Metro Nashville Public Schools recognized Rosebank STEAM Magnet Elementary School for earning Cognia STEM certification and honored four music educators named CMA Foundation Music Teachers of Excellence.

Dr. Battle introduced Rosebank's recognition and noted the school "was recently awarded the Cognia STEM certification by Cognia, a nonprofit education organization that is known globally for its work to advance education." The district presentation said Rosebank is the second MNPS school to earn Cognia STEM certification; district staff described Cognia's process as a standards-based review requiring documentation, classroom observations and on-site validation.

Principal Kelly Akers and Rosebank's leadership team joined board members for recognition; the presentation identified classroom practices that contributed to certification, including inquiry- and problem-based learning, cross-disciplinary integration and sustained teacher professional development.

The board also recognized four teachers who received national honors from the CMA Foundation. The winners named in the meeting were Chuck Brown (Head Magnet Middle School), Anna Maria Miller (Hume-Fogg Magnet High School), David Petrelli (Laughlin Elementary School) and Allison Snyder (Hunters Lane High School). The district said each awardee receives $5,000 to split between personal use and classroom or program support; the awardees had been celebrated at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.

Michelle Kirk from the CMA Foundation and Franklin Willis, the district's director of vision and performing arts, joined the recognitions. Dr. Battle thanked school leaders and music educators for their work and invited board members and guests to join the honorees for photographs.

Ending: the recognitions were ceremonial; no board action was required and presentations concluded before director reports.