Cheryl Mayes, chair of Metro Nashville Board of Education, will take her passion for education and service statewide. Mayes was recently named an At-Large member of the Tennessee School Board Association. She will serve throughout 2013. Congrats!

Congratulations to Cheryl D. Mayes, the Metro Nashville Board of Education representative for District 6, on her election as 2012-13 Board Chair. Anna Shepherd, District 4 representative, was elected Vice Chair.  Both were unanimous.

Cheryl D. Mayes, Chair, District 6	Anna Shepherd, Vice Chair, District 4

 

Metro Nashville Board of Education Member Dr. Sharon Dixon Gentry will be honored for her leadership at tonight’s Women of Legend and Merit Awards dinner hosted by Tennessee State University. Dixon Gentry currently serves as the representative for District 1.

The annual celebration salutes dynamic women leaders, as well as expose TSU’s female students to positive role models, networking opportunities and resources to assist in their academic, personal and professional growth.

The ceremony will be held tonight, March 15, at 7 p.m., at the Millenium Maxwell House Hotel. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) will serve as the keynote speaker.

The Metropolitan Nashville Board of Public Education will join school districts throughout the state to salute their local education leaders during Tennessee’s annual School Board Appreciation Week January 22-28, 2012.

The commemorative week is designed to recognize the contributions made by Tennessee’s school board members, including the Metropolitan Nashville Board of Education, who are charged with governing public education under state law.

Tennessee school board members are chosen by their communities through election or appointment to manage local schools. They oversee multimillion dollar budges which fund education programs for more than 934,000 students in approximately 1,736 schools. Their personnel decisions affect more than 69,500 teachers, administrators and support workers.

These volunteer leaders also are responsible for formulating school district policy, approving curricula, maintaining school facilities, and adhering to state and federal education law. Legal concerns and the complexities of school finance, including budgeting and taxation, require them to spend many hours in board training programs and personal study to enhance their understanding of these issues.

Our deepest appreciation is extended to the dedicated men and women who make it possible for local citizens to participate in education in our community. We salute our school board whose commitment and civic responsibility make local control of public schools in our community possible:

Gracie Porter, Chair, Mark North, Vice Chair, Dr. JoAnn Brannon, Anna Shepherd, Sharon Gentry, Ed.D., Cheryl D. Mayes, Ed Kindall, Kay Simmons, and Michael W. Hayes.

Please join us by saying thank you to our school board members during Tennessee’s School Board Appreciation Week!

Board Meetings	Agenda Item Submission Due Date
January 10, 2012	January 4, 2012
February 14, 2012	January 4, 2012
March 13, 2012	March 7, 2012
April 10, 2012	April 4, 2012
May 8, 2012	May 2, 2012
June 12, 2012	June 6, 2012

The Board meeting starts at 5:00 p.m. on June 28, 2011. The live-blog will open at 4:45 p.m.
To view the agenda for this meeting,

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LIVE-BLOG: Board of Education Meeting - May 10, 2011

Tonight the Board will discuss the 2011-12 operating budget. They will also consider the Director's Evaluation and talk about the upcoming Youth Safety Summit. Click here for a full agenda. <a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=0d0f172c39">Board of Education Meeting - March 8, 2011</a>Don't forget about the public hearing on the budget being held on Thursday, March 10, 2011. The public is invited to speak, but must register in advance. Click here for details.