We don't want them cuz that's their friend. No. Read the book for yourself. Find out. Figure out who they are. And I think Mr. Liz would be a
great person for Colonial. Like I said, I was over there for three years. The first one, the first year it was a mad house. The second year it was ran, the second and third year was ran like a jail house. I didn't understand. I thought we was here for the kids.
And also being Overton Partners of Education, we want to build back up Colonial Partners in education. They have zero PTA over there. No parents involved. cuz I haven't seen it since I've been there, which was three years.
Once I got to Overton, met Miss Irene Ford, she started teaching me about how to build back up the program. She made me the vice president. So, like I said, if y'all don't choose Mr. Lizzy, you making a bad decision. And that's all I
got to say. Our last three speakers, Bishop Charles Lamin, Mr. Kenan Gleon, and Mr. Aaron Lindsay. We're building today. Charles Lanin, 1637 Britain Street,
38108. Today, I'm standing because I really believe that we're making some headway. Couple weeks ago, I sent a text message and he Dr. Richmond didn't get a chance
to read it yet, but by the time we made it to the board meeting, he came out of that stand and we said the same thing to each other about an idea that we mutually had in terms of working on something to build unity in the
community. Mark 3 and 25 says, "A house divided can't stand against itself." So, we're trying to eradicate division and bring unity into the community. It
did not break overnight. So, it cannot get fixed overnight. We have to collectively come together. Everybody's not going to get what they want. However,
we bring people to the table and we make a commitment that we're going to hear, listen twice as much as we speak and we're going to listen and agree sometimes to disagree, but at the end of the day, be transparent,
tell the truth, lay all the cards on the table, and build true education equity in every zip code here in Memphis. and love back. Put the love back into the community for this for and build our
reputation back with this community. It's it's a tough job, but at some point we have to get started. I hugged some people up there in the community recently. No name, but
guess what? And posted the picture because it's got to start somewhere. So let it begin in me and you. Let's get it done. We talked about discipline. Somebody spoke about it
earlier. It's done here, here, here, there, and everywhere. I got a letter back from the student who went to the extracurricular program at their new college. And she said, "Thank you, but please don't forget to tell Dr. Richmond, how much I appreciate him for
helping me get through me, meaning her, to get where she's at now, Dukane University, and she's starting her life. That thing moved me to tears because he didn't have to do it. He understood compassion. He understood that she operated in the
moment. So, at the end of the day, let's do this. Whatever it takes, let's come together, all of us, wherever. Let's get into the community. Let's listen so we can get this job done. I know we can.
Good evening. Good evening. Uh my name is Kenan Gleon 114 Country Place. Um what amazing things you all have heard about Aaron Litzy. I won't prolong you. I just sum it up in
one minute. He he exemplifies the core traits of an effective leader. Integrity, empathy, and vision. He leads by example and communicates with clarity and makes thoughtful, fair decisions.
In both challenge and success, Mr. Litzy remains grounded, collaborative, and committed to uplifting our students. Leadership inspire he Mr. Lissy
leadership inspires trust, drives progress, and reflects true character. Thank you. My name is Aaron Litzy. I live at my I'm an address that is 5344 Longwood Drive, Memphis, Tennessee 38134. Good evening,
members of the board, superintendent, and community stakeholders. I am so appreciative and thankful for parents who pushed me to apply. I didn't um take that lightly. Um, last year I applied for the PR the assistant principal pool
and was in the top 10 of those candidates. And as Aaron Litzy, I'm standing here before you not just as a hopeful school leader, but as someone who spent years serving the children of Memphis, both inside and outside the classroom, on the clock and off the
clock. We're at a critical moment in the district and the decisions that we make about who leads our schools can't be based simply on resumes um or even good sound bites. Leadership and education has got to be measured by
what's done for children when no one is watching. Having advanced degrees is commendable. I hold some myself thankfully. But we all know degrees don't equal dedication. You can have a title and still not care deeply about our students. Our children don't need
gatekeepers. They need advocates, leaders who are present in the community, mentoring our youth and guiding them toward their future. Too often we've seen in many cases and even as Mr. Benny who is so uh gifted at uh
talking much better than I can, uh sometimes opportunities can be reserved for those who are connected instead of those who are truly committed. Um that kind of practice limits innovation and shuts out passionate proven leaders. Our district has very recently um promoted
various individuals to principal ships who came from outside the district. I came from outside the district as an administrator, came in to teach because I wanted to get back to the heartbeat of what education was. And I knew that if I spent two or three years back in the classroom, it would give me that passion
and that drive once again to to pursue school leadership. And I don't consider this an opportunity as a title, but it's a towel. A towel to serve and a towel and an opportunity. So I certainly think often about Fortune 500 companies. uh
several friends that work in Fortune 500 companies. But schools are not FedEx or International Paper or downtown hotel chain. This is a sacred work and I I hold it as thus. These are children's lives. These are our confidence, their safety, their purpose, and who we are
and who we allow them to be matters more than anything else. I'm not asking for any special treatment, but I'm asking for fair consideration. I've applied. I've served. I've shown up and I would be honored to lead not for a title but
for the transformation of students who so desperately deserve someone who loves and cares and believes in them. Thank you. Thank you to our speakers this evening. We're now on to the approval of the minutes from the following meetings.
Approval of the minutes of the May 13, 2025 work session and approval of the minutes from the May 27, 2025 business meeting. Are there any corrections? There being no corrections, do we have a
motion to approve these minutes? I move to approve the minutes. Second. Roll call vote, please. Board member Garcia. Hi. Board member Porter. Hi. Board member Murphy. Hi. Board member Love. Hi. Board member
McKini. Yes. Board member Otay. I. Board member Williams. Hi. Board Chair Coleman. I. You have Aiden. The affirmative. The minutes as listed are approved. We're now on to committee reports.
Under the chair report this evening, as many of us aware, Promise Academy Hollywood Charter School decided to voluntarily close at the end of the 2024 25 academic year.
Support these to support these students and families connected to the school and surrounding community. Memphis Chevy County Schools will host a parent meeting to share enrollment options for the upcoming 2025 2026 school year.
Provide registration support and answer any additional questions. This meeting will take place on this Thursday, June 26 at 5:00 p. p.m. on the campus of the Promise Academy Hollywood located at 1346 Brian Street. We hope to see you
there. The board would like to recognize Jericho Self. Is Miss Self with us today? She's a junior at Central High School for winning the fourth annual Tom Lee
Poetry and Spoken Word contest. and Miss Rosalyn Guy. Miss Guy is a teacher at Central High School. Miss Guy is the 2024 winner of the Tom Lee adult portrait contest.
She also has students placing 2020 2024 a Jada McGawan second place in 2023 while the Lupe Gatillaa third third place additional information regarding the portrait contest the 100th
anniversary of the Tom Lee Tom Lee's heroic Mississippi River rescue was commemorated on May 8th 2025. This local and national hero was celebrated all across Memphis last week
as city leaders and members of his family revived the story of Lee's courage, selfishness, and valor. But one celebration focused on his impact on future leaders and literary stars and debated debuted a new
film about the day Tom Lee saved 32 people from drawing drowning. The fourth annual Tom Lee poetry and spoken word contest hosted by Memphis River Parks Partnership welcomes students to not only connect with the
Memphis Riverfront through poetry writing, but to connect to a piece of history that can be guide that can be a guiding light as their own and to their as they come into their own. Since 2020,
since 2022, students have leaned on Tom Lee's value of generosity, courage, and humanity, and as inspiration for their original works. This year's students from Hutchinson, Central, and Lozianne were recognized for their artistic
prowess. Right here. Right here. Right here. Right here. Right here. Ready. One, two, three. One more. One, two, three. Also at this time, Vice Chair Love would
like to recognize with June being Father's Day and and uh Father's Month, we would like to recognize people from Brownsville Road School where they have over a hundred fathers that are
dedicated to the students at Brownsville Road Elementary School. Over a hundred. It's also being men's mental health month. She wanted to recognize Mr. Cidell Brownley. He's the coordinator. He's worked at Brownsville Road
Elementary. And this is just three. And I think they were waiting on a couple of more, but I only have three names. So, the other two are here. You come up. Eric Thelen, come on forward, please. Cidell
Brownley, he's the coordinator. Jeremiah and Courtney Triggs. Congratulations. Everyone. Ready? One, two, three. One more. One, two, three. Awesome.
That's it. Yeah, you're done. We're done. We will light tonight on recognitions. We're now on to academic performance committee report. Academic performance.
He told me it was there. It wasn't there. No report. Budget audit and finance committee report. Thank you, chair. I just have a few items. I want to thank the board for all their hard work and discussion around the budget and our approval in our special call meeting recently. I'm
happy to say that the county commission approved our budget last night. Uh and then just uh at the co-chair Porter and I will be working with our finance team. We're going to bring an FY27 budget timeline to our August meeting
and committees so we can start early on that planning and give plenty of time uh for the budget discussions throughout the year. So we'll bring that calendar next month or I'm sorry, August. I was July promise. So, we'll bring that in August. And that's it for the report
tonight. The heat making you think it's a July already, right? Really? We're now on to charter schools committee report. There's no report commit community outreach and engagement. Thank you, Madam Chair. Um,
for the last two weeks, we have been discussing what is needed for the community and what the community needs and wants. Um just a refresher of some of the things that we touched on which was one the future we want to create, two what our students need the most,
three changes needed to restore the trust, and four turning momentum into action. And so the chair, Commissioner L, and I would like your input by June 25th, 2025, 5:00 a.m. So whatever you
have, any suggestions you may have for us, please uh let us know or email us. Thank you, Madam Chair. Um, I want to add, um, today at Mananis High School, they did a food drive and
it was hot, very hot. And the employees of Shelby County Schools did apecially um, exceptional job in the hot sun.
And we are having a food drive Friday at Trail Elementary. Come on out if you need some food. How do you know it was hot? Because I was there.
Also, Commissioner Le, I would like to add that also on Saturday, I worked with some of the ministers in the city and we fed the homeless. Not only did we feed them, we gave them money and clothes as well. and we'll be doing that every third Saturday of the month.
Evaluation committee report. There's no report at this time. Policy, governance, and legislation committee report. Thank you, chair. We have a brief report. Um as you know that the 2025 legislative session ended and there are um quite a
few statutes that have been enacted that um impact education. If you will look in the um on board docs, we have posted our legislative report and I just wanted to bring one particular um item to to the
forefront and that is that we are we've always had the ability to have a student board member. Um but now the state is required that we have at least one student board member. And so the board will be working with our policy office
and general counsel and Dr. Richmond to um engage in building a policy out with students, not to students, but with students and um to make sure that we have a clear process that's transparent and inclusive. So I just wanted to let
everyone remind everyone of that. It is now required for us to do that. And I want to also say at least one. So not just one but at least one. Um finally we talked a bit about our governance training which we are um
awaiting to get some um feedback from the folks who provided us with um their qualifications. And I think we agreed too that we would um look to TSBA to do our board relations training. I have been in conversation with um Tammy. It's
no longer Gryom anymore. I can't remember the new last name, but she has a new last name. Um I'm I'm hoping that's congratulations either way. And um we will I will be asking the board members for some dates in August for us to have that board relations training.
So that is it for the policy report. Thank you. Thank you. Procurement items are on the agenda for tonight. question. Uh, uh, when should board members, if they
have legislative ideas, how should we assemble those or is there a way we can Yeah, I think Yeah, I think um um Maria Stewart, our policy manager, has a um calendar. We put out the calendar if I asked her to resend the calendar for our
policies and for that. But there are proposals that are already in that document. Okay, great. Thank you. Yeah, I al also want to add that long the state passed the the cell phone ban within schools and then the ban where if
your child commits a threat to the school they are pretty much going to get be classified as a felon. So, I think that us as a district want to continue to send that strong message out, especially for the second one about your child, you know, we can't predict what's going to happen and and and a lot of parents can't uh you know, they don't know what their children are doing
outside when they leave the homes, but we just want to kind of get a message out to the to our parents that these are the new laws and rules trying to you know, still a strong message out so they'll be informed as well. Thank you, General Counsel. Uh, thank you, Chair.
No report this evening. It's on you, Doc. Thank you, board chair Coleman. Uh first of all, I'd like to thank Southwest Community College and uh MLG&W uh for partnering with us for the third consecutive year regarding our students
with uh summer boot camp focused on careers and becoming utility workers, automotive mechanics, uh and customer service workers. They paid our students $15 an hour. Uh and so I want to thank them for that partnership. I also had the opportunity today, the
privilege rather, to attend an event honoring Southwest Community College's 25th year. Uh, I want to thank Dr. Hall and Dr. Essex uh for both their tenure as college presidents and what they've contributed to our community uh particularly by partnering with us. So,
I want to thank them. Uh, it was a wonderful event. Uh, I also want to give special thanks to our arts community, uh, which the team and I convened on last week at the Dixon Art Gallery and our athletic community, uh, which we
convened yesterday at the University of Memphis Hardway Hall of Fame building. As we start to uh dive into the arts and athletics, it's important for us to engage our individuals, our partners in the community so that we can further support our students, not just uh in the
schools and in the classrooms, but also throughout our communities. Also, special thanks to Mount Olive Church for inviting me to speak this past Sunday, June 22nd, at their student achievement and graduation ceremony and church service. Uh I had a an awesome time. uh
wonderful students, smart, intelligent students. Uh I felt well received and at home I had an opportunity to see uh one of our uh retired educators, Dr. Marita uh Harris who invited me. So I want to recognize Dr. Marita Harris as well as
her daughter Rory Harris who used to work with us. And last but not least, I do want to thank our partners at the county commission for our budget. uh you all as a board for working with us to deliver a balanced budget to garner approval. And last but not least, uh our
finance team headed by Miss Nighting and Mr. Langston. Uh I also see some of them in the audience. Our finance team, if you all would please stand. I'd like to give you all a round of applause. Don't be shy.
You can stand too, Mr. Lson. I I want to say something special about Mr. Langston. Uh last night at around I guess 11:00, I see that the county commission budget
hearing is still going. I called Mr. Langston. I said, "Are you at the county commission?" He said, "Yes, sir." I said, "Young man, go home. I don't want your wife uh to be upset with me." Uh but I do want to thank uh Mr. Langston for his commitment. It says a lot about
his commitment to the work uh him want to be at the county commission. So if any questions were asked about our budget, uh he'd be there uh to represent the district. So I want to thank him, but again, I want to thank the entire board. Uh, as an interim superintendent,
uh, one of the first things I wanted to be able to do was to deliver a balanced budget, uh, and to get it approved without us having to go, uh, back and forth several times. And I couldn't have done it without the the board and our
team and again the county commission uh, for again uh, showing us grace uh, and supporting us with it. So, so I want to thank them and I want to thank the overall uh, and our school team. Thank you. And that that concludes the
superintendent's report. We might get out of here before 10:00 tonight. Proposed policy. Second reading. Let me also add one last thing. Uh during the approval of the budget, I know we've had a lot of talk about Literacy Mids South. Uh so I do want our
partners with Literacy Miss South and the and the public to know uh we'll continue to partner with them and we'll continue to work through uh some of our challenges budgetarily uh to see how we can again uh continue with that partnership. So, I do want to go on the
record of letting people know that that partnership is important to us and the team and I are going to look for a way to partner with them. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Superintendent Richmond. Board members, tonight we are recommending that the Shelby County
Board of Education approves proposed revisions to six policies. Policy number 20006, purchasing authority 30001, multi-hazard emergency planning 4004,
French benefits, 4031, substitute teachers, 508, adult high school and night schools and 6049 assignment of students to classes. Again, just as a reminder, all of these policies except
for one, are based on state statute. And the fringe benefits policy is to provide accommodations for those Rift employees to be able to um be eligible for retirement insurance um
at at the point of retirement. so that they will be eligible for retirement insurance without having to come back to the district and work an additional 15 years. And these are for your approval tonight. This is second reading and for your
approval. Any any comments, questions? I have a motion and second to approve the reading. Motion to approve the policies. Would you like me to read them in? No. Okay. Motion by board member McKenna, second
by You got a question? I'm sorry, Vice Chair Love. Um, the benefits schedule. Um, how many of the employees are included in that? This would include all employees. The revisions would impact all employees who
were rifted in 2024. only those employees who were impacted by the reduction in force in 2024. Thank you. Second by vice chair uh roll call vote please.
Board member Garcia I. Board member Porter. Hi. Board member Murphy. Hi. Board member Love. Hi. Board member McKini. Yes. Board member Otay. I board member William. I board chair Coleman. I
We have Aid in the affirmative. Thank you. That motion passes. We're now on to the consent agenda. Are there any items to be removed from the consent? We've already done that. Vice Chair Love Clear Clear Water Consultants.
Um I can't see the number. Yeah, I think it's 11.39. Yeah, 11.39 and 11 uh 40. Yeah. Yeah. 11.39
11.40. Yeah. 11.45 and 11.48. Okay. That's 11.1 Approval Districtwide Formative Assessment Powers School Group LLC
$859,152.78 11.2 approval Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Service LLC Insurance Coverage 4,981,367. Approval of Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services LLC Insurance Broker
11.14 Approval Tennessee Governmental Contract Grant Contract 2021 Windstorm 1 million $21,45360 11.5 Approval Tennessee Governmental
Grant Contract 2023 windstorm $104,693 $3.34 11.6 approval Central Technologies $137,850 11.7 approval Zo Education Incorporated 2,437,57920
11.8 8 approval CSM Consultants $76,000 11.9 approval CDW Government Incorporated 307,1040 11.10 approval First Students Inc.
39,370,92 Okay. Approval memorandum of understanding with the city of Memphis department for radio tower agreement $121,920 112 approval title one part a equitable
servicesou dotto county to serve MSCS students 2025 through 2026 Six no dollar amount 11.13 appro title one part A equitable service
MSCS to serve Dotto County students 2025 through 2026 no dollar amount 11.14 approval fiscal year 2026 ESA and IDA consolidated funding
application 115 million634,4953 11.15 approval Hardland School Solutions $227,25 11.16 Donation acceptance Grizzlies Raise the Rim Initiative
$15,000 11.17 approval carrier Corporation Sherwood Middle School 1,399,457.50 administration would like to move this
next item 11.18 11.18 will be will be moved to the um discussion agenda. The request for action request for action 11.18
11.19 approval Yuan Kesler Inc. 1,460,000 11.20 approval Lad Athletic Field Striping Services $483,400 11.21 21 approval truck Rush Truck
Centers of Tennessee $139,93049. Approve a lease of former Coleman Elementary to Journey Community Schools, $152,269. Approval Martin and White Mechanical Contractors A. Macio Walker Middle
School, $840,769. Approval Morgan and Thornberg Incorporated Wooddale High School, $665,900. 11.25 Approval of sales of Grace Creek Admin Building to Industrial Capital Holding
LLC, $9 million. Approval sale of former Reigns Haven land to Greater New Liberty Baptist Church $105,000. 11.26 approval sale of Riverview Elementary to Vision Prep Charter School
$700,000. 11.28 28 approval sale of Wooddale Middle School to Iota Community Schools $2,500,000. 11.29 Approval window replacement project contract dates amendment no
dollar amount. 11.30 30 approval of Zo Fairley High School $121,993 $991.38 approval Waste Management Service 3,799,725 11.32 approval Fifer and Associates
Incorporated Fairley High School $549,000 11.33 approval Barnes and Brier Incorporated Woodstock Middle School 351,000 $351,824.90 11.34
approval Shelby County Health Department immunization event partnership no dollar amount 11.35 approval Kingsbury High School laptops Desktops, computer carts, $123,516.
Approval, Kingsberry Middle School laptops, desktops, teacher laptops, computer carts, $24,300.79. 11.37 Approval Merose High School. Laptops, desktops, teacher laptops, computer
carts. $383,598.70 11.38 Approver Edmondum $123,165. The next two 11.41 41 approval of hands-on science kits for CSI schools grades 6 through
884,760 $76845 11.42 approval flex education K12 comprehensive online curriculum 1,378,000 11.43 43 approval Curriculum Associates LLC Elevation $298,898.3
cents approval in structure Canvas Learning Management System $773,516.80 11.45 approval supplemental nurses No, that one's removed. I'm sorry. That one's pulled. Moved. That one's moved.
11.46. 11.46. Approval of RCM Healthc Care Services. 2,139,727.50. 11.47 approval. Sandy Hooks Promise Foundationou. No dollar amount.
11.49 49 approval dual enrollment purchase order increase for tuition for Southwest Tennessee Community College $150,000 1150 approval PCG 10 pulse MTSS
add-on $430,83082 11.51 approval Pearson's Ames web plus $190,860 $60 11.52 approval educator preparation programs school
year 2526 no dollar amount 11.53 Resolution approval the fiscal year 25 June budget amendment 11.54 approval fiscal year 26 Board meeting
calendar 11.55 approval notification of Head Start monitoring report. Do I have a motion to approve the consent agenda and a second?
I move to approve the agenda. Second. Motion by board member Murphy, second by board member McKenna. Roll call vote, please. Board member Garcia. I board member Porter. I board member Murphy. Hi. Board
member Love. Hi. Board member McKenna. Yes. Board member Otay. I board member Williams. Board chair Coleman. I. You have Aid in the affirmative. Thank you. That motion passes. Now we request for action. Let's start
with 11.18. 11.18 Integrity Energy Partners. The admin the administration did. Yeah. Thank you, uh, Chair, uh, super interim superintendent Richmond. Um item 11.18
uh we we still got some negotiating to do on on the contract for that. So we'll need to roll that over into next month's um uh agenda if that's uh the will of the board. Thank you. Without objection.
Without any objection 118 is postponed until next meeting. Anybody object? It is postponed. Thank you. Item 11.39 11.39
Clear View Consulting. Clear View Consulting. Superintendent. I pulled this agenda because I wanted to ask a clarifying question. I can't hear you. Turn your mic on. I pulled this agenda because I wanted to
ask a clarifying question. Um, I asked the superintendent uh this morning and he can uh tell me his response. Yeah. Um, I'll allow Miss Ker, can you u I'd like you and Dr. Brittnam, Miss Ker and Dr. Britam, if
you all would uh share with board member love uh item 11.39 uh Clear View uh consulting company why we're using this particular uh consulting company with our CSI schools.
I know we've used it before, but I know you all have worked uh specifically with the company. So, if you would, Miss Connor, would you give an explanation for me? Sure. Thank you. Um this company conducts what we call a behavioral event interview and it's for the school
leaders of transformational work and what it does is it assesses that leader's ability or how that leader thinks uh responds and um reacts in in transformation in situations that you're
going to find in transformation. What they do is they then turn around and create a report. I think there are let me see four competencies driving for results um influencing the results strategic problem solving and personal
effectiveness. a pro a professional development plan is created um that has been determined by the deficits revealed through the behavior in event interview and then uh clear view works in full
alignment with UVA um to work help principles develop in the areas they need more development. So, is the family engagement and the behavior specialist going to be on the team? No, ma'am. This is just for the uh
it's called the behavior event because it monitors the principal's behaviors. So, it's not about uh like the students at all. It's about how the principal leads um specifically for transformational work. And what are
y'all trying to do? So, what we're trying to do is improve the competencies that it takes to run a school that's in uh that needs to be turned around. How long is this contract? This is a year.
If it um if it doesn't work out in a year, um the superintendent is going to do away with it. Yes, we won't use it, but we have had experience with it in prior
years inone and the principles truly did develop in the areas that they because it's a concentrated uh process and it's it's quite involved. I would like to see that data. Yes, ma'am. If you still have it, I can get it from uh Dr. Stanford.
Yeah, thank you. Okay. And I'll add a little more context when you're doing school turnaround. uh when we start to think about the competencies and the mindset that you need to do turnaround work, it's important that uh we encourage as well as assess the mindset
of our leaders in our schools because it take a certain type of mindset. That's why many times uh individuals who are in turnaround situations, they're easily burned out. And so what we want to do is to again help to support and coach them
around that work because at the end of the day uh we want them to have the mental uh capacity and the mental health uh needed to support these schools particularly in some of these uh dire situations that we know uh some of our environments as well as supporting both
teachers and students can be uh with with school leaders. And the final question on this item um if it points out that a principal needs support, they will have to pay for it or
the district. No, this is this is part of us assessing where that principal is so that we can tailor uh support uh for that particular principle and we're working in coordination with UVA. If you recall earlier in the year, I want to
say May, in May, we may have brought a contract in regards to our principles receiving professional development uh through UVA. And so now this is working with Clear View Consultants to do a behavior assess assessment to further
support those principles who are in our turnaround schools. It's a coordinated approach. Thank you. Board member Williams, do we have any history on the success of
this c this business and how many people will they employ to do so to get this kind of money? Yes, board member Williams, we do have uh history with this particular company. Uh again, I'll allow uh Miss Ker uh to answer your your
second question in regards to the number of consultants that have participated in the past. So uh in the past what has happened is you have to have a a a team to conduct the interviews and it's very similar to
coding a qualitative study. Um and so they uh uh propose situations for principles and they monitor the ways uh principles respond in certain situations. They take qualitative notes. they code and then
it's a it's a really it's a real strong researchbased very structured uh process where they then uh use the notes that they have taken all of the observations they've done and they give the proof and assessment. Now this group works
directly with UVA so it's the whole program. Let let me share too now that uh Miss Kinder has shared that uh I'mma date myself. Uh back in the day, principles used to go through what was called Payak. Uh and
Payak used to be through the University of Memphis and you would have what was called an inbasket activity. We go to pay. It was anywhere from a week to three weeks long. Uh and they would do an assessment on various competencies
that a school leader should have. And so, uh, what these consultants would do is they'll be working with principles doing, uh, what you would call in basket activities to evaluate how they're responding to those activities so that
if and when they're in those situations, uh, as a school leader, they're able to know what competencies they'll need support in going forward. So, how many people does that include? We're going to give them $121,000. How many people will they release to
train principles? Do we not have It's an assessment and they're supporting 34 schools. Do we not have in place in this district training for principles for leadership already? We we do have training, but we do not have this type of training and support.
We do not provide this type of training and support. Um what other district do they train for? Do they have any experiences that we can look up and see where they've done? Have Have they been UVA? UVA has been uh in this space for a number of years. And I
want to say it's been a while since I've worked with the zone, but UVA has been working with the zone for at least the past uh five to six years uh if I'm correct. Uh but again, UVA uh is a a a
university that for several years have been in the market of supporting schools with turnaround work across uh the nation. So my question is do they what who else do they support in this region because this is we're going to pay them
this amount of money. We have systems in place that produce principles and give principal training. So will that go away? So, I'll let Miss Ker answer your first question in regards to what other districts do they support. So, I
definitely know that in this region there's uh districts in Atlanta that they support. There are districts um in Virginia, there are districts New Orleans, there are districts, they are literally all across the nation. When we
have participated in UVA, there have been at least 20 districts, school districts present at the time of training. This process is for the CSI schools and it's being funded through
the TAG uh grant. Um and it's and it's with the CSI schools, part of it is leadership development. So there has to be an expenditure in that area. And we have found through experience that this
is a really strong area to really assess our principles so that they can um lead schools in the transformation. I have that that sounds good, but I would really like to see this district grow to a point where we would not need outside services to train our principles and our
teachers. Yes. Because that's something we ought to be able to do on our own. We have experts and doctors on this staff here and we should not have to spend an additional $21,000 to do what we can do in house and it has been done through the years. But to get these outside sources, I don't know who they train and
how they train. Obviously, they have a record of success. I would think that you would have that, but I would hope that the district looks more into serving its own people. Yes, sir. Uh thanks thanks board member uh Williams for that. But I'd also like
to add part of the turnaround action grant uh and school improvement grants require us to use uh best practices. Uh they also require us to use uh proven uh experts. So some of these things are regulatory where we uh do not have any
other choice but to select partners that are proven uh as part of the grant application that we have to submit to uh the state department. Board member McKenna, board member Hugh Garcia. Thank you. Um, Dr. Richmond, if
I understand this correctly, this is tailored for transformation for our, for lack of a better term, what people are used to, our priority schools. So, these are these are this is specific type of training for these particular schools, not all of our our schools. Yes. Okay.
The other thing I think I heard um board member love say and I think we've talked about this is as we move forward with our contracts we are going to put performance metrics um align that with them so that we can see if they are actually performing in the way that we
need them to perform and that they are doing what we need them to do and if they aren't then we um I get it leaves us up to the board with your recommendation as to whether we continue to utilize these particular vendors is That correct? Yes, board member McKenna,
that is correct. Okay, I appreciate that. Thank you. Uh, I have a quick clarifying question, Dr. Richmond. This is in this is not replacing principal coaches. This is in addition to Yes. Thank you. Correct.
Thank you, Vice Chair. I move for the vote. else wants to second motion by vice chair love second
by board member Otay roll call vote please. Board member Garcia I. Board member Porter. Hi. Board member Murphy. Hi. Board member Love. Hi. Board member McKini. Yes. Board member Otay. I. Board
member Williams. No. Board Chair Coleman. Yes. You have seven in the affirmative and one negative. That motion passes. 11.40. Approval of magnetic reading
foundations for CSI schools K through two. Um, I've pulled this agenda because I wanted to know why um, all schools don't have uh, uh, magnetic reading.
It is a very beneficial supplement material. And um, I asked this question last week. What about the schools that were on the cuff of becoming a poory school?
Yes, Vice Chair Love, thank you uh for that question. Again, uh we're purchasing uh magnetic for our CSI schools uh as part of the turnaround action grant. Uh we're trying to put other uh supports in these schools because again, these schools are uh
extremely fragile uh schools. So, we're purchasing this for the for those schools. Now, in regards to uh would we or should we purchase it for additional schools, what we've wanted to do, much like what you do with an innovation zone, is you look at innovations, uh you
pile it, you beta test, and then you see if those innovations are making the improvements that you want it to make before you scale it uh throughout the district. So what we've decided to do this year is to use magnetic in these
schools uh in grades K through two to see if we see the return on investment uh and then going forward we will see if this is something uh that we should consider uh in other schools going forward.
How many other schools have Manetic um and are they uh reading rates improve over the years? As far as I know there are no other schools who've used
uh magnetic other than our CSI schools and I don't think uh all of the CSI schools have used it. So I don't know if we have uh consistent data to support it or not. However, uh I'll defer to uh Dr. Britnham or Dr. White Law uh for you all
to add any additional context. This is the first that I've heard about us making uh a for magnetic for a group of schools. Thank you, Dr. Richmond. Miss Love, we do have some schools, as a matter of fact, we did meet with some elementary
schools uh this past week uh to go over our new lesson plans. Also, we've asked schools, some schools, uh, for example, I will say White Station has used it in the past, but to Dr. Richmond's point, uh, we've allowed them to use their,
um, title one funding if they wanted to use it. Um but this year we will be asking them and they will be part of the testing but we are not buying it for the entire district but those schools who have decided to use it and to use their funding that is a choice that they have
and I can get you the exact number and the exact seven we have seven schools. Yeah. Do those seven schools have um literacy rates gone up when they use this program? Miss Love, we definitely
have to get you that information because I know our data is still embargoed. So, I would make sure that I get with Bill to see look at the data to just give a yes or a no. Um, how many years do the schools use it?
Um, White Station, how many years has the school used it? I know White Station has used it for the past two years. uh but we would get the exact number for each school that has used it. But also what we do know that CSI will be using with fidelity uh because of the fact
that we are really trying to have a strong tier one instruction. We're trying to model it trying to go in coach around it. So we'll be looking at other schools and talking to principles and seeing how they are using it because we want all our schools using it with fidelity. Um is it comparable to uh I
Ready? Ire is the curriculum associates is the company that's responsible for magnetic. I Ready is our intervention. Magnetic is used in small group instruction. This this is an additional
supplement to our ready. I want us to be careful about adding programs that we have not implemented with fidelity. uh because what end up happening is we
end up just spending money and there's no way for us to truly evaluate if we're getting a return on that investment. Uh specifically again when I think about the CSI schools, we're going to be able to implement it with fidelity and we'll
be able to determine if this treatment has impacted the academic outcomes that we're looking for uh with our students. But when we allow schools to just purchase materials and there's no fidelity of implementation,
we don't know. And sometimes occasionally, we allow schools to use their title one budget to purchase supplements, but they're not purchasing those supplements to implement with fidelity. They're purchasing those
supplements to provide additional resources for their teachers. And that's that's a major uh difference. uh in where you're trying to purchase something for a whole district that you're saying is going to impact the outcomes that you're looking for.
Um last question. Um Bill um White um Mr. Bill White said um last month the new priority list
was coming out this year. I just want to make sure all schools have what they need need before the start of school. I have been on the board for
12 uh 11 years and some of the schools are constantly on the priority list. I just want to make sure all schools are getting what they need based on their
needs, not the district's needs. Uh thank thank you, Vice Chair Love. Um we we appreciate that statement uh as well as the uh my team and I what we've tried to do is to bring if you look at this agenda uh is jam-packed with
contracts because what we wanted to do is to again ensure that schools have everything that they need day one in order for them to be uh successful. But I also appreciate the conversation because the other reason that we're
trying to bring contracts early is we want to spend time during our committee meetings, work sessions, and board meetings truly educating not just the board but the general public uh around the resources and materials and the
return on those investments uh by using that time that we would otherwise be using uh to go through contracts and to talk about it to really talk about what we're doing to improve uh student outcomes to look at ecosystems of
support. What all do we have in schools to support uh our students? Is it human? Is it fiscal or is it material resources? So, everyone will be able to see what we're purchasing. We'll be able to look at our key performance uh
indicators to see if again those things quarterly are moving the needle. And if they're not, we're able to pivot in real time. So again, we'll be able to improve uh student academic outcomes. Thank you for that,
Board Member Porter. Yes. Um, and thanks for the questions everybody cuz it was some of the same question I was asking during committee meeting cuz like I I stated, you know, even before I was in the seat, I always felt like the district was just buying products saying that we're buying a solution, but ultimately just buying the
product. Um, and I asked for the same particular data in committing me. I never received it. So, we can continue to make informed decisions when these contracts come up. But if magnetic reading is showing significant gain for those CSI schools, I also want to think about the children who are reading at grade level and and and reading above
profic proficiency. So I want to it'll be nice that we can probably implement this throughout the whole district. I don't know what that cost value will be, but if if it's working for those children and we said one school right now, it's one school right now. If it's working for those children, it just how we continue to think about the children
that's meeting those grade levels and and just advancing throughout the whole district. Like my colleague said, we want to if if it's good for one child, it's good for all students in all districts. Dr. Richmond, um yes, Dr. Wah, I just wanted to put uh put a note. We do have the list of schools and we can provide
the list of schools that they have been used in. But what we don't have right now because the data is embargoed and because we have not received all the data, we can't uh say at this moment, did it make a difference in those schools? and we want to be able to provide that information to you and be
transparent. What we do know with the 30 um four CSI schools that we are going to be looking at that data. We're going to be monitoring it all throughout the year, especially around the implementation plan, but we will get you the list of schools that it is in now.
It's just that we can't provide the data until all the data comes in. I got and this is funded through a grant, right? Yes. Okay. So, it's not even Okay. Thank you. And the other thing we'll be looking at will be the grade band. Again, we're purchasing these resources
for grades K through two. When we look at the other schools, we'll need to look at what grade band uh those schools are using it with. So again, it's not always uh apples to apples. Uh what we'll need to do is to evaluate that data.
Board member McKenna, board member Hu Garcia. I actually let you go. I was going to do a motion to Oh, I'm with you. I have a quick question. What's the date of the uh that the embargo will be lifted on the data? When will we be able?
Thank you, board member Garcia, for that question. Mr. White, can you share that information with us, please? Thank you, Dr. Richmond. board members. Um the most recent date we've been given is July 8th, but sometimes they do change
those dates, but that's the expected date at this point. Okay. Thank you very much. Sure. Real quickly, what this sounds like is a data dashboard that we will make public and transparent so you can see what's going on and we can see what's going on.
All right. Motion to approve 11.40. I'll second. Motion by board member McKenna, second by board member Porter. Roll call vote, please. Board member Garcia, I. Board member Porter. Hi. Board member Murphy. Hi.
Board member Love. Hi. Board member McKenna. Yes. Board member Otay. Hi. Board member Williams. Hi. Board chair Coleman I. You have eight in the affirmative. Thank you. That motion passes. 11.45
approval of supplemental registered nursing licensed practical nurses. Uh Mr. Langston, you want to open the board on 11 item 1145? Uh thank you General general council Bard uh Dr. Richmond members of the
board. So 1145, we wanted to be transparent. Um, and 247 Med Staff is one of the companies on here. They are, we are still negotiating the contract with 24 med staff. So we want to remove 247 med staff um and
change the amount dollar amount to one to 1,511,111. We'll bring uh 24/7 med staff next week. But in an effort to move forward and ensure that our um um um healthc care and nurses departments have what they
need for the start of a school, we're asking the board to move forward with the remaining of the contracts. Would you uh clarify, Mr. L? Because I think you said we bring it next week. We will bring it next week or next month. Well, next month is July, but I guess
we'll bring it next to next next month's uh board meeting uh with the negotiated contract, but again, we want to move forward with the rest of the vendors so that they'll be able to ramp up and start to be ready for school. We're just taking one off for the time
being and the dollar amount was decreased. So, this goes away. So we'll bring this one back at the in our July meeting 11 point. I'd like to make a motion that we approve this item
at 1.5 the new amended amount saving 20 247 med staff for next month. Um and then I need the the amount repeated taking out that amount so we can move forward with all of the critical services, health services for our
students. That was that is the recommendation. Correct. Say will you say the dollar amount so can be reflected. So again we're removing um 247 med staff at $188,889. That brings our dollar amount u for
approval to 1,511,111. Second the motion amended motion. So, you're going to go ahead and approve this one with a new number. Is that correct? Correct. Correct. Still need a motion and a second. Motion and second, please. Yeah, I think it was motion. It has to be because we didn't have the
dollar amount. I'd like to make a motion that we approve 11.45 45 with the amended amount of 1,511 511,000 uh $1111
uh removing 247 med staff at $188,889. Second roll call vote, please. Board member Garcia, I. Board member Porter, I. Board member Murphy. Hi. Board member Love. Hi. Board member
McKini. Yes. Board member Otay. Hi. Board member Williams. And board chair Coleman. I. You have eight in the affirmative. Thank you. That motion passes. 11.48 approval occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, aiology, and
interpreters for death. $11 million. Thank you, chair. Uh similarly this this item contains 21 different contracts. Um and we wanted to move this to the request for action um to there's a similar issue here. There is one uh
vendor who did not want to renew um its existing relationship with the district. So we removed them uh from the lot of contracts that are included in this item. Each master agreement that these uh vendors have entered into include additional uh unilateral one-year
options for the board to exercise. U and this would be the exercise of the first unilateral uh option uh to renew the master service the master agreement uh with these vendors. Uh so the recommendation is to um exercise the uh
first one-year option uh for these 20 uh vendors with an amount not to exceed $1 million. Um two of these vendors, we do have 18 of the 20 uh agreements that have been executed. Uh two are outstanding. We expect that they will be
executed, but they have not yet been executed by the vendors. Um so pending uh the uh execution of those it is the recommendation uh to move forward in executing um and the board uh exercising uh the uh unilateral renewal option uh
for another year for these vendors. Board member McKenna, board member Hugh Garcia. Which one are we removing from this? I'm sorry. Uh, the one that's removed is functional independence homes uh in the amount of 200,000. Okay. Thank you. Mhm. So, General Council Bailey, I believe
the dollar amount since we're removing needs to change to 10,800,000 because it's 11 million now. since we're removing um functional independence at 200,000 and then it needs to be up to 10,800,000.
Um that's a fair observation. It's a cap. It's 11 million 11 million cap. So it's just not to exceed 11 million. Um so I don't know that it because we may have to get one of these vendors to cover the gap in services for functional independent stepping out.
That's correct. the the the cap the $11 million and not to exceed amount. So the cap amount will not change. That's correct. Board member Hugh Garcia. So function what was the functional functional independence? They're not in
the the 20 here. This is the updated board docs. the in than the uh original um recommendation on uh that was on the consent agenda initially. Okay. I'd like to make a recommendation that we approve this still at a cap. Hold on. I got one more if we do. Okay. Sorry. Miller
Williams. Has there been any attempt? I guess I'm at by wits end as far as contracts and bidding and bringing people in to do the work that we hired to do. At one time we had nurses in the district. We had the physical therap all of these people were working working in the district. What is the difference in
the money that we're giving these vendors that we have no control over nor their employees that what we if we had did it ourselves? What is the difference? What would the difference be? At one time we did hire nurses. We did hire physical therapists. We did
hire all of those people and they worked for Shelby County Schools. I'm not sure they're getting benefits, but this is a whole lot of money somebody is making off of Shelby County Schools. And I'm for one sick and tired of being a vendor for these uh entrepreneurs that chair Memphis and Sh County because I don't
know what we're getting out of it. Yeah, thank you board member uh Williams for that question. I'll I'll start and then I'll allow Mr. Langston uh to wrap up. Uh, I know, you know, back when we,
uh, the city withheld this maintenance of effort, uh, and we developed a $90 million structural deficit, uh, we started to abolish a lot of positions because the district just could not uh, sustain those positions. I also know
when we went through the merger, one of the issues we were concerned with was uh OPF liability, uh other post-employed benefits. Uh the district was left with when the municipals broke off. We're still stuck with those post employee
benefits of all of those individuals who were legacy Memphis City and Shelby County employees, even though many of them have now gone to the municipal districts. When we start to talk about uh hiring and employing uh some of these
job classifications, it's more than just paying salaries for which these contracts are just playing salaries. We do not have to get into the business of paying those post employee
benefits which the district you know we have a healthy budget now but back when we didn't have a healthy budget many of these roles were just not uh sustainable. Now, we have thought about bringing some of these things back in
house. But as we start to think about it, when we look at inflation, when we look at uh cost of living, when we look at all of these different things, we have to ask ourselves as a district, can we sustain it? Uh and so that's my context, but I'll also uh give it to Mr.
Langston because he he's responsible. Um business ops falls under him. So add some additional context if if you would. Thank you, Dr. Richmond. I almost don't need to add much, but um so to your to your question and Mr. W, I don't think
you was um when we talked about uh last week, the board haze Dr. Richmond and I about these they hazed us about this very same thing you hazing us about. Um but what I alluded to is that we're going to look at the market study to
raise the increases to our nurses. What I will tell you is to Dr. Richmond alluded to something really key. We as a district, and we'll talk about it in our uh upcoming uh budget discussions and then just regular finance, we have a billion dollar OPED liability as a
district. Um currently right now, if you when I say a billion dollars, even though we got a $2 billion budget, that's a really large number for OPED liability. So, as we consider as a district, whether we employ people or we contract some of these services, we
always got to think about um op liability and how eventually it's going to be at our doorstep doorstep or we're going to have to solve for it. But what I can again allude to is that we are going to try to increase um the uh the pay for our nurses. But one of the two
two things we're going to run into. one, we'll probably always need supplemental nursing contracts because we have to have nurses um in the schools. And the next thing is that a lot of these nurses are what's called travel nurses. Um a lot of them don't want to be employed in schools each and every day. They like to
move around. So, a lot of these nurses work in our schools as well as other places um as well. So, that's some of the things that we're thinking about as we look at the market for how nurses work. Can I get a motion, a second? I move to
approve. Second. Roll call vote, please. Board member Garcia. I. Board member Porter. Hi. Board member Murphy. Hi. Board member Love. Hi. Board member McKini. Yes. Board member Otay. I. Board member Williams. Hi. Board Chair
Coleman. I. You have eight in the affirmative. Thank you. That motion passes. One more ad facilities committee members. 12.6. Approval of the ad hoc MSCS ad hoc facilities committee
members. Thank you for what you call me. I'll go back and reread um just for the record. Ad hoc facilities committee members. You have your documents in front of you. This a committee is designed to bring together diverse perspectives and
expertise to develop a comprehensive facilities plan for Memphis Shelby County Schools. The proposed members represent key areas vital to the success of such an initiative including governance and policy school board, state, city, and county elected officials. Planning and development
experts in urban planning, housing and community development, community and advocacy, parent and student representatives, community development leaders in faith-based organizations, business and healthc care, leaders from local business and healthc care sectors,
education and arts, representatives from charter schools and the arts community, sustainability expertise and environmental initiatives and sustainable practices for schools. the real estate and development professionals with commercial real estate, legal and development
backgrounds and philanthropy representatives from local philanthropic organizations. So myself and um co-chair Nelly McKini, we have spoken with the board members. They've given recommendations and our goal is to do this with fidelity and in
good order. And many of these uh representatives are uh individuals are very familiar with our facilities, defer maintenance, HVAC needs and and they are here merely to provide oversight recommendations and we want to make sure that we're enhancing the community. We're improving transparency and public
relationships and we're adding oversight. We want to also make sure that we're providing long-term facilities plan alignment with capital projects with student population and educational outcomes. So I'll go through all the names that we have listed here, the documents in front of you. myself as
chair, Natalie as the vice chair, Memphis Shelby County senior leaders, Kevin Woods, former Shelby uh Shelby County board member, Senator Remberry, state senator, Representative Mark Wright, state representative. Mr. Clay Bibs, Shelby County Commission
chairperson, Rhonda Logan, Memphis City Council, Ashley Cass, city mayor appointee. Nidia Logan Robinson, Memphis and Shelby County Division of Planning and Development. John Zena and Ashley Cash, Memphis Director in Infrastructure and
Development. Charles Santel, University of Memphis Chair of Department City and Regional Planning. R Web Charles representative Safy Spencer, pastor, New Direction Church. Ernie Strickland, Black Business Chamber
of Memphis. Dr. Ko Johnson, Memphis, uh, Mabala Healthcare. Rashidita Jones, Black Coalition of Housing. Retta Watkins, Memphis Music Initiative, Janet Biscarino, Clean Memphis, Cardier Orin, Stanford Children, Brandon Ingram,
Universal Commercial, Tom Marino, Popla Foundation, Sudden Mora, Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, Venia Kimbro, Law of Ania Kimbro, Rashan Austin, the Works, Ariel Gibson, Martin, Shelby County District Connectors Program, Bobby White, Chamber of
Commerce, Elmer Moore, Shelby County Assessor, If I may add to this, for the listening public, we do have um parent representatives. We want to identify two. We have student representatives.
We'd like to identify two. We have um two teachers, one that will be um appointed by UEA and another that would be appointed by MSCA. And we also have um a county mayor appointee which we will be determined um
once we hear from Mayor Harris, board member Murphy, board member Porter. Thank you, Madam Chair. As I stressed earlier that I do not still feel comfortable with this ad hoc committee. I'm asking if we could kick it back to
committee to just discuss it more in depth. Well, member Porter, what I think Nelly kind of addressed it, but what's the criteria for the parent representative and the student representative? That is something that we we have
discussed, which we can discuss that, but I'm I'm asking for the um board to let us know what you would like the criteria to be, how we can do this so that we're doing it in a fair and transparent way. And this committee is just to solely just take recommendations, right? Yes. Anytime we
have an ad hoc committee, any committees that we do that are outside of the board are always of a advisory um capacity. So they will be providing us with recommendations that we then discuss and we make decisions around that. Okay. Correct. Board member Hugh Garcia.
Thank you. I have three questions. Um the first was and I'm and I do I'll preface this with I don't have any objection to anyone on the list. It's a genuine curiosity of how we arrived there. When you have a sector represented, what was the criteria? I'm
going to use philanthropy as an example. If there were multiple, how do we choose that philanthropic leader over another? or was it just in case um and maybe it'll it really just and if this is the answer that's fine genuinely
these were the people recommended by the board. Yes, these were all recommendations from you guys. Okay. So there was no like uh these are three qualities we're looking for in in that particular sector there there wasn't a criteria around that for
philanthropy or for any of the sectors. I just use that as an example like I think we did that in the beginning when um board member OT read for instance governance and policy school board state city and county elect officials for the elected officials for
instance represent um Senator Romesh Blackberry is on the senate education committee she's vice chair representative Mark White is the um chair of the house education committee when you go for planning and development we got the heads of the to Yeah. Yeah.
No, I again I say without object I think it's when you get into business, healthcare, real estate, right? There are hundreds of people who work in those sectors and I I and if the answer is these are what my colleagues recommended, I'm cool with that. I just
would like that to be the the known. Um the second is do we have a meeting? We our resolution's calling for a comprehensive plan in September. What is the meeting schedule with still
uh we have six seven vacancies um and there's some criteria to set for some of those vacancies. When are we planning to convene them and how often do we have that? Yeah, that's a great question. We're going to actually meet with the superintendent tomorrow to think about how we're going to do a timeline. Okay. Excellent. And and give
it to you all to look at. We'll bring the information to next month's committee meeting. Excellent. Then my last question is these are very busy people. Does there need to be a quorum of individuals as we're making decisions or
we're having discussions um in the event that they're busy people, right? Like I think we have a diverse group here and I think together we'll we'll come up with a really comprehensive plan. But have we thought about saying like at our
committee meetings need to have 70% attendance? What we have thought about much like what we did with the comprehensive um chart policy, it was about 28 people on that committee and we broke them down into subcommittees and and after we have one big meeting, I
think we envision having one big meeting doing an orientation and then deciding what are the subcommittees that we need to do the work that we want to do. people are assigned to those and then they will govern themselves accordingly with a that that will be a part of the timeline. So to that extent they will
they'll know what the end goal is and the date and they will meet govern themselves according to meet to get that work done. I would just encourage us like I think in any ad hoc committee or planning is that they're giving us our time and their time and expertise as much as we can bring them something to
react to um and be highly efficient with their time and and specific on their question on on what background or knowledge or expertise we need. I I just want to be respectful and I want to thank them for all volunteering their times. Yeah. No, Dr. Richmond is ahead
of us on that. All right. Uh yeah, I just want to make sure that the voices that we have selected um we have a mechanism for ensuring that all of those do go to those subcommittees. We we we meet as much as we need to meet but um a lot of the work
is is going to have to be done by our administration, Dr. Richmond leading that. So thank you for putting this together. Absolutely. Absolutely. Thank you. Yeah. Again, the goal is to ensure that we're doing everything in good order and with fidelity and many of these individuals are familiar with our facilities, deferred maintenance and other things concerning our district.
So, we tr we're trusting the leadership of our administration to get that done. Vice Chair Love. Um, in case the mayor doesn't select anyone, would my
recommendation be on there? We would have to bring that back, but we have to give him an opportunity. I just reached out. You tried to reach out to him and I tried to reach out. We got to give him in case he Yeah. doesn't I think we need to bring it back to you all. Yeah. and and come up with that
because I have no input on this one. So, I want to be clear. Yeah. What we did board members is that an email was sent out to everyone asking for recommendations. And so, the recommendations that we received were we
we went through them and those that we received, I think those who sent them to us see those names on there. So, I hear you. And so, let's um again, I talked to the mayor. I mean, I've sent a a text to the mayor. I'm waiting to hear from him
about that. Yeah. Okay. And um I would be very interested in seeing how we select the students. I want you all to Yeah. And the parent also. Yeah. Again, the request is is that you all give us I we'll send an
email out that you all give us your input on what that selection process should look like and then we can go from there. Thank you. Um, I would like to hear Rod's comments on this. Um,
the interim superintendent. Uh, thank you uh, vice chair uh, Love. Um, my comments as far as the far as the committee is concerned, uh, I did meet with, uh, the chair and vice chair of
the committee. Uh, we went through them. Uh I personally don't have any any problems with anyone who's on the list. I understand um why the list is compiled of the various individuals uh who are on here. Uh again, we want to include uh
all stakeholders so everyone will feel that they have uh input in how we move forward in rightsizing the district. I think it's going to be incredibly important that we look at how we rightsize the district in a comprehensive approach. And I don't
think we can do that work in isolation. I think it calls for uh experts as well as other stakeholders throughout the community to be part of it. As I've told people as we start to close or repurpose uh schools in our communities, I want to
be uh extremely thoughtful about it because I know what closing a school in a community can mean. uh I know that it can be an eyesore uh in a community. So if we can include uh decision makers, developers uh and we can again have an
integrated approach, it helps us to better repurpose those buildings so that it doesn't add to uh the blight. So uh when I look at the list, I mean I'm I'm fine with the list. I'm I don't have any any particular uh concerns at this
point. Thank you. member Murphy. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. Um I think I heard Commissioner Otay said that the board chose these. I I didn't have any input and the people that was chosen on this list and still we still have openings
and we're still having a lot of questions and I think that we still should kick it back to committee because we still have a lot of questions. I know I have a lot of questions and I and I think that we should just break down a little bit more in committee meeting. That that is my suggestion. I move to refer it back to committee.
Is there a second to move it back to committee? For motion to approve the list of um members for the ad hoc facilities committee. Second. Roll call vote, please.
Board member Garcia, I. Board member Porter, I. Board member Murphy, I. Board member Love, hi. Board member McKini, yes. Board member Otay, I. Board member Williams, hi. Board chair Coleman, I.
You have seven in the affirmative and one negative. That motion passes. That's it. There being no further business, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you and have a good night.