April 16, 2018 at 6:30 PM - GMSD Board Meeting

The following amendment was recommended by the Board after discussion in the work session,

- Applrov

Recognizing Tenure Recipients (26 Certificated Staff Members), All-West Choir, Strings, and Band Students, and the HHS State Runner UP Girls Basketball Team:

ALL-WEST RECOGNITIONS

Each year, musical education associations put on large performances to showcase off all the great things that are happening with music education in West Tennessee.  We call this All-West for short.

The most talented and rehearsed players are selected to participate in honor bands to work with guest conductors of great skill and prestige.  

 
This year, in our district placed 173 students in All-West Choirs, Bands, and Orchestras.  This is an increase from last year and a testament to the hard work of our music teachers and students.

Tonight, the Germantown School Board of Education has the great pleasure of recognizing the following students:

Cindy Liu

Amy Jackson

Alex Rivas

Meghana Balabhadruni

Seung Yeun Joo (“Sun-young – Jew”)

Andrew Chiang (“Chee-ang”)

Kairavi Gardé

Mae Sistrunk

Houston High School CHOIR All West Members

HHS Basketball

We could not be more proud that this year, the Houston High School Varsity Women’s Basketball Team made it to the big state championship game—the first basketball team to make back-to-back trips to the championship level in Houston history.  The first team to make it to the championship game—and were named this year’s state runner up.  

This season was exciting.  The team went undefeated in the district regular seasons, district championships, region championships, sectional championships and tournaments, with an overall record of 56-10 across two seasons.  

Last year, they made it into the Final Four and this year took second place at the state level.  As the first Memphis area municipality to make it to the big championship game,

This team has a large number of very talented players-- star players--and we are proud of the work of their dedicated coaches to help forge the championship team that appear before us tonight. 

Kelsey Trice

Jayla Hemingway

Madison Griggs

Melisa Carter

Dariya Barnes

Destinee Wells

Zipporah Davis

Tatiana Gary

Annabelle Woodlief

Kennedy Trice

Taylor Coleman

Hannah Powell

Coaches:

Ben Moore

Randy Forrester

Kevin Weaver

Monica Thomas

Megan Kerutis

·      This session of the General Assembly is coming to a close.  The finalization of the Budget is one of the last items on the agenda. 

·      This session was successful in passing some long term fixes – which benefit everyone – Teachers to Administration to School Boards.  Some of the larger items which were passed are:

o    Funding of RTI2 Positions, HB 501/SB 481 - As introduced, adds funding for three Response to Instruction and Intervention positions within each public school to the BEP calculation – this is recurring funding

o   Moratorium on State Testing, HB 1855/SB 1806 - As introduced, prohibits the department and the state board of education from mandating assessments for any grades or subjects beyond those mandated during the 2016-2017 school year until the 2021-2022 school year.

o   District Data Verification, HB 1577/SB 1805 - As introduced, requires the department of education to create a process that provides LEAs at least 15 days to verify and correct assessment and accountability data prior to the data's release; requires the state board of education to develop a policy identifying the data subject to review by LEAs

o   Teacher Licensure, HB 1549/SB 1804 - Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, exempts certain supervisors, principals, and public school teachers from having to take an assessment to advance or renew a teaching license under certain circumstances.

·      As I mentioned in my last report, The Department of Education reconvened its Task Force on TNReady.  The task force released is recommendations for 2018-2019 last week.  The following are the recommendations:

o   Eliminate the TNReady chemistry end-of-course exam; instead, the department will provide a chemistry test form as an option for local administration and scoring

o   Eliminate the TNReady English III end-of-course exam; additionally, the department will prioritize adding a statewide dual credit English composition option that will be available beginning in 2019-20

o   Collaborate with the Tennessee Board of Regents to use the TNReady U.S. History end-of-course exam as a dual credit exam and help students earn college credit from their TNReady score

·        In addition, next year the department will:

o   Eliminate the stand-alone field test for at least the next two years

o   Reduce time on the TNReady English language arts exam in grades 3 and 4 to make it a combined 78 minutes shorter; the department will still generate scores across all four performance levels

SCHOOL OPERATING FUND

Property tax revenue collections totaled $6.3 million for the month.  This represents 40% of the total budgeted.  $6.5 million in cash was transferred to the Local Government Investment Pool for investing.

CAFETERIA FUND

A $50K profit was reported y-t-d.

HEALTH INSURANCE FUND

The IBNR (incurred but not reported) was decreased by $176K, which resulted in a decrease in medical claims expense.  The IBNR represents the claims lag in reporting claims as of December 31, 2017.

Superintendent Manuel presented to the Board the challenges ahead and need for additional local funding to support Excellence.

• Budget alignment to both District and State Goals
• Current funding realities
• Staff Initiatives and District Initiatives
• Revenue Highlights
• Budget Highlights
• Budget Projection Summary
• Unfunded District Requests
• Competitive Teacher Salaries
• Five-year Facility Master Plan
• Invested in GMSD Schools:
• Dogwood Elementary School - $1,896,094
• Farmington Elementary School - $ 910,029
• Houston Middle School -$ 224,856
• Houston High School - $ 4,137,304
• Riverdale K-8 School - $ 12,324,115
• New Elementary School and Administrative Building - $ 31,785,469
• Capital Improvements List

- Brian Curry, 9321 Hollow Creek Cove, Germantown TN 38138

- Wade Walker, 9290 Hollow Creek Cove, Germantown TN 38138

Superintendent Jason Manuel informed on the Bid Opening for the Construction of the New Elementary School and Central Office building, scheduled for tomorrow April 17 at 3:00 pm. He also said that this may require a Special Call Meeting to approve the Bid.

Board Member Amy Eoff said that she will be attending the TSBA Safety Summit along with Board Member Lisa Parker in Nashville on April 18.

Board Member Suzanne Jones invited all to attend the GMSD Color Run on April 29.