Charter commission staff signal growth needs; approves interpretation services agreement

The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission's Business Operations Committee on March 27 approved an annual interagency agreement with the Tennessee Language Center for interpretation and translation services and heard staff warn that the agency's operations will need new systems and flexible office arrangements as it scales.

The commission's executive director, Tess Stovall, told commissioners the agency is in the final stages of hiring three positions, including a newly accepted director of school programs and support, and is finishing the search for a student data analyst. She also said a recent departure left an open role the agency expects to fill.

Stovall said the commission's eighth-floor office footprint is the full space the agency currently has and that growth driven by new responsibilities from the General Assembly will force a transition to flexible seating or hybrid arrangements: "there will come a point in which we will have to move to flexible seating and or a fully hybrid model," she said.

Stoval…