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LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE
[A. Meeting Opening]
PARISH SCHOOL BOARD FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 24TH, FIRST 2022.UM, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROAD, DISTRICT NINE PRESIDENTS ATLIN PRESENT DISTRICT FOR VICE-PRESIDENT COLLINS DISTRICT ONE.
MR. BLUE HERE DISTRICT TWO, MR. LANDIS DISTRICT THREE, MR. HOWARD DISTRICT FIVE.
MS. WARD JACKSON PRESENT DISTRICT SIX.
MS. DIASON PRESENT DISTRICT SEVEN, MR.
I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, UH, DR.
SO IF ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS FOR HIM, CAN YOU HEAR US, DR.
SO WE'LL, AS WE MOVE ALONG, JUST IN CASE ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS I WANTED YOU ALL TO KNOW HE WAS WITH US VIRTUALLY.
[B. Minutes]
NOW GO TO ITEM B ONE APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES OF THE MARCH 17TH, 2022 REGULAR BOARD MEETING, APRIL 7TH, 2022 SPECIAL BOARD MEETING AND THE APRIL 17TH, 2022 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AS PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNEY JOURNAL, MOVED BY MS. BERNARD SECONDED BY MS. DYSON SEEING NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE MINUTES, SEEING NON BACK TO THE BOARD.
MADAM SECRETARY POLICE CONDUCT A VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
[C.1. Athletic Recognitions: Basketball]
MOVE TO ITEM C1 RECOGNITION OF THE MCKINLEY HIGH GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM FOR BEING NAMED THE 2022 L S L H S A GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE RUNNER UP FOR DIVISION ONE LIBERTY HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR BEING NAMED THE 2022 L H S A BOYS BASKETBALL STATE RUNNER OR DIVISION TWO, AND THE SCOTLANDVILLE HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR BEING NAMED THE 2022 L H S A BOYS BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONS FOR DIVISION ONE.GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TATLIN, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, SUPERINTENDENT NAZIS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE THREE OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL TEAMS. THE MCKINLEY HIGH LADY PANTHERS, THE LIBERTY HIGH PATRIOTS AND THE SCOTLANDVILLE HIGH HORNETS.
I WITNESSED SOME GREAT BASKETBALL DURING THE SEASONS SEMI-FINALS AND FINALS FROM THESE TEAMS MCKINLEY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH A SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
THEY ARE THAT NAMED THE 2022 LHSC GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE RUNNER UP FOR DIVISION ONE IN 2020 21.
MCKINLEY HIGH WAS, WAS SECOND PLACE IN DISTRICT FIVE, FIVE A AND MADE THE FIRST ROUND OF THE STATE PLAYOFFS IN 2020 1 22, MCKINLEY WON THE EBR GIRLS' BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.
AND AGAIN, PLAYS SECOND IN DISTRICT FIVE, FIVE, A SOPHOMORE TYRIANA SIBLEY WAS NAMED AS CODE DISTRICT MVP OF DISTRICT 5, 5, 8, SOPHOMORE GABRIELLE LEATHERS AND FRESHMEN PAGE HAWKINS WERE NAMED TO THE ALL DISTRICT.
SECOND TEAM JUNIOR J KIRA PALMER AND MAYANA BOOKER WERE NAMED TO THE HONORABLE MENTION ALL DISTRICT TEAM COACH HUGIN FLY HUGGINS FLOWERS WAS NAMED AS DISTRICT FIVE, FIVE A COACH OF THE YEAR FOR 2022.
AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL SEASON.
BOBBY FIVE, A STATE, MY APOLOGIES COACH OF THE YEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
UH, YOU WORKED VERY HARD FOR, AND CERTAINLY HAVE EARNED.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THESE METALS, UH, IN RECOGNITION FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE BOARD TO AWARD YOU FOR YOUR, UH, GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND, UH, KEEP IT UP NEXT
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YEAR.LET HER TAKE A PICTURE, BUT MIKE, YOU COULD GET UP FRONT AGAIN.
HI, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE LIBERTY HIGH BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR BEING NAMED THE 2022.
LHS A BOYS' BASKETBALL STATE RUNNER UP FOR DIVISION TWO.
THE PATRIOTS WERE 29 AND SEVEN THIS YEAR.
AND IF ONE DISTRICT SEVEN FOR A, FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS, THE PATRIOTS WERE RANKED SECOND IN THE NATION THIS YEAR FOR TAKING CHARGES.
AND YOU KNOW HOW THE HARD THAT IS FOR THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS, JACOB WILSON WAS NAMED TO THE SEVEN FOR A ALL DISTRICT TEAM AND SELECTED TO THE LOUISIANA SPORTS WRITERS ASSOCIATIONS CLASS FOR A ALL-STATE BASKETBALL TEAM.
CAMERON NEWMAN, HOWARD GASKINS, JR AND QUINTIN HENRY WERE SELECTED TO THE ALL DISTRICT TEAM.
QUINTIN WAS ALSO NAMED THE 2020 1, 20 22 7 4, A DEFENSIVE MVP.
WHITE WAS NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR FOR DISTRICT 7, 4 8 FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
WHAT AN HONOR NEXT WEEK, FIVE PLAYERS FOR LIBERTY WILL SIGN BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPS, A LETTER, A NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT, CONGRATULATIONS, LIBERTY HIGH.
AND LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY, CONGRATULATIONS.
I KNOW A LOT OF HARD WORK WENT INTO THIS.
I'M ALWAYS IN AWE OF, UH, PEOPLE WHO CAN PLAY BASKETBALL SINCE I'M SO VERTICALLY CHALLENGED, BUT IT IS A GREAT, UH, ACCOMPLISH ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT YOU HAD DONE AND MORE SO I KNOW THE, UH, BASKETBALL SCHOLARSHIPS ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN JUST ACTING, UM, MORE THAN JUST LETTING SCALE AND ACCOUNTS FOR ACADEMICS.
SO I ALSO VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THE ACADEMICS BECAUSE THE TWO GO TOGETHER AND WILL SERVE YOU BOTH VERY WELL.
CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, LIBERTY HIGH PATRIOTS, DR.
WHITE, AND THIS GROUP LAST IS SCOTLANDVILLE HIGH.
WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THEM AT THE MAY MEETING.
THEY HAVE A DISTRICT TRACK MEET TODAY, AND MOST OF THEIR BASKETBALL PLAYERS ARE ON THE TRACK TEAM.
SO THEY'RE PARTICIPATING, BUT THEY RECEIVE, THEY W ONE STATE FOR THE LHSC, UM, STATE CHAMPIONS DIVISION ONE.
CONGRATULATIONS, SCOTLANDVILLE.
UM, JUST A NOTE, THEY BEAT MY ALMA MATER FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO, BUT I WAS, I WAS PULLING FOR SCOTT BELL.
AND WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE GROUP OF STUDENTS WE HAVE.
[C.2. Spelling Bee Recognitions]
MOVED TO ITEM C TO RECOGNITION OF THE 2022 SPELLING BEE WINNERS.MS. WEBB, GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, I AM SO PLEASED TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF DR.
SO THE EAST BATON ROUGE PAYOR SCHOOL SYSTEM HOSTED A SPELLING BEE AT THE KNOCK-KNOCK MUSEUM.
THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH GRADERS PARTICIPATED ON APRIL THE SIXTH AND THE SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS PARTICIPATED ON APRIL 7TH.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 52 SPELLING BEE PARTICIPANTS AND OVER 34 ROUNDS OF COMPETITIONS, THE SPELLING BEE PROVIDED A VALUABLE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
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FOR STUDENTS, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWED THEM TO ENGAGE IN HEALTHY COMPETITION, WHICH ENHANCES THEIR VOCABULARY, ORAL LANGUAGE, COGNITIVE SKILLS, GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE.TODAY, WE ARE HERE TO RECOGNIZE OUR TOP WINNERS FOR THE 22 21 22 SCHOOL YEAR DISTRICT SPELLING BEE OUR ELEMENTARY WINNERS, FIRST PLACE WESTDALE HEIGHTS, ACADEMIC MAGNET, MY G MY G SOGGY SECOND PLACE SHANANDOAH SADIQ ALLAH BODY, THIRD PLACE FROM RIVER OAKS, LONDON, WALMACK FIFTH GRADE STUDENT.
AND NOW TO OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS, WE HAVE OUR FIRST GRADE, I MEAN, FIRST PLACE FROM WESTDALE, BRIANNA WARREN, EIGHTH GRADE, SECOND PLACE MAYFAIR, LABORATORY OLIVER, LATROBE, EIGHTH GRADE STUDENT, AND THIRD PLACE FROM WOODLAWN PEYTON, BENJAMIN SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT, AND EVEN NOT HERE, BUT LET'S GIVE THEM ALL AGAIN.
IT'S A BIG ROUND OF A FALSE AND FOR ALL THE PARENTS, IF YOU WANT TO STAND UP AND GET RECOGNIZED FOR THE GREAT JOB YOU DID WORKING WITH YOUR KIDS WHILE THE PARENTS HAVE THE KIDS STAND UP, PLEASE.
AND IF Y'ALL WANT TO COME UP AND TAKE A PICTURE, YOU'RE WELCOME.
WELL, LET'S TAKE A PICTURE WITH THEM TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY
[C.3. VIPS "Partners in Education"]
NOW TO ITEM C THREE RECOGNITION OF VIPS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AG CENTER.MS. SIMMONS, GOOD EVENING, UH, DR.
NARCIS VIRTUALLY, UM, PRESIDENT PATMAN AND VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
UM, WE ARE HERE AGAIN THIS MONTH TO RECOGNIZE ANOTHER VIPS COMMUNITY PARTNER AND ANNOUNCE THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF VIPS EBR PARISH, UM, PUBLIC SCHOOL, GARDEN INITIATIVE.
AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF IMPACT THAT IT WILL POTENTIALLY HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, THERE ARE THREE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS.
UH, WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE VILLA DEL REY, ELEMENTARY BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY, AND CHRIS WORTH K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL.
UM, THESE SCHOOLS WERE SPECIFICALLY CHOSEN TO MEET BECAUSE THEY MET CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
FIRST OF ALL, BUY-IN FROM THE SCHOOL LEADERSHIP, MEANING THAT THEY HAD AN INVESTED INTEREST IN HAVING THESE SCHOOL GARDENS, UM, WHETHER IT BE, UM, REJUVENATING, THEIR CURRENT OVERGROWN GARDENS THAT THEY HAD OR INSTALLING GARDENS, AND THAT TEACHERS HAD SOME BASIC KNOWLEDGE IN GARDENING AND ALSO WERE WILLING TO EDUCATE THEIR STUDENTS IN AGRICULTURE AND INCORPORATE AGRICULTURAL, UM, THINGS INTO THEIR CURRICULUM AND BE VERY INTEGRATED IN HANDS ON AS WELL AS THE LOCATION OF THE SCHOOLS.
UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS FOOD DISPARITIES, OUR SPONSOR, ATMOS ENERGY IN LINE WITH THEIR FUELING SAFE AND HOPEFUL COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE INVOLVES ADDRESSING FOOD DISPARITY, AND THEY WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO SPONSOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR VIPS COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND, AND VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S BEEN A HUGE UNDERTAKING AND IT BEGAN IN FALL LAST YEAR, AND WE ARE NOW UPON THE OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THIS PROJECT.
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ACTUALLY DID, UH, ONE OF THE GIFTING OF THE GARDENS TODAY, A BRIEF CEREMONY, UM, AT BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY.BRITAIN HERE THAT WILL SPEAK TO THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE PROJECT.
AND WE'LL HAVE THEM SAY A FEW WORDS, UM, IN THE MORNING, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE THAT CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY WILL BE HAVING THEIR GROUNDBREAKING CELLAR CEREMONY.
UM, AND IT'S IN A LOCATION THAT THIS IS A DIRE NEED, UH, RIGHT BEHIND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY IN THE AVENUES.
UM, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE THE IMPACT THAT THIS WILL HAVE ON THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH ATMOS TO SPONSOR, BUT HOWEVER, AS MENTIONED, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HAVE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN HANDS-ON IN BUILDING THE GARDENS, UM, CONSTRUCTING BRINGING SOIL, DR.
FORD HAS DEDICATED HIS PERSONAL TIME AND RESOURCES, UM, TO COME AND BE INVOLVED.
HE IS AT THE SCHOOLS REGULARLY TENDING TO THE GARDENS AND, AND INVOLVING THE STUDENTS, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE, UM, AND BRINGING SOIL, UM, FROM HIS TRUCK, UH, HAUL, HAULING IT IN AND HAVING THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY BE HANDS-ON.
UM, HIS PRESENCE AND INVOLVEMENT IS SO IMPACTFUL WORLD A WHOLE WHOLEHEARTEDLY BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I SEE HIM ALSO AS A MENTOR, AS HE ENGAGES WITH THE STUDENTS.
UM, IT'S SUCH AN IMPACTFUL MOMENT FOR THEM TO SEE A LEADER OF THE COMMUNITY AND BE INSPIRED BY A REAL LIFE SCIENTIST ON THEIR CAMPUS, UM, AND SCIENCES OF AGRICULTURE AND SEE THAT THIS IS, UM, VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEIR LIVES, UM, AND TO TOUCH AND FEEL THE FOODS.
AND ACTUALLY THEY GREW THEIR SEEDLINGS AND MOVE THEM INTO THE BOXES.
UM, AND JUST TO BE SO INTEGRATED INTO THE PROCESS, UM, THEY ALSO CAN SPEAK TO THE VALUE OF WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.
AND ULTIMATELY OUR END GOAL IS TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE STUDENTS GROW THEIR FOOD AND BRING IT INTO THE HOUSEHOLDS AND HAVE MORE HEALTHY LIFE, HEALTHY DIETARY PRACTICES, AND ULTIMATELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES.
THE SCHOOLS ALSO, ALONG WITH THE GARDENS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED HAVE HAD A DONATION BY LOWS OF PICNIC TABLES.
SO THEY HAVE OUTDOOR SEATING AS WELL AS, UM, PART OF THE ATMOS BUDGET.
WE ALSO INCLUDED BIRD FEEDERS.
SO THERE WILL BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE GARDENS THAT THE TEACHERS AND CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
UM, AT THIS TIME I WILL HAVE DR.
OF COURSE, CDC MENTOR AND PRIME EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE.
BRITTON IS HERE AND SHE IS THE PRINCIPAL OF BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY.
FORD IS, UM, THE URBAN AGRICULTURAL SPECIALIST AT THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION CENTER.
AND I DO WANT TO MENTION HIS TWO PROGRAMS, WHICH I'M SURE HE'LL GO MORE INTO DETAIL.
UM, BUT HE IS ALSO OFFERING FREE, UM, SUSTAINABLE, URBAN, AGRICULTURAL ONLINE CERTIFICATION FOR THE, AND PARENTS THAT ARE INTERESTED AS WELL AS A CURRICULUM FOR THE STUDENTS CALLED SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT OR A SCALE, WHICH IS A PROGRAM CURRICULUM THAT THE TEACHERS CAN USE ALONG WITH THEIR STUDENTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE REALLY WANTED.
WE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST GIVE THE GARDENS.
AND THEN THEY ENDED UP BACK IN THE SAME CONDITION AS BEFORE WE WANTED THE TEACHERS AND THE SCHOOLS TO, UM, BE SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE SUPPORTED AND HAD ENOUGH WEALTH OF RESOURCES AND EDUCATION TO MAINTAIN THE GARDENS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR, THAT THE BRITAIN AND JUST A LITTLE BIT, UM, WE ARE SO DELIGHTED TO HAVE DR.
FORD AND VIPS TO BRING THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH US.
WE LOVE PARTNERSHIPS AT BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY.
AND SO OUR STUDENTS ARE TRULY ENGAGED AND, UM, INVESTIGATING.
AND THEY'RE INQUISITIVE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE FUNNY THING TODAY WHEN WE WERE, UH, HAVING THE CEREMONY AND WE LOOKED INTO SEVERAL OF THE SEEDLINGS, THEY DIED, SO THEY BEGAN TO START PROBLEM-SOLVING.
AND SO THAT WAS A TEACHABLE MOMENT.
LET'S THINK ABOUT IT, WHAT HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, SO IT WAS JUST SO WONDERFUL.
AND THEN THE KIDS THAT, WELL, LET'S WATER IT, WE NEED TO GET SOME WATER.
SO THEY, IT, IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL.
AND SO OUR GARDEN CLUB LED BY MS. AL TIR.
THEY'RE DOING A DYNAMIC DYNAMIC JOB OF WORKING WITH THE STUDENTS AND HELPING TO ENGAGE THEM IN LEARNING THAT NOW, EVEN STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT IN THE GARDEN CLUB, THEY WERE LOOKING AND THEY WERE ASKING ME QUESTIONS.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT THE CAFETERIA FOODS? YOU KNOW, DO THEY COME FROM THE GROUND? ARE THEY DO THEY HAVE A GARDEN? SO IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN THING, THINGS, I WAS VERY, UM, I WAS VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT THEIR BOXES THAT THEY'RE IN, BECAUSE I KNOW NEXT YEAR IT WILL BE MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO TAKE IT.
FORD SAID, YES, WE WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE IT OVER TO MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY AND CONTINUE THIS EFFORT.
SO I AM SO PLEASED AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE DR.
HE WAS EVEN INTERVIEWED BY OUR STUDENTS, I PLAN THE DAY.
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EVERYONE.UH, IT'S JUST A GREAT FEELING THAT I DON'T HAVE TO TALK MUCH BECAUSE THESE LADIES JUST SOLD ME, BUT NO, I'M REALLY, THIS IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE HAVE SEVERAL FOOD DESERTS HERE IN THESE BANDWIDTHS PARISH, AND THESE KIDS ARE VERY ENTHUSED ABOUT MOVING FORWARD AND GROWING THINGS.
NO, UH, SO THAT'S WHY SHE SAID I VOLUNTEER MY TIME PERSONALLY.
MY, MY REGULAR TRUCK IS JUST FULL OF SALT.
JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT DIRT IT'S.
SO WE, WE ALL LEARNED THAT, BUT, UH, THE CRAZIEST THING HAPPENED TODAY, WHICH, UH, MADE ME FEEL GREAT WAS A FIRST GRADER.
SHE CAME UP TO ME AND SHE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I LIKE DOING THIS DR.
I SAID, WHY? I SAID, WELL, IT HELPS ME RELIEVE MY STRESS AND I'M LIKE A FIRST GRADER.
SO, BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST, AND THEN THEY, THEN THEY LEARNED, THEY SOCIALIZE AT THE GARDEN AS WELL.
SO A GREAT IDEA, YOU KNOW, GREAT SOCIAL, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL BENEFIT, AS WELL AS TEACHING THEM HOW TO GROW THINGS WITH BIOSECURITY, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S, IT WAS JUST A TEACHABLE MOMENT WITHOUT THEM KNOWING THEY WERE LEARNING SOMETHING.
SO, SO IT WAS JUST A GREAT FEELING.
SO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE COMMITTED TO, UM, TO KEEP GOING AND KEEP MOVING.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO, WE'RE GOING TO ADD ON, YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO PUSH HER TO ADD ON MORE SCHOOL, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
SO, BUT, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
FORD, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT HAS A WELL NOT LOOK.
I WAS GOING TO JUST MAKE A MENTAL NOTE TO MYSELF, BUT SINCE YOU VOLUNTEERED TO ADD MORE SCHOOLS GONE HERE AND BOOK PARK, FOREST, MIDDLE ON THE PLANE.
FORD IS A PLEASURE SEEING YOU AGAIN, I MET YOU, UH, WITH ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS BOARD COLLEAGUES, DR.
KING HAD ANESSA SMITH WHEN SHE WAS AT THE AG CENTER.
UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, THANKS TO BILL ALWAYS FOR, UH, BRINGING US EXCELLENT PARTNERS AND THINGS, UM, FOR THE WORLD WHERE YOU CAN, AND I KNOW VILLA DEL RAY RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC HAD DONE A GARDEN, AND THEN IT GOT TRAUMATIZED BY SOME BAD NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS ON SOME BICYCLES, AND SO GLAD THAT YOU ALL WERE ABLE TO HELP.
AND IT'S SUCH A MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIP IN PARTICULAR WITH THE AG CENTER, UH, BECAUSE, UM, ANY GARDENING EXPERIENCE IS AMAZING, BUT THAT ADDED VALUE THAT THE ACCIDENT OF BRINGS, I THINK IS ABOVE AND BEYOND.
THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, MS. DYSON.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THREE OF YOU AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME ALONG WITH YOU ON THIS.
UM, SO EXCITING, GREAT, UH, EXAMPLE OF YOUR STRONG LEADERSHIP, DR.
BRITAIN, VERY, VERY, UH, I KNOW YOUR KEY THING IS TO BRING IN PARTNERSHIPS AND WORK WITH VIPS ON, UM, THINGS LIKE THIS TO MAKE LEARNING FUN FOR OUR STUDENTS.
AND I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU DR.
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT EXPANDING THE PROGRAM AS WELL.
THANK YOU, MS. TYSON, AND I'M GOING TO GO, CAUSE I'M GOING TO JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
I MIGHT SURPRISE YOU, BUT I KEEP A GARDEN DOCTOR FOR IT.
UH, AND I DON'T HAVE THE STRESS OF A FIRST GRADER, BUT IT IS A BIG STRESS RELIEVER.
AND IN FACT, UH, UM, MS. BERNARD AND I WILL SHARE A PLANTS AND SEEDS FROM TIME TO TIME DIFFERENT THINGS AND HAVE A CONVERSATION.
BUT WHEN YOU TEACH SOMEBODY HOW TO GROW, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A LIFE LONG EXPERIENCE.
AND I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE GARDEN PATCH AND PLUS I WILL PUT MY BROCCOLI UP AGAINST ANY BOX.
CAUSE YOU'RE TEACHING THESE KIDS THINGS THAT WILL HELP THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES.
SINCE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT STRESS, UH, MY, MY FATHER WAS A HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND HE HAD ABOUT A ONE ACRE GARDEN.
AND THE RULE WAS WHEN HE CAME HOME FROM WORK.
OF COURSE THERE WAS NO CELL PHONES AT THE TIME HE WENT TO THE GARDEN AND YOU DID NOT GO TO THE GARDEN WITH ANY PHONE CALL, ANY MESSAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT UNTIL AFTER HE WAS READY TO COME BACK IN.
SO IT DOES WORK, BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK AND YOU MISS BRITAIN FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
AND I JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, BEING A MEMBER OF THE LOUISIANA STEM COMMISSION, UH, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO BRING OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE TALK ABOUT AGRICULTURE AND WE THINK ABOUT JUST GROWING PLANTS, BUT AGRI BUSINESS IS REALLY A MUCH BIGGER DEAL AND A MUCH BROADER SCOPE.
AND WE HAVE SUCH RESOURCES WITH SOUTHERN AND LSU THAT I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH DR.
NRCS, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO BRING THAT AND HAVE THE AGRIBUSINESS PART AS SOME OF OUR PATHWAYS TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE STARTING AT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT RAISING ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, BECAUSE THERE'S, I KNOW IT'S NOT DIRT, IT'S SOIL.
THERE'S MORE TO AGRICULTURE THAN SOIL.
IT'S A WHOLE BIG BUSINESS AND IT'S VERY SCIENTIFIC IN MANY, MANY WAYS.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PREPARE OUR STUDENTS TO HAVE GREAT CAREERS IN.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT.
MS. BERNARD, I JUST WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ALSO.
I HAVE A LITTLE GARDEN IN MY BACKYARD WITH SOME VEGETABLES IN IT.
UM, I'M FROM A LONG LINE OF GARDENING WOMEN.
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MY GRANDMOTHERS BOTH GREW UP ON FARMS, MY GRANDMOTHER, MY MOTHER'S MOTHER AND MY MOTHER, BOTH.AND MY MOTHER WAS A FOURTH GRADE TEACHER TOO, BUT ALL GARDENED, MR. GO DAY IS A GRAFTER HE GRAFTS CITRUS TREES.
AND HE'S A VERY, VERY GOOD AT IT.
AND HE ALSO HAS AN HERB GARDEN IN HIS YARD.
I HAVE MY BLACK GOLD IN MY COMPOST BIN.
SO THAT'S A BIG, IMPORTANT PART OF GARDENING.
YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED WHAT SPROUTS OUT OF A COMPOST BIN.
ONCE YOU PUT IT BACK IN THE SOIL, SO YOU CAN COME OVER.
IF HE WANTS THEM TO MAKE THE PLANTS, I'VE GOT ABOUT 200 IN MY, THAT CAME FROM MY COMPOST AND THEN SOME MYSTERY PLANTS.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY DEVELOP INTO BANKS.
[C.4. Resolution: "Parliamentary Law Month"]
WE MOVE NOW TO, UH, ITEM C4 CONSIDERATION OR REQUEST FOR THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING APRIL 22ND AS PROBABLY METAIRIE LAW MONTH.MR. BERNARD, WHEREAS SINCE APRIL IS A MONTH IS A BIRTH MONTH OF THOMAS JEFFERSON WHO WROTE THE FIRST AMERICAN MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE IN 1801 IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO HONOR HIM AND CELEBRATE THE USE OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
WHEREAS IT IS FITTING TO HONOR HENRY MARTIN, ROBERT ARTHUR OF POCKET MANUAL OF ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER FOR DELIBERATIVE ASSEMBLIES.
ALSO KNOWN AS ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, WHEREAS ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, NEWLY REVISED AS THE MOST WIDELY RECOGNIZED AND USED PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS.
WHEREAS IT IS TIMELY TO REFLECT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE IN MEETINGS AND PROVIDING FOR CIVIL DISCOURSE, PROTECTING INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, ENSURING FAIRNESS AND MAINTAINING ORDER.
WHEREAS THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PARLIAMENTARIANS IS A PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY DEDICATED TO EDUCATING LEADERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD IN EFFECTIVE MEETING MANAGEMENT THROUGH THE USE OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
AND WHEREAS THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF PARLIAMENTARIANS BATON ROUGE UNIT CHARTERED IN 1984 AS CONSTITUENT DIVISION OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PARLIAMENTARIANS HAS BEEN SERVING THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA THROUGH EDUCATION AND AWARENESS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THESE BARRIERS PAIR OF SCHOOL BOARD DOES HEREBY DECLARE APRIL, 2022 AS PARLIAMENTARY LAW MONTH THROUGHOUT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PER SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND ENCOURAGES ALL CITIZENS AND BRINGING PROBLEM IN EARLY LEADERSHIP TO ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES WITH WHICH THEY ARE INVOLVED.
I'M SEEING NO COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
I MEAN, FROM THE BOARD ON THE RESOLUTION, WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE RESOLUTION, SEEING NON BACK TO THE BOARD, UM, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.
UM, I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE A SECOND HERE TO, UH, TAKE A PICTURE WITH OUR, UM, WITH THE, WITH OUR SOIL PEOPLE, NOT DIRT AND WHAT SIDE.
[D.1. Monthly Financial Report]
YOU.WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM D ONE, JUST FOR INFORMATION ONLY A MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORTS REPORT
[D.2. Personnel Changes]
PERSONNEL CHANGES.I HAD A QUESTION AROUND THE, UH, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST MONTHLY REPORT.
UH, I GUESS MR. SHANLEY CAN TAKE THAT RIGHT.
[D.3. Public Records Request Monthly Report]
LET ME READ IT IN PUBLIC RECORDS.YEAH, I JUST WANTED, I SAW THERE WERE MANY OF THEM, UH, I'VE KINDA LOST COUNT.
IT'S BEEN BETWEEN 20 AND 25 OF THEM.
YOU KNOW, ABOUT HOW MANY OF THESE ARE STILL OUTSTANDING AND I'LL HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I CAN GET IT FOR YOU.
UM, WE GENERALLY TRY TO FILL THOSE WITHIN THREE DAYS, WHICH IS BY LAW, THE REQUIREMENT 36 HOURS.
OCCASIONALLY THEY REQUEST A VERY INTENSIVE AND REQUIRE MORE TIME.
AND SO WE SOMETIMES ASK FOR ADDITIONAL TIME WHEN IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO FEEL WITHIN THREE DAYS, SO I CAN GET THIS BOARD AND UPDATE OF WHAT'S STILL OUTSTANDING.
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WE GOT FIVE MORE YESTERDAY.SO AS THEY COME IN, UM, I CAN LET YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OUTSTANDING.
WHAT'S NEW IF YOU'D LIKE THAT, UH, ABOUT TOMORROW.
SO YOU, IF YOU HAD TO GUESS IT WOULD BE LIKE A, A HALF, THREE QUARTER WAY.
UH, FEW THAN THAT, UM, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY, UH, 10, 15% PROBABLY OUTSTANDING.
UM, AND THAT COULD BE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
SOME REQUESTS ARE NOT FILLABLE, RIGHT? THEY MAY ASK FOR INFORMATION THAT HAS PERSONAL INFORMATION.
THEY MAY NOT BE ACCESSIBLE, UH, BY LAW.
UH, SOME REQUESTS REQUIRE ADDITIONAL DATA OR THOSE REQUESTS MAY ASK US TO PUT TOGETHER REPORTS THAT DON'T EXIST.
UH, PUBLIC RECORDS LAW, UM, ONLY REQUIRES YOU TO PRODUCE WHAT IS IN YOUR POSSESSION.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE YOU TO CREATE NEW REPORTS.
SO WE GET A LOT OF REQUESTS AND SOMETIMES WE'RE COURTEOUS ENOUGH TRY TO FILL THOSE THINGS WHEN THEY DON'T EXIST TO GIVE PEOPLE REPORTS THAT MAY NOT EXIST.
AND SO UNDER THE LAW, WE'RE NOT HELD TO THE THREE-DAY REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT, WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM SOMETHING THAT'S CURRENTLY IN OUR POSSESSION.
THANK YOU, MS. GUERRA JACKSON.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, THEIR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ARE QUESTIONS.
[E.1. Update from Superintendent]
MOVE NOW TOUH, UM, WE ARE, UH, MOISE, UH, EXCITED ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN OUR, IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH OUR, UM, OUR STUDENTS, OUR STAFF, AND ALSO, UH, THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, WANT TO, JUST TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS FOR OUR REPORT.
UM, THIS WEEK, UH, SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM ARE ATTENDING AND PRESENTING AT THE MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA NATIONAL CONFERENCE HERE IN CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA.
AND THAT'S WHERE I AM WITH THEM.
UH, WE ARE EXCITED TO BE SHARING ABOUT THE GREAT WORK OF OUR INNOVATION AND CHOICE PROGRAMS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH OUR COLLEAGUES FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UH, EACH YEAR MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA RECOGNIZES THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF A HUNDRED OF SCHOOL-BASED EXEMPLARY COMMITMENT OF ACADEMIC STANDARDS, CURRICULUM, INNOVATION, DIVERSITY EFFORT, SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION, AND PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DURING THE MERIT APPLICATION PROCESS, UH, THAT ARE DESIGNATED FOR SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE AND DISTINCTION.
UH, EVEN THIS MORNING, YOU, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD VILLA DEL RAY PRESENT THIS MORNING, DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, IS, UH, DISTRICTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WATER LOAD TRYING TO LEARN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WORK THAT IS HAPPENING IN THE MAGNET SCHOOLS HERE IN EASTBOUND BRIDGE? UH, THE DISTRICT WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS WERE AWARDED THE DESIGNATION, UH, IN THE MAGNET SCHOOL OF DISTINCTION CATEGORY.
WE HAD BELFAIR BRC, VPA MAYFAIR, LAB, BECU LEAD, MIDDLE WOODLAWN, MIDDLE, UH, IN THE MAGNET SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE CATEGORY.
WE HAVE DO FROCK WESTDALE HEIGHTS AND BATON ROUGE HIGH, UH, AND, UM, MARIA C GET JILL DELGADO, UH, FROM, UH, BATON ROUGE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE EMERGENT MAGNET WILL BE RECOGNIZED BY, UH, MSA FOR THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR REGION FIVE, WHICH INCLUDES TEXAS, LOUISIANA, COLORADO, MISSISSIPPI, NEW MEXICO, ARKANSAS, AND OKLAHOMA.
UH, AND, UH, WE WILL DO ALSO A RECOGNITION OF, OF, OF THEM AS WELL, UM, UH, AT THE BOARD MEETING.
AND FINALLY, WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE THAT, UH, ISO DORA HAYES, A 10TH GRADER AT THAT RUTH MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL HAS RECEIVED FIRST PLACE IN THE 2022, UH, MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA POSTER CONTEST FOR HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR, OUR HONOREES.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM A HAND FOR, UH, THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.
UH, NO, THE PART THAT WE WANTED TO, UM, ALSO RECOGNIZE IS, UH, STARTING THIS, UH, SUMMER, UH, THE 20 21 20 22 SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL ASSUME BE COMING TO AN END AND WE'RE EXCITED TO CONTINUE LEARNING THROUGH OUR SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. UH, THIS YEAR WE'RE EXPANDING OUR OFFERINGS PER SUMMER LEARNING, AND YOU CAN FIND EVERYTHING FROM ARTS ENRICHMENT TO EXTENDED SUMMER BRIDGE CAMPS.
UM, WE'RE ALSO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO OFFER OUR FREE SKILLS AND LITERACY CAMPS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO SERVE A RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENTS.
UH, UH, THIS SUMMER WE WILL BE SERVING THE MOST STUDENTS, EVERY EBR FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS. UH, SOME CAN'T, UH, WILL HAVE COSTS AND OTHERS WILL NOT.
UH, BUT THE GOAL IS THAT, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO GET EVERY STUDENT WE HAVE, UH, THAT WANT TO BE IN A CAMP, PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMP, A SUMMER ENRICHMENT OPERAS.
THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ACCELERATE AND REINFORCE THEIR LEARNING THROUGH THE SUMMER MONTHS.
UH, YOU CAN VIEW THE CATALOG OF SUMMER LEARNING PROGRAMS AND OUR WEBSITE AND REGISTER ONLINE AT, IN OUR EBR SCHOOLS.ORG BACKSLASH SUMMER.
AND YOU SHOULD SEE IT AS A SLIDE DECK.
ONCE YOU GET TO OUR WEBSITE, JUST CLICK ON THIS SUMMER CATALOG
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TO FIND OUT INFORMATION, INCLUDING LOCATION DATES, DISTRICTS IN YOUR REGISTRATION.UH, BUT OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE THINGS AS ACCESSIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
UH, SO WE CAN GET AS MANY CHILDREN ON THIS, UH, UH, TWO SUMMER CAMPS.
AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST SAY, THANK YOU ALSO TO OUR PARTNERS, UM, WHO WERE ALSO HAVING, UH, UH, EXTRA ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE JUST, UH, JUST AN EVENT FOR A, TO JOIN US AT THE GALVIN'S POSITIVE DOWNTOWN ON SUNDAY, MAY 1ST FOR OUR SECOND ANNUAL ARTS JAZZ AND PAZAZZ EVENT.
THIS DAY OF ARTS WAS SHOWCASED THE BEST OF THE BEST ART AND MUSIC AND OUR SCHOOLS WITH THE LOOK OF MAGNET SCHOOLS AND THEIR ABILITY FOR THE 2020 2 23 SCHOOL YEAR, THERE'LL BE LIVE JASMINE PERFORMANCE, SCHOOL DISPLAYS, AND FREE ADMISSION TO DOWNTOWN ARTS MUSEUM FOR THE DAY.
AND WITH A PERFORMANCE WITH EDR, JAZZ STUDENTS AND SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY JAZZ BAND, UH, THE FUND KICKS OFF AT 1:00 PM, UH, AND A COUPLE OF LAST ANNOUNCEMENTS JUST WANT TO MAKE, AS YOU KNOW, WHEREABOUTS YOU ALSO GO INTO GRADUATION SEASON SOON.
UH, SO FAMILIES SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, THAT WE WILL HAVE A LIST OF OUR GRADUATIONS.
AND THIS YEAR WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WORKING WITH SCHOOLS AROUND THAT AS YOU KNOW, GRADUATION IS A CULMINATION AND CELEBRATION OF ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT MANY STAFF HAS DONE TO HELP, UH, SUPPORT, UH, CHILDREN AND FAMILIES IN TERMS OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UH, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UM, OUR GOAL IS TO ALL, UM, TO CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, UH, MANY, MANY, UH, COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS SEA OF ANOTHER SYDNEY AND PARIS.
UM, SO, UH, WE WERE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONSISTENTLY AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
UH, AND ALSO THERE, UH, AS YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET TO THE END OF SCHOOL WHERE WE, UH, PROMOTING SOON OUR BACK-TO-SCHOOL EVENT, UH, WHICH WE WILL HAVE, UM, THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT COMING.
SO, UM, MORE INFORMATION SOON TO COME, UH, BUT I CAN SAY I'M SO PROUD ABOUT THE PROM SHE WAS MAKING AND, UH, JUST CONTINUE TO WORK ALSO THANK THE BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT, UM, AS WE ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE THE WORK FOR, UH, TO GET, UH, AND, UH, UH, PRESENT TIME.
DON'T SEE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
I THINK, ARE YOU STAYING ON THE CALL IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS, IS HE? YEAH.
[F.1. Board Appointees]
NOW TO, UH, ITEM F FROM ONE BOARD APPOINTEES TO COMMUNITY AGENCIES, ANYBODY EVER REPORT MR. BERNARD? IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, BRECK IS LOOKING FOR, UM, STAFFING FOR SUMMER CAMP, AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO EARN A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY IN THE SUMMERTIME.IF YOU ARE AN EDUCATOR AND YOU ARE OFF DURING THE SUMMER, YOU CAN APPLY ON THE BRECK PORTAL@BRECK.ORG.
THANK YOU, MS. BERNARD, ANY OTHER REPORTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS SEEING NONE?
[G.1. Facility Management Services]
WE'LL GO TO ITEM G ONE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE SELECTION AND APPROVAL OF A FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICES, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, FUNDING SOURCE GENERAL FUND.DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. LANICE? WHICH YOUR MOTION, MR. LANDIS? YEAH.
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MAYBE WE WANT TO WORD IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT.WE CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR THE SELECTION AND APPROVAL OF A FACILITY, A MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY, ABM, ABM.
IS THERE A SECOND VICE PRESIDENT IN COLLINS? OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ABM, UM, OR THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SERVICE CONTRACT.
UM, MR. BALLOU, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TAVIN.
WE HAD A BUNCH OF, UH, VERY STRONG, UH, CANDIDATES, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY BY THE CLOSENESS OF THE SCORES, WE HAD SEVERAL COMPANIES THAT SCORED WELL.
UM, I'D LIKE FIRST, UM, TO, UH, BE ABLE TO HAVE, UH, HES, WHICH SCORED THE HIGHEST IN THE COMMITTEE RANKINGS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE, UH, VOTE ON, ON THAT COMPANY FIRST, UH, TO SEE, UH, WE'VE GOT ENOUGH VOTES TO SUPPORT THAT RECOMMENDATION.
UH, SO I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE, UH, UH, UH, SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, AND AWARD THE, UH, UH, CONTRACT TO M H E S.
HEY, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. BLUE.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND SECOND BY MS. DIASON? SO WE ARE ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR H E S UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD MR. LANDIS, LIKE YOU JUST QUICKLY LIKE TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING.
SO I PASSED AROUND PACKAGE TO EACH BOARD MEMBER.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALL, PLEASE LOOK THROUGH IT AS WE MOVE ALONG IN 2017, PRIOR TO ME JOINING THE BOARD UP ON ARAMARK BEING AWARDED THE CONTRACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL FIVE YEARS, A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF GC, A SERVICES WAS IN THE RUN, WAS THE RUNNER UP.
SINCE THAT TIME ABM INDUSTRY GROUP HAS PURCHASED GCA SERVICES, I'M SORRY, GCA AND EXPANDED THE SERVICES.
HESS R H E S IS THE RECOMMENDED COMPANY WAS ONCE A PART OF ABM BEFORE THEY BROKE AWAY.
AND THEY STARTED THEIR OWN COMPANY RESPECTFULLY OF ALL THE SIX CONTRACTORS THAT SUBMITTED PROPOSALS.
ONLY TWO QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT BUSINESS ARE, ARE QUALIFIED TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN LOUISIANA, ACCORDING TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA CONTRACTORS, LICENSE LAW RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER SECTION 2160 REGARDING I'M SORRY, ENGAGING IN BUSINESS AND CONTRACTING WITHOUT AUTHORITY PROHIBITED, WHICH READS SUBSECTION A ONE.
IT IS, IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANYONE TO ENGAGE OR CONTINUE IN A STATE IN THIS STATE AND THIS STATE, THE BUSINESS OF CONTRACTING, OR TO ACT AS A CONTRACTOR AS DEFINED IN THIS CHAPTER, UNLESS HE HOLDS AN ACTIVE LICENSE AS A CONTRACTOR UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, SUBSECTION EIGHT TWO, IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY CONTRACTOR LICENSED OR UNLICENSED WHO ADVERTISE IN ANY FORM OR IN ANY NEWS MEDIUM TO ADVERTISE THAT HE IS A LICENSED CONTRACTOR.
WHAT I WAS SPECIFYING, THE TYPE OF LICENSE, WHICH HE IS REFERRING TO, AS IT STANDS CURRENTLY, ABM AND ARAMARK ARE LICENSED IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA TO ENTER CONTRACT FOR SERVICES AS A REGISTERED CONTRACTOR.
ALL OF THIS IS CAN BE FOUND INSIDE OF THE PACKET, MEANING THAT WE SELECTED ANY COMPANY THAT DOES NOT, DOES NOT HAVE A LICENSE TO DO BUSINESS IN LAW.
IN LOUISIANA, WE AT THE BOARD CAN NOT ENTER INTO A CONTRACT BY LAW AND THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO EACH OF THE BOARD MEMBERS.
EACH CONTRACTOR WAS RUN THROUGH THE LOUISIANA STATE LICENSING BOARD OF CONTRACTORS.
ALL OF WHICH AGAIN, CAN BE FOUND INSIDE OF THE PACKET.
NOW, SWITCHING LENSES, WHEN COMPARING THE MINORITY PARTICIPATION FOR QUALIFIED MBES FOR THE TOP THREE COMPANIES, H E S ABM AND SAID THAT STONE MAGIC ABM HAD THE MOST TO OFFER.
IT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S, IN MY OPINION, BY THE WAY, BASED OFF ALL THE FACTS OF WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND WHAT I'VE READ, WHAT I'VE READ THROUGH OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST A WEEK FOR CUSTODIAL SERVICES, ABMS PERCENTAGE, WHAT'S PROJECTED AT 7%, MEANING OUR LOCAL MBES WILL RECEIVE 93% OF
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THOSE SERVICES.THAT'S THE GAME CHANGER COMPARED TO 77 TO 77% HES WILL RECEIVE OR BE SET TO RECEIVE.
SO THAT'S, THE MAGIC WILL BE RECEIVED FOR GROUND SERVICES.
ABMS PERCENTAGE WAS PROJECTED AT 25%.
MEANING LOCAL MBES WILL RECEIVE 75% OF THOSE SERVICES COMPARED TO 93% HES WILL RECEIVE, WOULD BE SET TO RECEIVE AND 90.5%.
SO THAT'S, THE MAGIC WOULD BE SET TO RECEIVE FOR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, ABMS PERCENTAGE.
IT'S 50% COMPARED COMPARED WHEN I'M SORRY, MEANING LOCAL MBES WILL RECEIVE 50% OF THE SERVICES COMPARED TO H T S AT 99%, WHICH THEY WOULD BE SET TO RECEIVE.
AND 96.5% THAT'S A DESTO MAGIC WOULD BE SET TO RECEIVE.
LASTLY, WHEN COMPARING IT TO THE TOP THREE COMPANIES, THE FIVE, THE TOP THREE COMPANIES, FIVE-YEAR PROJECTIONS ABM HAD THE LOWEST PROPOSED PROJECTION AT $113.8 MILLION, WHICH IS LOWER THAN WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY PAYING ARAMARK, H E S DID NOT SUBMIT A FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION PLAN.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO MAGIC HAS A PROPOSED FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION PLAN OF 1.6 0.3, I'M SORRY, ONE POINT $136.6 MILLION, WHICH IS $22.8 MILLION.
MORE THAN THE LOWEST PROJECTION WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, WITHOUT TRAMPLING ON THE WORK OF OUR SELECTION COMMITTEES, UH, RECOMMENDATION ABM HAS TO BE THE CLEAR CHOICE FOR ACQUIRED OUR FACILITY SERVICES CONTRACT.
THIS IS EVERYTHING THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US FROM THE LAST BOARD MEETING UP UNTIL NOW, IF ANYONE HAS WENT THROUGH ALL OF THESE, NOT ONLY THE CONTRACTS TO PROPOSALS AND ALL OF THE LAWS AND PROVISIONS THAT FOLLOW CLEARLY ABM IS THE BETTER COMPANY.
THIS IS NOT BECAUSE I'M SOMEHOW HAVE FAVOR WITH ABM.
THIS IS LOOKING THROUGH EVERYTHING FINITE WITH MY EYES, LEGAL TOOTH, EVERYTHING.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE CAME UP WITH.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE TO MAKE A REAL HARD NOSE CHOICE ABOUT THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUR COMMUNITY, THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE INSIDE OF THOSE SCHOOLS CLEANING UP EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND HOW ARE WE GOING RIGHT OR WRONG? I'VE STOPPED THERE.
UM, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.
UM, WHAT ABOUT THE ISSUE ON THE LICENSING? IS THAT SOMETHING AS TO WILLIAMS? CAN ANT YEAH.
UM, WHEN WE LOOK RIGHT RIGHT NOW, AS OF TODAY, HES HAS SEVEN SKILLED TRADE LICENSES, UH, IN THE STATE OF NEVADA, WE FOLLOWED AND WE, WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE IN THE STATE OF VERMONT, WE CAN START TO TIME, BUT WOULD YOU MIND SAYING YOUR NAME, TODD
SO WE HAVE THESE LICENSES IN THE STATE OF NEVADA, AND THERE IS A RECIPROCATION AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
WE'VE ACTUALLY SUPPLIED ALL THE DATA.
ALL OF OUR LICENSES, WE PAID OUR FEE, WE'VE APPLIED, MADE THE APPLICATION, CONFIRMED IT WITH THE STATE, THROUGH THEIR COMPLIANCE OFFICER.
AND WE WILL HAVE THESE LICENSES IN THE STATE OF NEVADA, OR EXCUSE ME, IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
SO WE HOLD ALL OF THE LICENSES.
AND, AND TO ELABORATE ON THAT ADAM MILES AGS, UM, TO ELABORATE ON THAT, UM, WHAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT IS NOT A GENERAL CONTRACTORS LICENSE FOR GENERAL CONSTRUCTION.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GENERAL CONTRACTORS LICENSES FOR SKILLED TRADES.
UM, I'M GOING TO READ YOU A LIST, UM, ELECTRICIAN PLUMBING AND HEATING LANDSCAPING, REFRIGERATION, AND AC PAINTING AND DECORATING CARPENTRY MAINTENANCE, UH, MINOR REPAIRS AND RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE LICENSE THAT MIRRORS OUR COMPETITORS, WE HAVE LICENSING THAT FAR EXCEEDS THAT, UM, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED THROUGH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR, AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, GLAD TO TAKE THEM.
AND I WAS JUST GONNA ASK SINCE, UH, NOW THAT YOU BROUGHT UP WITH THAT, SINCE THE NUMBERS WERE BROUGHT UP ABOUT FAIR SHARE, UH, CAN YOU COMMENT ON WHAT WOULD BE YOUR, UH, PRACTICE AS YOU GO THROUGH THIS IN, IN THE FAIR SHARE OR PORTION OF THE, UH, OF THE CONTRACT? SURE.
UM, SO IN THE PROPOSAL WE PROPOSED A MINIMUM OF 50%, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE CURRENT, UH, FAIR SHARE INITIATIVE WAS IN THE TWENTIES.
WHAT'S YOUR, WITH YOUR CURRENT VENDOR.
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HAD PUT A GOAL OF 50%.UM, WE FEEL LIKE WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT DAY ONE EASY.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, OUR LOCAL EXPENSES FOR OUR FLEET AND OUR STARTUP EQUIPMENT THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY, GETS US TO THE 65% MARK, UM, IN YEAR ONE.
NOW THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE WON'T MEET AND EXCEED THAT WE WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION AFTER WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE CURRENT VENDORS WHO ARE BEING UTILIZED, GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHO IS PERFORMING WELL, WHO ISN'T HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, AND THEN PUTTING THAT PROGRAM TOGETHER FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
BUT OUR COMMITMENT IS TO ABSOLUTELY MEET THE RFP, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND SEE THAT, UM, YOUR ONE.
UM, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, AND JUST QUICK CLARITY BEFORE I MAKE A REQUEST, I BACK CONFUSED.
CAUSE I WAS LOOKING THROUGH PAPERS, SO I APOLOGIZE, BUT ONE MENTIONED LICENSING IN NEVADA.
YES, BUT THERE'S ALSO CURRENT LICENSING IN LOUISIANA.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA SINCE 1985.
SO WE HAVE A LICENSE TO WORK IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
THAT'S ACTIVE AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, WHICH ONE? HE, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
SO WE'VE ACTUALLY FILED A PROCESS FOR RECIPROCITY IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SO WE HOLD THE LICENSES, ALL THOSE SKILLED TRADE LICENSES IN THE STATE OF NEVADA, THE STATE OF NEVADA HAS A RECIPROCITY AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
SO ALL LIKE WITH OUR SUPERINTENDENT CERTIFICATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, ALL WITH THE, AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE, WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS.
WE MADE THE APPLICATION, WE PAID OUR FEES.
WE TOOK ALL OF THE LICENSES THAT WE GOT IN THE STATE OF NEVADA, SUPPLIED THEM TO THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
AND THEN THEY, THEY SHARED WITH US TODAY THAT IT SHOULD TAKE US ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO ACTUALLY JUST FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE, AND LET ME MAKE SURE, BECAUSE SOMETHING ABOUT THE LANGUAGE IS CONFUSING ME.
SO YOU SPEAK IN, IN PARTICULAR ABOUT SKILLED AND YOU SAYING ALL THE CERTIFICATION EXISTS ALREADY IN LOUISIANA.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS OUR LICENSES ARE NOT JUST GENERAL CONTRACTING FOR SMALL COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL LICENSES IN ADDITION TO THAT, RIGHT.
SO WE'VE GOT PLUMBING, HQ, AND THERE'S WHAT YOU HAVE IN A YES, MA'AM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
SO THE WAY THE NEVADA LICENSING IT RECIPROCATES BASICALLY NATIONWIDE BECAUSE THERE'S EXTREMELY DIFFICULT REGULATIONS JUST THROUGH THE GAMING COMMISSION THERE.
AND SO IT RECIPROCATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND THIS IS PRETTY TYPICAL FOR OUR PRACTICE FOR ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND THEN, AND I GET THE CONCEPT, BUT JUST AGAIN, FOR CLARITY, AS OF TODAY, YOU HAVE LICENSING THROUGH THE WORK THAT Y'ALL BEEN DOING THAT LAWYER.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CONTRACTORS IN THE ROOM? UH, I KNOW THAT, UM, ONE COMPANY HAD REACHED OUT AND HAD MENTIONED WORK ACROSS THE STATE AS WELL.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF THERE'S ANYBODY JUST LIKE YOU ALL HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY ANY QUESTIONS.
MY NAME IS SELENA CUFF AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF SEDAXO MAGIC, WHICH SURPRISINGLY IS THE ONLY BLACK OWNED COMPANY THAT IS APPLYING TO PURSUE THIS BUSINESS.
WE ARE 51% OWNED BY MR. EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON, 49% BY SEDEXO.
AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BOTH OF MY PARENT PARTNERS IS THAT WE LEVERAGE THE OPERATIONAL PROWESS TO BRING THE VERY BEST OF QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES TO ALL COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE WHILE ALSO LEVERAGING THE WEB OF INFLUENCE AND THE COMMUNITY IMPACT THAT MR. IRVIN MAGIC JOHNSON CARES ABOUT.
SO IN ADDITION TO SERVICING 1400 SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND HAVING AN ECOSYSTEM OF 500 K THROUGH 12 SCHOOLS THAT WE SERVE THROUGH OUR ECOSYSTEM, WE ALSO, I'M PROUD TO SAY SERVE GRAMBLING, SERVES XAVIER AND DO OTHER SERVICES IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND ARE LICENSED TO DO SO.
WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT ADDITIONAL LICENSES ARE NEEDED, THERE'S A 30 DAY PROCESS FOR THAT TO ACTUALLY OCCUR.
BUT WHILE I DO HAVE THIS MOMENT TO SHARE WITH YOU, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHARE THAT NOT ONLY WE CARE ABOUT S UH, OFFERING QUALITY OF LIFE SERVICES THAT ARE GOING TO MAKE THE FACILITIES HERE.
EXCELLENT FOR EVERY SINGLE STUDENT, THIS BIT IS INCREDIBLY PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN LOUISIANA.
MY GRANDMOTHER IS FROM NEW ROADS.
MY GRANDFATHER IS FROM BACHELOR.
SO THE CHILDREN THAT GO TO THIS SCHOOL, I CONSIDER THEM TO BE MY KIN.
SO THE THINGS THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME ARE NUMBER ONE, EXCEPTIONAL BEST IN CLASS PERFORMANCE.
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EARVIN MAGIC JOHNSON IS A WINNER.SEDEXO IS KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR OFFERING THE VERY BEST OF FACILITIES MANAGEMENT.
SO THE BEAUTY OF SEDEXO MAGIC IS THAT WE BRING THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY AND THE SPIN, THE DIVERSITY SPIN THAT EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT IN THE CONTEXT OF FAIR SHARE, WE DO EACH AND EVERY DAY.
AND CURRENTLY THROUGHOUT OUR BUSINESS SPENT ROUGHLY 43% WITH DIVERSE, SMALL, AND DIFFERENT ABLE TO BE COMPANIES IN THIS CASE, UNDERSTANDING ALL OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST MORNING, UH, BOARD MEETING.
I WENT OUT OF MY WAY TO WORK WITH MR. JOHNSON AND THE CHAIR OF SEDEXO TO ENSURE THAT OUR FAIR SHARE PERCENTAGE ACTUALLY EXCEEDS ANY OTHER COMPANY.
THIS REFLECTS ROUGHLY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE WORK DONE BY OUR SUBCONTRACTORS WHO BY THE WAY, ARE ALSO LICENSED TO DO THIS WORK.
36% OF ALL OF WHAT WE DO IS GOING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF DOING THIS.
WHY, BECAUSE FOR 17 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN BRINGING EQUITY TO COMMUNITIES BY WORKING WITH SUBS AND TIER TWO TO NOT ONLY GIVE THEM A SEAT AT THE TABLE, BUT TO DEVELOP AND BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO GROW AND EXPAND THEIR, BE THEIR BUSINESS BEYOND JUST OUR K THROUGH 12 BUSINESS, WE OPERATE IN CORPORATE SERVICES.
WE OPERATE, AS I MENTIONED WITH GRAMBLING AND SAY, YOU'RE HERE IN THIS STATE WITH UNIVERSITIES, AS WELL AS SPORTING VENUES.
SO WHAT DOES THIS TRANSLATE TO FOR THE CHILDREN JOB OPPORTUNITIES, INTERNSHIPS A WAY TO BUILD THE GREATER COMMUNITY AND BRING MARKET SHARE AND VALUE TO THE TOTAL BATON ROUGE, GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA.
WHY, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE CARE, THIS IS MORE THAN JUST A CONTRACT.
WE ARE AN MBA MBE, EMPOWERING OTHER MBES DBES WPS.
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, THAT'S DISADVANTAGED WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES AND MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.
SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH FORD IN THIS CASE, NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE EXCEEDED THE FAIR SHARE REQUEST.
NUMBER TWO, WE ARE THE ONLY COMPANY HERE TODAY THAT IS WOMEN LED A HUNDRED PERCENT OF MY EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP THAT LEADS THE 5,000 EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE ARE WOMEN, WOMEN CARE ABOUT THE VILLAGE WE'RE TALKING CHILDREN.
AND WE ARE THE ONLY COMPANY THAT HAS INVESTED IN COMMUNITY WITH US $625,000 COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING.
IN ADDITION, WE ARE THE ONLY COMPANY HERE TODAY THAT IS INVESTING IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S ONE THING TO HAVE YOUR STUDENTS HAVE THE GROUNDS KEPT AND BE ABLE TO DO THE THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO SO THAT THEY CAN STUDY, BUT WE NEED TO BEAUTIFY.
WE NEED TO ENHANCE BUILDINGS AND WE NEED TO DO SO WITH ACCOUNTABILITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I AM MOST PROUD OF IS THAT WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS FOCUSED ON CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS IN AN HONEST WAY, NOT BAIT AND SWITCH TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS THAT WE FORECASTED THAT AMAZON WAS COMING INTO THE MARKET.
AS A RESULT, YOU SEE IT REFLECTED IN OUR PRICE.
WE DON'T WANT, WHEN AMAZON COMES TO TOWN FOR PEOPLE TO LEAVE, WE WANT THEM INSTEAD TO STRIVE TO BE THE VERY BEST EMPLOYEE, WHICH IN OUR ECOSYSTEM, WE CALL THE MAGIC MAKERS SO THAT WE CAN SELECT THEM TO COME TO LA FOR A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE, WHERE THEY ARE CELEBRATED AND HONORED BY OUR CHAIRMAN.
AND GIVEN THE EXPERIENCE OF ALL OF WHAT EMPLOYEES DESERVE, WHICH IS TO BE GREATLY APPRECIATED IN A MAGNANIMOUS AND INCREDIBLE WAY SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE THAT.
BEING A JANITOR, BEING SOMEONE WHO'S A GROUNDSKEEPER IS HONORABLE WORK, AND IT IS AN WAY, AN HONEST WAY TO TAKE CARE OF CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO ALSO ALLOW ANY QUESTIONS THAT COME ABOUT, ABOUT OUR PROPOSAL, BECAUSE I DARE ANYONE TO STAND WITH AS MUCH COMMUNITY BENEFIT AS WE BRING TO THE TABLE.
AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, I WILL BE HERE TO THE END.
AS LONG AS MY COLLEAGUE, JOHN KLIPSTEIN, WHO WAS HERE WITH ME, RAISE YOUR HAND, JOHN IS HERE TO ALSO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE.
THANK YOU, MS. UH, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, MR. LANICE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, UM, I UNDERSTAND THE RECIPROCITY AT THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT
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BECAUSE I'VE USED REZA POT, PROSODY AGREEMENTS IN OTHER STATES AS WELL.HOWEVER, THE REALITY OF IT IS IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, YOU CANNOT BE BID UNLESS YOU HAVE A LICENSE FROM THE STATE BOARD OF CONTRACTORS.
I KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'VE TAKEN BUSINESS IN A LOT OFF TO GET THAT LICENSE.
UM, UM, AND HE HERE'S A COPY OF HER LICENSE AND IT WAS IN OUR, IT WAS ALSO IN OUR, OUR BOARD PACKAGE OR, OR SHOULD I SAY OUR PROPOSAL? SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE LICENSING PROCEDURES, UH, I'M THE QUALIFYING PARTY FOR ABM AND POOR STATES CURRENTLY.
AND I USED RECIPROCITY AND I'LL STATES.
UM, AND I USED THE LOUISIANA LICENSE IN ORDER TO GET RECIPROCITY.
HOWEVER, RECIPROCITY, THE ONLY THING IT DOES IS IT HELPS YOU NOT HAVE TO TAKE THAT TEST IN THE NEXT STATE, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE LICENSED AT THE TIME OF BID OR YOU HAVE TO ARE, ARE THEY, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA CAN COME IN AND PULL YOUR VA ANYWAY.
UM, JUST WANTED TO RECONFIRM WHAT HE SAID ABOUT OUR, UM, FAIR SHARE, UM, PROGRAM.
UM, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, UH, UM, PUTTING OUR PROPOSAL TOGETHER, WE DID HAVE A FAIR SHARE OF VENDOR FAIR OVER AT EMBASSY SUITES.
AND WE'VE ALSO, UM, SET WITH, UH, ALL OF YOUR CURRENT FAIR SHARE PARTNERS.
UM, WE'VE AGREED TO WORK WITH THE CURRENT FAIR SHARE OF PARTNERS AND ALSO, UM, EXCEED THAT BY BRINGING ON NEW FAIR SHARE PARTNERS AS WELL.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED JUST TO CONFIRM THAT YES, WE ARE, UM, COMMITTING 65%, UM, AND WE WILL, UH, EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH EAST BATON ROUGE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
ANY QUESTIONS MR. LANA SAYS THE FLOOR AND MS. WHERE JACKSON, YOUR NEXT, MR. LANA, SHE, UM, WELL THANK YOU FOR ELABORATING AND ALSO CLARIFYING I'LL BE QUICK BECAUSE CLEARLY IT SEEMS LIKE SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVE THEIR MINDS MADE UP HOW THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE.
WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS, YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT IS THIS REALLY ABOUT? BECAUSE IF IT'S ABOUT SAVING OUR DISTRICT MONEY AND CLEARLY ABM IS THE COMPANY THAT HAS THE LOWEST FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION, MEANING THAT WE WILL SAVE MORE MONEY ON THE BACKEND.
SO WHENEVER WE START HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY TEACHERS AND GIVE THEM PAY RAISES, THIS IS WHAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING TO COME UP AT.
AND THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO HAVE THE MOMENT TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT IN THIS TIME, RIGHT NOW, WHEN WE STARTED GOING THROUGH THE BUDGET AND TRYING TO SCROLL WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND MONEY, THIS IS THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LARGEST CONTRACT THAT WE TAKE ON AS A BOARD.
AND IF WE DON'T GET IT RIGHT ON THE FRONT END, IT WON'T BE RIGHT ON THE BACK END.
THERE'S ONLY ONE COMPANY AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW THAT HAS A LICENSE IN LOUISIANA.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO APPLY FOR.
IT IS, AND THIS IS NO KNOCK TO ANY COMPANY THAT IS USING RECIPROCITY, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT AS A COMMON PROCESS, BUT AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS, ONLY ONE COMPANY HAS A LOUISIANA LICENSE.
WHO'S ALSO ONE POINT FROM BEING THE TOP CANDIDATE WHO IS ALSO OFFERED TO GIVE US MONEY BACK TO OUR DISTRICT EVERY SINGLE YEAR OF OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS BACK INSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS.
IF YOU ALL, DON'T SEE THAT AS AN ADDED BENEFIT, THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CLEANING OUR SCHOOLS EVERY DAY, OUR MBES, LOCAL MBAS, WHO ARE ON THE GROUND EVERYDAY, WHO ARE POURED THAT MONEY AND TIME.
I SAY THAT AGAIN, MONEY AND TIME, DONATING TO SCHOOLS, GIVING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT A TIME.
NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO TURN OUR BACK ON THEM, EVEN THOUGH THEY WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH ARAMARK, EVEN THOUGH THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM WHERE MONEY WAS HELD FROM THEM.
AND NOW WE HAVE A CHANCE TO RIGHT-SIZE THAT IF THAT FEELS GOOD TO YOU, WHEN YOU GO TO BED AT NIGHT, THAT THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE IS A RIGHT CHOICE AND THERE'S A WRONG CHOICE.
AND I THINK IN THE BACK OF EVERYBODY'S MINDS, WE KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT CHOICE IS.
THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, MS. WHERE JACKSON, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TATLIN.
WANTED TO ASK YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
ONE THING ABOUT THE FLEET YOU MENTIONED, UM, DID YOU MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR FLEET? DO YOU NEED TO, UM, PURCHASE VEHICLES NOW? WE WILL BE PURCHASING ALL NEW EQUIPMENT AS WELL.
UM, SO IN THE, UM, EQUIPMENT, SO ON THE CUSTODIAL SIDE, 361,000,
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ACTUALLY LET ME LOOK AT A DIFFERENT, HOLD ON, I'M SORRY.ON THE CUSTODIAL SIDE, IT'S A 780,000 IN CUSTODIAL EQUIPMENT IN, UH, THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, IT'S 1,458,000 IN MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT.
UM, GROUNDS IS OF COURSE WE'RE OUTSOURCING THE GROUNDS, UM, 61,000 IN GROUNDS.
HOWEVER, OUR SUBS ARE, WE'LL BE MAKING THOSE INVESTMENTS ON THE EQUIPMENT SIDE AND MATERIALS MANAGEMENT.
UH, INVESTMENT IS, UM, $283,860 LIVE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT AS WELL.
SO, UM, WELL OVER $3 MILLION IN EQUIPMENT IN YOUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE THAT WAS YOUR GOAL FOR, UH, THEIR SHARE OR DBES AND BEANS? UM, SO, UM, IN THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, UM, I WANT TO SAY WE PUT 50% AND WE CAME IN, UM, IN THE, UM, WHEN WE DID OUR, UM, PRESENTATION, WE WENT TO 65 DURING OUR PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO BUMP UP FROM 50 TO 65? OKAY.
THERE'S 93% IN CUSTODIAL FOR FAIR SHARE PARTNERS.
GROUNDS IS 75% MAINTENANCE, 11.6% MATERIALS MANAGE 50% IF TOTAL BY, BY EACH, UH, UM, 65% TOTAL OF THE TOTAL BILLING, WHICH IS $21,869,612, BUT 65% OF THAT.
AND IN THE LAST COUPLE OF CONTRACTS OR THE LAST COUPLE OF, OF, UM, AREAS WHERE YOU'VE WORKED, WHAT WAS YOUR, UH, FAIR SHARE PERCENTAGE IF THERE WAS ONE? OKAY.
I SAW LAST BID THAT, AND THIS WAS FIVE YEARS AGO.
UM, IT WAS A 25% FAIR SHARE PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT.
AND WE, WE, UH, AT THAT POINT WE HAD COMMITTED 35% IN FAIR SHARE PARTICIPATION, BUT I MEAN, IN OTHER AREAS, NOT, NOT JUST, UM, THE PROBLEM, THE UNITED STATES, WE'VE GOT FAIR SHARE PARTNERS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
WHAT DO YOU AVERAGE IN ANY OF THOSE AREAS OR AT LEAST THE LAST TWO, THE LAST TWO NEW ONES THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT ON THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS A REQUIREMENT WITH EVERY NEW CONTRACT.
SO IT, WE CAN'T COULDN'T NECESSARILY SAY WHAT THE LEFT FOR THE LAST TWO, THE LAST TWO THAT WE HAD THERE, WASN'T A REQUIREMENT AND WASN'T A, W IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WE, WE INCLUDED IN OUR PROPOSAL, UM, ABM AS A WHOLE, UM, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A PERCENTAGE THAT, UH, IT, IT, IT, IT'S ABOVE A 30% ACROSS THE US, BUT I COULD, I COULD GET YOU THE EXACT NUMBER.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, SO, SO NOT ALL, UH, OF COURSE WE CAN SELF PERFORM THIS CHEAPER.
I MEAN, WE COULD, UM, CAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S DUPLICATIONS HERE, BUT, UM, IN ORDER TO GET TO THE FAIR SHARE, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATION, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WENT AHEAD AND PRICED IT IN AS SUCH.
AND WHEN WE PRICED IT, WE PRICED IT AT CUSTODIAL GOING A HUNDRED PERCENT FAIR SHARE WHEN WE PRICED IT.
SO WE EXPECTED TO GET TO 50% WHEN WE PRICED IT, BUT WE'VE DECIDED TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO THE 65%.
SO, UM, AND WE DID THAT AS A, AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP AND AS A MANAGEMENT GROUP AND I THINK IF I, IF I CAN READDRESS WHAT, WHAT YOU WERE, I THINK TRYING TO ASK US EVERY TIME WE GO INTO A NEW COMMUNITY, UH, TAKE ON A NEW CONTRACT, UH, PARTNER WITH A NEW SCHOOL SYSTEM OR, OR HIGHER EDUCATION CLIENT.
WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING OR LOCAL PARTNERS TO
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BRING IN AND ASSIST AND WORK WITH.UH, WE ARE, WE ARE A VERY DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMPANY AND LOOK TO TRY TO, UH, EMBRACE THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE BACK.
AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, IN WHATEVER WAY WE CAN.
AND THAT IS ALSO HIGHLY A PRIORITY OF OURS, LIFTING UP THOSE MINORITY VENDORS, FIGURE SHEAR PARTNERS, WHEREVER WE GO, EXCUSE ME.
SO I WILL, THAT IS ALWAYS A GOAL, BUT IT IS NOT ALWAYS A REQUIREMENT NOR SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO.
AND TO CLARK'S POINT, WE CAN CERTAINLY GO IN AND DO IT LESS EXPENSIVELY IN MANY CASES, IF WE DON'T DO THAT.
AND IT'S REALLY ALL WHAT THE GOAL OF THAT PARTICULAR SCHOOL SYSTEM OR, OR HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITY IS.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, THAT THERE'S MANY TIMES THAT WE, WE DO SCHOLARSHIPS WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
UM, WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE WANT TO SEE OUR KIDS, UH, GET CHANCES THEY WOULDN'T HAVE OTHERWISE.
SO, BUT WE DO HAVE, UM, IT'S $150,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND THAT'S ANNUALLY THAT'S INCLUDED IN HERE AND THAT WAS IN OUR PROPOSAL.
AND THAT'S ANNUALLY, NOT JUST A ONE TIME.
I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, FOR SEDEXO.
YOU MENTIONED, UH, SOMETHING IN, IN YOUR TALK ABOUT, AND I ABOUT 36% BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
COULD YOU EXPOUND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE? EXPLAIN THAT FOR ME.
I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO INTRODUCE JOHN TO SHARE HIS ANSWER TO THAT.
UH, MY NAME IS JOHN KLIPSTEIN WITH SEDEXO MAGIC AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, THE WAY NUMBERS ARE PRESENTED, UH, CAN BE INTERPRETED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
WHAT WE CHOSE TO DO IN THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE PROVIDED, UH, TO, UH, THE DISTRICT THIS WEEK WAS REPRESENT THE PERCENTAGES THAT REPRESENT THE CATEGORY MAKEUP OF OUR TOTAL 65%.
NOW, WHEN THERE'S A COMMENT MADE THAT OUR COMMITMENT TO CUSTODIAL, UH, COMPANIES, AS AN EXAMPLE WAS ONLY 36.9%.
THAT'S 36.9% OF OUR ENTIRE TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE WE DIDN'T REPRESENT OR SUGGEST AND BREAK OUT WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY WOULD BE SELF-PERFORMED BY SEDEXO MAGIC EMPLOYEES VERSUS FAIR SHARE PARTNERS.
THE REALITY IS WE WILL OUTSOURCE, UH, TO FAIR SHARE PARTNERS IN EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES, 80 TO 90% IN ORDER TO, FOR THE MATH EVEN WORK UP TO 65%.
SO OUR INTENTION FROM CUSTODIAL STANDPOINT, WE WILL PROVIDE SUPERVISORY EMPLOYEES THAT WILL ASSIST IN THAT DEPARTMENT, BUT ALL OF THE WORK IN THE SCHOOLS WILL BE DONE BY FAIR SHARE PARTNERS.
THE SAME HOLDS TRUE ON A GROUNDS IN LAWN CARE.
WE WILL HAVE SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL THAT, UM, THAT WE WILL EMPLOY, BUT ALL OF THAT WORK WILL BE DONE BY FAIR SHARE PARTNERS.
SO THE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE DOCUMENT THAT WE PRESENTED IS THE PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL CONTRACT PRICE, NOT THE PERCENTAGE OF THE WORK THAT WILL BE PERFORMED BY FAIR SHARE COMPANIES RATHER THAN SELF PERFORMED BY SEDEXO MANAGER.
AND ONE THING I JUST WANT TO ADD TO THAT STATEMENT, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO FAIR SHARE FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS, SEDEXO MAGIC HAS SPECIFICALLY LOOKED TO OUR DIVERSE PARTNERS AS A POINT OF DIFFERENTIATION.
THAT MEANS TODAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WE SPENT 43% WITH DIVERSE PARTNERS.
WE'RE NOT DOING THIS JUST SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE THIS CONTRACT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED DOING, ESPECIALLY AROUND CAPACITY BUILDING SO THAT SMALL BUSINESSES CAN, ONE DAY BECOME LARGE BUSINESSES.
FOR EXAMPLE, SEDEXO MAGIC IS A $600 MILLION ENTERPRISE.
THERE ARE ONLY LESS THAN 40 COMPANIES IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY THAT HAVE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUE THAT ARE BLACK OWNED.
WE ARE ONE OF LESS THAN 40 IN ORDER FOR US TO BE THE RISING TIDE THAT LIFTS ALL BOATS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT DIVERSE SUPPLIERS IS THE KEY TO CLOSING THE GENERATIONAL WEALTH GAPS THAT CHALLENGE OUR COUNTRY.
THIS IS THE VIABLE BUSINESS MODEL TO CLOSE THE GAPS AND FAIR SHARE FOR US IS SYNONYMOUS WITH THE WAY THAT WE DO BUSINESS.
YEAH, I'D HEARD THAT, UH, SEDEXO MAGIC DID A LOT OF WORK IN COMMUNITIES AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING BEYOND THE, THE, UH, INSIDE THE SCHOOLS AND
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GETTING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.SO I WAS A BIT CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
UM, WE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE IN THE PAST WITH, UH, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE, THE, THE CONTRACTOR THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DID THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
AND, UH, IT DID MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, BUT THEN THAT WENT AWAY AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING KIND OF WENT DOWNHILL AFTER THAT.
UM, SO I WAS ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT, UM, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN DOING, YOU KNOW, IN, IN SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS THAT RELATES TO KIDS IN THEIR FAMILIES.
WELL, FIRST I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT ALL TRICKLES DOWN FROM THE TOP.
OUR CHAIRMAN IS SO MUCH OF A BENEFACTOR THAT WE HAVE NO CHOICE, BUT TO STEP IT UP AND AT LEAST MAKE HIM PROUD WHEN COVID FIRST HIT.
HE MADE A DECISION TO UNDERWRITE LOANS FOR UP TO A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR WOMEN AND MINORITY BUSINESSES.
AFTER WE RECEIVED OVER 20,000 APPLICATIONS, HE CHANGED HIS MIND AND UNDERWROTE 300 AND TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF LOANS FOR BLACK AND BROWN DIFFERENTLY ABLED AND WOMEN OWNED BUSINESSES.
SO AS HE TASKS OUR TEAM WITH AFFECTING THE COMMUNITY IMPACT THAT WILL CLOSE THOSE GAPS THAT I JUST DESCRIBED, WE MADE A VESTED EFFORT TO FIND A COMMUNITY PARTNER THAT WE FELT COULD ADDRESS THE BIGGEST GAP THAT WE FIND WHEN THERE ARE FINANCIAL DISCREPANCIES, WHICH IS FOOD INSECURITY.
AS A RESULT, SEDEXO MAGIC IS A NATIONAL PARTNER WITH AN ATLANTA BEAT CORP, WHICH IN ESSENCE IS THE CREME DE LA CREME OF CORPORATIONS THAT CARE ABOUT EACH STAKEHOLDER, NOT JUST THE SHAREHOLDER.
AND WE HAVE ENTERED INTO A NATIONAL AGREEMENT WITH GOODER.
GOODER IS BOTH TECHNOLOGY AND A LOGISTICAL SOLUTION THAT ALLOWS FOR FOOD THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE WASTED TO GET INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE THAT NEED IT.
SO WE CREATE, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T DO THE FOOD SERVICE IN SOME OF OUR LOCATIONS, POP UP GROCERY STORES, AND ALSO WE HELP OUR CLIENTS WHO WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR WASTE, UM, FIND NON-PROFITS AND LOCAL COMMUNITY AGENCIES TO BE ABLE TO REDISTRIBUTE FOOD.
SO THAT IS REALLY THE MOST CRITICAL WAY THAT WE CAN AFFECT CHANGE FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT IS THROUGH THE ADDRESSING OF FOOD INSECURITY.
THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY THAT WE DO IT.
WE HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE TOTAL APPRENTICE PROGRAM IN THE FACILITIES MANAGEMENT COMPONENT OF OUR WORK, WHERE WE GROOM HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO HAVE JOBS IN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, ONCE THEY FINISH COLLEGE, OR FOR THOSE THAT SH DECIDE THAT COLLEGE IS NOT THE ROUTE THAT THEY WANT TO TAKE, WE GROOM THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL CONTRIBUTORS TO SOCIETY.
ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES.
UH, THERE'S TWO, UH, SEDEXO MAGIC IS, IS ONE OF THE APPLICANTS THAT IS OWNED BY, UM, MINORITY.
UM, METRO CLEAN, VENTRAL CLEAN.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF METRO CLEAN IS, IS IN THE ROOM, BUT, UH, UM, YEAH.
UM, MS. METRO GLEAN, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU MR. METRO CLEAN AND A FAMILIAR FACE TO US? GOOD.
UM, GOOD EVENING BOARD MEMBERS.
UM, I'M TERRANCE RANS FROM, WITH METRO CLEAN, AND WE ACTUALLY TOOK A DIFFERENT APPROACH.
WE FELT THAT SINCE WE'RE ALREADY 100% WOMEN OWNED BUSINESS, THAT WE FELT THAT A COUPLE OF THINGS, ONE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE BEST QUALIFIED PARTNERS TO WORK FOR US, TO WORK WITH US IN THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY AND NOT NECESSARILY BE UNDER ANY TYPE OF STIPULATION OF TRYING TO MEET A PARTICIPATION OF GOALS THERE.
NOW, EVERYONE ELSE IS TALKING ABOUT THEIR PARTICIPATION.
WE, IF YOU PARTNER WITH US, THE DISTRICT ALREADY IS GOING TO HAVE 100% MINORITY PARTICIPATION WHEN YOU ALL CUT THE CHECK TO METRO CLEAN.
SO THAT GIVES US THE LATITUDE AND THE FREEDOM TO BE ABLE TO SAY, WHO ARE THE BEST QUALIFIED VENDORS.
WE ALSO WENT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY, WORK WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT VENDORS ARE OUT THERE AVAILABLE TO DO THE WORK.
AND THEY HAD PROVIDED A LIST OF COMPANIES THAT ARE ALREADY QUALIFIED ALREADY VETTED THAT WORKS ALREADY WITH THE PARISH OF BATON ROUGE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT.
AND THEN IN ADDITION THAT WE WANTED TO SAY, LET'S,
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LET'S FIND PARTNERS THROUGHOUT IT.SO THAT THE, THAT THE DISTRICT HAS THE AVAILABILITY BE ABLE TO SAY, YES, WE ARE PROVIDING THE MOST QUALIFIED VENDORS TO DO THE WORK.
UM, WE'RE ALSO PREPARED TO DO A $3 MILLION INVESTMENT ON THIS PROJECT, AND IT WAS OUTLINED IN OUR RFP.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, I KIND OF LOOK AT THIS THING AND WE LOOK AT IT A CERTAIN TYPE OF WAY.
ONE, YOU KNOW, WITH ME STANDING HERE, I HAVE 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
I KNOW VERY WELL WHERE THE THINGS THAT I'VE PUT INTO THE BID, THAT THEY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL AND THEY WILL WORK BECAUSE I HAVE THAT INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE WITH THE DISTRICT.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND, AS FAR AS THE, THE PARTNERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE EQUATION, THERE ARE SOME PARTNERS THAT, THAT DO A FAIRLY GOOD JOB, BUT THERE'S OTHERS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DO AN EVALUATION, TO SEE WHERE EVERYONE THAT'S AT TODAY WITHIN A 60 DAY PERIOD, TO BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THE PARTNERS, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, THESE ARE THE ONES WE NEED TO DO BUSINESS WITH.
THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO DO BUSINESS WITH, BUT SINCE WE ARE ALREADY A MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS, WE ARE WILLING AND WE HAVE ALREADY MENTORED OTHER COMPANIES, SMALL BUSINESS COMPANIES, TO BE ABLE TO SAY, THESE ARE THE STEPS YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH FOR TWO, TWO, IF YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS, TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS, THERE ARE CERTAIN STEPS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK TO.
AND, AND WE ARE WILLING TO REALLY GET DOWN AND GET INTO THE TRENCHES WITH EACH OF OUR PARTNERS THAT ARE SMALL BUSINESS MINORITY OWNED, TO BE ABLE TO KIND OF HELP THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HELP THEM THROUGH.
NOW I REMEMBER EVEN CONVERSATIONS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS WITH THE FAIR SHARE DEPARTMENT HERE ON THEIR OWN, WHERE EVEN VENDORS THAT COME IN AND DO THINGS WITH FAIR SHARE, THEY'RE NOT QUITE SURE THAT NIGHT, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO FILL ALL THE PAPERWORK.
AND I KNOW JOHN DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB IN WORKING THEM THROUGH THAT PROCESS, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S ANOTHER AVENUE WITH SOMEONE THAT'S ALREADY FAMILIAR AND HOW TO DO THAT BUSINESS AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT, THAT PROCESS WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, MY COMPANY WORKED AS A BUSINESS PARTNER TO THE INCUMBENT RIGHT NOW FOR FIVE YEARS AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND IF AFTER OUR COMPANY NAME IS MENTIONED AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, IT'D BE VERY POSITIVE.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE, UM, VARIOUS EMPLOYEES THAT I, WHEN I EVEN WALKED THE DISTRICT THAT I USED TO KNOW, VERY SPEAK VERY FAVORABLY OF, OF MYSELF AND THE COMPANY AND THEY, AND THEY ARE EXCITED FOR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET TO BACK TO, TO THE ATMOSPHERE OF HAVING A FAMILY ORIENTED EVENT WHERE IT'S NOT A VENDOR EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP, BECAUSE WE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND INVESTED IN OUR PEOPLE.
AND WE TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL LITERACY THAT WE OFFER TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
YOU KNOW, IN SOME CASES, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, WE, WE ALSO KIND OF TALK ABOUT AND REALLY WORK THEM THROUGH WHAT REWARDS SYSTEMS THEY HAVE AND THAT WE CAN PROVIDE.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE TOTAL EMPLOYEE, NOT ONLY INSIDE THE WORKPLACE, BUT OUTSIDE THE WORKPLACE ALSO.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, AVENUES THAT WE CAN GO DOWN AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE WE START OUT BEING 100% WOMEN OWNED, AND THAT GIVES THE DISTRICT THE FLEXIBILITY TO BE ABLE TO, IT GIVES US THE FLEXIBILITY TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET THE BEST SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE BOARD.
UM, WELL, I, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT'S HERE TONIGHT AND BRINGING THEIR BEST TO THE TABLE FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UM, AND I, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT IT'S A REALLY GREAT THING THAT WE ARE BRINGING THE CONVERSATION BACK TO ACCOUNTABILITY AND STANDARDS.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MOST DISTURBING, UM, CALLS THAT I GET ARE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTS THAT AREN'T CONDUCIVE.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE WOULD BE HERE WHERE WE ARE TONIGHT, IF WE FELT LIKE OUR CURRENT SITUATION WAS WHAT WE NEEDED IT TO BE.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE, UM, WE'VE TRIED.
AND, UM, BUT I, I AM A FIRM BELIEVER IN EDUCATION, CLEAN STELLAR, EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS, CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING FOR ALL OF OUR CHILDREN AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL AND EVERY SINGLE SITE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, AND I THINK THAT, THAT EACH OF YOU BRINGS SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE.
I THINK, I THINK I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY FIRSTHAND
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KNOWLEDGE IS THAT, UM, SO DESCO DOES UNBELIEVABLE WITH THEIR, UH, FOOD, UH, SERVICES.I THINK THAT THAT IS A BIG STRENGTH WITH CISCO AND I HAVE, I HAVE PERSONALLY TASTED AND THOUGHT, WOW, WOULD OUR KIDS LOVE THIS? I THINK THAT IT IS JUST, STATE-OF-THE-ART WONDERFUL, HEALTHY OPTIONS FOR KIDS THAT LOOKS GOOD AND TASTES GOOD.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT THAT IS A STRONG FORTE.
UM, I THINK METRO CLEAN, UH, THEY HAVE KNOWN TERRANCE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND I KNOW THAT HE HAS, UM, STRONG, UM, FRIENDSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL, UM, EXPERIENCES WITH OUR, IN OUR SCHOOLS.
I THINK THAT HE ALREADY KNOWS THE LAY OF THE LAND IT'S IMPORTANT.
UH, WE, WE WANT TO SMOOTH, SEAMLESS A TRANSITION AS WE CAN POSSIBLY GET, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO THIS IN A MANNER THAT PROMOTES HIGH STANDARDS AND NOT JUST NECESSARILY STATUS QUO, BUT HIGH STANDARDS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY MEASURES.
AND, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE, UH, MENTORING INVOLVED.
I WANTED TO ASK, UM, I WANTED TO ASK IF H E S REPRESENTATIVES COULD COME BACK UP FOR A MINUTE.
UM, JUST SO I CAN MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THIS AND THE VIEWING AUDIENCE AS WELL.
UM, SO I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS WERE GOING TO BE FURNISHED TO, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL, YOU WOULD STILL CALL THEM BUSINESS PARTNERS OR WHAT THEIR TITLE WOULD ACTUALLY BE, BUT IS, IS THERE, THAT SEEMS TO BE A REALLY GOOD STANDARDIZATION ACROSS ALL SCHOOLS, IF WE USE THE SAME PRODUCTS EVERYWHERE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING AS FAR AS THE DILUTING OR THE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WITH CHEMICALS, WHATEVER IS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD FOR EVERY ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, WHICH ALL DESERVE CLEAN ENVIRONMENTS.
UH, YES, MA'AM, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND, UM, TO YOUR POINT, UM, FOR ANY OF OUR MINORITY PARTNERS, IT'S NOT GOING TO COST THEM ONE PENNY FOR SUPPLIES OR EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE FURNISHING THOSE ACROSS THE BOARD BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THAT IS A COST BURDEN THAT THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE TO EAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ON.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WE'RE GOING TO UNIFORM ACROSS THE DISTRICT TO YOUR POINT.
SO IF YOU WALK IN A SCHOOL ON THIS SIDE OF THE, OF, OF THE DISTRICT OR A SCHOOL ON THIS SIDE OF THE DISTRICT, THE CHEMICALS ARE THE SAME, THE EQUIPMENT'S THE SAME, THE TRAINING MODULES ARE THE SAME.
SO THAT PROMOTES THAT LEVEL OF CONSISTENCY AND UNIFORMITY THAT YOU'RE STRIVING FOR.
THAT'S PART OF OUR PLAN THAT WAS IN OUR PROPOSAL.
WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT WE CAN EXECUTE THAT, RIGHT.
WHEN YOU SPEAK OF, UM, EQUIPMENT, ARE YOU TALKING LIKE, WOULD THAT INCLUDE LIKE THE, UM, THE FLOOR CLEANERS, BUFFERS, ALL THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? YES.
MA'AM THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TO MY ATTENTION, UM, NUMEROUS TIMES.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S BROKEN RIGHT NOW, SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO IT AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
AND I, I JUST DON'T THAT ISN'T AN, UH, UH, ACCEPTABLE ANSWER FOR THE FLOORS NOT BEING DONE WELL, IS THAT THE EQUIPMENT'S BROKEN? AND SO I, UH, MY, UM, INCLINATION IS THAT I LIKE THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FURNISH ALL, AND YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEREOF, THE QUALITY THAT'S NEEDED IN X, Y, AND Z SCHOOLS.
AND, UM, AND ASSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SCHOOL OR TWO THAT SIT IN THERE WITH SOMETHING, NOT WORKING IN IT, BECAUSE THE PARTNER COULDN'T AFFORD TO HAVE IT MAINTENANCED, OR THERE'S NOT ENOUGH, OR WHATEVER THE EXCUSE WOULD BE.
I'M LOOKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND I'M LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, HIGH STANDARDS, LIKE I SAID, UM, ALSO WANTED TO ASK YOU, I THINK I HEARD YOU SAY, AND I N BELIEVE THAT IN YOUR BACKUP MATERIAL, I READ THAT Y'ALL CONCENTRATE ONLY IN EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
YES, MA'AM UM, THAT'S ALL WE DO.
YOU KNOW, WE DO A HUNDRED PERCENT EDUCATION FACILITIES, NOTHING ELSE.
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OUR ORGANIZATION IS RELATIVELY FLAT, UM, BY DESIGN, SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT DIRECT PIPELINE TO, TO REACH OUR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE EVENT THAT WE'RE MISSING THE MARK IN THE FIELD.UM, OUR GOAL IS TO NOT MISS THE MARK, UH, BUT WE ALSO REALIZE THAT MISTAKES HAPPEN AND TO PREVENT THOSE FROM BECOMING HABITUAL, WE HAVE THE HIERARCHY IN PLACE, WHETHER THAT BE OUR LOCAL LEADERSHIP TEAM, TO THE TOP OF OUR, TO OUR ORGANIZATION CHART, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL ACCESSIBLE.
UM, AND, AND, AND WE'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT, THAT YOU GUYS WOULD SEE A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE, UM, WITH THAT, WITH THAT STRUCTURE AND THAT FOCUS BEING SOLELY ON EDUCATION.
AND SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, IF YOU'LL HUMOR ME, I'D LIKE TO PARLAY THAT INTO, UM, JUST A MOMENT WITH, WITH, UM, DORSEY HOPSON.
UM, HE WOULD LIKE TO JUST SPEAK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE AS A FORMER SUPERINTENDENT WITH SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
UM, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID OPPOSITE OPS.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR, AND THOSE JUST FOR A FEW MINUTES, LET ME JUST SAY AS AN INITIAL MATTER, UH, THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MORE DIFFICULT TIME TO BE A SUPERINTENDENT AND RIGHT NOW, AND THERE'S NEVER BEEN A MORE DIFFICULT TIME TO BE A SCHOOL BOARD THAT RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, YOU'RE DEALING WITH ISSUES OF LEARNING LOSS.
YOU'RE DEALING WITH ISSUES OF BUDGET DEFICIT.
THEY'RE GOING TO CLEAR UP, YOU GOT TO DEAL WITH THAT.
YOU'RE DEALING WITH ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO JUST FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, AS SOMEBODY WHO USED TO SIT UP IN THAT SEAT, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ALL DO EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I JUST REALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS TO MAKE.
I THINK THAT I'VE HEARD THE CONVERSATION, AND OBVIOUSLY WHAT I SAT IN THE SEAT MINORITY PARTICIPATION WAS BIG, AND WE ALWAYS STROVE FOR THAT.
AND I THINK THAT EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO DO BETTER, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LET THE CONVERSATION GET AWAY FROM THE CLEANLINESS OF SCHOOLS, RIGHT? AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE QUESTION ON THE TABLE IS WHO THE COMMITTEE THINK WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN THE SCHOOLS BEST.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR TRACK RECORD, UH, IT'S REALLY ALMOST UNDENIABLE, UH, THAT, UH, OUR RECORD OF SUCCESS IS STRONGER IN THIS AREA THAN ANY OF OUR COMPETITORS.
AND I'LL JUST SAY NOT TO BESMIRCH ANYBODY, BUT ONE EXAMPLE COMES TO MIND.
AND WE GOT A REFERENCE FROM THEM, UH, DUVALL COUNTY SCHOOLS IN FLORIDA, PROBABLY ABOUT 120,000, UH, STUDENTS.
THEY WERE A LONG-TERM CUSTOMER OF ABM.
THE LAST TIME THEY HAD AN RFP, WE WENT IN, UH, WE TOOK OVER THAT BUSINESS AND NOW THEY'RE GIVING US A REFERENCE.
SO YOU HAVE A COMPANY THAT DIDN'T MEET THEIR STANDARDS, OBVIOUSLY IN A COMPANY THAT IS DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB, THREE OR FOUR YEARS LATER, THAT THEY'RE GIVING US REFERENCES.
AND WE HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR INSTANCES OF THAT.
AND I ONLY BRING THAT UP AGAIN BECAUSE, UH, NOBODY'S GOING TO COME IN HERE AND SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THE WAY WE CLEAN SCHOOLS.
AND I THINK THE REASON THAT WE'VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE WE REALLY UNDERSTAND SCHOOLS.
WE DON'T DO FOOD SERVICE, WE DON'T DO ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
AND PART OF THAT IS REALLY UNDERSTANDING WHAT MOVES SCHOOLS AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WE KNOW THAT, WELL, LET ME SAY IT LIKE THIS.
WHAT I USED TO SAY IS THAT IN ANY SCHOOL, THE MOST IMPORTANT GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE THE TEACHERS, RIGHT? WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT MOVING THE NEEDLE STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDENTS OBS, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF THE ADULTS, THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE SCHOOL, UH, IT'S USUALLY THE PRINCIPAL.
AND SO PART OF OUR PROCESS IS WORKING WITH THE PRINCIPAL, CREATING A GOOD FEEDBACK LOOP FOR THE PRINCIPALS, SO THAT THE PRINCIPAL WHO RUNS THAT BUILDING GIVES INPUT AND FEEDBACK, SO THAT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY DOING BETTER, CONSISTENTLY GETTING BETTER RESULTS.
I KNOW THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH, CAUSE WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME DOWN HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO, UH, AND WERE INTERVIEWED.
AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PRINCIPALS ON THAT PANEL.
AND I WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THEM, UH, REALLY DURING THE PROCESS AND KIND OF AFTER THE PROCESS AND WHAT THEY SAID TO ME WAS, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE APPRECIATE YOU BECAUSE YOU REALLY KNOW SCHOOLS.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN'T BE IN MY CLASSROOM COACHING.
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T BE DEALING WITH PARENTS.
I CAN'T BE DEALING WITH THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.
YOU KNOW, IF I'M CONSTANTLY PICKING UP AFTER THE CUSTODIAN OR FIXING FACILITIES, THINGS MYSELF.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY TO YOU ALL, UH, THAT WE KNOW SCHOOLS, WE HAVE A STRONG RECORD OF CLEANING SCHOOLS AND WE HAVE A STRONG RECORD OF MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET THE FAIR STANDARDS, A THRESHOLD.
AND IT'S NOT JUST TO BE A NUMBER ON THE PAPER.
I MEAN, I THINK AT THE END OF THAT THING, SOMEBODY SAID IT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY, UH, THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT BELONGS TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE, UH, TO CONTINUE TO SEE THIS COMMUNITY SHINE.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, SO THAT YOU GUYS REACHED THE VERY AMBITIOUS GOALS THAT YOU'VE SET FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY, WHEN I PUT MY OWN LAWYER HAT ON, I CAN SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY, UH, WE ARE LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS, UH, IN, IN THE EVENT, THIS CONTRACT, UM, YOU WERE AWARE THIS CONTRACT AND I THINK THE PROCESS, THE BOARD WOULD, UH, AUTHORIZE THE ADMINISTRATION AND NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS.
SO IF THERE WERE ISSUES WITH THAT, THEN THAT CERTAINLY WOULD COME UP, BUT, BUT THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE APPRECIATE THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND PEOPLE PUT
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THEIR BEST FOOT FORWARD, THE SCORE SHEETS COME OUT, THEN THEY START SAYING ALL THE OTHER STUFF THEY'RE GOING TO DO.AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE SCHOOLS ARE AS CLEAN AS THEY CAN POSSIBLY BE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE PRINCIPALS AND THE TEACHERS IN THIS, THE ENTIRE POST AND PART OF THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME AND WE APPRECIATE YOU, WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY.
UM, SO I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT, UM, IS ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
THANK YOU, MS. DYSON, MR. LANIS.
I TRY MY BEST NOT TO BE, UH, FCS.
CAN YOU ALL COME BACK UP? I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
WHAT IS YOUR FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION? IT WASN'T INSIDE OF ANY OTHER PROPOSALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S YOUR FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION.
CAN YOU GIVE US SOME NUMBERS? SURE.
AND SO KIND OF THE WAY WE ADDRESS THAT IS WE WITH THE REALIZATION OF, OF THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY AND THE ESCALATION OF, OF SUPPLIES AND LABOR AND MATERIALS, RAW MATERIALS, FUEL ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE VERY UNREALISTIC TO SIT HERE TODAY AND GIVE YOU A HARD NUMBER FOR 2027.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE CAN'T GIVE YOU A GOAL OF 20, 27, BUT I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE VERY UNREALISTIC.
AND I THINK IT'D BE VERY UNREAL, RESPONSIBLE TO GIVE YOU A HARD NUMBER FIVE YEARS FROM NOW THAT HAS ANY TEETH TO IT WHATSOEVER.
UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, ATYPICAL ESCALATION THAT WE WILL ASK FOR IS JUST THE COST OF LIVING A CPI INCREASE, USUALLY THAT IS NEGOTIATED AND AGREED UPON IN OUR CONTRACTS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARDS.
USUALLY THAT LANDS SOMEWHERE IN THE 3% RANGE, GIVE OR TAKE.
UM, AND ULTIMATELY THE BOARD ITSELF HAS THE FINAL DECISION ON WHETHER WE GET THAT INCREASE OR NOT.
AND THAT'S PRETTY TYPICALLY HOW WE HANDLE INCREASES ON A YEAR TO YEAR BASIS.
I DON'T THINK I WOULD SAY, IS THAT WHAT YOU GAVE OTHER PROJECTIONS? LIKE FOR INSTANCE, IT SAYS A ONE-YEAR LOCAL SPENDING PROJECTION IS APPROXIMATELY 65%.
SO POWER, WE AS A BOARD SUPPOSED TO KNOW, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO COME IN AND SPENDING THAT COULD BE ABSORBENT.
THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE, YOU ALL COULD COME IN HIGHER THAN OUR HIGHEST PROJECTION RIGHT NOW, GIVEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY NUMBERS IN FRONT OF US.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT SEVERAL TIMES AS A BOARD THAT WE FELT WE WERE PAYING ARAMARK AND EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF MONEY.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THAT QUESTION UP.
UH, BUT THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU ALL.
SO YOU ALL MADE UP, YOU BROUGHT UP A VERY COMPELLING POINT AROUND THE CUSTODIAL SERVICES IN A WAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN ACROSS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF YOUR CONTRACT.
HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THOSE THINGS, UH, ARE EXISTING IN EVERY SINGLE PROPOSAL THAT WE'VE RECEIVED IN TERMS OF CUSTODIAL SERVICES.
IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT CUSTODIAL SERVICES IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE LARGEST PART OF A CONTRACT, BECAUSE THAT'S THE PART WHERE THE MBES LOOK TO MAKE THEIR BULK OF THE MONEY.
UH, BUT I'M COMPARING YOU ALL AND I'M LOOKING AT YOUR FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION AND YOU HAD THE LARGEST FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION OF ALL OF THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVED.
CAN YOU ALL EXPLAIN THAT? SURE.
AND I, I THINK WE CAN TAG TEAM ON THIS ONE.
I THINK THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN US AND THE OTHER PROPOSALS IS THAT WE MAKE A VERY MARKET EFFORT TO NUMBER ONE, ADDRESS THE PRICE DIFFERENTIAL THAT COMES WITH AMAZON COMING INTO THE MARKET.
AND THEN ALSO THE BIGGEST PIECE IS INVESTING IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT YOU HAVE MORE EQUITY ACROSS ALL OF YOUR BUILDINGS.
SO BASED ON WHAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GLEAN FROM READING ARTICLES, LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ON OUR COMPETITORS, NO ONE ELSE IS MAKING THAT COMMITMENT.
AND, UM, THANK YOU MS. SHALENA SHEAR POINT EARLIER.
UM, CAUSE IT IS ONE THAT WE THOUGHT REALLY WE WANTED TO DISTINGUISH AND, AND I ALSO WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD SO I CAN SLEEP TONIGHT HIM, CORRECT.
MY REFERENCE TO OUR FAIR SHARE PERCENTAGE, WHICH IS 66%, NOT 65, BUT WHAT WE ENVISION, UH, RELATED TO THAT IS THOSE ARE THE DOLLAR VALUES OF OUR CONTRACT PRICE THAT ARE COMMITTED TO THOSE SERVICES.
WE EXPECT IT TO BE FULLY, UH, OUTSOURCED, AS I MENTIONED, RELATED TO GROUNDS AND, UM, UH, CUSTODIAL SERVICES.
BUT EQUALLY WHAT WE FOUND IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE FAIR SHARE TEAM IS THAT MANY OF THOSE BUSINESSES ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE SERVICES.
SO THERE'S A PERCENTAGE THAT WE ALLOCATED, UH, FROM OUR MAINTENANCE SERVICES THAT WOULD ALSO, UH, IS WE SEE THAT AS OUR OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THEM GROW THEIR BUSINESSES AND EXPAND THEIR CAPABILITIES SO THEY CAN COMPETE FOR OTHER BUSINESSES TO YOUR SECOND QUESTION, UH, FROM A FIVE-YEAR I CAN'T TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY,
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UH, TONIGHT THAT THAT AMOUNT, UH, WAS INCLUDING OUR PROPOSAL.IF IT WAS THEN WE STAND BEHIND IT, BUT YOU KNOW, OUR TYPICAL APPROACH, ASSUMING THAT SCOPE DOESN'T CHANGE AND YOU HAVEN'T ASKED US TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK OR TO DO LESS WORK, WE GENERALLY EXPECT AND ANTICIPATE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR PRICE CONTRACT INCREASES WITHIN THE COST OF LIVING.
SO, SO THAT'S DECIMAL MAGIC WAS IT WAS CREATED OR IT STARTED IN CALIFORNIA.
IT'S ACTUALLY WHERE WE'RE BASED.
UM, OUR PARENT PARTNER MAGIC JOHNSON ENTERPRISES IS BASED OUT OF CALIFORNIA.
OUR PARENT PARTNERS, SEDEXO IS BASED OUT OF GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND.
UM, WE, AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM ARE BASED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
OUR EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP IS IN ATLANTA.
WE'VE GOT SOME IN NEW ORLEANS, WE'VE GOT SOME IN ORLANDO AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
AND I ASKED A QUESTION BECAUSE I JUST WANT IT TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT BATON ROUGE IS NOT A CALIFORNIA BATON ROUGE IS NOT A MARYLAND.
IN FACT, THE AVERAGE COST OF LIVING HERE IN BATON ROUGE IS ABOUT $33,000.
MEANING THAT MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE GROUND, THEY LIVE BELOW THE POVERTY LINE.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE CUSTODIAL SERVICES, THAT'S WHAT MAKES THE BOTTOM LINE FOR ME, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T BELIEVE WHETHER YOU'RE WHITE, BLACK, OR INDIFFERENT, THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE THE MAJORITY OF THAT POT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A MILLIONAIRE OR BILLIONAIRE ALREADY, THOSE MONIES SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE CIRCULATED AND CYCLED ON THE GROUND.
WHETHER PEOPLE ARE DOING THE WORK IN THE COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY LIVE TO ME, THAT IS HOW YOU CLOSE THE EQUITY GAP AND THE WEALTH GAP INSIDE OF COMMUNITIES LIKE BATON ROUGE, WHERE WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANYTHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE BEFORE.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT MINORITY PARTICIPATION AND NOT SENTENCED TO BE BOASTFUL, BUT I WAS THE PERSON THAT MADE THE MOTION TO LIFT THE 50%, BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE WORK ON THE GROUND, THEY NEED TO GET MORE OF THE MONEY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU, UH, INTERFACE THE FACT THAT, UH, WHO IS THE AMAZON IS ABOUT TO COME ONLINE AND THEY'RE GOING TO START EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEIR WORKERS OFF MORE SPECIFICALLY CUSTODIAL WORKERS AT $15 AN HOUR.
NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT COST SAVINGS, THAT'S WHAT I LOOK AT WHEN I LOOK AT ALL OF THE CONTRACTS ACROSS THE BOARD.
I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU.
I HAVE SO MUCH FAMILY OFF OF FALSE RIVER THAT IS STRUGGLING EVERY DAY TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
SO TRUST AND BELIEVE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE BASED IN CALIFORNIA, DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T CARE ABOUT PEOPLE ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY.
WE EXIST AS A RESULT OF BOTH OF OUR PARENT PARTNERS, DECIDING THAT SOMEONE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR HAS TO DO SOMETHING TO CLOSE THE GAPS THAT EXIST.
NO OTHER COMPANY WAS CREATED WITH THE INTENTION OF BRINGING AND SERVING EQUITY TO COMMUNITIES THAT IS IN OUR MANIFESTO.
WE SERVE EQUITY TO COMMUNITIES.
SO WE ARE VERY COGNIZANT AND DID THE ANALYSIS TO EVEN DEVELOP THE RIGHT COSTING MODEL TO ENSURE THAT AMAZON COMING INTO THE MARKET WOULD NOT DISSUADE OUR EMPLOYEES FROM GOING THERE.
WE CARE ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES AND AS WE CONSTRUCT BUSINESS MODELS IN WHATEVER COMMUNITY THAT WE GO AFTER, WE ARE THINKING FIRST ABOUT THE MOST UNDERSERVED AND TRUST AND BELIEVE AS WE ARE EVALUATING AND DEVELOPING OUR PROPOSALS.
WHAT'S ALSO COMING INTO PLAY IS THAT I AM A MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN, AN EIGHT YEAR OLD, A 13 YEAR OLD AND A 15 YEAR OLD.
AND I THINK ABOUT MY BUSINESS AND PUT ALL OF MY ENERGY INTO IT AS IF THESE ARE MY OWN CHILDREN.
SO YOUR CONCERNS ARE MY CONCERN, MR. ATLANTA'S.
AND I RESPECT EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST SAID.
I REALLY DO AGAIN, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS, UH, AS A CONCERN, THIS PARTICULAR CONTRACT, UH, IS COSTING US THE MOST IN TERMS FIVE-YEAR PROJECTION, AND WE'RE NOT GETTING AS MUCH, UH, MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN TERMS OF WHERE THEY WOULD MAKE THEM THE BULK OF THEIR MONEY, WHICH WOULD BE CUSTODIAL SERVICES.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S NO KNOCK TO YOU ALL.
AND I ALSO APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING TO THE MIC.
AND JUST PLEASE TRUST TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NOT A BAIT AND SWITCH TYPE OF ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE LOOKING TO BE PARTNERS.
SO THE COSTS THAT WE PUT OUT, HONESTLY, WE KNOW AS WHAT IT TAKES TO GET EQUITY INTO PLAY EQUITY.
SOMETIMES WE MAKE DECISIONS AND WE TRY TO PULL COST OUT.
THAT COMES WITH A CONSEQUENCE.
USUALLY IT COMES AT THE COST OF FEWER JOBS THAT ARE NEEDED TO GET THE WORK DONE.
AND SO AGAIN, WE HAVE 17 YEARS OF BRINGING EQUITY INTO COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST BECAUSE IT'S A REQUIREMENT OF A BID.
AND SO PLEASE KNOW THAT WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED HAS BEEN WITH A LOT OF THOUGHT ANALYTICS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY CARE ABM,
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SORRY, I'M TRYING TO GET MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT.WHO'S GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, UH, UNDER YOUR PROPOSAL, A COUNTRY.
SO WE HAVE DISCUSSED COLLECTIVELY AS A WHOLE THAT WE WOULD, UH, UNIFY AND HAVE THE SAME EQUIPMENT, THE SAME SUPPLIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT PURCHASED BY ABM OR TO BE USED BY OUR FAIR SHARE.
SOME OF THE FAIR SHARE PARTNERS MAY PURCHASE THEIR OWN.
SOME WE MAY PURCHASE FOR THEM AND LEASE IT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THIS, THIS, THIS CONTRACT.
UM, HOWEVER, BUT WE, WE SAT DOWN WITH OUR FAIR SHARE PARTNERS AND SAID, HEY, WE WON'T DO WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, BUT WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IS IF WE HAVE UNIFORMITY THROUGHOUT.
AND SECONDLY, I WANT TO SAY THIS, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE FAIR SHARE PARTNERS, WE WILL HAVE INSPECTORS THAT WORK FOR ABM, DOING INSPECTIONS BEHIND ALL OF OUR FAIR SHARE PARTNERS.
AND IT WILL BE CLOUD-BASED SITE INSPECTIONS.
SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY CHECK TO SEE WHERE QUALITY IS AT ANY TIME.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE UNIFORMITY.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INSPECTORS, AND WE'RE ALSO DOING A PRINCIPAL REPORT CARDS EVERY MONTH.
SO, UM, ALL OF THESE IS TO KEEP US IN JAIL.
WE'RE RESPONSIBLE, WE'RE THE PRIME CONTRACTOR.
WE HAVE TO HOLD OUR MINORITY VENDORS OR FAIR SHARE PARTNERS ACCOUNTABLE AND FULLY PREPARED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE FAIR TO THEM AS WELL.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR INSPECTIONS ON THE PROCESS.
WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MENTOR OUR FAIR SHARE PARTNERS.
WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE A CUSTODIAL SERVICES COMPANY THAT DOES NOT MEET THE STANDARD OF WHAT A SCHOOL NEEDS OR YOU'RE GETTING MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS FROM, UH, A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL OR A SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, WHAT IS THE, WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL? WHAT HAPPENS? WE, WE WILL GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF COACHING, LET THEM KNOW, HEY, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE BELOW STANDARDS AND WE WILL WORK WITH THEM IF THEY CAN'T GET BACK TO STANDARD AND GET UP TO STANDARDS, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL MAKE A CHANGE AND EITHER GIVE MORE TO ANOTHER FAIRCHILD PARTNER OR FIND A, A, A NEW FAIR SHARE PARTNER THAT'S CURRENTLY ASKING FOR BUSINESS.
AGAIN, WE HAD THAT FAIR SHARE THEN TO FAIR.
SO WE'VE GOT A LIST OF FAIR SHARE PARTNERS THAT ARE READY TO COME ON BOARD AT ANY TIME.
AND, AND WE DO HAVE A STANDARD PROCEDURE STANDARD PROTOCOL FOR OUR OWN EMPLOYEES.
THESE, THESE FAIR SHARE PARTNERS WILL BE JUST LIKE OUR OWN EMPLOYEES.
AND THE PROTOCOL THAT WE USE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TODAY WILL BE USED FOR THEM IN TERMS OF MENTORING, COACHING, TEACHING, AND, AND HELPING THEM TO IMPROVE.
AND IF THEY DO NOT, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT WE WOULD FOR OUR, OUR, OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND, AND MAKE A CHANGE IF NEEDED.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, THAT OF COURSE THE SCORES WERE REALLY CLOSE.
SO THAT MEANS WE ALL HAVE GOOD REFERENCES.
UM, HERE IN LOUISIANA ALONE, WE HAVE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA, LAFAYETTE.
WE GOT MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY, WE'VE GOT BOWSER PARISH, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, UH, LSU HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER, THREE, FOUR, WE'VE GOT ST.
WE'VE GOT INSPIRED NOLA CHARTER SCHOOL.
WE GOT OUT OF YOUR CHARTER SCHOOLS.
SO WE HAVE A BIG FOOTPRINT IN LOUISIANA.
SO WE'VE GOT 4,500 SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE.
AND IF I COULD ALSO, WE'RE 113 YEAR OLD COMPANY.
WE'VE BEEN CLEANING FACILITIES FOR 113 YEARS STARTED AS A WINDOW WASHING COMPANY.
WE ARE THE EDUCATION DIVISION.
YES, WE HAVE OTHER DIVISIONS, BUT EVERY LEADER, EVERY OPERATOR THAT STEPS FOOT IN YOUR SCHOOLS AND YOUR BUILDINGS, ALL THEY DO IS EDUCATION.
THE, THE LEADERSHIP DOES NOTHING BUT EDUCATION K-12 SPECIFICALLY.
SO I REALLY DO WANT TO S I WANT TO STRESS THAT WE AREN'T DOING OTHER THINGS.
YES, WE, WE DO HAVE OTHER DIVISIONS, BUT THESE FOLKS, THESE, THESE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, THAT'S ALL THEY DO, AND THAT'S ALL THEY HAVE DONE AND WILL DO WITH YOU ALL.
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THAT HIT MR. LANDIS.THANK YOU, MR. ALANIS, MR. CODEC, AND YES, I I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF.
UH, MR. WILLIAMS, HELLO, COULD YOU COME UPSTAIRS? COULDN'T LET THIS GO ON WITHOUT HAVING A LOT OF TALK AND I JUST WANT TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE BOARD.
UH, I KNOW A LOT OF THINGS HAVE BEEN TALKED ABOUT FUTURE PRICE, PROJECTIONS AND OTHER THINGS.
ONE IS, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOUR TEAM LOOKED AT THE, UH, COST FIGURES, UH, FOR THIS YEAR AND OR FOR THE NEXT COMING YEAR AND THE PROJECTIONS? HOW DID YOU LOOK AT THOSE AND WHAT DID YOU GIVE VALUE TO? WELL, LET ME JUST, LET ME JUST BE SIMPLE.
WE DISMISS COST PROJECTIONS ENTIRELY FOR SOME OF THE REASONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN STATED IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.
IT IS FEW TILE TO DETERMINE WHAT THIS SERVICE IS GOING TO COST NEXT YEAR, MUCH LESS THE THIRD YEAR, FOURTH YEAR, FIFTH YEAR.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS SHOWS THAT WE NEGOTIATE WITH THE COMPANY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ARAMARK OR WHOEVER THE WORK WE ASKED THEM TO DO IS MODIFIED EACH TIME PRIORITIES CHANGE.
THERE, THERE ARE VERY PAINTING PROJECT BECOME IMPORTANT ONE YEAR.
SO WE ASKED FOR WORK TO BE DONE.
AND SO THIS IS NOT LIKE BUYING SOME LONG-TERM FINANCED, HIGH DOLLAR ITEM.
THE COST IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT EVERY YEAR, DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED THEM TO DO FOR US.
SO TO ME, IT WAS UNREASONABLE TO CONSIDER A FIVE-YEAR COST IN THIS.
WE NEEDED TO KNOW CURRENTLY WHAT THE COST WAS GOING TO BE.
WE CAN DISMISS THIS COMPANY NEXT YEAR.
IF WE'RE NOT SATISFIED WITH OUR PRICING, IF WE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT TREATING US FAIRLY, WE WILL BOTH HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SKIN IN THE GAME, SO TO SPEAK.
SO I'M CONFIDENT THAT WITH A COMPETENT COMPANY, WE WILL WORK THAT OUT.
AND YES, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE, NO DOUBT, BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT COSTS ARE DOING.
AND EVERYBODY'S GOT TO FEED THEIR FAMILY FROM THE, FROM THE BOTTOM ON UP, THE COST IS GOING TO BE IN THERE AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE, AND IT'S GOING TO GO UP.
WE KNOW THAT, BUT I THINK WE WILL HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF NEGOTIATING POWER AS A DISTRICT TO GET WHAT WE WANT AT A FAIR PRICE.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT WAS VALUABLE TO CONSIDER A FIVE-YEAR COST ON THIS.
WE, WE, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE COULDN'T POSSIBLY PROJECT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO COST TWO OR THREE YEARS FROM NOW, TO ME, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
AND I JUST WANT TO, UM, BRING TO LIGHT THE CURRENT ARAMARK CONTRACT, JUST SO THAT PEOPLE WILL UNDERSTAND HOW SOME OF THIS HAS BEEN HANDLED, BECAUSE WHEN THE, UH, CONTRACT RENEGOTIATED, I THINK IN 2018, UH, 17, WHATEVER 17, UM, I WORKED SOME WITH, UH, OUR CONSOLE, MR. RUTLEDGE AT THE TIME.
AND IF MY MEMORY SERVES US RIGHT, SERVES ME RIGHT.
CAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS WE FOUND IS THAT OVER TIME, GRANTED, THAT WAS A PERIOD OF LOW INFLATION AND WE'RE GOING INTO A PERIOD OF HIGH INFLATION AND THINGS CHANGE.
I REMEMBER MORTGAGES AT 12% AND NOW PEOPLE ARE FREAKING BECAUSE THERE'S OVER 4%.
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS WE NOTICED IN THERE WAS THAT A CPI INFLATOR, UH, EVERY YEAR WAS JUST RATCHETING UP THE COSTS.
SO WHAT WE HAVE IN THE CURRENT CONTRACT AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS THERE IS NO ESCALATION FORMULA IN THE CONTRACT.
AND IF THE I'M GONNA USE ARAMARK, CAUSE THEY'RE THE INCUMBENT.
IF ARAMARK WANTED TO APPLY AN ESCALATION TO THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME TO US AND JUSTIFY THE ESCALATION.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE HAVE A MONTH TO SAY EITHER YAY OR NAY.
AND IF WE SAY, YES, IT GOES ON WITH THE ESCALATION INCLUDED.
IF WE SAY, NAH, THEY HAVE A MONTH ACCEPTED OR NOT.
AND IF THEY DON'T ACCEPT IT, THE CONTRACT GETS REOPENED.
SO NONE OF THIS IS GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
WE DON'T HAVE CRYSTAL BALLS, UH, HOW TO DO THIS.
SO THERE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IN THE CONTRACT AND I DON'T WANT THE PUBLIC TO GO AWAY THINKING THAT WE'RE JUST SIGNING UP FOR SOMETHING.
UH, WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY FIDUCIARY, UH, IN HOW WE MANAGE THESE AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE GIVE ESCALATIONS, IT IS FOR A PROVEN COST INCREASES.
NOT JUST BECAUSE SOME FORMULA SAYS SOMEONE GETS SOME MORE MONEY BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S A, THAT'S A QUICK WAY.
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THAT IN ARAMARK BECAUSE IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE ARAMARK CONTRACT, WENT FROM 28 MILLION TO 21 MILLION, AS SOON AS WE PUT IT OUT FOR BID, MOST OF THAT INCREASE WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS A BUILT-IN ESCALATION FORMULA AND THOSE DON'T WORK IN TIMES LIKE THIS AS THEY GO THROUGH.SO I JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT SIGNING OFF BLANK CHECKS ON ANY OF THIS.
THIS IS PEOPLE IN YOUR DEPARTMENT ARE VERY TALENTED AND TO KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON THIS.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS WE GO THROUGH IS WATCH CAREFULLY AND MANAGE VERY CAREFULLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PARTNER.
WE WANT TO BE FAIR, UH, BECAUSE LIKE WE'RE SAYING HERE, THEY HAVE TO PAIR THEIR LOCAL.
THEY HAVE TO PAY THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND DO ALL THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS MANAGED, NOT JUST ON AUTOPILOT.
THANK YOU, MR.
SO SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, WE'LL GO TO THE AUDIENCE.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THE AUDIENCE ON THE ITEM? GOOD EVENING, TANIA AND I'M IN TWO KIDS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PUBLIC SCHOOLS Y'ALL WILL PROBABLY NOT BE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT I'M NOT A FAN OF PRIVATIZATION, EVEN FOR OUR PUBLIC, UH, OUR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT COMPANIES IN 1999, THE SERVICE WAS, UM, PRIVATIZED.
AND I DO THINK WHEN, IF SUCH SERVICES ARE IN HOUSE, WE CAN BETTER ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY ACTUALLY GET PAID WELL AND ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND A SECURE RETIREMENT AND IN THE LONG RUN, THE COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM DOING IT THAT WAY.
UM, SO, UH, PRIVATIZATION, UH, AND I'M NOT AS WELL PREPARED ON THIS.
AND ALSO I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES.
SO I'M ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK ON ONE COMPANY, SORRY, PRIVATIZATION OF ONE'S PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS IS NEVER GOOD FOR THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN THE LONG RUN, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE COMPANY HIRED IS AN OUT-OF-STATE ENTITY AND EVEN MORE SO WHEN IT'S A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY WHOSE PRIMARY MISSION IS TO PRODUCE PROFITS FOR ITS SHAREHOLDERS, ONE WAY TO GENERATE THESE PROFITS IS TO PAY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PERFORMING THE ACTUAL LABOR LESS.
AND, AND TO BE FAIR, UM, I COULDN'T GET HES Z INFORMATION BECAUSE IT'S A PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PRODUCE THOSE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.
AND I WAS VERY CURIOUS TO DECK.
SO IS PUBLICLY TRADED ON THE PARIS.
SO NEXT ON MAGIC IS TRADED IN PARIS.
I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THAT.
SO IT'S A PRIVATELY HELD COMPANY AS WELL.
SO THAT INFORMATION ISN'T PUBLIC, BUT UM, GOOD OLD ABM WHILE THEY'RE, THEY'RE A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY.
AND SO YOU CAN LOOK UP THEIR 20, 21 PROXY STATEMENT, AND HERE'S AN EXAMPLE.
IT'S NOT JUST THE SHAREHOLDERS THAT MAKE SOME MONEY.
AND SO ACCORDING TO ABMS 2021 PROXY STATEMENT, THE 20, 20 ANNUAL TOTAL COMPENSATION OF THE MEDIAN COMPENSATED EMPLOYEE, AND YOU'LL BE INTERESTED IN THIS, MR. LANA'S WAS $24,385.
THAT'S THE MEDIAN SALARY OF THE EMPLOYEES TO DO THE WORK IS DANG LESS THAN 33,000.
THEIR CEO IS PAID OVER 10 MILLION, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY HAVE A CEO PAY RATIO OF 415 TO ONE.
NOW I'VE BEEN RUNNING AROUND CRITICIZING EXXON AND EXXON'S IS 224 TO ONE.
AND I ALSO LIKE TO RE CRITICIZE REPUBLIC WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THERE'S IS 198 TO ONE.
SO 80, UM, AM'S, UM, COMP, A CEO COMPENSATION COMPARED TO THEY'RE PAYING THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY DO THE WORK IS REALLY KIND OF OUT THERE.
UM, MY RECOMMENDATION IS FIRST YOU BRING IT BACK IN HOUSE.
THAT'S WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS ADEQUATE COMPENSATION.
SECOND ONE IS TO HIRE A LOCAL COMPANY BASED IN LOUISIANA, IF NOT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
THE THIRD IS TO REQUIRE THAT THE COMPANY WHICH GETS THE CONTRACT, DOESN'T JUST ENSURE THAT IT HIRES COMPANIES AND WORKERS THAT REFLECT THE DIVERSITY IN OUR PARISH, BUT ALSO PAYS ITS WORKERS WELL PROVIDES ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE IN A SECURE RETIREMENT, CERTAINLY EXAMINED THE CEO PAY RATIO TO DETERMINE IF THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF ALL OF THEIR WORKERS.
NYMAN, UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE WE'VE BEEN? NO, IT'S A WOMAN'S SHAUN A BANK SET ANOTHER MEETING TONIGHT.
SO I WAS THERE GIVING THE EXXONMOBIL HAIL AS USUAL, TRYING TO GET THEM TO GIVE US SOME OF OUR, I TIP MONEY, BUT MY NAME IS GUARANA CORLEY.
I'M A PROUD PARENT OF A CHILD WITH A DISABILITY HERE IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT I WAS ABLE TO WATCH IT VIA YOUTUBE AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO LISTEN TO THE WONDERFUL QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL X, I THINK THEY WERE RIGHT ON.
UM, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CHOOSE A COMPANY THAT IS GOING
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TO HEAVILY INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS GOING TO ACTUALLY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE BACK INTO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.UM, UH, AN ACCOMPANY THAT IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A LIVABLE WAGE.
SO MANY OF OUR STAFF, UM, IF YOU WILL, GEN, UH, CUSTODIANS ACTUALLY HAVE CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND IT PAINS ME TO SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD, TO PAY SIMPLE PAY FOR SIMPLE THINGS FOR THEIR CHILDREN, SUCH AS THE FEE FOR THE CHILD, TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE SUMMER CAMPS THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE OFFERING THIS SUMMER.
SOME OF THOSE PARENTS CANNOT AFFORD THAT AND IT'S $300 OR $100 THAT MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO A LOT OF US, BUT IT IS A LOT OF MONEY TO SOMEBODY THAT'S ONLY MAKING $7 AN HOUR.
SO WHEN YOU, A PARENT MAY HAVE A CHILD THAT MAY HAVE SOME MEDICAL COMPLEXITIES OR THAT THEIR PARENT MAY HAVE SOME MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS THAT REQUIRES THEM TO ACTUALLY BUY A MEDICATION, THEN YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT COPAYS.
YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THOSE EXTRA EXPENSES THAT THEY DID NOT ANTICIPATE WHEN THEY BROUGHT INTO A CHILD INTO THIS WORLD.
WHAT I'M ASKING FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IS THAT WE ACTUALLY SHOW OUR STAFF THAT WE CARE, UM, SHOWING US AFTER WE CARE MEANS THAT WE CARE ABOUT EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE, WHICH SOME PEOPLE DON'T LOOK AT THE CUSTODIANS, UM, BEING AT THE BOTTOM, BUT THE BUS DRIVERS, THE CAFETERIA WORKERS, THE CUSTODIANS, THEY ARE ALWAYS AT THE BOTTOM, BUT THEY'RE ALSO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ALSO A PHENOMENAL IMPACT ON OUR CHILDREN.
JUST AS MUCH AS THE PARAPROFESSIONAL AND THE TEACHER, JUST AS MUCH AS A PRINCIPAL AND A GUIDANCE COUNSELOR.
SO I THINK THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT THE COMPANY THAT IS GOING TO INVEST THE MOST INTO THE INDIVIDUALS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, AS WELL AS MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO ADHERE TO THEIR CONTRACT AND BE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY IMPERATIVE, THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN A PARTICIPANT HERE WHEN WE ASK QUESTIONS, BUT THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY EXHIBITING THE LOVE AND THE EXHIBIT OF OUR, EVERY STUDENT EVERYDAY MOTTO THAT THEY'RE LIVING IT, EATING IT AND BREATHING IT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE PICK A COMPANY THAT USE SOME ECO FRIENDLY, UM, CHEMICALS WHEN IT COMES TO CLEANING OUR SCHOOLS, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE CHILDREN AND STAFF THAT ARE ALLERGIC TO A LOT OF THOSE CHEMICALS.
I UNFORTUNATELY AM NOT
IN ADDITION, THESE OUT-OF-STATE COMPANIES TYPICALLY SUBCONTRACT OUT THE ACTUAL WORK AFTER TAKING THEIR CURRENT, AFTER TAKING THEIR CUT, THESE COMPANIES WILL HIRE A LOCAL COMPANY TO PERFORM THE WORK, TO PERFORM THE WORK.
HOW CAN A LOCAL COMPANY AFFORD TO DO THIS BY BEING PAID LESS? AND THAT IS WHAT TRICKLES DOWN TO THE WORKERS.
THE LOCAL COMPANIES THAT ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND TO WORKERS MUST ALWAYS DO MORE WITH LESS, WHICH IS OF COURSE NOT POSSIBLE WHEN YOU HAVE LESS MONEY, NONE OF THESE GENEROUS, GENEROUS EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION PACKAGES, BENEFITS THE PEOPLE OF LOUISIANA OR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
THE EXECUTIVES DON'T LIVE HERE.
THEY DON'T PAY THEIR TAXES HERE AND THEY DON'T SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE.
NOTHING TRICKLES DOWN TO US FROM THE COMPENSATION.
INSTEAD, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN OUR PARISH ARE PAID LESS.
THEIR ABILITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY IS HAMPERED.
AND MY MS. CORLEY, UH, AND SEEING WHAT IT EARLIER, THEY ARE GREATLY DIMINISHED, NOT ONLY IN THEIR ECONOMIC STANDING, BUT THEIR SOCIAL STANDING IN OUR HOME.
THE WORK IS AT THE, THE WORKERS AT THE BOTTOM, THE ONES WHO ARE PERFORMING THE ACTUAL LABOR ARE MORE LIKE MORE LIKELY TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CERT SOCIAL SERVICES AS A RESULT OF THE LIMITED INCOME.
INSTEAD WE SHOULD RE-ESTABLISH THESE FACILITIES AND UNDER THE PUBLIC DOMAIN AS A PUBLIC DEPARTMENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS? UM, THERE'S SO MUCH, UH, EXCUSE ME SO MUCH BACK AND FORTH.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UH, I GET CLARITY ON TWO PIECES BECAUSE I THINK TWO STICKING POINTS THERE CALLS MAJOR PROBLEMS, UH, UP UNTIL NOW IS ONE, WHAT YOU BUILT OUT YOUR BED AND YOUR PROPOSAL, EXCUSE ME, WHAT SALARY FOR THE CUSTODIAN, WHAT HOURLY RATE THAT YOU PLAN FOR THE CUSTODIAN TO MAKE ON DAY ONE? LIKE, LET'S SAY YOU GET THE CONTRACT TO DATE.
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AMAZON DOESN'T START TILL THE FALL SOMETIMES.WHAT'S WHAT IS THE STARTING SALARY, YOU KNOW, BASED ON TODAY'S LABOR MARKET AND PRICING, UH, EXCUSE ME, AND WAGES IN EBR WHEN YOU CAME UP WITH YOUR PROPOSAL AND, YOU KNOW, YOUR SUBCONTRACTORS HAVE TO, OR YOUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, EXCUSE ME, HAVE TO HIRE OKAY.
IN AND EACH ONE CAN JUST TAKE A TURN THAT QUESTION.
AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS WHO, WHO OWNS THE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT AND WHATEVER, ALL OF Y'ALL WANT TO GO.
THOSE TWO QUESTIONS THAT I NEED TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF BECAUSE, UM, EVEN RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT WAGES THAT ARE, UH, NOT ALLOWABLE, BUT, UH, THE CURRENT WAGES THAT THE CUSTODIANS MAKE ON, UH, IS LESS THAN MCDONALD'S, YOU KNOW, LESS THAN, UH, WALMART.
LAST TIME I CHECKED, I MEAN, WE ARE, THEY ALREADY, THE JEW IS ALREADY A COMPETITION AND IT'S ALREADY HARD TO GET STRONG EMPLOYEES IN THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT.
SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IN THAT REGARD, ARE WE GOING TO SEE A STRUGGLE WITH THE SAME LABOR POOL, UH, AND THEN ONE HUGE IRRITATION OF MINE AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO RESOLVE IT, UH, IS THE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT IN A GENERAL CONTRACTOR, SUBCONTRACTOR ARRANGEMENT.
IT HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE IRRITATION FOR ME WITH ARAMARK AND THE BUSINESS PARTNERS FOR ALL THE STUFF BACK AND FORTH.
AND ONE BIG POINT STICKING POINT WAS CONSTANTLY, OR HAS CONSTANTLY BEING, I DON'T HAVE WHAT I NEED.
IF THE PRIME CONTRACTOR IS DISHING OUT THE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, I STRUGGLE WITH THEM.
IT IS HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE THAT THEY NOT GOING TO BE CONCERNED WITH THEIR BOTTOM LINE AND GIVE THE BAM MINIMAL OR WHAT THEY CONSIDERED THE BAND MINIMUM AND SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.
AND MAYBE IT WOULD BE A FAIR ARRANGEMENT THAN WHAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, BUT BECAUSE I'M SO IRRITATED WITH THE CURRENT ARRANGEMENT, THEN I HAVE THAT CONCERN.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE THOSE TWO QUESTIONS.
IF YOU ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO I AM THE ONE THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE PRICING WITH, WITH MY COLLEAGUES BACK HERE, WHO HELPED ME, UM, WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE CUSTODIAL.
AND BY THE WAY, MY BACKGROUND IS CUSTODIAL.
I WAS IN OPERATIONS FOR 17 YEARS, AND THEN I WENT TO SALES.
UM, SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE PUT EQUIPMENT IN BY BUILDING INTO OUR PRICING PROPOSAL.
NOT, NOT THAT WE WERE GOING TO USE EQUIPMENT AND SPREAD IT AROUND THE, YOU KNOW, USE IT AT EVERY OTHER PLACE.
BUT EACH BUILDING GETS ITS OWN EQUIPMENT.
IT GETS SCRUBBERS, IT GETS BUFFERS.
EVERYBODY GETS THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT NOW.
AND OUR MEETING WHERE THE FAIR SHARE PARTNERS, WE SAID, WE DON'T KNOW YOUR, YOUR, YOUR FINANCIAL SITUATION.
SO WE SAID, OKAY, WE CAN LOOK AT THE CONTRACTS WHERE YOU PURCHASE EVERYTHING AND YOU JUST, YOU KNOW, WE PAY YOU ONE LUMP SUM OR WE CAN PURCHASE YOUR EQUIPMENT AND LEASE IT TO YOU.
SO YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR EQUIPMENT WHILE IT'S UNDER YOUR, UNDER YOUR CONTRACT.
SO, SO WE'VE GOT EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY SCHOOL.
WE'RE NOT, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO USE IT BETWEEN SCHOOLS.
SO, UM, NOW WE DID DECIDE AS A GROUP AND WE, WE SIT DOWN COLLECTIVELY, WE DID DECIDE THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE SAME EQUIPMENT.
THEY MADE SCARS, SAME SOAP, SAME PAPER TOWELS, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN, THAT WE CAN MAKE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT.
NOW SOME OF THE SCHOOLS, SCHOOLS NOW MAY HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF PAPER TOWELS.
THEY MAY HAVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TISSUE HOLDERS.
SO IT MAY TAKE AWHILE TO GET THOSE TRANSITIONED, BUT WE PLAN TO TRANSITION IT
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WITH, OF COURSE, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE DISTRICT.NOW, YOUR SECOND QUESTION IS RIGHT.
WELL, LET ME TELL YOU HOW WE GOT WAGE RATES.
WELL, I HAD A VENDOR FAIR AND WE PULLED IN OUR VENDOR PARTNERS AND I SAID, OKAY, I'M GONNA LOOK AT WAGES THIS WAY, EVERYBODY TELL ME YOUR WAGES AND WE'LL GET IT PRICED IN.
ALSO LOOKED AT THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, UM, WEIGHED BY AREA AND OCCUPATION.
AND WE LOOKED AT THE ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND WE LOOKED AT OUR CURRENT WAGES THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA.
SO WE USED ACTUALLY FOR WAGE RATES IN ORDER TO GET OUR WAGES FOR EAST BATON ROUGE.
SO WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT WAGES HERE.
THAT'S INCLUDED IN OUR PROPOSAL.
SO WE GOT SOME CUSTODIANS AT 14, 10, IT GOES TO 16 30, 2, 14, 10.
SO THE, THE LOWEST WAGE FOR, UM, A CHANNEL CUSTODIAN CUSTODIAN, IT'S 14, 10.
BUT THIS COMES FROM FOUR DIFFERENT PRICING STRUCTURES.
ECONOMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, BUREAU OF LABOR, UM, WAGES BY AREA AND OCCUPATION OUR OWN, AND THEN OUR VENDOR PARTNERS.
SO, SO THEY, THESE WAGES COME FROM OUR VENDOR PARTNERS TOO.
SO WE, WE COLLECTIVELY PUT THOSE WAGES TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS, UH, YOU KNOW, YOUR, UM, YOUR MAINTENANCE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, OUR LOWEST WEIGHT AND WAGES AND MAINTENANCE, OUR LOWEST WAGE, RIGHT.
AND THAT, SIR, FOR A HANDYMAN HANDYMAN, THEY'D GONE FROM 15 AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO 30, 30, $2 AN HOUR.
ON THE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ON THE GROUNDS.
THAT'S OF COURSE THAT WILL BE THAT WE, WE GOT THAT ALL OUTSOURCED PARTNER, LOCAL PARTNER ON THE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT SIDE.
AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE, WE'LL BE, UH, ACTUALLY IN COMPETITION WITH AMAZON.
THESE ARE THE GUYS THAT WILL BE IN COMPETITION.
SO OUR LOWEST WAGES ON THE MATERIAL SIDE IS $17.
IT GOES UP TO 24 AND THESE ARE HOURLIES.
OF COURSE YOUR MANAGEMENT WAGES ARE, ARE DIFFERENT, BUT YOUR HOURLY EMPLOYEES, WE'VE GOT ADEQUATE, ADEQUATE, HOURLY RATES IN THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO SHARE OUT OF MY HOUSE WITH HES AGAIN.
AND, UM, IT KINDA LIKE TO ANSWER IT IN TWO PARTS.
UM, FIRST, AND THERE ARE SOME VALUABLE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
WHAT THEY'RE MAKING CURRENTLY, WE'RE UNAWARE OF THAT NUMBER.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT'S UP TO ARAMARK TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, BUT WHAT I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IS THAT NO ONE THAT COMES TO WORK FOR ACS HAS TAKEN A PAY CUT TO COME WORK FOR US.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MINIMUM WE'RE WE'RE ANTICIPATING YEAR ONE FOR CUSTODIANS TO BE IN THAT $14 RANGE.
THAT'S FROM GENERAL CLEANERS SUPERVISORS, FLOOR TECHNICIANS, DAY PORTERS ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.
BUT DID YOU BUILD THE WAGE UNTIL YOU PROPOSAL? YES MA'AM.
SO WHAT, WHEN YOU BUILD YOUR PROPOSAL WAS THE WAGE FOR US, WE'RE ANTICIPATING IN $14, AVERAGE WAGE, AND THAT'S IN A PROPOSAL, YOU SAYING, I THINK WE GAVE A, A MATRIX.
UM, I THINK WE GAVE A SLIDING SCALE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE PREPARED TO STAND BEHIND OUR PRICE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT EMPLOYEE PAY YOUR LEVEL IS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE CUSTODIANS ARE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED.
IF IT'S 20% OF THEM, THAT NUMBER MAY BE LOW.
IF IT'S 80% OF THE CUSTODIAL STAFF AND EVERYONE'S MAKING $14 AN HOUR, THAT'S GOING TO RAISE THAT WAGE.
SO THAT, WHAT'S YOUR RANGE YOU GOT, SO YOU TRYING TO BE FLEXIBLE.
SO, SO WHAT WE DID AS AN INDUSTRY STUDY AS WELL.
SO WE, WE USE, WE PULLED GLASSDOOR.
WE EVEN DID SOME LOCAL RESEARCH WITH WHAT'S CHICK-FIL-A PINE BECAUSE USUALLY THEY'RE
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THE, THEY'RE THE HIGH END.AND THEN YOU GOT THE MCDONALD'S AND THE TACO BELLS THAT ARE, THAT ARE KIND OF DOWN THERE ON THE LOWER END.
SO WE ALWAYS TRY TO ALIGN OURSELVES WITH WHAT THE CHICK-FIL-A IS OR PAYING, UH, AS OPPOSED TO THE MCDONALD'S, BECAUSE IN OUR OPINION, WE FEEL LIKE THAT BUILDS A LEVEL OF A LITTLE BIT OF OWNERSHIP.
AND WE FIND THAT THAT FLEXIBILITY, THAT THRESHOLD, UM, WHEN YOU PAY THEM ENOUGH MONEY, IT BECOMES MORE OF A CAREER RATHER THAN A JOB.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL WAS WITH THE $14.
NOW WITH THE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIANS, THEY'RE HIGH.
UM, A LOT OF THESE ARE, ARE SKILLED TRADESMEN THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE WELL NORTH OF $20.
UM, WE, WE INTEND TO CONTRACT THAT AS WELL, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE HIGH TEENS.
WELL, UM, SORRY, IN YOUR PROPOSAL, YOU GAVE UP RANGE AND THE RANGE IS WHAT FOR CUSTODIAN.
UM, I'M NOT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT CERTAIN WHAT WE PROPOSED, BUT I DO KNOW WHAT PUTTING ON THE PEN TO PAPER WITH THE PRICING WORKBOOK, THAT WE, WE ANTICIPATE THAT NUMBER TO BE AT AROUND $14 BASED ON JUST THE INDUSTRY STANDARDS, MARKET EVALUATIONS.
AND THEN I BELIEVE PART TWO OF YOUR QUESTION WAS REGARDING SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT.
UM, TO SIMPLIFY IT, WE'RE BUYING ALL OF IT.
WE'RE NOT LEASING IT, WE'RE NOT DOING ANY OF THAT.
SO WE INTEND TO ABSORB HUNDRED PERCENT OF THOSE CALLS.
WE DON'T WANT OUR LOCAL PARTNERS TO HAVE TO FIGHT, UM, BUYING PRICES, BUYING ITEMS AT A DIFFERENT COST THAN WHAT WE MAY BUY THEM OUT.
SO WE, WE TAKE ON THAT, THAT COST 100%.
SO WE WERE VERY THOUGHTFUL ABOUT PRICING THIS SO THAT AMAZON WOULD NOT BE A QUESTION.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE AVERAGE OF WHAT OUR CUSTODIANS WOULD BE MAKING, IT'S AT MINIMUM 15, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO COMPETE WITH AMAZON.
NOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT ESPECIALLY WITH THE FAIR SHARE PARTNERS, THEY'VE GOT EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE DOING THIS, THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING THAT WAGE BASED ON THEIR LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER ROLES WITHIN OUR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT SOLUTION THAT FAR EXCEEDED IN THAT $15 AVERAGE.
AND I'LL LET JOHN SHARE MORE SURE ON THE, UH, ON THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, OUR MINIMUM WAGE RATE BEGINS AT $18 AND, UM, EXCEEDS, UH, 23 ON THE HIGH SIDE, OUR SKILLED TRADES PERSONNEL, OUR MINIMUM WAGE RATE WILL BE 20 IN THE HIGH RANGES, UH, SLIGHTLY ABOVE 28.
UH, MY MEMORY'S RIGHT, UH, DEPENDENT ON THAT POSITION THEN ON THE, UM, AND WE, AND WE, IT IS A COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE.
IT'S NOT JUST A WAGE RATE ISSUE.
THEY ALSO, UH, ARE ELIGIBLE FOR, UH, PAID TIME OFF, UM, ON MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES IN THEIR FIRST YEAR RECEIVE, UH, 10 DAYS OF PTO, UH, TYPICALLY USE FOR VACATION.
THEY'RE ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR THREE TO FIVE DAYS OF SICK AND PERSONAL AS WELL.
AND THEN AT THE FIVE-YEAR INCREMENT OF THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE THAT, UM, 10 DAY, UH, ESCALATES TO, UM, UH, FOUR WEEKS OF, UH, ELIGIBILITY FOR, UH, PTL.
AND FOR CLARITY FOR MYSELF, CUSTODIAN 15 SKILLED IS MAINTENANCE, CORRECT.
SO WHEN YOU SAY THE 18, I'M JUST TRYING TO, OKAY.
AND THEN GROUNDS IF I MAY THERE ON TWO POINTS ON THE FIRST ONE, UH, CAUSE IT'S DISTINGUISHED THAT ON MATERIALS MANAGEMENT, WAREHOUSE DELIVERY, LOGISTICS, THAT TYPE OF WORK, THAT'S THE 18 TO 24 RANGE.
AND THEN FOR THE SKILLED TRADES WORK, UH, IT BEGINS AT, UH, 20 AS A MINIMUM AND I HAVE OVER 28.
AND THEN THE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT, LET ME START THAT.
UM, WE HAD A REALLY, UM, COLLABORATIVE DISCUSSION WITH THE SHARE PARTNERS AROUND, UH, THIS VERY TOPIC.
AND, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, WHAT WE HEARD FROM THEM ABOUT THE CURRENT EXPERIENCE, THE WAY THAT, UM, SCHOOLS ARE CLEANED TODAY, UM, IT DOES NOT SURPRISE US THAT YOU ARE DISSATISFIED WITH THE SERVICE THAT YOU'RE GETTING AND IT'S REALLY NOT THROUGH THEIR FAULT.
UM, THEY'RE ALLOCATED SUPPLIES, THEY'RE ALLOCATED EQUIPMENT THEY'RE DEPENDENT UPON, UM, UH, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, IF YOU WILL, OR THE PRIME, UH, FOR THE REPAIR OF THAT EQUIPMENT AND THE INVENTORY OF THE SUPPLIES THAT THEY RECEIVED.
UH, THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WITH THEM WAS THAT WE HAD TO HAVE STANDARDS.
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PREMISED ON AN EQUITY APPROACH OR ALL SCHOOLS, SO THAT CLEANING IS DONE THE SAME AT EVERY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.SO WE WANTED TO STANDARDIZE THE SUPPLIES.
UH, AND THE SAME ON THE EQUIPMENT, WHAT WE OFFERED TO THEM ON THE EQUIPMENT SIDE WAS THAT, UH, THEY COULD OWN IT.
THEY WANTED, IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO OWN THAT AND SUPPLIES.
WE WOULD OPEN UP OUR SUPPLY CHAIN FOR THEM, FOR THOSE PURCHASES TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD, UH, THE RIGHT STANDARD AND THEN DEPENDENT UPON THE BUSINESS.
UM, WHAT WE WOULD OFFER IS THAT PARTICULARLY EQUIPMENT, WE WOULD MAKE THE ORIGINAL INVESTMENT ON THEIR BEHALF IF NEED BE SO THAT THEY WERE USING THE RIGHT EQUIPMENT, NOT THE EQUIPMENT THEY COULD AFFORD AND THEN CREATE, UM, A DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE FOR THEM AS PART OF OUR AGREEMENT WHERE THEY COULD PAY THAT BACK, IF YOU WILL, OVER TERM, UH, THAT WOULDN'T CAUSE ANY STRAIN ON THE BUSINESS, BUT IN THE END THAN THEY WOULD BE THE OWNERS OF THE EQUIPMENT OWNER TO SUPPLY INVENTORY.
AND WHAT YOU KNOW IS IMPORTANT TO US, WHAT WE SAID IS WE WANT YOU TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT YOU'RE CLEANING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED IN ORDER TO ASSUME THAT ACCOUNTABILITY.
AND I JUST WANT TO ADD ONTO THAT THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN OUR BID AND IN THIS PROCESS FOR US, BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO HAVE THE QUALITY PERFORMANCE THAT YOU DESIRE, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THERE IS A MECHANISM THROUGH WHICH ACCOUNTABILITY CAN BE MEASURED.
AND TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU ARE NOT HAPPY OR THE RESULTS ARE NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE, THERE HAS TO BE AN ESCALATION PROCESS TO ADDRESS THOSE.
THE WAY THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED OUR SOLUTION IS WITH THAT IN MIND AND ESTABLISHING KPIS, SUCH THAT WHETHER WE'RE TALKING EQUIPMENT IN THE CASE OF WHAT JOHN IS TALKING ABOUT, OR WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STATUS OF GROUNDS, THERE IS A SYSTEM FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND FOR GOAL SETTING.
SO THAT THERE'S CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.
VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, MR. SHAMBLIN.
YEAH, I'LL JUMP IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, MS. COLLINS WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, THE IMPACT ON OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WHEN WE NEGOTIATE THE CONTRACT, IT JUST, JUST HELP US TO REORIENT.
I'LL BE NEGOTIATING THE CONTRACT WITH THE PROVIDER WE SELECT TONIGHT.
THE PARTNERS ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT AS A SUB CONTRACTOR, WHICH MIGHT IMPACT SOME OF THESE FACTORS.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE ASKING FOR.
SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF REMIND YOU, AS YOU ASK QUESTIONS, A LOT OF THIS WILL FALL INTO, IF I'M A BUSINESS PARTNER, I'M NEGOTIATING MY OWN CONTRACT TO GET THE BEST DEAL I CAN.
SO I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOU, OKAY.
I KNOW THEY'RE PART OF THE BIDDING PROCESSES THAT THEY REACH OUT TO SUBS TO GET A FEEL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS SO THEY CAN GIVE A REASONABLE PROPOSAL.
SO, BUT I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED IT SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN BE VERY CLEAR.
WE'RE VOTING ON THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION BY MR. BALLOU AND MS. DYSON, UH, TO SELECT H T S IS THE FACILITY MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY.
UM, SO MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.
Y'ALL HAVE ANY, DID ANYBODY GET IT? I HAVE TO.
RE-TYPE THE MOTIONS ON LOST THEM WHEN I REFRESHED.
DO YOU WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL? AND THEN I GO BACK IN AND PUT THIS STUFF ON AFTER THE FACT? YEAH, SURE.
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DISTRICT FIVE.MS. WARD JACKSON, NO DISTRICT SIX.
MR. GODIN, MR. GAIT, MS. BERNARD.
WE MOVE TO ITEM H ONE CONSENT AGENDA, MS. WHERE JACKSON.
[H. Consent Agenda]
CONSENT AGENDA, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, OR TO BE APPROVED AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND IT WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF ITEMS UNLESS THE BOARD MEMBERS, SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT, THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED AS AN ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE VOTE PRECEDING THE LAST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, DEMOLITION OF JEFFERSON TERRACE ELEMENTARY CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE AUTHORIZATION FOR STAFF TO ADVERTISE EXCEPT THE LOW BIDS MEETING SPECIFICATIONS AND MAKE THE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR DEMOLITION OF JEFFERSON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AS SPECIFIED IN THE PLAN TO IMPROVE FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGY, DISCIPLINE, AND COMPENSATION IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THE PLAN AS REVISED THROUGH FEBRUARY 22ND, 2018, OR REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS FOR JUST CALLS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC BID LAW, LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE, TITLE 38, CHAPTER 10 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE STUDENT SERVICES, 20 21, 20 22 CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A EDEN HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, DBA EGON OSCHNER HCBS RIVER PARISHES IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,000 TO PROVIDE LPN NURSING SERVICES TO EBR STUDENTS AS DIRECTED BY THE STUDENT'S IEP, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE, IDA PART B B PEDIATRIC SERVICES OF AMERICA DBA AVIANA HEALTHCARE IN THE AMOUNT OF 29,000 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LPN NURSING SERVICES, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE, IDA PART B PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT SERVICES, 2020 TO 2023 CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A PEDIATRIC SERVICES OF AMERICA, ABA AVIANA HEALTHCARE IN THE AMOUNT OF 552,000 TO PROVIDE LPN NURSING SERVICES AS DIRECTED BY THE STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN, IEP, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE IDA PART B B CHASE HEALTH CARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $87,000 TO PROVIDE LPN NURSING SERVICES AS DIRECTED BY THE STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN, IEP, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING, SERVICE SOURCE, IDA PART B C TURNER, LLC, AND THE AMOUNT OF $621,000 TO PROVIDE LPN NURSING SERVICES AS DIRECTED BY THE STUDENT'S INDIVIDUAL EDUCATION PLAN, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE IDA PART B D AUDIO OPTICAL SYSTEM OF AUSTIN INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $74,892 TO PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE TEXT TO SPEECH INTEGRATED LITERACY SOLUTION THAT WILL BENEFIT EBR STUDENTS THAT HAVE DIFFICULTY INDEPENDENTLY ACCESSING THEIR CURRICULUM MATERIALS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE IDA PART B E ADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS AND SHERRY HOLLINGSWORTH IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO PROVIDE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE SERVICES TO EBR STUDENTS THAT DISPLAY SEVERE COMMUNICATION DEFICITS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE IDA PART B F DR.
CASANDRA L WILLIAMS, LPB CBA, D N C S P SUNDRY BEHAVIORAL SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 TO PROVIDE APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS, ABA SERVICES TO EVR STUDENTS THAT DISPLAY SEVERE AUTISTIC BEHAVIORAL ISSUES AS WELL AS TRAINING FOR ESS STAFF AND TEACHERS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE IDA PART B
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G DEF RESOURCES CENTER OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, LLC.IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000 TO PROVIDE SIGN LANGUAGE, INTERPRETER SERVICES TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, HEARING IMPAIRMENT, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE, IDA IDA PART B FIVE LITIGATION CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM GWEN SHAMBLIN, GENERAL COUNSEL EBR PSB IN THE MATTER OF SHAWANDA SPEARS VERSUS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AT ALL DOCKET NUMBER 6 9 9 3 4 4, SECTION 23 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH IS BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA BE ELIZABETH FLORES VS BERKLEY INSURANCE COMPANY AT ALL.
DOCKET NUMBER 6, 9 1 8 6 TO SECTION 25 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA.
AND I SO MOVE AND I HAVE A SECOND, MR. BALLOON, ANY BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO PULL AN ITEM THREE, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WISH TO PULL ANY OTHER ITEMS TO, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE IN THE Q4? MICHIGAN WHERE JACKSON.
ANY OTHER ITEMS SEEING NO OTHERS? WE ARE NOW IN THE CONSENT AGENDA AND WE'RE DOING ONE OR, AND FIVE.
YOU WERE UP ON THE, YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW? UM, OKAY.
UM, SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ONE, FOUR AND FIVE.
ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ONE, FOUR AND FIVE YES.
UM, I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT Y'ALL WOULD CONSIDER PULLING, UM, CONSENT ITEMS, NUMBER TWO AND THREE AS WELL.
UM, THE REASON BEING IS THE DEMOLITION AND WE'RE NOT ON THAT.
SO THEN I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IF Y'ALL COULD PULL A FOUR AND 5, 1 4.
AND LOOK, THAT'S ALL I SAID, ONE, FOUR AND FIVE ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UM, NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER FOUR IS ABOUT THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, BUT ESS STUDENTS FOR THE 20 22, 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACTUALLY IMPACT AND AFFECT OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES HIGHLY.
HOWEVER, IF OUR SUPERINTENDENT IS GOING TO DO WHAT HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO, WHICH IS, UM, HAVE A NURSE AT EVERY SCHOOL, A FULL-TIME NURSE AT EVERY SCHOOL, THEN THAT WOULD, UM, MAKE THIS ITEM OBSOLETE AND WE WOULD NOT NEED IT.
FAVORITE CHILD IS, UM, ROMAN MY APOLOGIES AS FAR AS NUMBER FIVE LITIGATION LITIGATION Y'ALL KNOW IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY WE ALWAYS END UP WITH IT, BUT I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF WE COULD PULL THE LITIGATION BECAUSE THERE MAY BE A WAY OR AN OPTION THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY GO IN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND ACTUALLY RECTIFY THE SITUATION AS FAR AS THE INCOMING WITH THE RESOLUTION THAT MAY APIECE THAT, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE THE LITIGATION SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CUT COPS.
UM, BECAUSE WE DO ACTUALLY NOW HAVE TO CONSIDER THE EXPENSE THAT WE WOULD HAVE WITH THE NEW, UM, CONTRACT THAT WE JUST AGREED UPON.
SO, UM, PLEASE CONSIDER NUMBER FOUR.
CAUSE NUMBER FOUR, AS LIKE I SAID, OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES BRING THE MOST, BRING THE MOST MONEY, UM, WITHIN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUT THEY ARE THE LEAST SERVICED AND NUMBER FIVE, THE LITIGATION, BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS COSTLY, BUT THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY PREVENT.
AND I USE THE REST OF MY TIME SO THAT I CAN USE IT FOR WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE MIC.
ANY OTHER FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, ONE, FOUR, AND FIVE, SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD, SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.
[H.2. Demolition of Jefferson Terrace Elementary]
WE NOW GO TO ITEM H TWO CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE AUTHORIZATION FOR STAFF[02:35:01]
TO ADVERTISE, ACCEPT LOW BIDS MEETING SPECIFICATIONS TO MAKE THE AWARD FOR THE CONTRACT.THE DEMOLITION OF JEFFERSON TELLER, JEFFERSON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS SPECIFIED IN A PLAN TO IMPROVE FACILITIES, TECHNOLOGIES, DISCIPLINE, AND COMPENSATION AT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
THE PLAN IS REVISED THROUGH FEBRUARY 22ND, 2018, OR REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS FOR JUST CAUSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOUISIANA PUBLIC BIDS, LAW ROLLOVER, LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE, TITLE 38 CHAPTER 10, MOVED BY MS. BERNARD SECONDED BY MR.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO US TO CONSIDER, UH, DELAYING THIS ACTION.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, UM, URGENCY IS IN THIS, BUT, UH, I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SOME, UH, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AROUND A LOT OF OUR, OUR BUILDINGS AND, UM, AND OUR PROGRAMMING.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT WE, WE MAY BE OVERLOOKING SOMETHING IF WE MOVE TOO QUICKLY ON THIS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO INTERFERE WITH THE BUILDING OF THE NEW JEFFERSON, UH, TERRACE.
UH, SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE WOULD DELAY THIS SO THAT WE COULD LOOK, UH, LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE CLOSER AND ALSO CHECK TO SEE WHAT KINDS OF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT, UM, THAT WOULD PROHIBIT US FROM SELLING THIS PROPERTY LATER, OR WOULD HAVE ANY KIND OF RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO, UH, WITH THE LAND ONCE THIS, UH, SCHOOL IS TORN DOWN.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION THAT WE WOULD DELAY THIS FOR AT LEAST A MONTH TO, UM, TO LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE CLOSER AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR OUR, UM, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SEE WHERE THIS MIGHT FIT INTO THAT.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND EMOTION DODGE FOR LACK OF A SECOND, MS. COLLINS, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.
SO I, UH, I HAD A QUESTION AND THAT'S WHY THE QUESTION IS, UM, MY FAVORITE, MY, ONE OF MY FAVORITE CONSTITUENTS, BECAUSE COUPLE OF THEM WILL BE WATCHING.
SO ONE OF MY FAVORITE CONSTITUENTS, I THINK JUST MY FAVORITE CAUSE DIGITAL MICROPHONE CALLED AND HAD CONCERN AROUND, UM, THE DEMOLITION AND IN ET CETERA, I THOUGHT I RECALLED WHEN JEFFERSON TERRACE CAME UP DURING THE TAX PLAN.
THAT THAT WAS PART OF, THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY PART OF THE, TO EXPLAIN TO DEMOLISH IT, IS THAT THE LANGUAGE, BUT THIS IS A, THIS ISN'T THE CURRENT TAX PLAN.
THIS IS THE END OF THE LAST TEXTBOOK THAT ENDED IN 2018.
BUT I'LL LET MR. SHAMBLIN MAYBE IS, BUT I WOULDN'T, I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD BECAUSE THE BOARD, THE, UH, IT WAS THE SECOND OR SECOND TO LAST OR LAST PROJECT LAST, LAST PROJECT IN THE PREVIOUS TAX PLAN, THE NEW SCHOOL, THE NEW SCHOOL.
AND, AND ALONG WITH IT, THE DEMOLITION THAT WAS DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
AND SO, SO THROUGHOUT THE TAX PLANS, HISTORICALLY ANYTIME WE REPLACED A BUILDING LIKE PUR, UH, BUILT A NEW SCHOOL IN PLACE OF AN OLD ONE CSRS BILLS INTO THE PROJECT COSTS THE DEMOLITION I HAD MS. ANDERSON LOOK INTO THAT FOR US TO VERIFY IT.
UM, WE WILL LIST DEMOLITION SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT'S A BUILDING THAT DOES NOT GET A REPLACEMENT.
SO WE HAVE A SCHOOL THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS THAT NEEDS TO BE DEMOLISHED.
AND THE TAX PLAN CALLED FOR IT IS LISTED AS A SPECIFIC PROJECT.
BUT IN THIS CASE, ANYTIME WE BUILD A NEW SCHOOL IN PLACE OF AN OH ONE, THE DEMOLITION OF THE OLD ONE IS BUILT INTO THAT PROJECT.
AND SO THIS WAS AT THE TAIL END OF THE LAST TAX PLAN.
AND IT, MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT MS. LOPEZ HAS THAT MONEY NOW SITS, AND THEN IT'S SITTING THERE WAITING TO BE USED TO DO THIS.
AND I, AND I'M NOT ASKING THESE QUESTIONS TO LIKE, JUST BE, I'M NOT AGAINST THE, UH, ITEM, BUT SINCE MY CONSTITUENT IS REAL, IS CONCERNED, NOT CONCERNED DISCUSSION AROUND MAYBE SOME BREAK PARTNERSHIP OR SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY RIGHT NEXT TO THE PROP, THEY HIT PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
I, AND I I'LL SPEAK TO IT A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE WENT IN, I WAS ON, I WAS NOT ON THE BOARD WHEN THE TAX PLAN WAS PASSED, THAT THAT BUILT THE JEFFERSON TOWER.
SO I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT, BUT I WAS INVOLVED IN THE BUILDING OF IT WHEN WE WENT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND I KNOW SOME OTHER BOARD MEMBERS CAME AND IT WAS BERNARD CAME TO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
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IT WAS GRAVE CONCERN IN THAT COMMUNITY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, BECAUSE WE WERE GOING FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO A LARGER CONFIGURATION AND A LARGER BUILDING.AND SO PART OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY ASKED US FOR WAS TO NOT PUT ANOTHER, NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT PUT ANOTHER FACILITY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
AND SO, UM, IT, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT KIND OF IS THAT THE BIGGER PART OF IT NOW, THERE IS A BRICK PARK TO YOUR QUESTION THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO IT.
AND I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO BUY IT FROM US OR TO OFFER, TO BUY IT FROM US.
UH, BECAUSE I KNOW ALSO IN THAT COMMUNITY, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PARK EXPANDED BECAUSE THE PARK IS, IT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS A LOT SMALLER.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF BUILDING BACK THERE.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT MORE, UH, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE'S BEEN AN INITIAL CONVERSATION WITH BRECK ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S NOTHING, THERE'S NOTHING SOLID BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING WITH BROOKLYN, SO MANY OTHER PROJECTS RIGHT NOW, BUT I, YOU KNOW, MY HOPE WOULD BE, WE COULD GET THAT BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY USE AND SOMEHOW EITHER, UH, SELL IT TO BRACK OR LISA TO BRECK OR DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THAT SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD USE.
BUT WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING SO HARD WITH BRICK ON THE SOUTH BATON ROUGE, HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH BATON ROUGE, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RESTORATIVE FOCUS.
AND ON THAT, THE OTHER, THE OTHER THING THAT CONDITION OF THE BUILDING, AS I APPRECIATE IT IS IT IS GOT IT.
I THINK ALL THE, UH, HVAC AND ELECTRICAL AND I MEAN, YOU MAY SPEAK TO IT.
IT'S BEEN PREPPED FOR THE MILITIA, WHICH MEANS PLUMBING WIRING HAS BEEN STRIPPED FROM IT.
SO THE BUILDING IS JUST A SHELL RIGHT NOW.
AND CSRS CAN CONFIRM THAT IF NEEDED AND SPEAK TO IT, SHE'S STILL HERE.
NO, I JUST DON'T GO DOWN THAT RABBIT HOLE BECAUSE THEN MY CALL GOING TO BE, WHY WAS HE PREPPED FOR DEMOLITION BEFORE WE VOTED ON THEM? SO JUST LIVE THERE AND GO.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO, I JUST SAID, I JUST RECALL THE CONVERSATION AROUND DEMOLITION AND, AND SOME KIND OF PARTNERSHIP, HOPEFULLY WITH BREAK IN THAT.
SO THE INTENTION IS A PUBLIC USE USE.
WELL, WE'D HAVE TO GET, I MEAN, WE CAN'T GIVE IT TO THEM.
WE'D HAVE TO GET SOME SORT OF, YEAH.
UH, MR. BALLOU, UH, MY QUESTION WAS ALREADY ANSWERED, UH, REGARDING THE TIMING.
UH, MS. BERNARD, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ALSO THAT I DID ATTEND THE MEETINGS.
SOME OF THE MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD IN PREPARATION FOR THE DESIGN AND THE BUILD PROCESS OVER THERE, AND THE COMMUNITY EXPRESSED A STRONG DESIRE TO NOT HAVE ANOTHER SCHOOL AT THAT LOCATION.
AND IT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO, UM, A VERY SMALL PARK THAT I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD USES AS MUCH AS THEY CAN, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME OTHER AMENITIES ON THAT PARK SO THEY CAN DO OTHER THINGS WITH IT AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
THERE'S A SMALL BUILDING THERE AND A SMALL PLAYER AREA WITH A KIND OF AN OLDER PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT MAYBE, BUT IT WOULD BE VERY NICE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT LAND.
AND I, I THINK THAT BRECK HAS EXPRESSED SOME INTEREST IN IT.
SO THANKS MR. BERNARD, MS. WARE JACKSON.
YEAH, MY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS AROUND PLANS FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, WHAT WE, UH, IF THERE WERE ANY, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS ANYTHING AT ALL THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY DO WITH THAT BUILDING.
AND, UH, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PARK THERE.
I WONDERED IF, IF THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONVERSATIONS AROUND BRICK, UH, USING THE BUILDING, UH, BUT YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M HEARING NOW THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN PREPPED FOR DEMOLITION AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN VOTED ON IT YET.
UM, NOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO BE WATCHING.
UH, THERE'S NO REASON THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GUTTED BEFORE WE GOT A CHANCE TO EVEN VOTE ON THIS ITEM.
YOU KNOW, THAT IS VERY INAPPROPRIATE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO, HOW, HOW THAT COULD POSSIBLY EVEN HAPPEN WITHOUT THIS COMING TO THE BOARD OR VOTE AFTER AT LEAST WAITING TILL TOMORROW, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S VERY, UM, PRESUMPTUOUS AND, UM, JUST COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THAT, BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND, UH, AND I ALSO WONDERED WHICH BUDGET THAT WAS COMING OUT OF TO ACTUALLY DO THE DEMOLITION.
AND, UM, MR. SHAMBLIN EXPRESSED THAT IT IT'S BUILT INTO THE JEFFERSON, UH, TERRORISTS NEW BUILD PROJECT.
AND I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE PREPPING ISSUE AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE IN THE TAX PLAN, ANYTIME WE HAVE, UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TIMES WHERE IN ADVANCE OF HIRING AN ARCHITECT OR ANY EXPERT WHO WILL BEGIN TO PREP A PROJECT BEFORE WE ACTUALLY BEGIN THE WORK.
UM, AND THAT'S, THAT WAS DONE WITH THE PARK ELEMENTARY SITE.
I MEAN, WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DEMOLITION
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SITES WHERE WE PREP THE BUILDING, KNOWING THAT IT WAS IN THE TAX PLAN, THAT THE BOARD WOULD APPROVE IT.AND THEN WE MOVED INTO FINAL DEMOLITION.
SO THIS, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE UNLIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IT'S ROUTINE.
AND IT'S KIND OF THE WAY CSRS MANAGES THE PROJECTS.
BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO EXPLORE AND LOOK AT, WE CAN, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR AT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS.
WELL, WE SHOULDN'T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD NEVER DO THAT.
IF THE BOARD NEEDS TO VOTE ON IT, WHY WOULD ANYBODY START WORKING ON DOING SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD WOULD HAVE TO VOTE ON FIRST? AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, BUT I JUST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO IT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT IT SHOULD BE THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENS BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES.
AND WHAT IS THE VOTE OF THE BOARD, IF YOU KNOW, WHAT GOOD IS THAT IF, IF, UH, WE COME BEHIND AND ACTION AND VOTE ON IT, THEN YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK IT'S A MATTER OF POLICY.
IT'S A MATTER OF JUST PRACTICE.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND THAT OUR PARTNERS, THAT THEY SHOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ACTION BEFORE THE BOARD VOTES IN FAVOR OF THAT ACTION.
THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON, MR. BALLOU.
I, I JUST MY UNDERSTANDING AND, UM, JUST CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG COUNSEL, BUT, UM, THE ACTUAL APPROVAL FOR DEMOLITION WAS PART OF THE PLAN ITSELF THAT WAS ALREADY VOTED ON BY THE, BY THE BOARD AND THE, UM, THE VOTERS.
WHAT WE'RE APPROVING NOW IS JUST, UH, THE, UH, TO PUT OUT FOR BID A CONTRACTOR TO DO THE WORK, BUT THE ACTUAL APPROVAL OF THE DEMOLITION WAS DONE LONG AGO.
THANK YOU, MR. BALLOU SIBYL, UH, SEEN, ARE THERE COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD OR QUESTIONS AT THIS MOMENT? UM, WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE DEMOLITION OF JEFFERSON TERRACE ELEMENTARY, I, TONYA AND IRONMAN, UM, DISTRICT SEVEN, TWO KIDS, AND HE SPENT IN HIS PARISH SCHOOLS.
AND I AM GOING TO TRY TO CHANNEL ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE CONSTITUENTS AND ON REGARDS OF THE DEMOLITION OF JEFFERSON TERRACE, IT IS KIND OF CURIOUS TO ME, I ALMOST WONDER IF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WAS A LITTLE UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT THERE WAS LAND DONATED, RIGHT.
FOR THE NEW SITE, THAT NEW SITE IS AN UNDULY AND WE BOUGHT IT, WE BOUGHT IT FOR, UM, WE BOUGHT IT YEARS AGO, DECADES AGO, BUT IT WAS SITTING, IT WAS EMPTY, BUT WE OWNED IT.
THERE WAS A MISCONCEPTION THAT IT WAS DONATED, BUT THAT WAS WRONG.
UM, BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT I WAS IN TERMS OF THE DEMOLITION BEING BUILT INTO A PRICE.
IT WOULD SEEM NATURAL IF YOU WERE BUILDING A NEW SKILL LIVING ON THE NEW SITE, THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE BUILT-IN PRICING PACKAGE.
AND THAT MAYBE ALSO PART OF THE CONFUSION, UM, IF IT WAS INDEED VOTED ON WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE BUILT ON A SEPARATE SITE, AND THEN THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WAS STILL GOING TO BE DEMO DEMOLISHED.
THEN OF COURSE, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE, BUT IT WOULD SEEM, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT INVESTING IN PUBLICLY OWNED INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT IT CAN BE THERE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IF THE, THE COMMUNITY, THE COMMUNITY IS GROWING, THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT GOING ON IN THAT AREA.
AND SO THEY MAY ACTUALLY CHANGE BE SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE IN GENERATIONS TO COME AS THEIR DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE.
AND THEY MAY WANT LIKE A LITTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THERE AND TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT THERE.
AND SO, UM, UH, AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU KNOW, EXPLORING THE OPPORTUNITIES OF INVESTING IN A BUILDING THAT ALREADY EXISTS IS GOOD, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST HOLDING ONTO THAT LAND SO THAT IT REMAINS, UM, AN, A VIABLE OPTION FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD SEEMS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF IN THE MEANTIME YOU JUST LEASE IT TO BRECK SO YOU CAN YANK IT BACK WHENEVER YOU WANT IT.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD, GOOD OPTION, BUT WHATEVER MY THING IS, IS Y'ALL KNOW THE DIFFICULTIES YOU'VE HAD IN FINDING PLACES TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS, TO ACCOMMODATE THE POPULATION.
SO PLEASE DO NOT GIVE UP YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET, WHICH IS THAT REAL ESTATE, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? OKAY.
SO THE DEMOLITION OF JEFFERSON TERRACE ELEMENTARY, UM, I KNOW THAT IT WAS PART OF THE PLAN THAT THE SCHOOL IS SUPPOSED TO BE DEMO.
HOWEVER, I'M THINKING OF OTHER OPTIONS THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY USE THE BUILDING FOR.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, ONTAP SOURCE THAT WE NEVER SEEM TO LOOK AT IS GRANT FUNDING THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
ON BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
THERE IS MILLIONS ON TOP OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDING THAT CAN ACTUALLY, THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN ACTUALLY TAP INTO, UM, ON
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BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES THAT WE JUST DON'T, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GRANT WRITERS THAT ARE EMPLOYED BY OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE ACTUALLY MISS OUT ON FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK OF, UM, THAT JEFFERSON TERRACE ELEMENTARY CAN BENEFIT, UM, THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING CAN HAVE IS, UM, MORE PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN WITHIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BECAUSE JEFFERSON TERRORS RIGHT NOW, THE NEW JEFFERSON TERRACE ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE FEW, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT IS HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE, UM, WHICH ACTUALLY HAVE A HANDICAP, HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE PLAYGROUND THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWED CHILDREN IN WHEELCHAIRS TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE, UM, RECESS LIKE A NON-DISABLED CHILD.
AND SO WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE THIS OLD BUILDING AND WE CAN ACTUALLY CREATE MORE PROGRAMMING THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN ACTUALLY UTILIZE.
UM, SOME OF THE THINGS I THINK OF IS LIKE EMS SERVICES RIGHT NOW, WE, WE HAVE THE CTECH BUILDING, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF MTS IN OUR CITY.
IN FACT, WE HAVE A MAJOR SHORTAGE OF MTS AND MY CHILD ACTUALLY HAD TO, UM, EXPERIENCE A DELAY OF TWO HOURS WAITING ON PARAMEDICS TO COME TO HIS SCHOOL.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY START TEACHING KIDS TO GET A LOVE FOR THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.
WE CAN ALSO TEACH THE CHILDREN TO GET A LOVE FOR THE TEACHING PROFESSION.
MY CHILD LOVED HIS TEACHER AND LOVED THE PARAPROFESSIONALS THAT WORK WITH HIM DAY IN AND DAY OUT.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF EDUCATORS IN THIS STATE.
SO I'M THINKING THAT WE CAN TAKE THIS BUILDING AND WE CAN USE THAT AS A NICE BUILDING TO CREATE A SPACE, TO ACTUALLY EDUCATE MORE FUTURE EDUCATORS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE EMPLOYED.
SO I'M JUST THINKING OF LONGEVITY OF HOW WE CAN KEEP OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM RUNNING AND ACTUALLY EDUCATE THE CHILDREN IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THEM BY TAKING THAT BUILDING AND USING GRANT FUNDING TO CREATE MORE MEANINGFUL FOR OUR CHILDREN FOR MORE PROFESSIONALS TO BE EMPLOYED BY EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEM H TWO, SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD IS CLEAR.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.
[H.3. Professional Services Contracts: Exceptional Student Services 2021-2022]
WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM H THREE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A EGAN HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, DBA EGAN OSCHNER H CVS RIVER PARISH IN THE AMOUNT OF $11,000 TO PROVIDE LPN SERVICES, CBR STUDENTS AS DIRECTED BY THE STUDENT'S IEP, STRATEGIC LIME AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE, IDA PART B B PEDIATRIC SERVICES OF AMERICA DBA AVIANA HEALTHCARE, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF 29,000 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LPN NURSING SERVICES, STRATEGIC LYME, AND STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE IDA PART B.DO I HAVE A MOTION WHEN YOU MOVE BY VICE-PRESIDENT COLLINS, UH, SECONDED BY MR. BALLOU, MR. GODIN, I PUT, PULL THIS OFF BECAUSE I WANT TO RECUSE MYSELF.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, BUT I SAW THE WORD OCHSNER IN THERE.
SO I WENT TO AND RECUSED MYSELF FROM THE BOAT.
UM, SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEM H THREE, SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD, MADAME SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A BOAT.
[I.1. ITEP Non-Compliance: Stupp Bros., Inc. dba Stupp Corporation]
ITEM A NEW BUSINESS.I ONE CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OUTLINING THESE PATTERNS, POWER SCHOOL BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO THE BOARD REGARDING STUCK BROTHERS, INC
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DBA STUCK CORPORATION WITH INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM CONTACT.UM, MR. SHAM, WHEN DO YOU WANT TO GET THIS? I THINK IT IS MR. MILLER HERE, DONALD MILLER AND BUYING THE COME UP.
THERE'S A RESOLUTION BASICALLY PRESENTED TO THE BOARD REGARDING, UH, NONCOMPLIANCE ON ITEM ITEM.
I CAN GIVE US THE DETAILS AND THEN WE CAN SPEAK OUT THAT YOU CAN CORRECT.
GOOD EVENING, UH, SCORE MEMBERS.
I, MY LEGS ARE ASLEEP FROM SITTING SO LONG.
UM, SO TONIGHT I'VE GOT, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMPANY AND, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONSULTING FIRM WITH YOU TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, BUT THIS IS A COMPANY THAT'S GONE THROUGH THE
UM, THAT'S TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM, UH, WHICH IS A SYSTEM THAT'S A LITTLE UNCLEAR.
SO WE'RE DOING THIS PROCESS IN REVERSE IN A SENSE WHERE, UH, TYPICALLY THIS ITEM WOULD GO TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
UM, AND ULTIMATELY THE BOARD WOULD KICK IT BACK DOWN TO THE SCHOOL BOARD, METRO COUNCIL AND SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
UH, AND THEN IT WOULD GO BACK TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, SKIP A STEP IN THE SENSE AND SAVE EVERYBODY SOME TIME, UH, BY COMING TO YOU ALL FIRST TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE, UH, OF BEING A NON-COMPLIANCE, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S AT THE ROOT OF IT.
THIS IS A, THIS IS A REVERSE SYSTEM IN THE SENSE OF HOW WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT ITEP PROGRAMS, BUT I'LL, I'LL PAUSE THERE AND UNLESS YOU GUYS HAVE ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS, WHAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION, MR. CHAIRMAN? I BELIEVE MR. MILLER, THE RECOMMENDATION IS NO ACTION BE TAKEN.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS A RECOMMENDATION.
UH, THAT AGAIN HAS TO BE OFFERED BY THE BOARD, BUT YES, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A MOTION I'LL MOVE BY MR. BALLOU SECONDED BY MR. GAUDETTE.
I BELIEVE THERE WAS A REVOLUTION.
I'M GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO CRAFT THE EMOTION FOR YOU JUST A SECOND.
GIVE US JUST A SECOND TO MAKE SURE.
DID YOU WANT TO GO TO THE RESOLUTION? DID YOU WANT TO GO TO THE, UM, THE AUDIENCE HAS AUDIENCE COMING TO YET? UM, NO, THEY HAVEN'T, BUT WE WOULD WOULDN'T.
WE WANT TO READ THE RESOLUTION YEAH.
OH, I DIDN'T FINISH IT FOR ANYBODY TO READ IT.
I DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITHOUT THAT'S.
A RESOLUTION, A RESOLUTION AT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD APPROVING STOP BROTHERS, INC.
DBA STUCK CORPORATIONS CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN LOUISIANA INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM.
WHEREAS STEP-BROTHERS INC DBA STOP CORPORATION HERE.
AND AFTER REFERS TO AS STOP IS A MULTI-STATE PRIVATELY OWNED PIPE MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT HAS OPERATED IN NORTH BATON ROUGE SINCE 1952, OVER 69 YEARS.
WHEREAS IN 2019 STUFF PERFORMED A MULTI-STATE SITE LOCATION ANALYSIS FOR A PROJECT THAT INCLUDED A $22 MILLION INVESTMENT IN THE CREATION OF OVER 128 NEW JOBS.
WHEREAS THE LOUISIANA INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION WAS OFFERED AS AN INCENTIVE TO STOP BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO ATTRACT THE PROJECT TO ITS FACILITY IN NORTH BATON ROUGE.
WHEREAS STOP ENTERED INTO AN ITEP CONTRACT NUMBER 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7.
ALONG WITH THE ATTACHED EXHIBIT A THAT INCLUDED SPECIFIC JOB CREATION, PAYROLL AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURE PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS.
WHEREAS THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD PASS RESOLUTION 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7 RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR STOP ITEP APPLICATION NUMBER 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7, WHEREAS STOPPED SELECTED ITS NORTH BATON ROUGE FACILITY FOR THE $22 MILLION PROJECT INVESTMENT.
AND THE ADDITION OF THE 128 NEW JOBS WHERE STOP HAS INVESTED OVER 22 MILLION ON THE EXPANSION OF HIS FACILITY IN NORTH BATON ROUGE.
AND DID INITIALLY CREATE MORE THAN THE REQUIRED 128 NEW JOBS, WHEREAS STOP PROJECT INVESTMENT OCCURRED OVER MULTIPLE YEARS RESULTING IN TWO PHASE ITEP APPLICATIONS APPLICATION 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7 DASH A AND 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7 DASH B.
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WHICH ARE AWAITING REVIEW FOR THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.WHEREAS THE MARKET CHANGES RESULTING FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC NATIONAL AND GLOBAL OIL AND GAS MARKET FLUCTUATIONS, NEW DOMESTIC OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION POLICIES, AND THE CANCELLATION OF MAJOR DOMESTIC PIPELINE PROJECTS, SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIRED STOPS BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
WHEREAS EVEN THOUGH STOP INITIALLY SUCCEEDED ALL ITEP INVESTMENT JOBS AND PAYROLL PERFORMANCE OBLIGATION, THE ISSUES LISTED ABOVE WERE SUCH THAT STOP HAD TO LAY OFF EMPLOYEES.
WHEREAS STOP IS CURRENTLY OPERATING IN LIMIT LIMITED CAPACITY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES.
WHEREAS STOP SPENT THE $22 MILLION INVESTMENT, BUT IS CURRENTLY UNABLE TO SATISFY ITS ITEP CONTRACT, NEW JOB AND PAYROLL REQUIREMENTS.
WHEREAS STOP IS SEEKING SUPPORT FROM ALL STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNING PRIOR TO REQUESTING THAT STUFF BE ALLOWED TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ITECH CONTRACTS RELATED TO THE EXPANSION PROJECT FOR THEIR INITIAL FIVE-YEAR TERMS AND NO ACTION BE TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO NON-COMPLIANCE OCCURRING DURING THE INITIAL FIVE-YEAR TERM OF ITS I TAP CONTRACTS, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED UPON THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FOREGOING AND THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION HELD ON THIS DAY.
THEY USE BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOL BOARD REQUESTS, THE FOLLOWING ONE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT STUFF SEPARATELY TO ATTAIN AND MAINTAIN ITEP CONTRACT 2 0 1 AND 0 0 5 7, AND ALL ASSOCIATED PHASE TO APPLICATIONS RELATED TO ITEP CONTRACT 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7.
DURING THE INITIAL FIVE-YEAR TERM OF ITS ITEP CONTRACTS TO THE LOUISIANA BOARD IN COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY SUPPORT STUFF'S EFFORT TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN ITS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTIONS RELATED TO ITEP CONTRACT 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7 AND ALL ASSOCIATED PHASED APPLICATIONS RELATED TO ITEP CONTRACT 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7.
DURING THE INITIAL FIVE-YEAR TERM OF ITS HIGH-TECH CONTRACTS THREE, THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY TAKE NO ACTION REGARDING THE RENEWAL OF STUFF'S ITEP CONTRACT 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7 AND ALL ASSOCIATED PHASED APPLICATIONS RELATED TO
AND NUMBER TWO, NO ACTION BE TAKEN RELATED TO STUFF'S INABILITY TO COMPLY DURING THE INITIAL FIVE-YEAR TERM ITEP CONTRACT 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7 AND ALL ASSOCIATED.
THEY USED APPLICATIONS RELATED TO ITEP CONTRACT 2 0 1 9 0 0 5 7 WITH REQUIRED ANNUAL JOBS AND REQUIRED AND OR REQUIRED ANNUAL PAYROLL.
SO WE MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE MOTION ON THE TABLE.
BEFORE WE GO TO THE PUBLIC, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION PROVIDING WRITTEN NOTICE TO THE BOARD OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OUTLINING THE EAST PARISH PARISH SCHOOL BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING STUCK BROTHERS INCORPORATED DOING BUSINESSES, STUCK CORPORATIONS NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THE INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION PROGRAM CONTRACT TO TAKE NO ACTION REGARDING A NON-COMPLIANCE.
SO BALLOU MOVED AND GOT A SECOND.
SO SORRY ABOUT THAT LITTLE MIX UP THERE AS MY FAULT.
I THINK YOU PROBABLY, OH, YOU PAT.
UH, SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, GO TO THE AUDIENCE ON THE ITEP, UM, FOR STEP-BROTHERS ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE.
SO TOO MANY TIMES BEFORE WE'VE ALLOWED, UH, WE'VE GRANTED A LOT OF COMPANIES, I TAP EXEMPTIONS.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'RE NOW HAVING, UM, REDUCTION IN FORCE LETTERS BEING SENT OUT TO STAFF IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH IS GOING TO, UM, CAUSE A PROBLEM TO THE QUESTION THAT MS. DAS ASKED AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE, WE WILL NOT HAVE STAFF, UM, ENOUGH STAFF TO KEEP OUR CHILDREN EDUCATED BY THE END OF THIS SCHOOL HERE.
AND WE DEFINITELY WON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO START AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR WHEN WE ALLOW COMPANIES SUCH AS THE COOPERATION TO BE IN NON-COMPLIANCE, AS IT RELATES TO OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH I TIP, YOU KNOW, WHO SUFFER FOR THEIR CHILDREN.
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I WOULD SAY THE STAFF TOO, BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN'T PAY THEIR BILLS.AND WHEN YOU HAVE STAFF MEMBERS THAT CAN'T PAY THEIR BILLS AND HAVE TO COME TO WORK TO EDUCATE CHILDREN, THEY NOT HAPPY.
AND THE CHILDREN ENDED UP NOT BEING HAPPY AS WELL.
UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, WE HAVE DEBT THAT WE HAVE TO PAY TO.
WE ANSWER INTO MANY, MANY CONTRACTS EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND THE ONLY WAY THAT WE HAVE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO PAY THOSE CONTRACTS IS BECAUSE PARENTS LIKE ME TRUST THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE GREAT DECISIONS, TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW OUR CHILDREN TO ENTER INTO THE BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDING.
BUT WE ALSO KNOW THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM DON'T RUN OFF OF AIR AND LOVE ALONE.
IRAN IS OFF OF MONEY AND UNFORTUNATELY STUFF, COOPERATION IS NOT PAYING THEIR FAIR SHARE.
AND THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES I COULD TALK ABOUT EXXONMOBIL TOO, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ONES THAT'S ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
CAUSE I DEFINITELY WANTED A HUNDRED MILLION EXXONMOBIL OLDERS.
I THINK IT WAS MORE THAN THAT, BUT I'M TRYING TO BE NICE TONIGHT BY TALKING DIRECTLY ABOUT STUB CORPORATION.
SO WE NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A PENALTY PUT ON CORPORATIONS, SUCH AS THE, WHEN THEY FAIL TO ADHERE TO THEIR LEGAL OBLIGATION.
AND AS BOARD MEMBERS, WE DO HAVE ETHICAL, UM, WE HAVE ETHICAL ROUNDS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
SO I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT WHEN STUFF COOPERATION IS FAILING TO ADHERE TO IT, THAT THEY ARE NOT JUST COMMITTING, UH, FAILING TO ADHERE TO THE LEGAL OBLIGATION.
THEY'RE ALSO SHOWING A DISPLAY OF VIOLATION OF ETHICS.
AND SO WE DEFINITELY SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A PENALTY AND NOT JUST TO THEM, BUT TO EVERY ENTITY THAT COMES TO US THAT FAIL TO ADHERE TO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO LEGALLY AND AS PUT BY THE HAS PROVIDED THE FUNDING.
SO LET'S MAKE AN EXAMPLE OUT OF THEM AND THEREFORE WE'LL BE STARTING ON A GREAT NOTE FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
THANK YOU, MS. CORLEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE, UH, VALENCIA JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS? UM, WE SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWING STUFF, A FREE PASS.
EVERYBODY EXPERIENCED, UH, STAFF SHORTAGES, EVEN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, EXHIBIT STAFF SHORTAGES DURING, UM, THE PANDEMIC.
WE'RE GETTING READY TO GO INTO OUR, OUR BUDGET TOSS.
AND WE WERE GOING TO HAVE STAFF SHORTAGES.
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE CHARTER SCHOOLS OPENING AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE FUNDS IS STILL GOING TO HELP US.
THEN WHO'S GOING TO HELP EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.
WHAT ABOUT OUR CHILDREN? EVERY STUDENT, EVERY DAY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF HOME.
IF WE DON'T HAVE IT IN OUR BUDGET TO MANAGE OUR OWN BUDGET, WHY AREN'T WE GIVING MONEY AWAY? WE CAN'T ALLOW IT.
AND LOTS OF YOU ALL EVERY TIME WE HAVE AN I TAP EXEMPTION, WHATEVER THE COMPANY SAYS, OH, WE CAN'T DO THIS, BUT THEY HAVE REVENUE.
THEY HAVE MILLIONS IN REVENUE, THEIR BOOKSHELF, MILLIONS IN REVENUE, EAST BATON ROUGE.
PARISH DOES NOT HAVE MILLIONS IN REVENUE AT ALL.
WE HAD PROBABLY LOOKING AT A DEFICIT.
Y'ALL NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT WHEN Y'ALL PASS THIS, CAUSE Y'ALL COME PASS IT.
WE KNOW, BUT WE HAVE TO GO ON RECORD TO SAY THAT YOU NEED NOT TO.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? SEEING NINE BACK TO THE BOARD, MADAME SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.
PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.
[I.2. Student Expulsion]
MOVE NOW TO ITEM I, TO DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS, TO APPEAL A STUDENT EXPULSION.[03:10:01]
CAN YOU HELP US WALK ON? THERE'S BEEN A LONG TIME.SO THIS IS, UH, THE FIRST STEP.
UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN HERE IS THAT THE BOARD OFFERS A MOTION.
AND SECOND TO HEAR THIS MATTER, IT WOULD BE HEARD IN FULL AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE BOARD.
UH, SO TONIGHT, UM, THE FIRST THING YOU'D DO PRESIDENT TAB, AND AS YOU ASKED THE BOARD, IF THEY'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE EXPULSION RECORD, IF, IF NO ONE OBJECTS YOU'LL ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO HEAR THE APPEAL, IF THERE'S NO MOTION A SECOND, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION STANDS AND THERE'S NO COMMENT REQUIRED BECAUSE THERE'S NO FORMAL VOTE OF THE BOARD OR ANY MO AS A BOARD.
IT'S JUST A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MR. GOLDIE IS ONLY A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND THAT WOULD BE TO HEAR THE FULL MATTER AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD.
SO, UM, IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE BOARD SEEING HERE SEEING AND HEARING NO MOTION? UM, WE JUST MOVED TO THE NEXT ITEM.
SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION STANDS AND WE MOVE TO THE NEXT TIME.
[J.1. Announcement of Meetings]
WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM, UH, J ONE, WAS THERE A LEGAL PURPOSE FOR THE BIG POPULATION CHANGES TO SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT ONE IN PLAN 22.I DON'T SEE MR. FLOYD IN THE AUDIENCE, OUR PRESENTERS NOT HERE.
K ONE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETINGS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE HELD ON MAY 2ND AT 5:00 PM AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE.
SOME OR ALL BOARD MEMBERS MAY ATTEND PUBLIC HEARING REDISTRICTING TO BE HELD MAY 5TH, 2022 AT 5:00 PM AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE BOARDROOM.
UM, SPECIAL MEETING, UH, APPROVAL ADOPTION OF REDISTRICTING PLAN TO BE HELD MAY 5TH, 2022 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE BOARDROOM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING IS TO BE HELD ON MAY 5TH, 2022, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE SPECIAL MEETING AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE BOARD ROOM, REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD ON MAY 19TH, 2022 AT 5:00 PM AT THE CENTRAL OFFICE BOARDROOM AND VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING AND AS ALWAYS EVERY YEAR, THE AMAZING FOREST HEIGHTS ACADEMY OF EXCELLENCE PRESENTS THEIR ANNUAL THEATRICAL FAIR.
AND I AM SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE, WHICH IS THE WAY IT'S THE WAY IT IS THE SOUL.
THE SOUL FOR VERSION OF THE WIZARD.
OZ IS THOUGH EASE ON DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF THAT AMAZINGLY IS BEAUTIFUL.
SO MARQUEE CALENDAR MAY 12TH, WHICH IS A THURSDAY AT SIX 30 AND NOT A BOARD MEETING THURSDAY, CAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S A SCHEDULE CONFLICT.
AND THEN AS FAR AS I THOUGH IS THE SUCH AMAZING PLACE.
AND SO WE CAN JAM AND BOOGIE ON THIS ONE.
SO THE WAY AS FAR AS ICE ACADEMY, THEY'RE DOING IT IN GLEN OLDS, HIGH AUDITORIUM.
UM, MR. GODIN, MOOSE, WE ADJOURNED IT'S MY 33RD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.