March 9, 2021 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale:  In attendance:  Chair Butch Campbell, Vice Chair David Settles, Wes Ballard, Roseann Barton, Amanda Moore, Becky Goff and Jimmy Richardson.

Staff:  Director Trey Duke, Ralph Ringstaff, Lisa Trail, Greg Lyles, Kim Williams, Joe Marlin, Sheri Arnette, Angela Fairchild, Sara Walker, Beth Prater, Darla Sampson, Amy Wyatt, LaToya Beard, Heather Anderson, Taylor Richardson, Robin Newell, Kristina Maddux, Autumn DePriest, and Sandy Scheele.

Assistant City Attorney Elizabeth Taylor and City Liaison Bill Shacklett

 

Rationale:  The Pledge of Allegiance was led by our new Director of Schools, Mr. Trey Duke

Rationale:  Bradley Elementary School is excited to have Virtual Math and Literacy Night on Tuesday, March 23.

Cason Lane Academy has officially applied for STEM Designation with TSIN and would like to invite Board members to participate and provide students with feedback during the virtual STEAM Walk on March 25.  Invitations to the STEAM Walk will be sent soon. 

Scales Elementary will soon be zooming with Mr. Ryan Hreljac, the founder of Ryan's Well.  The students studied about Mr. Hreljac in their EL curriculum.  When he was a first grader over 30 years ago, he studied about places have limited access to water and dreamed of raising money to buy a well for a community in Africa. After raising money for one well, he started a foundation and now runs this full time. This ties perfectly with our EL module guiding questions. Our module guiding questions are: 1. Why are the world's freshwater sources threatened? 2. How do people persuade others to take action to contribute to a better world? We will get to zoom him in a location working on a well. At the end of our module, students are going to create a PSA for conserving water! 

Black Fox Elementary is hosting a Virtual Literacy Night on Tuesday, March 9, and participating in MTSU's Virtual Math Night on Tuesday, March 18.

The MCS Voluntary PreK applications are available now online and at the school offices.  Applications will be accepted and screenings will be held at Murfreesboro City Schools Central Office on  March 22, 23, 24 and 26 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. and March 25 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Screenings will also be held at the Head Start Office - 412 E. Vine Street on April 12, 13, 14 and 16 from 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. and April 15 from 8 a.m. - 6 p.m

We want to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Jack Hydrick with Barfield Medical Clinic for his leadership in our COVID Vaccine distribution.  Together with the leadership of Darla Sampson, Sarah Walker and the entire Coordinated School Health and Nursing team, MCS vaccinated 827 people on Friday, Feb 26.  Mr. Campbell and Ms. Barton also thanked everyone for the wonderful job they did in organizing the vaccinations and getting everyone through very smoothly.

The week of March 7-13 marks the celebration of National School Social Work Week. Our Social Workers are vital to the whole child approach for MCS.

The 2021-22 Choice School Applications are now open for parents. Choice schools include Hobgood, Bradley, and Mitchell-Neilson. Additionally, Discovery School mailed letters of acceptance last Friday for the 2021-22 school year.

Congratulations to the Gifted Graduates for 2021.  Graduates include:  
Allison Hooper, Bethaney McClatchey, Rachel Chiaravalle, Ginny Urban, Deja Moffett, Evelyn Reed, Kristy Timberlake, Amy Walker, Kim Snow, Kelly Holman, Amy Ritter, Krista Murphree, Brandy Cheatham, Michelle Paty, Kim Neal, Judi Hinds, Alicia Johnson, Shannon Pennington, Erica Calhoun, Ashlee Walker, Elizabeth Truesdell, Nancy Kelley, Kristi LeMay, Anita Spann, Kasey Taylor, Courtney Shope, Catherine Gordon, Mareen Pfeiffer-Hoens, Breana McClain, Jennifer Stanley, Suzanne Clayton, Lindsay Cole, Katie Vehr, Chelsea Burnette, and Whitney O'Leary.  
 
The Gifted Academy, sponsored by The Jennings and Rebecca Jones Foundation, in collaboration with MTSU, aims to expand Murfreesboro City Schools Gifted Education program by equipping teachers with tools to identify and engage gifted students.   

 The City Schools Art Show is now at the City Hall Rotunda.  The show will remain up from now until the beginning of May.  We will be having an art show preview on CityTV and Facebook in April.

March 22 is our next transition period for students to choose traditional or virtual classes.  This is the last transition open period for the school year.  Parents should let principals and the teachers know this week if they intention for the last quarter this week.
 
Congratulations to Amanda Moore on being selected as part of the 2021 School Board Partners fellow cohort.  Ms. Moore joins 42 additional board members from across the nation in this competitive two-year fellowship.

Discovery School's Virtual Run is happening now.  You can walk, run or skip to help raise money for the new Discovery School Track. Visit Discovery School's website for more details.


 

Rationale:  The meeting adjourned at 7:00 p.m.