Final

IOTA Community Schools

IOTA Board of Directors' September Meeting

Published on September 14, 2026 at 11:39 PM CDT

Date and Time

Thursday September 17, 2026 at 5:00 PM CDT

Location

Wooddale Middle School 

3467 Castleman St, Memphis, TN 38118

Agenda

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

IOTA Industry Day Experience at Bluff City High School 

  
  F. Public Comment Discuss Amertice Allen 10 m
  G. Consent Agenda 5 m
   
  • Approve Minutes: August 15, 2026
  
II. Strategic Priorities Updates 5:24 PM
  A. Academic Updates FYI Academic Department 15 m
   
  • Bluff City Site Visit 
  • Arkansas Update 
  • Academic Testing Data Update
  
III. Engaged Parents & Community Enrollment Updates
IV. Highly Effective Team Updates
V. Replicable Model Updates 5:39 PM
  A. Finance Vote Jovan Orozco 30 m
   
  • Overview of Budget Contingency 
  
  B. Governance FYI Jocquell Rodgers 10 m
   
  • Introduction of Karen Weissinger, All Children Excel

 

  
  C. Appointment of New Board Member Vote Jocquell Rodgers 10 m
   

 

  • Introduction of Candidate, Mary Olds
  • Candidate Background/Qualifications
  • Motion to Appoint Mary Olds to the Board
  • Board Vote
  
  D. Nomination and Election of Finance and Audit Committee Vote Daniel Penaranda 10 m
VI. Closed Session 6:39 PM
  A. Review of CEO Evaluation Discuss Amertice Allen 15 m
VII. Closing Items 6:54 PM
  A. Adjourn Meeting Vote Amertice Allen 1 m