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Out‑of‑county tuition fee
The board voted to set the out‑of‑county tuition fee at $0 for the 2025–26 academic year. Motion: “to set the out of county tuition fee at 0 for the academic year 2025‑2026.” Method: voice/roll call as recorded by the board clerk. Outcome: approved. Notes: Board members clarified that to waive tuition the fee must be set to 0 rather than merely stating it will not be charged.

Substitute teacher contract (ESS)
The board approved a one‑year contract with ESS for substitute teacher services. Motion: “to approve the ESS contract as presented.” Mover: Ms. Locke. Second: Mr. Harden. Method: voice/roll call. Outcome: approved. Notes: District staff said ESS has been the district's substitute provider for many years and is actively working to increase substitute availability.

Middle‑school marquees ($180,000)
The board authorized $180,000 from Fund 141 (capital fund for excess tax collections) to purchase marquees for the district's middle schools and use existing placement sites. Motion: “approve middle school marquees from Fund 141 for $180,000.” Mover/Second: motion made and seconded (names not specified in the transcript). Method: roll call. Outcome: approved. Notes: Facilities staff presented proposed designs and said marquees will use existing placement; the board said a marquee for Chaney was unveiled earlier that day.

Policy revision — background investigations (second reading)
The board approved a revision to the background investigations policy on second reading. Motion: “to approve revision of policy 5.118, background investigations as presented on second reading.” Mover: Mr. Habs. Second: Ms. Locke. Outcome: approved by voice vote. Notes: District staff said the revision formalizes existing background‑check requirements and incorporates legal requirements.

Board meeting schedule 2025–26
The board approved the proposed meeting and work‑session calendar for 2025–26 as circulated in the packet. Motion: to approve the board meeting schedule for 2025–26 as presented. Outcome: approved by voice vote.

Director of schools contract
The board approved a contract to appoint Stacy Bloomfield (recorded in the packet as the director of schools hire) to the director of schools position and approved the contract as presented. Motion: to accept the director's contract as presented. Method: roll call. Outcome: approved; the chair announced the roll call showed unanimous yes votes from members present. Notes: The board's legal counsel said the contract incorporates the terms requested by the board and recommended approval.

Other routine business
The board approved a consent agenda (including minutes and equipment disposals) and several recognitions and presentations during the meeting.

Votes and records: The transcript records voice votes for several items and recorded roll calls for others. Where individual roll‑call votes were read aloud, the transcript shows members voting yes; where only a voice vote is recorded the clerk announced “ayes have it.”","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","CCSD March Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The Cheatham County Board of Education approved several motions at its Roadshow meeting, including a $0 out‑of‑county tuition fee, renewal of an ESS substitute contract, $180,000 for middle‑school marquees, a background‑investigations policy on second reading and the director of schools' contract.","taxTitle","Cheatham County, School Districts, Tennessee","taxId",67536,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6640654,"Principal Wenning outlines improvements, instructional practice guide use as school aims to move from level 1 to level 3 or 4",860,940000,1800000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2551776-31ce7b4ef651c81279b11208733e1647&start=940&end=1800","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2551776-31ce7b4ef651c81279b11208733e1647/thumbnail_940000.jpg","/articles/6640654/Tennessee/Principal-Wenning-outlines-improvements-instructional-practice-guide-use-as-school-aims-to-move-from-level-1-to-level-3-or-4","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6640654-582872e47eefaf79d998a0c0ec43f0d3/orig.mp4?Expires=1773700556&Signature=KodzLzEDNtVqfNMv~qA6XUymBoObB2wOEeZHFQy0Iwv-hg4jYt-M1cYoWupkIq5z1Al7MyV7ijjU89f39YZHteZf0bgsALh9X9tmdJt1jyL-sO3yXwoK9x2ZSoL-thK91PaFbCMKAlH1E31-AmRDEpuPLUaXFTdgv0jdkJ4XllHfXkPiZZ1j~fF3aHAIUvrA3vSlUhyKWtBrd9tkqjYbuTITQ5-9SBZ2Ie0FxW-yD-ai88QxXuznxWhyRo54-s3EQOPmB93qkAdUJr~~dTqL6xc7hN8VajUMSKK-oI8hlf-B6uf19Bxmlv4J-DkIJ59y5SnymCd6FgRY2JHkpAeGMA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Principal Wenning, principal of the host school, told the Cheatham County Board of Education during its roadshow meeting that the school has been rated level 1 for two years and is aiming to reach level 3 or 4 this year after recent changes and interventions.

“we were level 1 actually for the last 2 years in a row, and none of us are happy about that,” Principal Wenning said, adding that a single subject area had depressed the school's overall rating and that midyear benchmark data suggest the school “will be a level 3 or 4 school this year” if gains hold.

The school has pursued several steps to raise student performance, Wenning said: personnel reassignments, expanded use of the district's high‑quality instructional materials (HQIM) in math and English, collaborative planning among teachers, and targeted intervention programs. He described a literacy pilot and daily short practice for reading, and emphasized incentives tied to ACT performance.

“if I can get 5 to 10 minutes just kind of engage this every day, that that's a huge jump,” Wenning said of the literacy pilot. He said the school is using small, tangible rewards — food coupons, lunches, and larger district incentives for higher scores — to motivate students toward the district goal of a school average ACT of 21.

District staff described how the Instructional Practice Guide (IPG) is being used across schools. Rachel, a district staff member who presented the IPG to the board, said the guide is an observational tool that helps leaders and teachers use common language and evidence to support instruction.

“One of the reasons that we love this tool … is it has a lot of common language, so we're all speaking the same language,” Rachel said, explaining that the IPG includes core actions (culture of learning, use of HQIM, question/task design, and student engagement) and a rating scale used to identify trends and prioritize professional development.

Rachel said the district conducts beginning, middle and end‑of‑year walkthroughs with the IPG and that principals and academic specialists may use the tool for targeted goals or peer observations. She added the district is beginning to collect enough data to move toward trend analysis but that it is the first robust year of district‑level data collection.

Principal Wenning also updated the board on facilities and recent capital work. He said bleacher parts for a concrete pathway by the home‑side bleachers are expected to arrive soon and thanked the board for approval of the auditorium air‑conditioning replacement, which he said made the evening's meeting comfortable.

“We also wanna say thank you for the AC system replacement because, honestly, if you were here tonight, without that, y'all would be freezing to death,” Wenning said.

The presentation included descriptions of classroom data use and interventions, and district staff said the IPG aligns with state encouragement for observable, research‑based instructional practices. Board members asked whether the IPG has produced measurable correlations with test scores; presenters said it is too early for district‑wide causal analysis but that local schools are using the tool to target instruction and professional development.

The board thanked the host school for the presentation and for hosting the roadshow meeting.

Looking ahead, Wenning said the school expects continued implementation of the interventions and monitoring of benchmark data to track whether the projected improvement to level 3 or 4 is realized.","At a Cheatham County Board of Education Roadshow meeting, Principal Wenning described personnel changes, targeted interventions and use of the district's Instructional Practice Guide to improve testing and classroom instruction; district staff described how the IPG is used to guide teacher support and district planning.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: Cheatham County Board approves contracts, marquee funding, director's contract and policy revisions

Principal Wenning outlines improvements, instructional practice guide use as school aims to move from level 1 to level 3 or 4