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Votes at a glance: Board hears a slate of recommended contracts, grants and purchases
Summary
At the work session staff presented recommended approvals for a slate of contracts, MOUs and purchases including partnerships with St. Jude, Reading Horizons, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, a dyslexia intervention contract, dual‑enrollment MOUs and security equipment purchases; the agenda motion passed by roll call earlier in the meeting and most item
The Shelby County Board of Education work session included a series of staff‑presented recommendations for memoranda of understanding, contracts, grants, purchase orders and other routine items (agenda items 9.1–9.18). The meeting recorded the board’s roll‑call approval of the meeting agenda; the transcript presents the remainder of these items as staff recommendations with brief descriptions but does not record individual roll‑call votes for each line item in the provided excerpt.
Early in the meeting the board approved the agenda by motion (moved by Board member Morgan McKissick, second by Board member Murphy) with a roll call in which members voted “Aye” and the chair announced the motion passed. The remainder of the items below were presented as recommended approvals (staff presenters prefaced each item with “Yes, madam chair, it’s recommended that…”). The transcript records brief discussion on some items (notably 7 Mindsets and budget items covered separately) but most items were presented with no extended Q&A in the provided excerpt.
Summary of staff‑presented items (from agenda numbering): - 9.1 St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital MOU: support for STEMM (science, technology, engineering, math and medicine) learning opportunities across 10 elementary, 2 middle and 3 high schools (presentation only; recommended approval). - 9.2 Strategic Partners for Literacy MOU ($91,883.04): contract for a project manager funded 50/50 by the Urban Child Institute and the Hyde Family Foundation; MSCS share $45,941.52 (recommended approval). - 9.3 Reading Horizons contract ($539,895): dyslexia‑specific intervention referenced in TCA 49‑1‑229 (recommended approval). - 9.4 Dual‑enrollment MOUs: agreements with Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT), Tennessee Tech, University of Memphis and Southwest Tennessee Community College (terms vary by partner; recommended approval). - 9.5 Memphis Symphony Orchestra contract ($98,800): in‑school programming and pedagogy support (recommended approval). - 9.6 Save the Music Foundation, Jay Dilla Music Tech Grant ($58,300): presented for Craigmont (transcript shows both “Craigmont High School” and later “Craigmont Middle School”; transcript inconsistency noted) (recommended acceptance). - 9.7 State special schools agreement: MOU with state for services at Tennessee School for the Deaf and Tennessee School for the Blind pursuant to Tennessee State Board of Education rule (presentation noted no district payment required) (recommended approval). - 9.8 7 Mindsets Academy LLC ($389,000): SEL curriculum item — substantive discussion recorded (separate article covers that discussion). - 9.9 Purchase order for Moore Norman College and Hollis F. Price Middle College High School ($175,000) (recommended approval). - 9.10 Change order/contract increase for digitizing student records (Contract 20250484, Rico): increase $39,271.31 bringing total to $131,087 for records digitization at Martin Luther King College Preparatory High School and Fairley High School (recommended approval). - 9.11 preACT assessments ($345,835): purchase of preACT for grades 8–10 for 2025–26 (recommended approval). - 9.12 OpenText Inc ($88,748): one‑year contract for Documentum UI application (recommended approval). - 9.13 B4 Applied Inc: amend roof replacement contract completion date for Treadwell Elementary and Middle Schools; extension only, no cost (recommended approval). - 9.14 Naming of Fairley High School auditorium in recognition of Pastor Robert J. Matthews (recommended approval). - 9.15 Donation acceptance, Middle College High School ($57,669.80) from Bill Courtney for football equipment and uniforms (recommended acceptance). - 9.16 ProTech Professional Technologists Inc ($612,337.73): purchase of a mobile surveillance trailer system (recommended approval). - 9.17 Linnev Systems USA Inc ($147,952.18): warranty renewal for weapons detection bag scanners (recommended approval). Board members noted state requirements for annual servicing; average repair cost referenced as $10,000–$15,000 per scanner. - 9.18 Emergency Medical Resources PLLC (not to exceed $15,000 over 3 years): contract to analyze medical incident data and advise program responses (recommended approval).
The transcript contains brief clarifying questions on several items (for example, whether the state pays for services under the special schools MOU, and questions about warranties on bag scanners) and records staff answers. Where the transcript shows inconsistent naming (see item 9.6 Craigmont grant), staff or later records should be consulted for the official school name.
The meeting minutes and the board’s formal voting record (not contained in the excerpt) should be used to confirm final motions and roll‑call results for each item.
