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Meet
the Commissioners
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Office
2597 Avery Avenue, Room 218
Memphis, TN 38112
901.416.5447
901.416.5591 (Fax)
Email:
boardinfo@mcsk12.net
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ROLE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD
The Memphis City Schools Board of Education is composed of nine members,
who are residents of the city, elected by the citizens at the general
election in November to serve a four year term. Seven members are elected
by district to represent a specific area within the city, and two members
are elected at large to represent the entire city. At the last meeting
in December, the Board elects a President and a Vice-President to serve
for a term of one year to be effective January 1.
The Board of Education is responsible for establishing goals for the
school system and adopting policies for the effective operation of the
school system. The Board appoints a Superintendent to oversee the operation
of the school system in accordance with the educational goals and policies
it establishes.
DUTIES OF THE BOARD
The Board focuses on three major areas: policy development, advocacy
for Board policies, and accountability for district goals.
The district's strategic plan is a working document used to guide and
reinforce MCS's mission and goals. It is continuously reviewed, evaluated,
discussed, updated, and endorsed by the Board Commissioners. The Board
of Education also conducts regular evaluations of the Superintendent's
performance.
Approval of the budget is a major function of the Board. Commissioners
support the hiring of teachers, administrators, and support staff who
are responsible for educating the students.
As public officials, individuals who serve on the Board are active and
visible members of the community. However, the Board acts officially only
as a group. It is committed to openness and candor in the conduct of its
business and encourages citizen participation during regular meetings.
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD
Regular meetings of the Board of Education are held on the first and
third Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Francis
E. Coe Administration Building, 2597 Avery Avenue. The standard adjournment
hour for all regular meetings shall be 10:00 p.m. unless there is a vote
of two-thirds of the members present to extend the meeting. All meetings
are open to the public. Public notice of all meetings must be given at
least 24 hours in advance.
- Special meetings are held from time to time for official action on
specific topics. No business shall be transacted except that for which
the meeting was called.
- Board/Staff conferences are held to provide
an opportunity for informal discussion of reports or other matters
relating to the school system by the Board and administration. They
are limited to no more than one per month and no more than two (2)
hours per meeting.
ADDRESSING THE BOARD
The President of the Board presides at all meetings and persons who wish
to speak before the Board may do so at regular meetings by following these
procedures:
- Speakers may request that their names be placed on the agenda by
calling the Board President's Office at 325-5447 no later than noon
on the day of the Board meeting.
- Each speaker must state his/her name, address, zip code, organization
or group represented, and the topic to be addressed.
- Speakers must
sign the register located at the Board secretary's table and read the
guidelines upon arrival at Board meeting.
- Each speaker's presentation will be limited to three (3) minutes.
Any part of the three (3) minutes may be yielded by the speaker to
another speaker whose name is on the agenda, but in no instance shall
any one speaker be allowed more than six (6) minutes regardless of
the number of speakers who yield their time. Speakers may not yield
their time to a person whose name is not already on the agenda to
speak.
- The Board President will call the speaker's name when it is his/her
time to speak. Speakers should use the microphone at the speaker's
podium and state for the record their name, address, and organization
or group represented.
The Board expects that those who appear before it will conduct themselves
in an orderly manner. Personal references, derogatory statements of a
personal nature, obscenitites, profanity, and name calling are not permissible.
The President will have the authority to terminate the remarks of any
individual who does not adhere to the above rules or chooses to be abusive
to an individual Board member or the Board as a whole.
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