Members of the Hamilton County school board will meet today with a full plate on the agenda.
Tennessee Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen will join the board in a 4:30 p.m. work session to unveil the state’s new plan for the five lowest-performing schools it previously threatened to take over.
McQueen is expected to present a memorandum of understanding that the board will vote to approve at its regular board meeting Feb. 15. The agreement will establish a “Partnership Network” – a slight change from the previously proposed “Partnership Zone” – that will include a seven-member advisory board and a state-appointed liaison.
Most of the board members have expressed enthusiasm about the proposal.
“I am happy with where the partnership is going,” District 4 school board member Tiffanie Robinson previously told the Times Free Press. “I think Commissioner McQueen’s mind has changed into a different direction. I think the reasons why she’s willing to make those changes is she’s seeing the progress that Dr. Johnson is making in those schools.”