August 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

Rationale:  The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Mr. Don Bartch, Assistant Superintendent of School Operations

Rationale:  We’re off to an amazing start this school year with our Teacher Supply Closet, Backpack Program, and Parent Universities in full swing!
We were excited to have hosted our first MCS Supply Drive at Mitchell-Neilson Primary in partnership with Murfreesboro Muslim Youth, Wellpoint, Read to Succeed, and our MCS Farmers - we provided over 450 children with backpacks, school supplies, books, food, and homegrown veggies! There was also other supply drives held in the community to support our students - we would like to give a big thank you to H3 Church,  HWY 231 Church of Christ, The Experience Community Church, and the Family Worship Center for hosting supply drives on their campuses for our students this summer.
 
We also received an abundance of school supplies from the amazing, annual Stuff the Bus organized by the United Way South Central Tennessee.  We are extremely grateful for their continued support to our students and families.
 
We would also like to thank NHC, Weichart Realty Group,  Chi Omega Sorority, and the TN Comptroller of the Treasury for their generous donations of school supplies made to our Teacher Supply Closet.
Because of these wonderful events we know our students will get the supplies they need to have a confident start to their school year.
 
We are gearing up for our Backpack Program with the first packing day on August 20th. With support again from Second Harvest we will be able to serve 175 students weekly. We would also like to thank Wilson Bank and Trust and First Presbyterian Church for all the food they collected for our Backpack Program this month to make sure our students in need will have plenty of food to start their school year. Thank you to the New Vision 50+ ministry for their continued dedication to pack our Backpack bags on Wednesday mornings and to Fellowship Methodist Church’s FUEL program that serves 4 of our schools in the district with Backpack bags.  We could not run this program alone and are so thankful for the outpour of support from these partners.

We had an exciting kick off for Parent University with our "A Glimpse at Kindergarten" Zoom held on July 31^st- We were thrilled to have over 100 parents join us online!  We also held the Zoom in Spanish to support our ESL families.  It was a successful start for the school year.
We have several great sessions planned for our families in August and September with many more in the works! 
Currently for August and September we have 3 Zooms including: "Let’s Talk About School Anxiety", "Digital Age Education", and "Data Literacy" .  We also have a fun Family Literacy Night planned at the Discovery Center at Murfree Springs on September 16^th where families can come together and experience new ways to have fun learning.   
We are  really excited about our strong start and look forward to connecting with our families this school year to support their child’s learning and development!