[00:00:01]
[A. Meeting Opening]
SO WAIT, YOU ABOUT TO GET TO GET STARTED.GOOD AFTERNOON SCHOOL SYSTEM AND GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS.
I CALL THIS REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO ORDER ON THIS THURSDAY, MAY 18TH, 2023 AT 5:00 PM AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO INTO THE MEETING OPENING WITH AN INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, SHOSHONE STEWART, AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY CADET LIEUTENANT COLONEL JARED MAYARD HARRISON OF ESTRO HIGH SCHOOL, ACCOMPANIED BY SENIOR ARMY INSTRUCTOR, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, RETIRED STEPHEN W. JOHNSTON.
DEAR GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE, TO JOIN TOGETHER, TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE WITH THE SAME GOAL, THE SAME MISSION, AND THE SAME MINDSET.
PLEASE ALLOW OUR MINDS, OUR HEARTS, TO JOIN TOGETHER, TO COME TO ONE AND TO BE A PART AS ONE.
ALL THESE BLESSINGS I ASK IN YOUR NAME, AMEN.
MR. PRESIDENT, UH, SUPERINTENDENT NARCISE, BOARD MEMBERS FELLOW EAST BATON ROUGE CITIZENS.
IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE TO INTRODUCE THIS MOTIVATED YOUNG AMERICAN, UH, CADET LIEUTENANT COLONEL JEREMIAH HARRISON, WHO'S A THIRD YEAR CADET, REPRESENTED ASR OF MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL'S, J R O T C PROGRAM AT THE MOST RECENT, UH, PARISH WIDE HONOR BOARD FOR THIRD YEAR ARMY CADETS.
HE'S ALSO THE INCOMING BATTALION COMMANDER FOR ASR'S TOMAHAWK BATTALION.
HE'S A MODEL CADET WHO'S TAKEN ON THE CHALLENGE OF LIVING OUT THE JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS CADET CREED.
FOLLOWING GRADUATION AT THE END OF THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, CADET HARRISON PLANS TO ATTEND LSU TO PRETEND TO PURSUE A DEGREE IN ENGINEERING.
CADET HARRISON IS THE SON OF MISS RONNA TUCKER, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I PRESENT TO YOU WITH GREAT PRIDE CADET LIEUTENANT COLONEL JEREMIAH HARRISON.
MAY YOU PLEASE JOIN ME IN RECITING THE PLEASURE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEASURE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE PUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUST FALL.
THANK YOU CADET LIEUTENANT COLONEL JEREMIAH HARRISON.
WE APPRECIATE ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ACROSS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AT THIS TIME.
MADAME PRES, I'M SORRY, MADAME SECRETARY, WE'RE GOING TO, I'M SORRY.
WE JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND GIVE YOU THIS, UH, MEDAL, UH, SHOWING OUR APPRECIATION FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AND TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
AND THANK YOU SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MS. STEWART AT THIS TIME.
NOW WE'LL TURN TO MADAME SECRETARY FOR A CALL.
TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL DISTRICT TWO, PRESIDENT LANIS.
PRESENT, DISTRICT THREE, VICE PRESIDENT POWELL.
MR. LEWIS? PRESENT, DISTRICT SIX.
MR. GODDE? HERE, DISTRICT EIGHT.
UH, BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR BUSINESS, I WILL ASK THAT WE PULL ITEM H ONE FROM THE AGENDA REVISED BOARD MEETING.
OKAY, WE GOOD TO GO? AND, UH, COUNSEL, THANK YOU.
[C. Information Only]
AT THIS TIME NOW WE ARE GOING TO ITEM C ONE UNDER INFORMATION ONLY MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT.UH, SEEING THAT THERE IS NO REPORT, WE'LL NOW GO TO ITEM C TWO.
UNDER PERSONNEL CHANGES, ARE THERE ANY PERSONNEL CHANGES? SEEING, UH, NONE AT THIS TIME.
ARE THERE ANY SKIP THE MINUTES.
[00:05:01]
I'M GOING PRETTY FAST TONIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
[B. Minutes]
LET'S GO TO ITEM B ONE.MEETING MINUTES APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES OF THE APRIL 20TH, 2023, REGULAR BOARD MEETING AND THE MAY 4TH, 2023 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AS PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
MR. LANIS, I NEED TO MAKE ONE CORRECTION TO THAT.
THE MAY 4TH MINUTES WERE NOT UPLOADED, SO WE NEED TO APPROVE JUST THE APRIL 20TH REGULAR MEETING MINUTES.
OKAY, SO I WILL RECITE AT THIS TIME.
NOW WE'LL RETURN TO ITEM B ONE.
MEETING MINUTES, APPROVE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES OF THE APRIL 20TH, 2023 REGULAR MEETING AS PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
CAN I GET A MOTION MOVED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER NATHAN RUSS.
SECONDED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SHOSHONE STEWART.
THIS TIME NOW WE'LL GO TO OUR B FOR ANY COMMENTS MR. PRESIDENT? I DON'T HAVE A COMMENT, BUT WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE A VOICE VOTE.
HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW.
SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M SORRY.
SEEING NO BOARD COMMENTS, WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC SEEING NO CUE CARS IN THIS MATTER.
WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR BOARD SEEING NO NAMES INSIDE OF THE QUEUE.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR A ROLL CALL VOTE.
AT THIS TIME NOW WE'LL GO TO ITEM C INFORMATION ONLY SEEING AS THERE WERE NO, UH, NO UPDATES FOR THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT IN ITEM TWO, NO PERSONNEL CHANGES.
I'LL ASK, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST? MONTHLY REPORTS?
[D.1. Update from Superintendent]
SEEING NONE.WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO ITEM D ONE AS INFORMATION ONLY UPDATE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT.
UH, LANIS, UH, SUPER EXCITED THAT WE, UH, TODAY, UM, WE KICKED OFF OUR GRADUATION.
WE HAD, UH, A GRADUATION AT GLEN OAKS HIGH SCHOOL.
PRESIDENT LANIS, UH, AND BOARD MEMBER GODDE WAS THERE TODAY.
UM, IT WAS GREAT TO BEGIN TO SEE ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, UH, GRADUATING, UH, IN OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, UM, UH, AS YOU MAY KNOW, ALL GRADUATIONS WILL BE HELD AT EITHER LSU OR AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY THIS YEAR.
UH, THE COMPLETE LISTING OF THE GRADUATION LOCATIONS AND DATES AND TIMES CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE@WW.EBRSCHOOLS.ORG.
UH, SECOND THING IS WE ARE OFFICIALLY, UM, UH, LAST NIGHT, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE'RE IN GRADUATION.
WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR STUDENTS.
OUR STUDENTS BEEN DOING, UH, REALLY WELL ACROSS THE SYSTEM FROM ALL OUR SCHOOLS.
WE HAD A VAL AND SAL DINNER, UH, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL, UH, TO RECOGNIZE THE GREAT WORK FOR ALL THE KIDS THAT WERE THERE.
UH, THAT BANK IS AT, WAS AT BOUDREAU'S.
UH, STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE TREATED WITH A FULL COURSE MEAL.
UH, THEY HAD ALSO GUEST SPEAKER WITH AWARDS, AND SO WE'RE JUST EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THERE'LL, THERE'LL BE PLENTY, PLENTY OF CELEBRATIONS THROUGHOUT THE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, AND WE ALWAYS TELL THE COMMUNITY WE WELCOME THEM TO KIND OF JOIN US.
UM, AND ALSO I KNOW THAT, UH, WE MOVED TO, UH, BIGGER, UH, LOCATIONS, UH, FOR GRADUATIONS.
AND SO, UH, I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF EMAILS ABOUT EXTRA TICKETS AND SO, UM, WE, WE TRY TO WORK THROUGH THOSE EXTRA TICKETS THROUGH THE, UH, PRINCIPLES.
AND SO, UM, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, DON'T HESITATE TO CALL, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENING.
THE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO SHARE IS, UH, TO THE BOARD.
WE'LL EVENTUALLY START SHARING ALSO SOME OF OUR FINAL NUMBERS IN TERMS OF, UH, KIDS THAT HAVE, UM, COMPLETED, UH, DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES, UM, ADVANCED PLACEMENT COURSES, UM, AND ALSO INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATION.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE COMING UP SOON, WHICH WILL BE WHAT WE CALL OUR MATCH DAY.
UH, WE'RE, UH, WE ARE MATCHING UP COMPANIES WITH STUDENTS FOR INTERNSHIPS FOR $15 AN HOUR ACROSS OUR SYSTEM.
UM, AND WE WILL, UH, HAVE BUSINESSES THERE AS WELL.
SO WE'LL BE SHARING SOME OF THOSE DATES.
AND WE THINK THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US, THE CHAMBER, AND MANY OF THE BUSINESS, UH, COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HERE HELPING TO, UH, MOVE THE WORK.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WANNA JUST THANK OUR TEACHERS, OUR PRINCIPALS, APS DEANS, SCHOOL LIBRARIANS, EVERYBODY IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, BUS DRIVERS AND CAFETERIA WORKERS FOR ANOTHER GREAT YEAR.
UM, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN KIDS ARE DOING WELL, IT'S JUST NOT ONLY WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT IT'S THE ENTIRE SYSTEM ITSELF.
SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND SO, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO, UH, DO THAT WORK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, PRESIDENT LANCE.
[00:10:01]
UM, BEFORE WE GO INTO OUR REPORTS, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ALSO THANK EVERYBODY THAT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH YESTERDAY'S INAUGURAL, UH, WHO GOT GAME BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT THAT TOOK PLACE ACROSS OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT.I SEE MISS NIKOLA HALL IS SHAKING HER HEAD.
AND I BROUGHT THE TROPHY TODAY.
I BELIEVE PRESIDENT LANCE, YOU EARNED.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WAS YOUR TEAM.
I TOOK IT OVER AND I MADE SURE THEY GOT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP IN WON.
JUST WANTED TO CHECK THAT OFF.
OKAY, EVERYBODY, PRESIDENT ATLANTA, YOU OUTTA ORDER
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY GETTING BACK TO OUR BOARD.
YOU KNOW, ALL THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS BUSINESS.
SOME THINGS HAVE TO BE FUN, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.
AND TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE, IT SHOWS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF SYNERGY HAPPENING ACROSS OUR DISTRICT AT THIS TIME.
NOW WE'LL GO BACK INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[E.1. Board Appointees]
WHAT ITEM? E REPORTS IN BOARD APPOINTEES TO COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES.ARE THERE ANY, UH, BOARD APPOINTEE UPDATES? OKAY.
AT THIS TIME, SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS, WHICH WILL BE, UH, IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WILL BE READ INTO ORDER BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PATRICK MARTIN.
THAT'LL BE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SO FOR UNFINISHED BUSINESS, WE WILL
[F.1. Oversight]
TURN TO ITEM F ONE OVERSIGHT CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE TAX PLAN PROPOSITION.BUDGET SUPPLEMENT RECOMMENDATION, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE TAX PLAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE ON MAY 1ST, 2023.
CAN I GET A MOTION MOVED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SHOSHONE STEWART.
SECONDED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PATRICK MARTIN.
AT THIS TIME NOW, WE'LL RETURN TO OUR BOARD TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY BOARD COMMENT ON THE MI ON THE ITEM.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL GO TO OUR PUBLIC SEEING NO CARS INSIDE OF THE QUEUE.
I WILL COME BACK TO OUR BING COMMENTS.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR ROLL CALL VOTE DISTRICT LAW.
DISTRICT THREE, VICE PRESIDENT POWELL? YES.
DISTRICT SEVEN, MR. GODDE? YES.
DISTRICT NINE, MR. MARTIN? YES.
[F.2. Bid: BRFLAIM]
NEXT WE HAVE ITEM F TWO BID, B R FLAME CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO ACCEPT A LOW BID.FOUR, I'M SORRY, FROM SIENNA CONSTRUCTION.
THE BATON ROUGE FLAME FOUR CLASSROOM ADDITIONAL PROJECT, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE GENERAL FUND.
CAN I GET A MOTION? MOVED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MARK BELU, SECONDED BY A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
THIS TIME NOW I WILL TURN TO OUR BOARD TO SEE THERE ANY COMMENTS, SING NO NAMES INSIDE OF THE QUEUE.
WE WILL TURN TO OUR COM, UH, TO THE PUBLIC.
SEEING NO CUE CARDS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL COME BACK TO OUR BOARD.
GOTTA GET IN THERE FAST, RIGHT? CAN WE GIVE IT LIKE A THREE SECONDS? GIVE IT A SLIGHT SECOND.
UM, DID WE DO, UH, THE MEETINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT, WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS?
[00:15:01]
NOW I CAN ATTEST TO AT THE VAL AND SALE BANQUET, THEY HAD IT THAT NIGHT.THERE WAS A MEETING HELD THAT NIGHT BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAME FROM THE MEETING TO THE RECEPTION.
THERE WAS A MEETING HELD THAT NIGHT.
CAN WE GET AN UPDATE, SUPERINTENDENT? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PRINCIPALS HERE.
UH, I DON'T, UM, PRINCIPAL BRIAN, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP? LOVE FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD A LITTLE SHORTER? UH, YES.
WE DID HAVE THAT MEETING, UH, AT, AND I THINK IT WAS THE SAME NIGHT AS THAT EVENT.
AND, UH, IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
WE HAD A LOT, LOT OF QUESTIONS.
UH, MS. LEWIS, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE THERE.
AND SO, UH, I THINK WE CLEARED UP.
ANY, ANYTHING, ANY LITTLE MISUNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE GRANT AND HOW IT'S COMING ALONG? THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL PARENT WORKDAY WHERE THEY CAME AND SORT OF CLEANED OUT ALL OF THAT UPSTAIRS THAT'S BEEN COLLECTING STUFF OVER THE YEARS.
WE HAD TO THROW IT OVER THE STAIRWAY, DUMPSTER ON THE BOTTOM.
SO, UH, AND THE, THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES HAVE BEEN COMING IN, THE ARCHITECTS STARTING TO CLEAR THE WAY FOR THOSE FOUR UPSTAIRS CLASSROOMS. AND WE STARTED TO MOVE THE OTHER CLASSROOMS TO GET THE PRE-K MATERIALS IN THE ROOMS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE IN.
SO, UM, IS YOU'RE THE PRINCIPAL? YES.
UM, IS IT YOUR OPINION AND THE CONSENSUS OF THE PEOPLE ATTENDING THE MEETING THAT IT'S A GOOD IDEA? YES.
AND THE, THE IMMERSION PROGRAM IS GROWING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE THREE PRE-K IMMERSION CLASSROOMS TO START OUR PROGRAM FROM A LITTLE LOWER BOTTOM UP AND TWO, THREE YEAR OLD CLASSES AS WELL.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MATRICULATION FROM P PRE-K INTO KINDERGARTEN THERE? RIGHT.
IF YOU'RE IN, IN THE BEGINNING, THEN YOU WILL KEEP MOVING UP INTO THE PROGRAM.
NO, I'M SORRY I PUT MYSELF IN THE QUEUE BY MISTAKE, BUT I JUST SAY BRIEFLY, UH, THANK YOU FOR THIS UPDATE.
I THINK, UH, THE LAST BOARD MEETING, A LOT OF WHAT WAS BEING SAID OR WHAT WAS COMMUNICATED ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST CIRCLING AROUND AND MAKING SURE THAT WE, UH, CROSS EVERY I I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M, YES, JUST LITTLE MISS CUE ON MY PART DID NOT HAVE THAT SECOND MEETING BECAUSE WE JUST STARTED WITH THE PRE-K, SO IT'S OKAY.
YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT HAPPEN, BUT THE FACT THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CLEAR IT UP, WE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION.
KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK THAT'S HAPPENED IN THAT FLAME.
NEXT IN THE QUEUE, WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER LEWIS, MS. MCBRIDE, YOU WILL BE MISSED.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT
IT WASN'T JERMAINE COACH, BUT I'LL LET IT SLIDE.
COACH, NEXT TO NICU
I'LL PRETEND MY NAME IS JERMAINE.
UH, I JUST ALSO WANTED TO THANK MS. MCBRIDE FOR HER MANY, MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.
SHE WILL BE ENTERING RETIREMENT THIS YEAR, UH, AT THE END OF THIS YEAR.
AND I HOPE YOU DO MUCH BETTER AT RETIREMENT THAN I HAVE.
AND, UH, ENJOY YOURSELF, UH, IN DOING THAT FOR YOU.
I THINK IT'S BEEN HOW MANY YEARS YOU'VE BEEN? 42, 29 30 IN THE SYSTEM, THEN THIS IS ABOUT THEIR CAREER.
AND YOU STARTED WHEN YOU WERE THREE, OBVIOUSLY
SO THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR OUR PARISH AND FOR THE STUDENTS.
AND IN SAYING THAT SCHOOL BOARD MAGORE, CAN WE PLEASE GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AT AGENDA 57 YEARS DEDICATED TO STUDENTS, COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH, MS. MCBRIDE.
NEXT IN THE QUEUE WE HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT, DR.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, THAT WE, UH, WORKED ON CREATING A NEW PROCESS IN TERMS OF CHOOSING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND, UM, UM, TODAY WE INTERVIEW, UM, INTERVIEWED, UM, UH, I GOT TO TALK TO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADVISORY BOARD FOR JK HAYNES.
AND I KNOW THAT FLAME IS GOING TO COME.
WHAT WE'RE DOING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY IS THAT WE ARE NOW INVOLVING MULTIPLE STAKEHOLDERS, UH, WITH FAMILIES, UH, STAFF FROM THAT SCHOOL, UM, AND ALSO COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW SLATE OF THE CANDIDATES.
AND THEN THEY PROVIDE ME WITH THE TOP TWO RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AFTER THEY GO THROUGH THAT SLATE.
AND THEN I CHOOSE FROM THERE BASED ON THAT THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT, UH, COMMITTEE'S CHOICE OF WHO THEY WANT TO BE SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
AND SO, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR.
MS. MCBRIDE, I KNOW I'VE BEEN ASKED, THEY'VE BEEN ASKING ME WHAT'S THE PROCESS
SO, UH, BUT UH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT FOR ALMOST EVERY SCHOOL NOW.
UH, AND THE HR OFFICE IS ALSO SENDING OUT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS
[00:20:01]
AWARE ABOUT HOW OUR PROCESS IS MUCH MORE INCLUSIVE WITH VARIOUS, UH, STAKEHOLDERS.UM, AND ALSO FOR THE COMMITTEE TO HAVE A, A BUY-IN TO SAY ON HOW WHO IS THE NEXT LEADER OF THE SCHOOL.
SO, AND MS. MCBRIEN, I WANNA SAY PUBLICLY, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR SERVICE.
SEEING NO OTHER NAMES IN THE QUEUE AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TURN TO OUR PUBLIC FOR ANY COMMENTS.
SEEING NO CUE CARDS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL COME BACK TO OUR BOARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SEEING NO NAMES IN THE QUEUE AT THIS TIME.
MADAME SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[G. Consent Agenda]
TO ITEM G.CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME, IT WILL BE READ INTO ORDER BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PATRICK MARTIN.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE TO BE APPROVED AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF ITEMS UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER SHALL REQUEST.
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.
ATTENDANCE ZONES HIGH SCHOOL'S.
CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A CHANGE IN THE ATTENDANCE ZONES FOR INCOMING NINTH GRADERS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2324 AND THEREAFTER FOR BROADMORE HIGH SCHOOL, ESTRO HIGH SCHOOL AND TOWER HIGH SCHOOL AS A RESULT OF THE REQUIRED ATTENDANCE ZONE FOR INCOMING NINTH GRADE STUDENTS AT CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL.
NUMBER THREE, MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY.
CONSIDERATION FOR REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING, A CLOSURE OF UNIVERSITY TERRACE ELEMENTARY.
CLOSURE OF BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY C OPENING OF MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY WITH A NEW ATTENDANCE ZONE ENCOMPASSING THE COMBINED AREA OF THE FORMER ATTENDANCE ZONES FOR BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY AND MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
REVISED BUDGET CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE REVISED 20 22 20 23 GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
NUMBER FIVE, PASTA WADE NETTERVILLE PROPOSAL AUDITING SERVICES.
CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL FROM POSTAL WADE NETTERVILLE TO PROVIDE AUDITING SERVICES FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR THREE YEARS WITH AN ADDITIONAL TWO YEAR RENEWAL OPTION AT THE COST OF $163,000 FOR 20 23 160 $7,000 FOR 2024 AND $171,000 FOR 2025 FUNDING SOURCE GENERAL FUND.
CONSIDER CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF LEVING MILLAGES EFFECTIVE ON THE 2023 ASSESSMENT ROLE AS REQUIRED BY LAW BY JUNE 1ST, 2023 SEVEN.
NAMING OF THE JK HANE SITE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NAMING OF THE NEW SCHOOL TO BE LOCATED.
SITE NUMBER EIGHT, BID SEATECH CULINARY CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE AUTHORIZATION FOR STAFF TO ADVERTISE, ACCEPT THE LOW BIDS MEANING SPECIFICATIONS, AND MAKE THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEATECH CULINARY KITCHEN.
OR REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS FOR JUST CAUSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOUISIANA PUBLIC BID LAW LOUISIANA ADVISED STATUTE TITLE 38, CHAPTER 10, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT.
EXEMPLARY CUSTOMER SERVICE FUNDING SOURCE GENERAL FUND NINE CONTRACT OTIS ELEVATOR CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE REPAIR SCHOOL BOARD AND NOUS ELEVATOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,300 PER YEAR FOR FIVE YEARS FOR MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS ON DISTRICT ELEVATORS.
STRATEGIC LINE AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FUNDING SOURCE GENERAL FUND.
10 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS, EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT SERVICES CONSIDERATION FOR REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND THE FOLLOWING, A DR.
KSU WILLIAMS LP, BBC B AD AND CSP SUNDRY BEHAVIORAL SERVICES AND THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 TO PROVIDE APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SERVICES.
ADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS AND SHERRY HOLLINGSWORTH IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO PROVIDE ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE SERVICES.
C DEAF RESOURCE CENTER OF GREATER BATON ROUGE LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $80,000 TO PROVIDE QUALIFIED SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER SERVICES TO STUDENTS.
D AUDIO OPTICAL SYSTEMS OF AUSTIN INC.
IN THE AMOUNT OF $51,684 CAN PROVIDE A COMPREHENSIVE TEXT TO SPEECH INTEGRATED LITERACY SOLUTION.
E ALLIED INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICES LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000 TO PROVIDE ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES TO STUDENTS F TURNER LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $847,000 TO PROVIDE NURSING SERVICES TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
[00:25:01]
IN THE AMOUNT OF $77,000 TO PROVIDE NURSING SERVICES TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.H PEDIATRIC SERVICES OF AMERICA LLC DBA VIENNA HEALTHCARE IN THE AMOUNT OF $539,000 TO PROVIDE NURSING SERVICES TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
GAN HEALTHCARE CORPORATION DBA AGAN OSCHNER H C B S RIVER PARISHES IN THE AMOUNT OF $166,000 TO PROVIDE NURSING SERVICES TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FUNDING SOURCE I D E A, PART B, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT NON-PUBLIC CONSIDERATION FOR REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND THE FOLLOWING, A CATAPULT LEARNING IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 FOR THE 2023 CATHOLIC SCHOOLS TEACHER SUMMER INSTITUTE B INSPIRE ED CONSULTING LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $64,000 FOR THE 2023 DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE SUMMER LEADERSHIP SUMMIT FUNDING SOURCE TITLE TWO.
NON-PUBLIC 12 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT A NET CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARA SCHOOL BOARD AND THE FOLLOWING, A A NET IN THE AMOUNT OF $93,478 AND 40 CENTS TO PROVIDE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS FOR GRADES NINE THROUGH 11.
FUNDING SOURCE GENERAL FUND B A NET IN THE AMOUNT OF $192,678 AND 40 CENTS TO PROVIDE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENT FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT FUNDING SOURCE FEDERAL FUNDS.
13 20 23 20 24 BOARD MEETING CALENDAR CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE 20 23 20 24 SCHOOL YEAR 14 LITIGATION CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM GWEN SHALIN, GENERAL COUNSEL, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER.
AIA WASHINGTON VERSUS CYNTHIA ANDERSON AND EAST BATON ROUGE SCHOOL BOARD.
DOCKET NUMBER 7 0 3 5 74 SECTION 2219.
JUDI JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA AND RELATED MATTERS BE TRISH TRIAN, UH, VERSUS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AT AL.
SUIT NUMBER 6 3952 SECTION 27 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND RELATED MATTERS.
UM, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE WILL BE AN EXCEPTION IN THE PROVISIONS OF L R S 42 17 A TWO TO DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING, THOSE PRECEDING TWO ITEMS. UH, I SO MOVE.
THANK YOU SCUBA MEMBER MARTIN, CAN I GET A SECOND? ALRIGHT.
SECONDED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER NATHAN RUSH.
UH, AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ANY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE PUT YOUR NAME INSIDE OF THE QUEUE.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, I'M SORRY, VICE PRESIDENT CARLA POWELL? YES.
IF WE COULD PLEASE PULL, UM, ITEM THREE.
NEXT, IN THE QUEUE WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CLIFF LEWIS.
COULD WE PLEASE PULL ITEM, UM, EIGHT PLEASE.
AND ITEM 11? THAT IS ITEM EIGHT AND 11? YES.
SEEING NO OTHER NAMES INSIDE OF THE QUEUE AT THIS TIME TO PULL ANY ITEMS OR FOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS, WE WILL NOW GO TO THE PUBLIC SEEING NO CUE CARDS AT THIS TIME, WE WILL COME BACK TO OUR BOARD.
AT THIS TIME NOW WE WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.
AND THIS IS ONLY ON THE ITEMS THAT WERE NOT PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE VOTE.
[G.3. McKinley Elementary]
WE WILL, UH, TURN TO ITEM G THREE, MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING CLOSURE OF UNIVERSITY TERRACE ELEMENTARY CLOSURE OF BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY OPENING OF MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY WITH A NEW ATTENDANT ZONE ENCOMPASSING THE COMBINED AREA OF THE FORMER ATTENDANT ZONES FOR BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY AND MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY.[00:30:01]
THIS TIME, WE NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL ALLOW MADAM SECRETARY TO MAKE A CORRECTION.
IT SHOULD READ BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY AND UNIVERSITY TERRACE ELEMENTARY.
SO I'LL JUST REREAD ITEM C I'M SORRY, ITEM THREE G THREE C FOR THE CORRECTION OPENING OF MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY WITH A NEW ATTENDANT ZONE ENCOMPASSING THE COMBINED AREA OF THE FORMER ATTENDANT ZONES FOR BUCH KENNAN ELEMENTARY AND UNIVERSITY TERRACE ELEMENTARY.
CAN I GET A MOTION MOVED BY VICE PRESIDENT CAR POWELL? SECONDED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PATRICK MARTIN.
OKAY, THIS TIME NOW I'LL TURN TO OUR BOARD FOR ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM SAYING NONE.
I WILL TURN TO THE PUBLIC FOR ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, SEEING NO NAMES INSIDE OF THE QUEUE.
WE WILL COME BACK TO OUR BOARDS FOR IN BACK TO OUR BOARD FOR ANY COMMENTS ON THE ITEM SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CLIFF LEWIS? THAT WAS A MISTAKE.
AT THIS TIME, IF THERE ARE NOT ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM FROM OUR BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY, WE WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[G.8. Bid-CTEC Culinary]
ITEM G EIGHT BID.CTECH CULINARY CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE STAFF TO, TO AUTHORIZE EXCEPT THE LOW BIDS, LOW BIDS, MEETING SPEC, I'M SORRY, SPECIFICATIONS.
AND MAKE THE AWARD OF A CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEATECH CULINARY KITCHEN, OR REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS FOR JUST CAUSE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC BID LAW LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE.
CAN I GET A MOTION MOVED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SHOSHONE STEWART, SECONDED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CLIFF LEWIS.
AT THIS TIME NOW, I WILL GO TO THE QUEUE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CLIFF LEWIS.
MY CONCERN WITH THE ITEM IS, I MEAN, IT'S ROUGHLY $700,000 FOR A KITCHEN AT A FACILITY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN UNDERUTILIZED.
IS THERE THAT MUCH DEMAND FOR A KITCHEN AT SEA TECH? I MEAN, SEA TECHS IN MY DISTRICT.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S $700,000 WORTH OF DEMAND FOR A CULINARY KITCHEN.
UH, AND ALSO, I, I MEAN, HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED AT CTECH? SO, GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBER SUPERINTENDENT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL, WITH THE CULINARY KITCHEN, THERE WILL BE SOME GENERAL FUNDS AND SOME CAREER DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THAT WILL BE USED TO FUND THE PROJECT.
IT'S NOT FULLY FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
REGARDING THE DEMAND, CULINARY WAS OFFERED FOR 2324.
THE PLAN WAS TO OPEN TWO CLASSROOMS WITH, I THINK IT'S 20 STUDENTS, AND THEY HAD TO OPEN THREE SECTIONS BECAUSE THE FIRST TWO SECTIONS FILLED WITHIN A WEEK.
PROSTART IS OFFERED AT SEVERAL SCHOOLS, BUT THE DEMAND FOR STUDENTS WANTING CULINARY IS SO MUCH MORE, WHICH IS WHY THE CTECH TEAM WAS CONSIDERING OPENING THE KITCHEN.
IS IS THERE A REAL NUMBER ATTACHED TO THAT? 300 STUDENTS? 200 STUDENTS? OH, SORRY.
I THINK IT'S 402 STUDENTS, 450 STUDENTS FOR NEXT YEAR.
MARTHA, WILL YOU COME TO THE MIC PLEASE? YEAH.
HEY, MARGIE, AND SAY YOU IN A WHILE.
AND BOARD MEMBER RIGHT BEFORE, UM, MARTY TALKED, I JUST WANT, I DO WANT TO ADD, UM, IT WAS A CONCERN IN TERMS OF NUMBERS.
WE WORKED A LOT WITH SCHOOLS, AND SO THERE'S BEEN A PROGRESSION OF INCREASE.
I THINK THAT 400 WILL BE THE HIGHEST NUMBER THEY'VE HAD, UH, EVER IN THIS, IN THE, IN THE, UH, IN THAT SCHOOL.
THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO'VE BEEN VETTED FOR, UM, ACCEPTANCE.
SO WE MAY NEED A WHOLE NOTHER WING NEXT TIME.
I MEAN, I, I, I WAS, NO, I WAS NOT AWARE OF THE INCREASE IN THE, OF DEMAND, SO LET'S NOT UNDERSTAND IT.
THERE'S A THIRD CLASS THAT'S BEEN OPENED AS WELL, AND THE LAST TIME WE HAD OUR WEEKLY CHECK-IN MEETING THE NUMBER WAS AT 18.
SO THAT THIRD CLASS IS ALMOST FULL AS WELL.
I'M STILL, I, I REMEMBER YOU INVITING ME
[00:35:01]
TO COME OVER AND HAVE A MEAL, SO I'M, I'M STILL COMING.OH, AND, UH, THE LOUISIANA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION, PROSTART DIRECTOR HAS BEEN TO THE CAMPUS AND SHE'S APPROVED IT, AND SHE'S GOING TO HELP US FIND RESTAURANTS IN THE AREA THAT PARTICIPATE WITH HIGH SCHOOLS.
UH, HOW MUCH OF THE, HOW MUCH OF THE, I MEAN, OF THESE DOLLARS, WHAT'S THE AMOUNT OF DOLLARS COMING OUTTA THE GENERAL FUND? SO CURRENTLY HALF A MILLION OF THE CAREER DEVELOPMENT FUND IS SET ASIDE FOR THE KITCHEN, AND THEN THE ADDITIONAL WOULD COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO 225,000.
ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT CAREER DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ARE? NO, NOT REALLY.
IF YOU'RE IN A HIGH WAGE CLASS, YOU GET AN EXTRA 6%.
SO WE'VE MADE MONEY OFFERING CAREER AND TECH COURSES IN EBR R.
WE'RE MAKING MONEY INSTEAD OF SPENDING MONEY.
THANK YOU COACH LEWIS, A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER LEWIS, AT THIS TIME NOW WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MICHAEL GOK.
I JUST WANTED TO, UH, REMIND EVERYONE AT THE SEATECH CULINARY PROGRAM THAT WE AS A BOARD WILL BE WILLING PARTICIPANTS IN ANY TASTE TESTINGS, UH, THAT YOU NEED, WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, UH, WE CAN ALSO SIT FOR A FINAL EXAM AS THE, UH, TASTE TESTERS.
AT THIS TIME, NOW SEEING OF THE NAMES INSIDE OF THE QUEUE, WE WILL NOW TURN TO OUR PUBLIC.
FIRST UP, WE HAVE MS. KODA CORLEY.
HOW Y'ALL DOING? KORANDA CORLEY, PARENT DISABILITIES ADVOCATE.
I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE Y'ALL SMILING BECAUSE Y'ALL KNOW I'M ABOUT TO TELL Y'ALL THIS IS A WRONG MOVE.
WHY? BECAUSE WE HAVE, SO, OKAY.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, I LOVE TARA HIGH SCHOOL'S CULINARY PROGRAM.
THEY PROGRAM IS VERY, VERY GOOD.
THEY TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO BE VERY PROFESSIONAL IF THEY WANNA GO INTO CULINARY.
HOWEVER, WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, I TOLD Y'ALL, WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO APPROVE THINGS TO GO TO SEATECH.
AND YOU DON'T ALLOW THE CHILDREN WITH THE CHILDREN FROM NORTHEAST AND WOODLAND, WHICH IS THE FURTHEST AWAY, HOW ARE THEY'RE GONNA GET THERE SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY RECEIVE THE EDUCATION.
SO FROM NORTHEAST TO CTECH BUILDING, IT'S GONNA ROUGHLY TAKE THEM ABOUT AN HOUR.
THAT'S A HOUR OF INSTRUCTIONAL MINUTES.
NOW, LET, LET ME NOT GO ON A TANGENT AND START TALKING ABOUT THAT.
THE BUILDING IS NOT IN ADA COMPLIANCE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES TO BE PRESENT AND BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
WE HAVE TO MAKE IT TO WHERE EVERYBODY CAN PARTICIPATE, AND THAT IS PROBLEMATIC.
SO I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT, THEN THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO FIND A WAY FOR THE STUDENTS AT WOODLAWN AND NORTHEAST TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SAME PROGRAMS. SO MAYBE THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR US TO HAVE ABOUT DOING A NICE PARTNERSHIP WITH SOMEBODY.
I DON'T KNOW, B, RCC AND JACKSON.
UM, BUT I'M, I AM TELLING YOU THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN, WITH OUR CHILDREN AT NORTHEAST AND WOODLAND, THEY ARE THE FEATHERS AWAY FROM SEATECH AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, STUDENTS THAT ATTEND LEHIGH, THEY'RE NOT BEING ABLE, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EITHER.
AND IT IS ONLY BECAUSE THE PRINCIPAL IS MAKING THAT DECISION BECAUSE THEY, UH, UH, IT WAS SOMETHING ALONG THE LINE BECAUSE THEY ARE COLLEGE PREPARATORY AND THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND GET A TRADE.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UH, ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHAT CTECH IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT AND MAKE SURE, AGAIN, THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
AND SO I'M GOING TO TAKE ALL THE REST OF MY TIME FOR THE NEXT ITEM.
I APPRECIATE Y'ALL SMILING AND Y'ALL LOOK WONDERFUL TODAY.
AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME FOOD AND DRINKS NEXT TIME.
UM, AT THIS TIME NOW, SEEING NO OTHER CARDS INSIDE OF THE COMMENT QUEUE FROM OUR PUBLIC, WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR BOARD AND I'LL PUT MYSELF IN THE QUEUE REALLY QUICK.
UM, I THINK WE KIND OF SPOKE ON THIS IN LENGTH
[00:40:01]
LAST TIME.UM, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I DID RAISE NOT TO GET FROM BEING JERMAINE ON A TOPIC, MADAME VP, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME WAS ADDRESSING THAT, AND I ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT, UH, WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR WOODLAWN IN NORTHEAST ARE SCHOOLS THAT ARE KIND OF FAR OUT IN PROXIMITY.
AND I THINK LAST TIME, I'LL JUST ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK ON THIS, I KNOW YOU SAID FOR NORTH, I'M SORRY, NOT NORTHEAST, BUT WOODLAWN, YOU SAID THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABC CONTRACTORS POSSIBLY WORKING WITH THEM TO USE A SATELLITE, UH, SETUP AT THAT CAMPUS.
AND YOU ALSO SAID WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO DO SATELLITE, UM, PROGRAMS AT NORTHEAST ALSO.
SO I'LL LET YOU SPEAK ON THAT.
UM, AS, UM, THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY, THE SCHOOLS WERE ABLE TO PICK, UH, THREE OF THE FIVE PATHWAYS, WHICH IS OUR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS.
UM, IN, UH, WOODLAWN, ONE OF THEIR, UM, UM, PATHWAYS WAS TECHNOLOGY, UH, AND, UH, CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING.
UH, MISS SPALDING, DO YOU REMEMBER THE WOODLAWN ONES? OKAY.
SO THE, THE GOAL THAT WE WANTED TO WORK WAS AS THEY, UM, PICKED, UM, UH, THOSE AREAS THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH, UH, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, SORRY, UM, BUSINESS PARTNERS THAT WERE CLOSER SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL.
SO ABC IS ACTUALLY CLOSER THERE AND WORKING THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
AND THAT'S A PART OF THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGH THE TALENT ACTION COLLABORATIVE.
UM, ALL THE SCHOOLS WERE ABLE TO PICK THREE OF THE FIVE PATHWAYS THAT, UM, WAS COMPLETED IN DECEMBER.
AND THEN FROM THERE, UM, UH, NOW WE ARE GONNA BEGIN TO MATCH THEM UP, UH, BASED ON WHAT THOSE INDUSTRIES ARE.
AND THAT'S FROM, UH, FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
NEXT, IN THE QUEUE, WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, VICE PRESIDENT CO POWELL, UM, DR.
NACYS, I WAS GONNA ASK IF, UM, IF NORTHEAST OR WOODLAWN HAS NOT CHOSEN A CULINARY ARTS PROGRAM, DO THEY AT LEAST HAVE FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE OR HOME ECONOMICS? I KNOW THAT THAT CAME UP AT THE LAST MEETING AS WELL.
UM, THE SCHOOL HAS, UM, STILL THOSE OPTIONS IS JUST, UH, HOW ARE THEY'RE CREATING WITHIN THE PATHWAYS.
AND SO, UM, UM, UM, WE ARE NOT LIMITING SCHOOLS FROM THAT, BUT WE ARE TRYING TO CONNECT, UH, BUSINESS PARTNERS CLOSER TO SCHOOLS SO KIDS CAN DO INTERNSHIPS OR DO HANDS-ON LEARNING, UH, WITHIN THOSE SCHOOLS.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE WIDE OPEN.
SO FAMILIES AND, UH, PARENTS AND TEACHERS AND MS. CORLEY, IF YOU ALL WANNA SEE FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE AT THOSE PARTICULAR SCHOOLS, THEN YOU NEED TO GO AND TALK TO THE ADMINISTRATION THERE TO, TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO ADD THEM.
NEXT WE HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SHOSHONE STEWART, I JUST HAD A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, CTECH PROGRAM AND HOW STUDENTS, UH, ENTER THAT PROGRAM.
IS IT JUST AT FREE? WILL IS, CAN ANYONE ENTER THAT PROGRAM? UH, HOW DOES THAT GO? WE HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS AND ALL SCHOOLS ARE INVITED TO ENCOURAGE THEIR STUDENTS TO ATTEND.
WE SEND OUR TEACHERS, OUR INSTRUCTORS OUT TO PROMOTE THEIR PROGRAMS. WE'VE HAD FIELD TRIPS ALL YEAR FROM ALL AREA SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO SHOW OFF OUR, OUR PROGRAMS IN OUR FACILITIES.
UM, AND QUESTION, LIKE, UH, SO DOES, UH, AND I HAD A QUESTION LIKE, ARE SOME OF THE LIKE A GPA OR ARE ANY OF THOSE THINGS LIKE CRITERIA, UH, FOR, FOR ENROLLMENT ONLY FOR MEDICAL, OR IF THE PROGRAM GETS VERY FULL, LIKE MEDICAL GOT FULL IMMEDIATELY WITH 150 STUDENTS AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY SPOTS.
SO MAYBE MY, MY STUDENTS MAY BE TRANSITIONING FROM MAYBE LIKE THE DISCIPLINARY, MAYBE HAVE HAD, YOU KNOW, UH, ISSUES WITH BEHAVIOR.
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR THOSE PROGRAMS, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM.
AND WE DO HAVE STUDENTS FROM NORTHEAST AND WOODLAWN.
IF THEIR PARENTS ALLOWED TO DRIVE.
I THINK THAT WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION AS WELL.
SO JUST WANT FOR THE BOARD TO BE CLEAR.
TRANSPORTATION AS WE OFFER THESE TYPE OF PROGRAM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO RESOLVE, SO, OKAY.
UM, BUT IT'S MUCH MORE COMPLEX.
AND I'LL ALSO MENTION THAT WE HAD STUDENTS WITH INTERNSHIPS FOR THE PILOT THAT WERE FROM NORTHEAST AND TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTED THEM TO THEIR WORK SITES EVERY DAY.
AND MAYBE THOSE STUDENTS THAT LIKE MAYBE ARE BEHIND IN HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LACKING, ARE THEY STILL ABLE TO APPLY AND QUALIFY? YES.
IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE MORE COURSES AT THEIR SCHOOL.
SO MAYBE IF THEY HAVE TO TAKE MORE COURSES THAT WILL PROHIBIT THEM FROM ENROLLING INTO THAT PROGRAM.
AND THIS SUMMER AT CTECH, WE'RE HAVING JUMP START SUMMERS THAT WE'LL HAVE SIX CLASSES GOING ON.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME SEE IT.
JUNE, THANK I GOT TIME THIS SUMMER.
[00:45:01]
THANK YOU SO MUCH.AND JUST FOR CLARITY, THE CREDIT RECOVERY COULD PROHIBIT A STUDENT FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERNSHIP, NOT NECESSARILY PARTICIPATING IN CTECH.
NEXT WE HAVE SCHOOL MEMBER NATHAN WEST.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I SUPPORT THIS ITEM, UM, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S AN INVESTMENT IN OPPORTUNITIES FOR KIDS OUTSIDE OF TRADITIONAL, UM, COLLEGE TRACKS, WHICH IF YOU KNOW ME, I'M ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF, I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND IN SEA TECH.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, SEA TECH IS THREE MILES CLOSER TO WOODLAWN THAN BATON ROUGE HIGH.
IF ACADEMICALLY FOCUSED KIDS CAN GET TO BATON ROUGE, HIGH CAREER FOCUSED KIDS CAN GET TO SEA TECH.
IT'S STILL A LONG BUS TRIP, BUT THEY CAN MAKE IT THERE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW THE MILEAGE FROM NORTHEAST TO SEA TECH, BUT, UH, I THINK IT'S COMPARABLE AND IT NORTHEAST IS A CHALLENGE IN AND OF ITSELF AND THAT PART OF THE PARISH, I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND, UH, I KNOW THAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT HAS VOICED TRYING TO MAKE MORE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE PARISH AND WE DEAL WITH THOSE DISPARITIES.
SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
SEEING OTHER NAMES INSIDE OF THE QUEUE AT THIS TIME.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE VOTE.
[G.11. Professional Services Contract: Non-Public]
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.NONPUBLIC CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EASTBOUND ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND THE FOLLOWING.
CATAPULT LEARNING IN THE AMOUNT OF $30,000 FOR THE 2023 CATHOLIC SCHOOL'S TEACHER SUMMER INSTITUTE, AND B, INSPIRE ED CONSULTING L L C IN THE AMOUNT OF $64,000 FOR THE 2020 3 23 DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE SUMMER LEADERSHIP SUMMIT.
CAN I GET A MOTION MOVED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MARK BELU, SECONDED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER SHOSHONE STEWART.
IT'S TIME NOW I WILL TURN TO THE QUEUE.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CLIFF LEWIS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR, UH, THE DIOCESE, THE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.
UM, I JUST NEED SOMEBODY TO EXPLAIN TO ME JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW WE'RE GONNA SPEND $94,000 TRAINING TEACHERS THAT DON'T TEACH OUR KIDS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.
WE PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION AND ALL THAT.
I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON SPENDING $94,000.
BETHY OR I DON'T SEE HER HERE.
UH, MS. LOPEZ, CAN YOU COME ON UP HERE? THANK YOU.
AND WHAT WILL WE PROVI GO AHEAD.
BETHY, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE A SWING AT IT.
SO, UM, AS THE E A OF THE PARISH, MANY OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS FLOW THROUGH US.
AND SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT WE ARE PAYING FOR IT, WE ARE THE FUNDING SOURCE.
SO THEY ARE DOING THIS AND WE ARE SPENDING THE MONEY ON WHAT THEY WANT.
SO WE'RE JUST A CONDUIT CONDUIT.
WE'RE A CONDUIT FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT MONEY FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT SCHOOLS BECAUSE WE ARE THE L E A OF THE PARISH.
NEXT WE HAVE SCUBA MEMBER MICHAEL GOE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD.
ON A RELATED MATTER, UH, YOU MENTIONED BUS TRANSPORTATION.
AND THE BUS TRANSPORTATION FOR THE NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A MATTER OF STATE LAW THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
THAT'S NOT AN OPTION THAT WE HAVE A CHOICE OF DOING.
SO IT'S AN UNFUNDED MANDATE BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION FOR NON-PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS.
DID YOU REMEMBER, YOU RECALL THE LITTLE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS ON THE STAGE WITH ME DOING SWEARING IN? HE MADE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR TO ME THAT HE RODE AN E B R SCHOOL BUS EVERY DAY TO, UH, HIS PRIVATE SCHOOL
THIS TIME, SEE NO OTHER NAMES INSIDE OF THE QUEUE.
WE WILL TURN TO OUR PUBLIC FOR ANY COMMENTS.
SEEING NO CUE CARD AT THIS TIME, WE WILL COME BACK TO OUR BOARD SEEING NO NAMES INSIDE OF THE QUEUE.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[00:50:10]
THE MOTION CARRIES.[H.1. Student Expulsion]
ITEM H UNDER NEW BUSINESS.SEEING AS WE PULLED ITEM ONE, UM, EARLIER, WE WILL TURN TO ITEM H TWO STUDENT EXPULSION DISCUSSION SLASH CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO APPEAL A STUDENT EXPULSION BROUGHT TO US TODAY BY OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, UH, ATTORNEY GWEN SHALIN.
COULD YOU GIVE SOME CONTEXT ON THIS, UH, ATTORNEY SHALIN? UH, YES.
UM, JUST BRIEFLY, UH, THE BOARD'S ALREADY BEEN, UM, RECEIVED SOME COMMUNICATION.
UH, STUDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL DECISIONS OF THE HEARINGS OFFICER TO THE BOARD FOR REVIEW.
UM, AND SO THIS COMES TO THE BOARD AS, AS A REQUEST FOR REVIEW.
THE BOARD WILL VOTE, NOT VOTE TONIGHT, BUT THE BOARD WILL DETERMINE TONIGHT WHETHER IT WILL HEAR THIS AT A, AS A FULL HEARING AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD IN JUNE, WHICH IS ONE MONTH FROM THE NIGHT.
UM, IT REQUIRES A MOTION AND A SECOND.
SO, UM, THE CHAIR WILL ASK THE BOARD, UH, FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND IF IT'S THEIR DESIRE TO, TO REVIEW THIS MATTER IN 30 DAYS.
SO HEARING THAT, CAN WE, UH, CALL FOR THAT NOW? YES, SIR.
CAN I GET A MOTION MOVED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERSHIP? I'M SORRY, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER KATIE KENERSON, SECONDED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER PATRICK MARTIN.
THIS TIME NOW I'LL TURN TO THE QUEUE.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO COMMENT.
THERE'S NO COMMENT, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE BOARD COMMENT, BECAUSE THE NATURE OF THIS IS, IS STUDENT RELATED PRIVATE INFORMATION.
THIS TIME WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.
[H.2. Litigation]
CAN TURN TO ITEM H THREE LITIGATION CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO APPROVE THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING THE EASTBOUND ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD'S PARTICIPATION IN THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON LOUISIANA OPIOID, UH, SETTLEMENT BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS MATTER.SCHOOL BOARD, I'M SORRY, GENERAL COUNSEL, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME, UH, INSIGHT ON THIS? YES, SIR.
I WANT TO, UH, FIRST LET THE BOARD KNOW, I KNOW THAT THE BOARD'S PRIORITY IS TO HAVE ALL MATTERS GO THROUGH THE COMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
THIS MATTER COMES TO YOU GUYS AS ITS FIRST TIME TO THE REGULAR MEETING.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS IT'S TIME INTENSIVE.
UM, THERE'S A NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT, UH, THE FUNDS TO BE RECEIVED BY STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
AND SO, UH, ALL POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN THE STATE MUST OPT IN AND AGREE TO, UH, PARTICIPATE IN THE SETTLEMENT FOR THE STATE TO ENJOY THE FUNDS, UM, WHICH WILL ADDRESS OPIOID REMEDIATION.
RIGHT? AND SO YOU HAVE GOT, THIS BOARD HAS THE HONOR OF BEING THE LAST POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TO OPT INTO THAT AGREEMENT TO ALLOW LOUISIANA TO FULLY, UM, RECEIVE THE FUNDS AND THEN EMPLOY THEM INTO THEIR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FOR USE.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY, UH, PARISH ATTORNEY AND, UH, AND SPECIAL COUNSEL FOR THE CLAIMANTS THAT, UH, ROUGHLY 28 MILLION HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO LOUISIANA FOR USE.
UM, THOSE WILL BE MANAGED THROUGH THE CITY PARISH OFFICE, UH, FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS IN THE PARISH.
AND SO THE SCHOOL BOARD WILL RECEIVE SOME PORTION OF THAT BASED UPON DETERMINATIONS AND FACTORS THAT'LL BE FIGURED LATER.
UM, I COULD NOT GET AN EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR US, BUT IN ESSENCE, YOU'RE AUTHORIZING MYSELF, SUPERINTENDENT, AND THE BOARD PRESIDENT TO SIGN DOCUMENTS TO AUTHORIZE US TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
SO THAT WILL, IT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE SYSTEM.
UH, SEEING AS THAT WE ARE THE LAST, UH, SUBDIVISION, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION TO VOTE IN THIS MATTER.
IF WE DON'T VOTE IN THIS TONIGHT, WE'LL BE HOLDING THIS PROCESS UP FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
AND, AND THIS MATTER WAS BROUGHT TO ME, UM, TOO LATE FOR ME TO GET IT ON THE CALL.
AND SO I'M BRINGING IT TO YOU GUYS CUZ I'VE BEEN ASKED TO GET A RESOLUTION BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL.
AT THIS TIME NOW, CAN I GET A MOTION MOVED BY SCUBA MEMBER MICHAEL GODDE, SECONDED BY SCUBA MEMBER CLIFF LEWIS AT THIS TIME NOW WE'LL GO TO OUR BOARD SCUBA MEMBER PATRICK MARTIN.
UH, MR. SANDLIN, JUST JUST FOR MY CURIOSITY, I I SUPPORT THIS.
WE'RE GONNA GET WHATEVER WE WIND UP GETTING THROUGH THE LOCAL POLITICAL PROCESS, I ASSUME.
BUT WHAT WE KNOW WHEN WE, WHEN ONCE YOU AND THE SUPERINTENDENT ACTUALLY SIGNED THE, THE DOCUMENT THAT WE AUTHORIZED YOU TO SIGN TONIGHT, WHAT WE KNOW AT THAT TIME, HOW MUCH WE'RE GONNA GET, OR IT'S A WHOLE PROCESS TO COME LATER.
AND WHAT WE CAN DO, MR. MARTIN, IF IT, IF IT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD IS AT SOME POINT WHEN WE RECEIVE INFORMATION, WE CAN MAKE A REPORT TO THE BOARD OF WHAT THAT PROCESS IS AND WHAT WE MIGHT BE RECEIVING.
BUT, UH, WE CAN'T PROVIDE THAT TONIGHT.
[00:55:01]
NEXT WE HAVE SCHOOL MEMBER CLIFF LEWIS.ANY IDEA WHERE THESE FUNDS WILL, WHAT THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR? UH, WELL, UM, JUST LOOKING AT THE DOCUMENTS THAT I REVIEWED, OPIOID REMEDIATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC IS, HAS BECOME A PROBLEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
AND SO, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT NEEDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
WORKING WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND OTHER ENTITIES TO DETERMINE HOW WE USE THOSE MONIES.
THE SCHOOL BOARD, OF COURSE, IS A LOGICAL ONE ENTITY THAT'S A LOGICAL PLACE TO EMPLOY THAT.
SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING MORE INFORMATION TO YOU LATER.
MAYBE WE COULD PUT 'EM IN THE SAVINGS ACCOUNT OR SOMETHING.
I THINK, UH, WHAT HE'S ASKING IS, IS ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE DOLLARS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WRONG, COACH, ARE THERE'S GO, ARE THOSE DOLLARS GONNA BE RESTRICTED OR UNRESTRICTED? UH, FUNDING? WELL, THERE ARE.
THERE ARE, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, THERE ARE MANDATES, UM, ON HOW IT CAN BE USED.
UH, OPIOID REMEDIATION'S, THE MAIN PIECE.
THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER, OTHER AREAS AS WELL.
EDUCATION, AWARENESS, UH, CAMPAIGN.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER REQUIREMENTS, BUT THOSE GUIDELINES WILL BE PROVIDED LATER.
THANK YOU COUNSEL AT THIS TIME NOW.
NO PROBLEM, COACH AT THIS TIME NOW WE'LL TURN TO OUR PUBLIC FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SEEING NO CUE CARDS ON THIS MATTER.
WE WILL COME BACK TO OUR BOARD FOR ANY COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE VOTE.
[I.1. BRBYTES: LSU/EBRPSS and USDOE/NSF Grant Partnership Update]
RIGHT ALONG.NEXT WE HAVE ITEM I ONE FOR PRESENTATIONS, AND THAT IS FOR B R BITS, LSU EASTBOUND ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND THE U, THE S D O E AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANT PRESENTATION UPDATE.
DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AT THIS TIME? UH, PRESIDENT ALANIS, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UM, FOR THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ITEM FOR US TO MOVE THIS MM-HMM.
CAN WE GET A MOTION TO MOVE THIS ITEM TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE HOLD? WELL, IT'S THE ITEMS A PRESENTATION, SO IT'S PLACED BY THE CHAIR.
UM, THERE'S NO, NO REALLY NO NEED TO MOVE IT.
[J.1. Announcement of Meetings]
RIGHT ALONG.WE'RE NOW GOING TO ITEM J ONE UNDER ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS. ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETINGS.
A PUBLIC HEARING BOARD WORKSHOP BUDGET TO BE HELD ON JUNE 1ST, 2023 AT 5:00 PM IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE.
BOARDROOM COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 1ST, 2023, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING BOARD WORKSHOP IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE BOARDROOM, REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO BE HELD ON JUNE 15TH, 2023 AT 5:00 PM IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE BOARDROOM.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN MEETINGS.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN, SCHOOLDAY, I'M TRYING TO GET YOU BEFORE SISTER.
SO I'M TRYING TO HEAR HIM GET IN THE QUEUE.
Y'ALL KNOW Y'ALL WRONG FOR THIS.
YOU GONNA WAIT UNTIL ON HIS DAY FOR US TO END.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO KEEP ALL OF THIS GOING FOR NEXT MONTH TOO.
WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
AND WE GET TO GET OUT OF THIS MEETING.
BUT BEFORE WE DO, I WILL SAY THANK YOU MADAME VICE PRESIDENT, FOR ALL THAT YOU DO WITH THE COMMITTEE TO HOLD TO HELP US TO GET THROUGH THESE MEETINGS WHENEVER WE GET TO THE REGULAR.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? WOO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.