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Director of schools absent; committee told he sent update on athletic projects and innovation center

5810281 · September 16, 2025
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Summary

Committee chair told members Director of Schools Dr. Lankford was speaking to the NAACP and had emailed an update on athletic projects and the innovation center that the chair forwarded to committee members.

Committee chair told the Sumner County Education Committee on Monday, Sept. 15, that Director of Schools Dr. Lankford would not attend because he was speaking to the NAACP, but that Dr. Lankford had emailed an update on athletic projects and the district’s innovation center that the chair forwarded to committee members.

The chair said he had met with Dr. Lankford and asked that “he or a member of his staff be here at our meetings.” The chair also told the committee that the most recent packet contained an update on athletic projects and the innovation center and that those items in the packet were for information only (items 10a1–10a5).

The chair characterized future meeting scheduling as flexible, asking members to call or text to propose agenda items for the coming months and saying the committee would skip meetings when there is no substantive business.

No formal action was recorded on the athletic projects or the innovation center during this meeting; the chair indicated the materials were provided in the emailed packet. The transcript does not contain details of the athletic projects or the innovation center beyond the chair’s statement that the updates were included in the packet.