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Collierville Schools board approves 2025–26 meeting calendar and routine consent items; lottery-scholarship awareness day clarified

3572772 · May 21, 2025

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Summary

Board approved the upcoming year’s meeting calendar and routine consent items, answered questions about a proposed lottery-scholarship awareness day (not a day off) and discussed AI deepfake concerns; minutes and agenda were also approved.

The Collierville Schools Board of Education approved the 2025–26 meeting calendar and a package of routine consent items Wednesday, and it approved the agenda and the April 29 minutes earlier in the meeting.

Miss Gibbs moved to approve the 2025–26 board meeting calendar; a second was recorded and the roll call vote passed with board members present voting yes. The board also approved the agenda and the minutes from April 29; the minutes were approved after a correction and a roll-call confirmation (Miss Gibbs, Chairman Cox, Miss Chisholm and Mister Bailey voted yes on the minutes as recorded).

During the consent-item discussion a board member asked about a proposed "lottery scholarship day." District staff said the event is intended as an informational awareness effort to ensure parents and families know about scholarship funds; it is not intended to be a day off or a district-wide celebration that removes students from school. Officials said high schools and counseling departments already run similar awareness activities.

Board members also raised a separate, brief point about emerging technology: a member mentioned concerns about so-called deepfake or AI-generated identification and referenced proposed federal-level protections. District staff described those protections as federal and noted additional layers of protection may be forthcoming, but no policy change was adopted at the local level.

The consent package, including the lottery-scholarship awareness day item, passed on a motion and second. The meeting adjourned after the votes.

Votes at a glance - Agenda approval: motion moved and seconded; outcome: approved (roll called). - April 29 minutes: approved after correction; roll-call recorded — Miss Gibbs (yes), Chairman Cox (yes), Miss Chisholm (yes), Mister Bailey (yes). - 2025–26 board meeting calendar: motion by Miss Gibbs, second by another member; roll-call recorded — Miss Tissom (yes), Chairman Cox (yes), Mister Fox (yes), Miss Gibbs (yes), Mister Bailey (yes); outcome: approved. - Consent items (package including "lottery scholarship day"): motion and second; outcome: approved.