December 11, 2018 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Regular Meeting

The Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Dajah Raymond, a 6th grade student at Reeves Rogers Elementary and Alejandro Castro, a 6th grade student at Overall Creek Elementary.

Congratulations to Lea Bartch, who has been selected to be part of the state’s STEM Leadership Council.  The statewide Council consists of 12 members—8 of which are selected through an application process.  The Leadership Council will help implement and support the state’s STEM initiatives. 

Congratulations to the following schools that have received recognition from the Tennessee Behavior Support Project:

Model of Demonstration - Gold Level

Bradley Academy

Overall Creek

Model of Demonstration - Silver Level

Scales

Northfield

Cason Lane Academy

Model of Demonstration - Bronze Level

Discovery School

Reeves Rogers

School of Recognition

Mitchell Neilson School

John Pittard

Jayna Parks, a student at Cason Lane, won 1^st place in 6^th Grade Language Arts for the Junior Division during the TN State Beta Club Convention.

Congratulations to the 2018 BEP Nissan Minigrant Winners.  The teachers' names, grants, and schools are as follows:

Dr. Lori Housley-Cup of Conversation-Bradley Academy

Elizabeth Shepherd-Letting Coding Take Root-Discovery School

Debbie Hickerson-If You Build It, They Will Come and The Art of Science-John Pittard Elementary

Anita Morton-Educational Breakout!-Mitchell Neilson School

Felicia Jackson-I'm in the Mood for Rube!-Overall Creek Elementary

Karen Tyson-Mary, Mary Quite Contrary, How Did You Say Your Garden Grows? Biodiversity and Hydroponics-The Discovery School

Congratulations to the MCS teams who competed in the 2018 First Lego League Qualifying Tournament on Saturday, December 8.  Discovery’s two robotics teams, coached by Wendy Heckert, Jennifer Smith, and Shea Payne, received 2^nd place in Project Design and 2^nd place in Robot Design.  Erma Siegel’s team, coached by Angela Pope and Buffy Davenport, received 2^nd place in Core Values.  Northfield’s team, coached by Mary Orcutt, Caitlin Trammel, and Heather Knox, received 1^st place in Core Values.  And Cason Lane’s team, coached by Jessica Piety and Julie Seymore, did well in their first time competing.

Congratulations to the Scales’ Boys Basketball Team for placing 1^st in the MCS Tournament and to Black Fox Boys Team for being runner up.  Also, congratulations to Reeves-Rogers’ Girls Basketball Team for placing 1^st and to Bradley’s girls for being the runner-up team.  The 2018 Basketball Season was very successful.  Many thanks to Ralph Ringstaff for organizing the league, and to the principals and Murfreesboro Police Department for their support.

Congratulations to the MCS Competition Cheer teams.  Both the MCS Junior Team and the MCS Youth Team have qualified for National Competition at Disney later this year.  We appreciate the commitment of the students, their parents, and their coaches, Amber Kelly, Megan Brewer, Taylor Sams, and Jessica Jacobs.

MCS is blessed to have tremendous bus drivers and assistants.  Every day, they ensure our children travel safely to and from school.  But tonight, a special shout out goes to last year’s Bus Driver of the Year, Teresa Crouch, for the way she demonstrates her heart for children.  Recently, Teresa was acknowledged in a Daily News Journal Letter to the Editor for going an extra mile for a child.

Revision of City Ordinance regarding Closing Hours for City parks, parking lots, and school grounds will change the hours from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m.  This will better accommodate ESP, custodial, and other early staff.

The new verbiage of Section 21-47 will be:  “No person is allowed to be on the grounds of any City school between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., except as authorized by the Director of Schools or designee.”