At its Feb. 24 meeting the board approved the agenda, consent items, a list of tenured teachers, a three-year MOU with the Murfreesboro Education Association, pre-K and sixth-grade placements, a $15,000 website contract, and three budget amendments among other routine actions.
The board approved recommended pre-K and sixth-grade placements designed to cluster sixth-grade programming and better use building capacity; staff confirmed bus transportation will remain available and described tiered truancy interventions, including Tier 3 meetings involving legal and social services partners.
The Murfreesboro City School Board unanimously approved a three-year memorandum of understanding with the Murfreesboro Education Association under the Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act covering association access, grievance procedures, salaries, work hours, duty-free lunch, and safety provisions.
An independent audit of Murfreesboro City Schools for fiscal year 2025 returned a clean opinion; auditors and district staff highlighted roughly $210 million in assets, about $52 million in liabilities, and roughly $44.2 million in fund balance, with unassigned reserves covering about 2½ months of operations.
Marquette representative Tim reported the portfolio at about $82.2 million and recommended increasing infrastructure and private-credit allocations, adding a third private-equity manager with a $3 million commitment, and adding a second reporting benchmark tied to Exhibit A rather than rewriting policy text. The board discussed but deferred formal vote until a revised policy is circulated.
The board approved recommendations to fund 30 organizations totaling about $600,000 and renewed errors-and-omissions insurance with a modest premium decrease; one applicant was disqualified for missing a required midyear report. Approved items will be presented to council for final action.
An unidentified longtime Murfreesboro city employee accepted an award and reflected on a 35-year career, noting the city’s growth from roughly 25,000 to more than 100,000 residents and thanking colleagues and staff for their support.
At a Feb. 19 advisory meeting at the Adams Tennis Complex, staff reported high February attendance and called for stakeholder input on a five- and ten-year master plan that prioritizes facilities, infrastructure and potential court expansion for tennis and pickleball.
The Adams Tennis Complex Commission approved minutes from November 2025 and voted to raise the outdoor event fee from $6 to $12 per player per day to better capture revenue for long-running outside tournaments and events.
The Battle of the Badges blood drive in Murfreesboro collected 157 units of blood—enough to help an estimated 462 patients—and the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department recorded the most donations with 40, organizers said.