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IOTA Community Schools

IOTA Board of Directors' Meeting: September 18, 2025

Published on September 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM CDT

Date and Time

Thursday September 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM CDT

Location

We will meet at Wooddale Middle School in the Library. However, if you cannot attend, please join via the Google Meet link below.

 

Any participant requiring special assistance, or disability-related modifications, including auxiliary

aides or services, in order to participate in this meeting can call Jaques Hamilton at 901-686-

5584. Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting, will facilitate reasonable arrangements to ensure

accommodations and accessibility. Upon request, IOTA shall make available the meeting

agenda and all other public records associated with this meeting in appropriate alternative

formats for persons with a disability.

 

 IOTA Board of Directors' Meeting: September 18, 2025
Thursday, September 18 · 5:00 – 7:00pm
Time zone: America/Chicago
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/sdd-qdmb-ajt
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 920-249-5675‬ PIN: ‪705 573 107‬#

Agenda

Section Number Topic Number Details Purpose Presenter Time
I. Opening Items 5:00 PM
  A. Call the Meeting to Order Discuss Pamela Egwuekwe 1 m
  B. Record Attendance Discuss Pamela Egwuekwe 1 m
  C. Agenda Discuss Pamela Egwuekwe 1 m
   
  • Call Meeting to Order + Attendance + Mission Moment
  • Public Comment
  • Consent Agenda
  • IOTA Strategic Priorities Updates
    • Academic Updates
    • Engaged Parents and Community Enrollment Updates
    • Highly Effective Team
    • Replicable Model
  
  D. Vision, Mission, and Excellence Discuss Jocquell Rodgers 1 m
  E. Mission Moment Discuss Jocquell Rodgers/ Kavarica McCurry 5 m
   

CTE Mission Moment- Student CPR Certifications at Hillcrest and Bluff City High School

  
  F. Public Comment Discuss Jocquell Rodgers 10 m
  G. Consent Agenda Approve Minutes Pamela Egwuekwe 1 m
   
  • Approve Board meeting notes from August 21, 2025 
  
II. Strategic Priorities Updates 5:20 PM
 
  • Academic Updates
  
  A. Academic Updates Discuss Academic Department 15 m
   

The presenter is Academic Department. 

 

  • AimsWeb
  • Culture 
  
III. Engaged Parents & Community Enrollment Updates 5:35 PM
  A. Enrollment Updates Discuss Teddrick Estes 5 m
   

The presenter is Teddrick Estes. 

  • School Enrollment Updates 
  
IV. Highly Effective Team 5:40 PM
 
  • Recruitment 
  
  A. Recruitment Updates Discuss Daniel Penaranda 5 m
   

The presenter is Dan Penaranda.

 

  • Where are we now?
  • What's Next?
  
V. Replicable Model 5:45 PM
 
  • Fundraising 
  
  A. Fundraising Updates Discuss Karen Payne 5 m
   

The presenter is Karen Payne. 

 

  • Fundraising Updates 
  
VI. Closing Items 5:50 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Pamela Egwuekwe 1 m
   
  • Close out the meeting