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Task Force subcommittee to gather school data after missed appearance by Dr. Dexter Murphy
Summary
Members asked subcommittee staff to collect attendance and outcome data and to develop parent-facing grade-level expectations; Dr. Dexter Murphy had been invited but could not attend the subcommittee meeting.
Task force members said they expect the subcommittee to collect student outcome and attendance data ahead of the next community meeting and to more clearly define grade-level expectations for parents.
A task force member told the group, “We hope to have Doctor Dexter Murphy with us at the subcommittee meeting to give us a start on some of the data that we needed for some of the outcomes that we intended to have.” The task force recorded that Dr. Murphy was unable to attend and that Cynthia suggested an alternate staff person from her office to help gather data.
Members discussed developing a one-page list of five key grade-level expectations parents can use to track whether their child is on track, and agreed the subcommittee should bring that and any available data back to the next community meeting. The group also discussed absenteeism and said transportation was a recurring barrier contributing to missed school days; staff were asked to look into Knox County Schools policy and return with more details.
The discussion was framed as direction to the education subcommittee rather than a formal decision; no vote on policy or funding was taken.
