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Superintendent reports $90,000-per-year literacy grant, Academic Decathlon heads to nationals; student board member seeks more funding for non-football sports
Summary
Superintendent Dr. McPherson briefed the board on instructional-material reviews, a four-year literacy grant of $90,000 per year, near-perfect food-service inspection scores, and the Academic Decathlon state championship. Student board member Chason Yates called for more funding for track, band and arts programs.
In his superintendent’s report on April 2, Dr. McPherson said instructional materials are available for public review and the textbook committee will meet the following Thursday at 3:00 p.m. at the board office to make a recommendation.
Dr. McPherson announced a literacy grant supporting grades 5–12 totaling $90,000 per year for four years to support implementation of ELA standards and teacher professional development. He also recognized food-service departments that earned high inspection scores: Buckley-Carpenter, LaGrange-Moscow and West Junior High received perfect 100 scores; East, Fayette Ware, Oakland Elementary and Southwest scored 99.
He congratulated the district’s Academic Decathlon team on winning the state championship; the team will compete nationally in Orange County, California, in the third week of April.
Student board member Chason Yates, identified in the minutes as the district’s student board member and the state president of the Tennessee School Boards Association SCOPE Program, urged funding beyond football and basketball. Yates said the schools lack a proper track and that students "currently run on concrete," and raised concerns about limited band and arts staffing and opportunities.
The superintendent’s report also noted a well-attended CTE Expo and a Special Needs Prom that involved CTE students providing services. No immediate funding reallocations or capital-project approvals were recorded at the April 2 meeting; members noted these items for future discussion or recognition.
