Welcome to the county board of education July 286 board meeting. We will now via electronic profile press button.
All right. Thank you. Thank you. All right. We have what? >> Thank you. We have a stand for the pledge of allegiance. I just want to say thank you to our
guard for the come over high school. did an excellent job and thank you for coming before school. members at this time so that they can get back to your crew so that you all know
at this time I'd like to invite your names out please like invite newly appointed principles to join me up front as your name is called please come forward Today we recognize not only our new
appointments but also our commitment to leading with excellence and purpose. I want to thank you all for accepting responsibility serving those students educators and our school communities. You're helping cultivate the next
generation of leaders and ensuring their great congratulations and thank you for your service. The first that I'd like to recognize to come forward. We thought the next slide would
be elementary school principles and the first one is who was going to view elementary. He's a former principal going to
I heard that back in the day we had Dr. Murray Dr. and we're excited about her and we have Dr. Dr. Alison former
gentlemen at some former assistant principal president. school former someone who was tuned in last year but we needed a strong person
Our next announcement is Mr. Andrew. He'll be going to parade and he'll be Mr. Memphis community as an assistant principal.
Uh we needed someone to overview and heed last minute. We didn't want to open school without having a leader who I want to thank father for coming in as the principal to kick off the school year for us.
in high school. The former VP of Bolton High School will now be the principal, Missip. And I did all Dr. uh with green dot
rejoining the district after being with a for years and also rejoining the district after being withdrawn is Julius Blackburn who is a graduate of high school. We recruited Dr. Me.
We're excited to have him there as an alum. Uh this is our new set of principles for the 26 27 school year. I want to give him a round of applause. have one more time and then I'd like to welcome I want to
come down and take a picture with these principles. Tonight we're also proud to recognize and welcome Dr. Tiffany as our new daughter school. She comes from Hamilton County and we're
excited because she was a community school superintendent. So we're excited to recruit her growing county school. Also, Madam Chair and board members and listening audience on last Friday, I had
the opportunity to go to the vision of the professional development for our financial secretaries. And I want to thank Mr. Mark, Mr. Mark, a round of applause. our school compliance office and our school compliance office works closely
with our financial secrets and he was given away giving us an award recognize our school financial secretaries uh as name. Please come forward and join us on this challenge. And I want you to be
patient with me if I'm if I mispronounce your name. Today we proud to recognize those who have earned their exquisite artistic demonstrated student. So this is the schoolbased artist.
by achieving zero findings and meeting the district in documentation excellence process improvement accurate and target financial reporting and professionalism. These outstanding professionals exemplify excellence in true financial
compliance and serve as models of integrity, accountability, professionalism, and sound fiscal stewardship throughout our dedication. They set the standard for operational excellence and prove financial management. Please join me in
congratulating them for helping to ensure greatly growing up. I thought that coming through talking about transparency, integrity
and good sound, good fiscal stewardship. So I do want to recognize elementary also financial system Windom Carolyn Mason.
Come on now. Georgia Another town we have another coin Middle Jones Peter North
Elementary I think no longer at the recognize elementary. And I also see some principles that you principal of one of these finance secretaries. Please stand and raise your hand. We want to recognize you as we
are. Come on up. Come on up with your t-shirt on. Madam chair complete our thank you. I'd like to say congratulations to our
newly appointed principal and congratulations to our financial secretary All right. All right. Moving on. Are there any? All right.
All right. request. I'd like to request to remove the 13.14 University. I'd also like to request from the consent agend Item 139
14 We'd like to request 1324. We also like to request the consent and move to requesting item 147. That contract amount is 90,000 contract amount,000.
And last but not least, we have request one more time. 134 for the consent 14.6 Request for the consent agenda 1324 agenda 1325.
and 136. We have a request for motion 134. Congratulations. >> I move that 134 approval of university. We have the audit. >> Do I have a second?
moved by 144 University of the August 15.24.24 August meeting board meeting. Go back. And we move
here. Okay. 2014 to August. All right. And second move. Please. Now we're going to we have a request to
item 13.2. I personally that we do in contract to August
to the August 2016 that we have No problem. >> Thank you. approved. So item 156 is moving on to
I have two other requests as well. I have item of $25,000 being to go. All right, we're going to see this 13.25.
All right. amendments to the agenda. No further amendments. We have a motion to approve the agenda as submitted.
I will approve the agenda as a that we approve the agenda. All right. Thank you. I'd like to ask one approval of the minutes of the June 30th, 2026 board meeting.
Item seven public shall reserve a period for public comment during business and councel call meetings. Only those members of the public who submit public to the board chairman prior to the commission of this meeting will now be permitted to address
the board. Public will proceed the order in which public available 30 days prior to each applicable meeting and will be closed at the start of the meeting. This product is located at the ent table security
their name. guidance is a subject of their comment before they are committed to teachers may offer objective comments about school operations and programs. are asked to address the board and at
individual board members given we make decisions as a body in refrain from using the personal or personnel or as a person connected with the school system particularly when launching a complaint
will not be permitted to engage in violence make discriminatory crimes or use abusive or vulner A clear person shall have the authority to the remarks of any individual who is directed or who does not adhere to rules
regarded by the two speakers. We will have one. The first architect because my thought in a sense I get a chance to talk to everyone. I was blessed enough to get a contract
three years ago or so to be the largest minority in the janitori. 35% of a contract and it was a couple of people who helped me out with that. Things of that nature. So you got a lot
of minority business that come out not to be one of those who know My name is Robins. I'm a parent at Libert School of Memphis and I want to speak a little bit about an opportunity for partnership between
and uh the district third grader at the school and in this such a blessing for our family to be at a school where he is able to deeply show up and experience personalized
that really allows him to thrive. I'm so excited for classes in high school because it will ensure my childhood experience opportunities of the support necessary to launch a college and career.
place your home. Today's part of the purchase campus partnership will be able to relate. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you.
Afternoon 159 members, district, parents, and members of the express. And my complaint was basically requested to have a meeting with
the decision response. I gave him time to respond to me and did not respond. But I do want to recognize superintendent for receiving my concern. He did respond immediately, but it was too late when he got my
concern. So, thank you all for that. Mr. Good afternoon. I need to support my very best friend David report. for years. So I work on both sides and understand
the students to a certain extent. So coming from a perspective of the community I think that we need to include community talent not.
Thank you for your time. Good evening. Susan supporting your courts. As a parent, grandparent, educator, union organizer, and advocate for taxpayer, I've been participating in public education since I arrived near the end of 1972 when Memphis City
Schools was moving from plan A to plan Z. We definitely need to advance the lawsuit seeking to stop these so-called oversight bodies, taking away our legitimate votes and the power of our elected school board members. The state has understood our schools for
generations by the legislative municipal schools. Employers have more school districts in the same public school. by the city of Memphis took years to get back to previous
US3133. I'm coming to you guys from school lens instructional operational wonderful leadership institute back in June. So he thinks a lot about principles and
what we need to school but he's also building that and so I just wanted to come up there were hospital but I wanted to make sure that I'm clear
and that I and what we have. Thank you. Next to it. Good afternoon.
My name is McGrath. I'm a professor and I'm proud public school teacher. I want to thank our elected school board member leaders who have taken with the community in a critical moment for the future of public education members. I'd like to give a little bit of
background. In 2011, the achievement of school district was implemented in members of the state primarily in the community. Schools in the district were converted into privately managed charter schools which were unaccountable to the community.
research from Brown University what we already know as led to high teacher turnover and different school team and long-term academic outcomes for our students. In 2023, Texas State appointed a board
of managers, silencing the voices of over 1 million Houston res. It led immed almost immediately to a significant decrease
and future time and what we call. So I want to thank you all for filing the law with our community. Thank you. Good afternoon. members address 3695
together for students. We have a group of parents and neighbors who simply want the best for our kids, teachers, and schools. When you have five kids in school, your days are full of problem solving. One thing I try to teach my team every day is that we get so much more done
when we work together. That's why I'm here today on Excuse me. Resources right now. on courtesy
counts whether Memphis also a parent of an MS graduate from MS of MS myself and former employee. Um I have dismayed that entities with business
purposely to subject our students to another takeover. The state extracted billion dollars from our schools our students with little or no positive impact. Even The legislature itself knows it was
a fail experiment after two years. The state continues its pattern of overreach by local controls to get airport authority unconstitutional acts like the sanctuary
legislation that school districts all over even now the state continues over by doing 287 contracts abing students and like I would that the I ask that the board stay the
course when so many of our other elected leaders. Thank you. My name is Nelson. I'm a proud support and advocate for the public school with Kelly County School System. As a school worker with a mental
health center as a school social worker, I provide our students with individual group and family therapy as well as providing support for social learning and attendance. I'm a product of public education and I fully supportucation
for the students of county. Thank you. I am a school psychologist with school psychologist. I am also a proud public school
and I support. Thank you. Good evening. Again, public education is the cornerstone of our democracy. Our children become the adults who are
our future, their future, all our future. I am a transplant in Connecticut. my life during the heat wave of 1980 and I stayed uh I left Nashville
to come here and stay in Memphis Shelby County, Tennessee and I have been a legacy city schools may educator for more than 25 years and today is my birthday and I'm here
because our public schools All public schools, our children, our communities, our all our present and all our future should be nonnegotable. We need to always support a free and
public education as support. to the board and I'm also a mental health clinician working in the country's only mental health center and building in a school district.
I'm a proud public educator. I'm proud about other public educators within this district. I'm proud of our students. I'm also proud of the work that's being done within this district for greatness truly grows here. As we begin the school
year, I want my educators to please take care of your mental health. Take care of your mental health so you're able to pour into our children. Thank you. Have a great year. I am here to support public education.
every child and I am here to support public future. >> Thank you. community and I live in Tennessee. I come before you today schooling year. Um my daughter was born with a lot
of difficulties. Um she's a doctor and she's born with a lot of difficulties in her experiment with at a different time than one of her and
her best of her abilities and I'm extremely excited because high school um we are asking you to consider what Hills.
Um, we contributors will take time that um apps. >> All right. I have Andy and I did not
want to destroy your dedicated Hello, my name is 104. I'm here to talk about my belief in public school. I believe that every student has a right to a free and
equitable education. The state goes against that principle. We know what happens when money is taken out of public school and charter schools.
But they also get less help and they don't lose a lot of resources because private and I also think they should keep along with you.
>> Thank you. Hello, my name is Good evening. My name is Con. former teacher and I would like to contest a little bit in support of public schools campaign every year for the school board
because I was willing to fight for the local of our schools in conversation with neighbors and voters overwhelmingly that the school takeover will take place and they would love to remain under
local control and democratic control and my dream race among nearly 5,000 people voting across all four school board races almost 280 voters cast and even more people are voting in the general
election. We have some groups here tonight want to ignore those voters. They were years ago more than 28,000 people and their vote soon away because they wouldn't let this take over board. I'm sure that
the takeover board will meet but we know that appropriately. Thank you. Good evening everyone. needed. Members of the board have speaking as a pastor at the student church for his
community, not just as a pastor, but as a father, as a neighbor, as someone who deeply loves his community. Mike and I have encouraged our children to go to Lopez Elementary and uh over the past many of our family in our church need to
serve and go to Christ and they love uh the experience and the impact that they have. Uh I just want to say as a neighbor to the Georgia Hills community uh the partnership with uh we see great impact and we believe they continue in
their education this important for our community and our city. Uh we've invested a lot my community with my the father as we continue to do that as a family and through libert. Thank you for the time you committed.
United. Let's just tell the truth. Public school funds in public schools. Local control of public schools should not be an issue.
We all what control looks like in 33 public schools. They weren't nearly dead last. The same people that took over 33 public schools, 31
are ready to rip us apart here. We support the law. We support public schools. We support public school educators, public school children, and public school communities.
I graduate 1993. Thank you for the leaders. That's the people. Thank you. I know I'm not supposed to do this. I want to thank Rachel for the new teacher orientation. I helped teach her and her
gift this came from the new teachers. It was amazing to do. Thank you. That concludes our public speaking public. Approval of milk for
8.1 approval of the June 30th, 2020 board distance meeting. They have been distributed and placed on the city county school board meeting in corrections to the June 30th,
1926 board meeting. No lights for any correction. May University of Kentucky support they have been distributed in place of
the Memphis County School Board. for public views to the July 21st6 board. May we approve May we approve the July 1st
work by the approved as we have different to support me to look beyond what the law and what the
law actually does process for me. This is one of those laws. Accountability is not something the board fears. We believe in accountability democracy is a fundamental question that
must be always every member of this board authority from the people. The voters users evaluate us and the voters have the power to us. That is accountability.
That is democracy. Public chapter 10 is the sentence to a very different structure. It places extraordinary authority over an elected body connecting local school board in the hands of an appointed body whose
members are selected by three state officials for the speaker of the house and the leader of the Senate. That's by people of Mississippi County. That raises a simple question. Where is the accountability in that? If the voters
disagree with our decisions, they can organize us. They can vote against us. They can vote us out. That is the power of the ball. But the people in Memphis cannot vote the oversight board. They
cannot choose any members and they cannot directly hold accountable the three officials in Nashville who decide who extraordinary power over the local systems. Following reconstruction, black camp
in the late 19th century will be enacted by a series of laws including requirements, ballot restrictions, and the tax reduces black political The result was that you were black. The
result was black power representation often in the name of careful was not a 19th century block. History teaches us to recognize under
the current danger when laws weaken the practical power of the communities of representation while losing news of the over. That is why the board of concern have
never been about avoiding accountability. It has about education. Look carefully at where it is deeply into the budget contract
decision. It is an important board authority for your school district and count historically through the locally elected board. There's a comparatively
ordinary of governmental authority that teaches a child to read instruction in a classroom or provide support of different student needs. Our students deserve more instruction
and academic strategy matter. Over the past four years, you've all heard this membership school has been moving forward. Our graduation rate has increased for four consecutive years and reaching 84.4% request.
Our rate graduate rates more than doubled in four years from 20.7 to 47.6 are the most recently reported cohort in comparing 2026 results show another improvement with proficiency increasing from 24%
to 25.6% of mass proficiency increasing from 21.2% 22. We are not where we need to be by no responsible board of any planning
towards accelerated progress for our students needs a clear eye of where we are, what's working and what needs improvement. That's what we've been told before and that's what we know. Our
board determined that we would not voluntarily the authority to us by voters under a test that we believe represents a targeted unconstitutional local democratic democratic governance.
There is a significant need to clarify the constitutionality and bound authority over the principles of democracy and representation. That's the fundamental role of the board to interpret legislation and protect the right to representation of the people.
That decision was not a rejection of accountability. It was affirmation of where accountability ultimately belongs. When we talk about accountability because it must always be accountable to whom elected board is accountable to the
future and we serve the community who us progress and remain focused on the work ahead that today as we turn our red belongs welcoming back our students, families, teachers, school leaders and
staff and giving back to the work of educating children and building that. Thank you and welcome back to the greatness as always and will continue to grow here. Thank you so much. >> Next report
we have 2.2 performance committee report 2.2 Thank you to all the hard work you're doing and all of the extra work and the teach. Thank you. Thank you for that report. Next is the 10.3
committee report. 10.4 charter school committee report. We talked about the cleaning of the tools first school Do you want to elaborate? >> Yes, ma'am. Thank you, Commissioner
Superintend. Thank you all for your uh involvement and support during our greatness in your door walk. Last week, we were able to re-engage with a number of families who um unaware that their attendance zone has
changed. So, I'm so happy that we we took that opportunity to do that. And I think that a lot several families were surprised to see board members and our assistant. We also had Principal Balden and his team out with us. We knocked on every door just to inform parents uh on
where to go when school starts. So I am happy to report we had staff out of K8 today and the setup was great in terms of registration support and a lot of our schools across the district did a wonderful job in executing registration
today. So, I'm anxious to see what the numbers like tonight report. by school system and she started reading around the Christmas tree and
pray. We need to do this in order I cried throughout the whole family because the rest of the church I I just wanted to thank the staff for a tremendous job. I went to some of the
schools and everything was moving smoothly. I know. I want to say thank you to the staff to the principal for making sure that all the parents were aware and giving out this backpack for these student who amazing women's
just in every way and supported a lot and just you know we have lots of thousands and thousands of students and we're serving
He is going to be for all. All right. Moving on. Super evaluation committee report. I just want to thank everybody. We're back and ready for Monday. That's
all I need to say. >> Thank you. 10.8 policy governance and legislation committee report. >> We had a remote conversation with education and promised us
promised us that we will have a conversation next month to get the ball. And I put it on the agenda because I know of myself
and we want to follow along. So we are doing things right and it's going to take time but you know We assume everything. But for most people who are operating at work,
welcome back teachers and students. Welcome. without also parents who are continuing to recognize students and improve I would miss
that as well as new teacher new teachers as part of our school district. I want to thank the entire team. I also
want to thank the school district. with various groups to support and I feel that such a great group of people and we're looking forward to a great
opening on Monday 11.1 proposed This is the second reading board. It is that the county board of education approve proposed new and revised
policies 0030 social media board members 409 employee work policy 4018 policy
change 4019 social media employees 4043 Rebecca Workforce Labor 405 employees and tips for um point of information. We have to administer rules and regulations for 401
employee whether that will not. Do I have a motion to adopt these policies that we adopt the policy policies? Do I have any discussion? No discussion.
to take a electronic boat. Black This is 12.1 proposed policy first reading. It is recommended that the Shelby County Board of Education approves it new revised policy that is
purchasing authority will come back. We are the data at any rules. Consent agenda. It is recommended that the county board
agenda. Do I have a motion and a second to approve? As amended to approve agenda as amended. All right. It has been moved and seconded by board member
and board member Murphy that we approve the consent agenda. Thank 0 has been All right, we're moving on to we moved a lot of things over because I want to make sure we have the right
numbers. So we have 14.1 occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, aology, and interpreters for the death school year 26 to 27 renewal. This is the correction recommended. It is recommended that the
seven county board of education respect the June 2026 approval of the specific amount allocated to individuals for related services occupational therapy physical therapy and death
hearing and services could be provided to special education students during the 1926 2027 school year provided however that this act does not affect the board's Approval of the second half of 11 billion authorized services
to approve item 14.1 occupational therapy therapy therapy for the death as boarded because incorrect That's
the most convincing to the occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech therapy, ideology and integrity 26 through 27 renewal 2026 because of the dollar amount.
Board member Joseapur 264. at the correct amount. It's not the total amount that we're sending specific amounts for each members. Is that to give us flexibility if we need
more services from one flexibility to provide more providers? All right. Question. We have this approved
portal. Thank you. about the record of that history. Um moving on to 14.2 approval occupational therapy physical therapy
speech therapy aiology and interpreters for the death school year 267 renewal bound. It is recommended that the Sharby County Board of Education approve the increase to the total budget amount for the related services therapy, physical
therapy, and services to be provided special education back to 27 school year from 11 million to 14 million. Do I have a motion to approve
item 14.3? How is the most related to the occupational therapy physical therapy aiology interpre? 11 million to 14 million for move by
board member that we adopt the question and Thank you. No, no.
14.2 adopted 14.3 approval occupational therapy physical therapy speech therapy and interpreter for school year renewal.
All right. task to approve the revised contract for each listed with the estate amountable under all contracts not to exceed $14 million
LLC group LLC services LLC services LLC therapy LLC technology USA healthcare
therapy Texas language quality group therapeutic focus LLC therapy LLC DBA development services 11 investor LCD
consultants okay do I have a motion to approve item 14.3 county board of education approves the revised for the service and interpreters for the school 26
for the service LLC bridges for the death and heart of care in the south group LLC services progressive therapy LLC
RCM technology USA health care services health care therapy services language pyology The checking sounds 118.
I'd like to record that we adopt 14.3 please submit electronic vote 14.3 All right, we're moving on to approval 276
budget amendment resolution recommended as it is recommended that the county board of education approve the fiscal year 27 July 2026 budget amendment resolution. Do I have Motion to approve
item 14.4. >> I move that we approve item number 14.47 last move by board member executive vice chair that we approve 14.4. Do we have
any question? both with the board. I know that our board commission for the board as well. Dr. on May 12th of 2026.
I received 13 myself and a couple board members before you remember throughout the entire budget process one of the things that I emphasized on that we didn't early because of what happened last
year. I took it back to last year when the news didn't get that budget approved because I never asked the board to do a budget being They included that line.
So when you adopted the budget on 26, we immediately sent it on to the county commission on May 27. So they put it as a part of your budget. just like I believe that
June 29th around 11 p.m. Usually what happens is we have not the only difference that um when it comes to capital funding the money at $427 million for the education
fund which is what the county funds us for the capital if you remember in the news there's 11.9 million floating around a new deal failed to calc because we didn't want them to have to wait on us in order to see the
difference across the Remember just like I always tell you guys you're going to hopefully approve tonight again. So what is if you approve this tonight we're going to approve million the
county for the money at the project level and then Iuded the email we're going to million projects that we can complete this year. So, we're not losing their money because we know
and then what'll happen is at the next committee meeting with the county budget. I present this budget to the county for their approval. We haven't been out of order that we've
done everything. If anybody stands we just wanted to provide you with questions. I have a couple of questions here.
Thank you. Thank you for the board me. So I remember It's in your pocket. You have the default. Exactly.
Okay. provided it to $1.9 million. So remember that's just $1.9 million worth of capital funds. I'm also the board tonight.
will do an additional $33 million invested from our fund. So remember million the commission for 11.9 million but we still have many more to do. So we're pulling from our own $5
to do other projects as well. Those projects are other life projects that we'll do other projects but again it's 11.9 million. What we wanted to do is do practice that we know we can complete this year but we're not holding up
funding for the county about the increase from 256%. Thank you for that question. Um as it
relates to the 2% increase um teachers teachers and um there's a few other employees that are reminding of employees and health over the map of the super employees.
important to employ you can either get an overlap because you reached or you can get to your property. So we're clearing that up so that we don't have a lot of calls from employees. We're sending out communication
for employees. We're meeting this week to clarify that we hope to meet with psychology. Another thing when it comes to psychologist, I've kind of met with them a couple times over the past one. What they want to be harmonized for is
kind of what's happen. What I've had to explain to them is that um 2014 which is 12 years ago. We can't really harvest psychologist. 256 different
but just so you know we have a lot of our services that We have our own house policy but we also have contract such as it relates to your question with the health department as well as
what I can see though is that we have projects what we call money a lot. So what we did was we had the general fund we moved psychologist. So we we have some
green but I was the first psychologist about Remember the fiscal year 27 we have a blessing to psychologist will work on
regarding Dr. All right. It's been moved. It's been seconded and we got Please submit your account no 14.4 is adopted. Home 4.5 approval
fiscal year resolution recommended is recommended that board of education approve the fiscal year resolution. Do I have a motion to approve item 14.17
that we approve on 14.5 Item 14.5. Moving on to item 14.6 approval cost for contract 126,7874 People take forund 146
that we adopt. I'd like to become we have adopted moving on to 147.5
years number 12. I had approved,00 question. Yes. No, we have approved 14.7 approval SB
renewal dollar amount $25,000. It is recommended that the approved for a new $35,000 26 based program collaboration with juvenile courts.
Do I have it? >> I'm We have 13 148 14. I need somebody to give me 17.7. I think it's 148
14. It has been moved by board member that we adopt 14.8 You report that the state Okay. Approved 148.
Moving to 14.10 Formally 138 approval to support youth court renewals. No doubt about the county board of education with the renewal request for the 2026
2017 for youth court program in collaboration with court and school board. It has been moved by board member that we approve item 14.9
renewal. >> We have no approved 14.9. Moving on to 14.0 formally item 14.27 which is the
approval of Authorization grant academy recommendation is recommended that study task for education about the denial of the final chart applications and opportunity
to have a vote 140% round board member here accepted by board member. that we adopt the approval that charter offices
and opportunities that mention portfolio districts. I I had a lot of time with the application, but I just wanted to be on the record. I thought this was a really mod and we talked to schools and our
students who fall behind. What do we do? get a jobless thinking about encourage them to reapply with this. I really I really enjoy reading the application and the vision behind them and looking at the work that they've
done across the country and the department. So, thank you all for see us. always affect the speak on transition public and um board
members. Um this model is that um when our students are involved in our traditional model, they are there for time, right? And for the opportunity um those students are able to be there
uh for enrollment through graduation. program is also for high schools. Your particular model is a degraded model. It's for students who are underredited. It is for student
who meet a specific criteria of their rates, whether it's adjudicated, whether it's a student who may be a parent, a student who may be a couple of years behind his education. There's a specific criteria for opportunity for this
particular model versus what our traditional school model. This matter is the same as our endorse tools that were approved earlier that this changes as well.
>> Thank you. >> Is it because the model of the year that that was older from 16 to 21 years? Because I know I saw something um that was compared to that. But I think that this is a good opportunity for our uh children for our adults.
difficulties. I don't think that this could be uh I agree with uh Anna by saying that we should go back and revisit this before we make a question. We have to opportunity
before this evening to present a few not all but few of the slides that will bring the contest. In order for an application to be uh recommended for approval, it must first meet the requirements of the state board of education rubric. That is
the rubric that all chart school applications are graded on across the state of Tennessee because applicants did not meet the requirements of that rubric and therefore they are
not recommended for denial. If denied in this amended round applicants didn't have an opportunity to appeal to the Tennessee public school commission. So it is an opportunity for them to appeal as well as they are welcome to return them as more members of our staff said
in the future to reapply. I know for um questions there were a lot of questions in the initial round and feedback that we gave and the faculty did not respond to that initial round feedback within the application but as an
authoriz My responsibility to ensure that all of the necessary information is included in the application because that application and the binding document along with the partner agreement that we will have to hold our schools accountable for. 10
years is a lot of time for us to improve the school that there are missing pieces and we want to make sure that we recommend schools that want to be able to be sustainable and be able to provide the necessary support for our students especially our students that are at risk
and vulnerable population to So my next question is if the board denies um OA and approve through the state and if they will uh take possession of it but if we approve it as a board then we will control that. So
that's a great question director Murphy. So there is a 30-day mutual agreement window. If the commission approves a pool that is denied at the LEA level, then there is a 30-day window in which
applicants as well as the LEA can agree for the LEA to still be the authorized. And so it was a mutual agreement that the district decided that they wanted uh to become as well. So you can either go
to the state or that mutual agreement window. But again, we do have two schools that are opportunity schools that were approved earlier tonight. A little bit more clarity. said that school
I'd like a full report on what exactly in that group did not matter if you have the presentation if you would mind I believe it is on slide 21.
Thank you. Are the plans to support students vulnerable population at risk? There was a very limited to support them from an academic and nonacademic standpoint. Also, there were concerns regarding the
community support and demands. This team is seeking to locate inflation and in the implementation there were not any um of support or they were very limited and so we have
other supportities main issue for this particular applicant because the facility where the applicating that's also the same facility that's the application that we approve you all
approved during the consent agenda we're also seeking to location back and so we know we did have in one building a middle school application that was just the clean agenda plus another school of the same
model in And so that is a major concern as well. And then finally, some of the major concerns just we do know that this organization is in New Jersey. They have success in some
areas in New Jersey, but nurses in New Jersey are not. We have some similarities. So we want to make sure that we are putting programming in front of our students that our students are going to be able to be successful. programs want to be discussed. So those
are just some of the main things uh that you had questions and concerns about as far as concern on top of the fact that they did not meet the expectations of the same at this point but um these for young people who are 16 to 21 years old.
Correct. Windows is that 21 years old. But however, there is a need for something like this and something that is beyond the
expertise that NPS is focusing on for our traditional students. And I I want to make sure that Alex, we missed out the opportunity to have that level of interaction in the local level.
And so I'm trying to what are how sides within that 30-day window. Okay. We have a 30-day window that we can deal with. approval.
We will look at the recipe. But I think what may happen and that happens to happen more. >> Yes sir. Thank you Dr. Richie. Just to add a little bit more clarity, what I will say is that the application that
was submitted in the admitted round is the application which the state will do the no review. Uh so there will not be an opportunity for there to be any additional information before we
appeal. So they will review what I also want to add to this as well. If needed approvals um are not allowed any type of approvals as
you prepare to uh and so to that point the neighborhood in which they are and so that is where the approval will be if approved will be there. I thank you.
Thank you. question one day. Is that accurate? >> So, um the review was communicated by the commission is the denovo review and I'll let my legal people explain a
little bit more about what a denovo review is because at the end of the day it's providers that are experienced and the information that is submitted during the round is reviewed more.
commission does have the right executive director to ask additional questions of an applicant or the right to ask those additional questions and she may take that into consideration but for information purposes
documentation purposes we provide all the documentation that's provided to you all as the board that's provided to the uh board we provide all of that nothing nothing less and they
request the information to send you. So it's clear to me that we are we would be communicating on the same set of information that we're we're considering. So that that answers my question. and we
uh yes based on what the rubric says and I think that has been very clear with your I love that you spent some time with us and you have a
very thoughtful process um I just want to make sure we all put it out in the open because we're it desire to make sure that we have opportunities for young people that look different. So I appreciate this.
I understand that and that's one of the things that we do that we do work with. However, I think that this is a good opportunity for 16 to 21 years old and and the location was uh framed at first, but what if they
decided to focus on a more central as far as that we could utilize um for um to approve them for this like I said
if we don't approve them what I expect them to be under our uh under our board member particular. Thank you. Thank you. still impact not just
I think what you have to do for the board if we're talking about roughly 300 students about00 students a Thank you. One more stakeholders
talking about 21. The other thing I want you to consider is before the last two years about Remember any adult we are going to have to find the first
year. So remember that you can feel 21 for the first year. So translates to what they're asking for the cap.
So this is the piece of I think we did all four neighborhood $40 million. Don't member
board member between schools. It will depend on the number of students in this first year. using Facebook will be number Thank you. >> So students have children
at those students. We wouldn't get unless you convert even though we're talking about funding and the opportunity to use those.
>> Yes, ma'am. We have to adult. Congress we take out. The other thing that I think I want to understand what will be considered adult students and school
So much of what we have to do because these are new and innovative tools. I think I have somewhat of a hybrid fun. I think we just need to be
more in the group. I understand that we do have I think we're going to be moment Only thing we have got to do something new in
high school. general question that question for the question. request by board member board member for that everybody
I got the question of the original motion. The original was to approve 14.10 is recommended that the county board of education academy
All right. The recommendation to deny the academy approved by 14.10 751. No further business before the board. We are done.