[A. Meeting Opening]
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THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR REGULAR BOARD MEETING FOR THE FEBRUARY 19TH, 2026 AGENDA.
THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER EMILY SOLE AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY CADET SERGEANT SORAY MARTINEZ OF LIBERTY MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, ACCOMPANIED BY COLONEL RETIRED JONAH HUGHES.
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND? BOW YOUR HEADS.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PAUSE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE STUDENTS ENTRUSTED TO OUR CARE FOR THEIR FAMILIES, FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF.
AND FOR EACH PERSON GATHERED HERE THIS EVENING, GRANT US WISDOM AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE OF OUR SCHOOLS.
HELP US TO LISTEN WITH OPEN MINDS.
SPEAK WITH KINDNESS AND CLARITY, AND ACT WITH INTEGRITY AND COURAGE.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL MALBOROUGH.
I AM THE, UM, SENIOR ARMY INSTRUCTOR FOR CYBERSECURITY AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING US OVER TODAY.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK BIO.
UM, REGARDING CADET SARAIYA MARTINEZ.
UH, SHE RECENTLY WON THE EAST BATON ROUGE, JRTC LED TWO BOARD OF THE YEAR RECIPIENT.
UH, SHE'S A SOPHOMORE AT OUR SCHOOL AND ALSO ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE ARMY ROTC CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM.
SHE CURRENTLY SERVES AS AN ASSISTANT PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER IN THE PATRIOT BATTALION, WHERE SHE DEMONSTRATES STRONG LEADERSHIP, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND COMMITMENT TO TEAM SUCCESS.
IN ADDITION, SHE MAINTAINS A 4.3 GPA WHILE ENROLLED IN HONORS AND STEM FOCUSED COURSEWORK OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.
SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE COLOR GUARD, THE DRILL TEAMS, AND ALSO THE DIGITAL MEDIA CLUB THAT WE HOSTED LIBERTY.
SHE RECENTLY HELPED LEAD OUR LEAD.
SHE RECENTLY HELPED LEAD HER TEAM TO A EBR DRILL COMPETITION VICTORY.
RECENTLY SHE ASSISTED IN DESIGNING AND PRESENTING A CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS PROJECT, FOCUSED ON PROJECTING ADULTS FROM ONLINE SOCIAL ENGINEERING THREATS THAT WE PRESENTED AT LSU ALLEN HALL.
SHE ALSO IS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF GOD, THE MIRACLE AS A DANCE TEAM MEMBER AND A CHOIR MEMBER IN THE FUTURE.
SHE'S CONSIDERING DIGITAL MEDIA WITH THE SPECIALTY IN GRAPHIC DESIGN.
SHE IS ALSO RECOGNIZED BY RECOGNIZED BY FACULTY AND PEERS FOR HER INTEGRITY, DISCIPLINE, AND HER ACADEMIC AND LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS MEDAL FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT.
CONGRATULATIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT TWO YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY DONE SO.
CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? CAN.
DISTRICT FOUR? PRESIDENT STEWART.
[B. Minutes]
ALONG TO ITEM B, MEETING MINUTES, APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES OF THE JANUARY 8TH, 2026.THE JANUARY 8TH, 2026 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING AND THE JANUARY 15TH, 2026 REGULAR BOARD MEETING AS PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? I HAVE A MOTION BY MR. GOEY.
AND HAVE A SECOND BY MR. MARTIN.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, ABRAHAM CARDS? NO.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO SEE IF ANY, OKAY.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION SAY NAY.
SECRETARY, CAN YOU CALL FOR A VOTE, PLEASE VOTE.
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THE MOTION CARRIES.[C. Information Only]
MOVING ALONG TO ITEM C, INFORMATION ONLY THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT AND PERSONNEL CHANGES.[D.1. Update from the Superintendent]
WE HAVE RE, UH, RECEIVED AS INFORMATION AND WE HAVE OUR LOVELY SUPERINTENDENT.THANK YOU MADAM PRESIDENT AND VICE VICE PRESIDENT.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE AND THOSE WATCHING AT HOME.
UH, FEBRUARY 18TH MARKS, UH, FEBRUARY MARKS OF 18 MONTHS FOR ME IN SERVICE AS SUPERINTENDENT.
563 DAYS AS OF TODAY BE WHO'S COUNTING? UH, FEBRUARY IS A MONTH LONG CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY.
A TIME TO HONOR THE PROFOUND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO OUR NATION'S HISTORY, CULTURE, AND PURSUIT OF JUSTICE.
IT CALLS US TO CELEBRATE ACHIEVEMENT, PRIORITIZE REPRESENTATION, ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND STRENGTHEN THE BONDS THAT UNIFY OUR COMMUNITY.
IT REMINDS US ALL THAT BLACK HISTORY IS NOT CONFINED TO FEBRUARY.
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO UNDERSTANDING AMERICAN HISTORY AS A WHOLE.
AS EDUCATORS, WE EMBRACE THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
OUR STRATEGIC PLAN PROVIDES CLEAR DIRECTION FOR KEY AREAS IN WHICH WE ORGANIZE OUR WORK.
LET'S GO HIGHER AS WE SHAPE SHARE OUR UPDATES GROUNDED IN THE CORE COMMITMENTS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.
UNDER THE AREA OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, I WANNA SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO EVERY SCHOOL LEADER, EVERY TEACHER AND EVERY STUDENT ACROSS OUR DISTRICT FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING PARTICIPATION IN OUR ZERN MARDI GRAS CHALLENGE.
ZERN IS A TIER ONE MATH LEARNING PLATFORM THAT PROVIDES STANDARDS ALIGNED DIGITAL LESSONS TO HELP STUDENTS BUILD DEEP CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND STRENGTHEN THEIR MATH SKILLS.
OUR DISTRICT COMPLETED OVER 230,000 ON GRADE LEVEL LESSONS AND INCREDIBLE REFLECTION OF DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO STRONG TEACHING AND LEARNING HAPPENING ACROSS EBR EACH DAY.
WE ALSO EXTEND SPECIAL CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR TOP PERFORMING SCHOOLS IN THE CHALLENGE TOP FIVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
WERE WILDWOOD, TWIN OAKS, BELL FAIR, GREENBRIER, AND MAGNOLIA WOODS.
TOP THREE MIDDLE SCHOOLS WERE REMA SHERWOOD MIDDLE AND WOODLAWN MIDDLE.
CONTINUE, UH, THE EXCELLENT WORK AND, AND TEACHERS AND SCHOOL LEADERS.
LET'S CONTINUE TO ENSURE OUR STUDENTS ARE LOGGING ON AND PARTICIPATING, UH, IN DISCERN THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF TIMES.
UH, EACH WEEK WE SEE FROM THE DATA THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN HOW OUR STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING IN THE AREA OF MATH ON OUR COMMON FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS.
AND WE RECOGNIZE AND UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT USING THE DISCERN PLATFORM HAS HELPED TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
IT'S OPEN ENROLLMENT SEASON FOR PRE-K STUDENTS ENTERING THE SYSTEM DURING THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.
THE ONLINE APPLICATION IS OPEN NOW AND FAMILIES CAN ASSESS IT AND OTHER INFORMATION AT THE DISTRICT'S HOMEPAGE.
EBR IS CURRENTLY RANKED NUMBER ONE IN MAGNAN MANIA DISTRICT OF THE YEAR.
TO THAT END, I DO WANNA MAKE AN INTRODUCTION OF OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS, UH, WHO I'VE BEEN RECRUITING FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, WHO FINALLY AGREED, UH, TO JOIN OUR TEAM.
SHE JUST STARTED, UH, ON LAST FRIDAY.
CASSANDRA MCNAIR, IF YOU WANNA STAND AND WAVE SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR TEAM.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO RECRUIT HER FROM VIRGINIA BY WAY OF CALIFORNIA.
UH, SHE HAS, UH, SERVED IN A NUMBER OF DISTRICT LEVEL LEADERSHIP POSITIONS.
UH, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU HERE.
AND SHE'S GONNA BE REACHING OUT, UH, TO EVERY BOARD MEMBER TO DISCUSS, UH, YOUR IDEAS RELATIVE TO OUR INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND WHAT WE CAN DO, UH, TO IMPROVE AND GET BETTER.
UH, I WANT TO THANK MS. WRIGHT AND AS WELLS FOR HOLDING IT DOWN OVER THE LAST YEAR, UH, IN OUR MAGNET OFFICE PARTICULARLY, BUT TO ALL OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE SERVED IN LEADERSHIP IN OUR INNOVATIVE PROGRAM, UH, DIVISION, THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND I WANT TO THANK MS. S EDWARDS FOR STEPPING UP AND ASSISTING OVER THE LAST YEAR.
BUT NOW ALL OF THIS WORK IS GONNA FALL INTO YOUR DIRECTION.
MCNAIR, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD YOU WHEN WE SPOKE? GET LIGHT.
UH, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS, RIGHT? OKAY.
UH, THE DISTRICT IS PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THE NEW INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AT SOUTH DOWNS PRE-K, WHICH REFLECTS THE ONGOING DEDICATION TO CREATING WELCOMING AND ENGAGING SPACES FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.
UH, MS. SCOTT, UH, ASKED, UH, MYSELF, UH, BOARD MEMBER GODDE AND MR. GILBERT FOR A PLAYGROUND.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT, UH, PLAYGROUND TO THOSE STUDENTS AT SOUTH DOWNS TODAY.
I DO WANNA MAKE MENTION, WHEN VIEWING MAGNA MANIA POSTS ON YOUR SCHOOL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS, PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE THEM.
ENCOURAGE STAFF AND FAMILY, STUDENTS AND PARTNERS TO VOTE WITH YOUR OWN SOCIAL MEDIA MESSAGING EFFORTS.
REMEMBER TO USE THE HASHTAG MAGNET MANIA WHEN YOU POST AND SHARE.
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PROGRAM WOULD HOST 13 ANNUAL PREVENTION SUMMER, THE 13TH ANNUAL PREVENTION SUMMIT ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2026 AT THE PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CONFERENCE CENTER.THE PREVENTION FOCUSED EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS WILL BE OPEN TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS AND MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.
HEALTH SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOSTS GIVE KIDS TO SMILE EVENTS FOR EVERY ELEMENTARY STUDENT ACROSS THE DISTRICT.
THIS IS A NATIONAL INITIATIVE THAT PROVIDES FREE ORAL HEALTHCARE TO UNDERSERVED CHILDREN.
LAST WEEK, 150 STUDENTS FROM CEDAR CREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RECEIVE CLEANING AND DENTAL EDUCATION AT ASSOCIATES AND PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY.
PLEASE CHECK WITH YOUR SCHOOL'S NURSE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PROGRAM.
UNDER THE AREA OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.
THE NEW DISTRICT-WIDE VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS NOW IN PHASE FOUR OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
SCHOOLS INCLUDED ARE SOUTHEAST MIDDLE CLAYBORNE ELEMENTARY, LENOX HIGH PARK ELEMENTARY, CAPITAL HIGH, BEL AIR HIGH SCHOOL, EBR CTEC, EBR, VIRTUAL WOODLAWN HIGH LIBERTY, HIGH TERRA HIGH CUSTOMER COLLEGE, ROSENWALD, AND THE KILL CENTER.
UNDER THE AREA OF EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT, IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE WHEN SHAMBLIN IS NOT WITH US, UH, THIS EVENING.
WELL, THAT DOESN'T GIVE ME PLEASURE TO ANNOUNCE HE'S NOT WITH US
HOWEVER, HE IS, UH, BEING RECOGNIZED TONIGHT, UH, BY THE MAYOR, THE METRO COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR ARE RECOGNIZING HIM AND THE SHAMBLIN FAMILY FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
AS PART OF THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION, THE CITY IS HOLDING HIS PARENTS.
GWEN RENETTA SHALIN HAVE ALL MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND IS EVIDENT THAT THEIR LEGACY CONTINUES.
OUR EBR FAMILY JOINS AND HONOR THEM.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MR. SHALIN.
IN HIS ABSENCE, WE HAVE MICHAEL VICTORIAN, UH, JUNIOR, WHO IS HERE TO ASSIST US TONIGHT.
ANY TOUGH QUESTIONS WE HAVE, WE MAY AS WELL ASK HIM.
SINCE HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HERE ON A REGULAR BASIS, HE CAN TAKE THE HEAT TONIGHT.
UH, PLEASE JOIN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH AT AURORA PLAZA, DOWNTOWN BATON ROUGE FOR THE 2, 2 5 FEST, A CELEBRATION OF THE CITY'S FOOD, MUSIC, AND ART, AND A WHOLE LOT MORE.
LOOK FOR OUR TENT AND DISTRICT DISPLAYS AT THE EVENT.
WE ARE PROUD TO OFFICIALLY PARTNER WITH THE BATON ROUCO HOCKEY TEAM TO BRING EBR PARISH STUDENT NIGHT ON THE ICE.
THIS IS MORE THAN JUST ABOUT HOCKEY.
IT'S ABOUT PRIORITIZING OUR KIDS, CREATING ACCESS AND GIVING STUDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING NEW, EXCITING AND POSITIVE RIGHT HERE IN OUR CITY.
UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE BATON ROUGE AUTO CODE, THE PLAYERS HAVE VISITED OUR SCHOOLS THIS WEEK.
UH, YESTERDAY WE WERE AT MAYFAIR LAB.
TODAY WE WERE AT, UH, PARK ELEMENTARY, AND TOMORROW WE'LL BE AT CEDAR CREST SOUTHMORE.
UH, THE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY EXCITED TO ENGAGE WITH OUR STUDENTS, TO SHOW THEM TRICKS, UH, WITH THE HOCKEY STICKS AND THE PUCK.
AND THEN EVEN ON YESTERDAY, THEY PLAYED A GAME WITH THE STUDENTS AT MAYFAIR LAB.
SO IT'S BEEN REALLY EXCITING TO SEE AND REALLY, UH, NICE TO WATCH OUR STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE HOCKEY IN THE WAY, UH, THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE WHO HAVE PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY TEAMS. SO, UH, EBR NIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE SATURDAY, I MEAN SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND AT 3 0 5, UH, PM THE PLAYERS TOLD ME I CAN'T SAY 3:00 PM I HAVE TO SAY 3 0 5.
'CAUSE THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT TIME THE GAME IS SUPPOSED TO START.
I'LL BE DROPPING THE PUCK FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, AND I WANT TO THANK EMPIRE WINGS FOR SPONSORING, UH, 30 KIDS AT TWO OF OUR SCHOOLS TO, UH, PARTICIPATE AND GO TO THE GAME ON SUNDAY.
SO, BIG SHOUT OUT TO EMPIRE WINGS.
YOU KEEP STEPPING UP AND SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM IN A MAJOR WAY.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR BATON ROUCO AS THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT US, AND A VISUAL TO SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SECURE YOUR TICKET.
AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE WHEN I DROP THE PUFF ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON TONIGHT.
IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING I'VE SHARED, WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.
ONE IS GONNA BE FROM, UH, DID OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OUR FOUNDATION, UH, MS. JENNIFER LIGHTFOOT, IF YOU'D COME FORWARD, PLEASE.
UH, SHE'S GONNA DO HER, UH, PRESENTATION TO GIVE US SOME UPDATES AROUND WHAT'S HAPPENING AND OUR FOUNDATION.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING PRINCIPALS AT ONE OF OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
UM, I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION OF REESE BATON ROUGE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF MID SCHOOL YEAR UPDATE ON OUR FOUNDATION'S WORK AND FUNDRAISING IN SUPPORT OF EBR SCHOOLS.
LAST YEAR WE WERE AWARDED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS THROUGH THE FUEL INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT PAID INTERNSHIPS.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FULLY DEPLOY THE FUNDS LAST YEAR, AND WE SUCCESSFULLY PETITIONED TO CARRY THE REMAINING BALANCE FORWARD FOR SUMMER OF 2026 FOR INTERNSHIPS.
SECOND STEM EDUCATION, EXXONMOBIL AWARDED $200,000 TO SUPPORT HIGH SCHOOL STEM PROGRAMMING STEM KITS AND OUR STAR STEM TEACHER GRANTS.
WE'VE COMPLETED TWO GRANT ROUNDS, ONE IN THE FALL AND ONE IN JANUARY, AND HAVE AWARDED 18 TEACHERS GRANTS UP TO $2,500.
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WE HAVE MORE TO SHARE ON OUTCOMES TOWARD THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.EBR HAS HOSTED ONE OF THE STEM SATURDAYS IN THE FALL AND HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING IN MARCH.
AND THAT IS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STEM NOLA.
AND $50,000 OF THE EXXON SUPPORT FUNDED K THROUGH FIVE STEM KITS PURCHASED FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
THIRD EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WE'VE BUILT WITH THE BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION AND THE HUEY AND ANGELINA WILSON FOUNDATION, OUR TWO MAJOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION SUPPORTERS, WE HAVE RAISED $500,000 FOR THE E-B-R-E-C-E PROGRAM.
AND THESE DOLLARS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE LOUISIANA DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR MATCH, EFFECTIVELY DOUBLING THE IMPACT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
AND WE'LL HAVE A FORMAL ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE TOTAL AMOUNT RAISED COMING SOON.
SEPARATELY, WE RECEIVED $113,000 OUT OF CYCLE SUPPORT FROM THE WILSON FOUNDATION TO HELP FUND EARLY CHILDHOOD SEATS AT THE YWCA MICROCENTER THAT WAS RELOCATED FROM, UM, CAPITAL TO MELROSE ELEMENTARY.
EBR LIBERTY'S BAN UNIFORMS ARE FULLY FUNDED.
THANKS TO A GIFT FROM THE NATHANSON FAMILY FOUNDATION.
GLEN OAKS IS OUR NEXT PRIORITY.
AND BECAUSE THE DISTRICT-WIDE NEED EXCEEDS A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, THIS WILL BE A MULTI-YEAR CAMPAIGN THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE.
HISTORICALLY, THE FOUNDATION WAS NOT A TRADITIONAL FUNDRAISING ENTITY.
WE PRIMARILY HELPED CHANNEL PRIVATE SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
GOING FORWARD, WE KNOW WE MUST ACTIVELY FUNDRAISE.
SO WE'RE BUILDING AN ANNUAL FUND TO CREATE RELIABLE, UNRESTRICTED GENERAL OPERATING DOLLARS.
WE PLAN TO LAUNCH IN JULY OF 2026, AND WE'LL START BY ENGAGING DISTRICT LEADERSHIP, EMPLOYEES, TEACHERS, AND STAFF, AND PARENTS.
THEN EXPAND TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER TIME.
BEFORE I WRAP UP, I WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
THIS YEAR REFLECTS OUR STRONGEST FUNDRAISING PROGRESS WE'VE SEEN IN RECENT YEARS, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF, OF THIS BOARD FOR SUPERINTENDENT COLE, FOR THE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR PRINCIPALS AND EDUCATORS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR TEACHERS AND OUR STUDENTS.
SINCERELY HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU AND PARTNER WITH THE FOUNDATION, UH, AS WE CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO IMPROVE THE THINGS WE DO AND SUPPORT WHAT WE DO IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.
UH, AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO HEAR, UH, FROM ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING SCHOOL LEADERS FROM HIGHLAND, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND MS. JOHNSON IS DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB AT HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY AND SHE'S GONNA SHARE WITH US, UH, ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THIS SCHOOL.
MS. JOHNSON, GOOD EVENING FROM HOLLAND ELEMENTARY.
AND I FIRST WANNA SAY THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE OUR STORY.
HOLLAND ELEMENTARY CUR CURRENTLY HAS 407 STUDENTS AND WE SERVICE GRADES PRE-K THROUGH FIFTH.
WE HAVE PRE-K ESS AND ELL PROGRAMS ON OUR CAMPUS TO THE MIC FOR US.
WE ALSO HAVE 45% OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN.
50.6% ARE HISPANIC, 83% ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.
THIS YEAR, HIGHLAND IS SOARING TO EXCELLENCE.
FOR THE 2024 2025 SCHOOL YEAR.
HY GREW TO A 49.3 B LETTER GRADE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR.
WE ARE SUPER EXCITED AND WE CELEBRATE IT AND WE HAVE BEEN CELEBRATING ALL YEAR.
WE HAVE GROWN FROM A C LETTER GRADE TO A B AND OUR SBS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IS THAT WE HAVE AN 11.8 GROWTH INCREASE.
WE ARE THE SECOND HIGHEST GROWTH K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT.
AND WE ARE THE NINTH HIGHEST K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOL IN THE STATE.
ACCORDING TO OUR NEW SBS CALCULATOR.
FOR THE ACHIEVE PERCENT TO MASTERING ABOVE, WE HAVE A 56.5% IN ELA, 30.6% IN MATH, 25.7 IN SCIENCE, 23.9 IN SOCIAL STUDIES.
AND IN OUR GROW AREA, WE HAVE 61.1% OF OUR STUDENTS GREW.
IN ELA 63.2% OF OUR STUDENTS GREW IN MATH.
59%, 59.5% OF OUR STUDENTS GROUP.
AS FAR AS OUR BOTTOM 25 IN ELA AND 68.4% OF OUR STUDENTS GROUP.
FOR OUR BOTTOM 25 IN MATH, THE PERCENT OF OUR EL EL STUDENTS PROGRESSING IS 54.9.
AND WE HAD A STRAIGHT A RATING IN GROWTH FROM LAST YEAR.
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FOR STATE MANDATED ASSESSMENTS FOR DIBELS, WHICH IS ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT'S BEING ADDED TO OUR SBS CALCULATOR, WE ARE PROUD TO SAY FROM 2022 END OF YEAR TO TWO 2025, END OF YEAR, WE HAVE GROWN 35% ON OUR DIBELS ASSESSMENT.WE WENT FROM A 35% PROFICIENCY TO A 70% PROFICIENCY.
IT IS TRULY THE, THE WORK OF THE TEACHERS, OUR STUDENTS, AND OUR FAMILIES THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS.
AND THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM KINDERGARTEN TO THIRD GRADE WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE HEART OF THE TIGER.
SO HERE ARE A COUPLE OF PICTURES TO SHOW OUR FACULTY, STUDENTS AND FAMILIES AND HOW THEY SUPPORT AND CONTINUE TO HELP HIGHLAND GROW.
AND I WOULD BE REMISS TO SAY THAT WE ALSO HAVE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
WE HAVE A STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH UNIVERSITY BAPTIST CHURCH, WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY SUCH AS COSTCO, BIG BUDDY, OUR VS PROGRAM.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AS WELL AS OUR EYECARE PROGRAM AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHO SERVICE OUR SCHOOL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE OUR STORY AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE WHAT WE NEED AT HIGHLAND.
GO BACK TO THE SLIDE, UH, WHERE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE GROWTH OF ALL OF YOUR STUDENTS.
UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT THAT WE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT, UH, AT HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY, YOU HAVE SHOWN GROWTH, UH, TO THE EXTENT OF EARNING AN A IN THE AREA AREA OF GROWTH ON THE SCHOOL CAMPUS, PARTICULARLY, UH, WITH OUR ELL STUDENTS.
I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD, UH, MYSELF AND DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SMITH SAY TO YOU AND REQUEST OF YOU THAT YOU WRITE THE BOOK FOR THE ENTIRE DISTRICT IN TERMS OF HOW WE SUPPORT OUR ELL STUDENTS.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS ELL POPULATION AT YOUR SCHOOL AND THE WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING BY WAY OF INTERVENTION, BY WAY OF SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS, BY WAY OF ENGAGEMENT, GETTING THEM TO COME TO SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE DAY, UH, THROUGHOUT MANY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE SEEN RELATIVE TO THAT POPULATION OF STUDENTS ARE SHOWING UP AT SCHOOL, YOU ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB.
AND SO TO EARN AN A ACROSS THE BOARD, JUST KUDOS TO YOU.
AND AS MUCH AS WE HAVE SAID TO YOU ON TIME AND TIME AGAIN, PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHARE, UH, THE PHENOMENAL THINGS YOU ARE DOING, UH, WITH YOUR STUDENTS.
AND, AND, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, PUT PRESSURE ON YOUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, UH, TO REALLY LOBBY THIS BOARD TO BUILD YOU A NEW FACILITY AT THAT LOCATION.
UH, WE KNOW IT'S A HISTORICAL FACILITY, BUT UH, IT'S AN OLD BUILDING AND YOU GUYS ARE DOING AMAZING WORK IN THAT BUILDING WITH ALL THOSE STUDENTS.
CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, UH, FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION.
I KNOW I'M GONNA GET IN TROUBLE 'CAUSE THE PRINCIPAL'S GONNA SAY, I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT THEM LIKE THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, I VISITED YOUR SCHOOL A NUMBER OF TIMES AND YOU ALWAYS IN A GOOD MOOD.
AND IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF YOUR TEAM HERE TONIGHT? YES SIR.
I HAVE MY AMAZING ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, MS. JENNIFER PETTY.
SO, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND CONTINUE TO SHARE SUPPORT AND TEACH OTHER SCHOOL LEADERS HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE STRATEGIES THAT YOU ARE USING.
'CAUSE WE ARE DEFINITELY SHARING WHAT YOU'VE SHARED WITH US.
AND BEFORE YOU GO, WAIT, WE HAVE MORE COMMENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR PRESENTATION AND THIS IS QUITE REFRESHING TO SEE.
UM, MY QUESTION IS ABOUT PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THE PARENTS WERE ACTIVE OR ACTIVE IN YOUR SCHOOL.
SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? IS IT, IS IT A-P-T-A-P-T-O? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU DO TO ENGAGE YOUR PARENTS TO GET THEM TO COME AND BE SUPPORTIVE? SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTIVE PTO, OUR PTA, BUT WE DO BUILD CONNECTIONS WITH OUR FAMILIES.
AND SO WE ACKNOWLEDGE THEM WHEN WE SEE, WHEN WE SEE THEM, WHEN THEY'RE COMING ON CAMPUS, WHEN THEY'RE IN CARPOOL, WHEN WE HAVE OUR OPEN HOUSE NIGHT, WHEN WE, UM, HAVE LITERACY NIGHT.
ANYTIME WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING OUR PARENTS ON CAMPUS, WE MAKE SURE TO SHOW THEM THAT THEY'RE VALUED AND THAT THEY'RE INPUT MEANS A LOT TO US.
AND SO WHEN WE DO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, UM, THE PARENTS FEEL COMFORTABLE, THEY CALL ME, UM, THEY WILL EMAIL, CALL, TEXT
AND THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT IN MY STAFF.
AND SO THAT I THINK MAKES THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD WITH HOW WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP OUR STUDENTS COMING
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TO SCHOOL HAPPY, EXCITED, AND MOTIVATED TO LEARN.SO THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE WHEN THEY CALL YOU OR TEXT YOU OR WHAT HAVE YOU, YOU RESPOND TO 'EM? OH, YES MA'AM.
I COULDN'T LET THIS GO BY WITH THAT SAYING SOMETHING, UH, MS. JOHNSON HAS THE GREAT MISFORTUNE OF RUNNING A SCHOOL THAT HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM WHERE I LIVE.
AND I WALK MY DOG WITH MY WIFE BY THERE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY.
AND SHE'S USED TO ME JUST POPPING IN AND SAYING HI AND LOOKING AT, BUT I ALSO GET TO WATCH KIDS COMING IN AND OUT FROM BUS DUTY AND TALK TO THE, YOUR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS AND ALL THESE SORTS OF THINGS AS THEY'RE OUT OUTPUTTING KIDS ON BUSES.
AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY THAT THE SPIRIT AT THAT SCHOOL IS OUTSTANDING.
UH, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT GOES TO IT.
YOU KNOW, I, I WAS OUT THERE FOR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, WENT OUT THERE AND THEY HAD, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ESS, IT'S NOT ONLY THE CHILDREN, BUT MOST I NOT E-S-S-E-L-L, I'M SORRY, GET MY LETTERS MIXED UP HERE.
BUT ON THE ELL SIDE, YOU'D BE AMAZED AT HOW MANY OF THE PARENTS OF THE ELL STUDENTS DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH MM-HMM
AND THEY GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO HAVE INTERPRETERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THERE, UH, FOR THEM.
AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF HOW YOU GET THE FAMILY INVOLVEMENT COMING IN, IS WORKING WITH ALL THOSE THINGS.
AND SUPERINTENDENT, I GOTTA SAY, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT, YEAH, I GOT YOUR HOOK ON ME ON THE, UH, THING, BUT, UM, AS YOU TALK ABOUT GROWTH, THE ONE THING I HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT TO MS. JOHNSON FOR THE FIRST TIME I MET HER RIGHT WHEN SHE WAS FIRST BECOMING PRINCIPAL AT HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY, YOU WERE SCARED AS A RABBIT
AND I HAVE JUST SEEN YOUR GROWTH AND YOUR LEADERSHIP GROWTH AND THE GROWTH OF YOUR TEAM AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE OVER THERE.
AND IT IS JUST ASTOUNDING, UH, WHAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.
AND NOT ONLY DO I KNOW YOU'RE NOT DOING IT ALONE, YOU'RE DOING IT WITH YOUR WHOLE TEAM.
UH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT YOU A BIG CAKE WITH A BEE ON IT
BUT I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD YOU AND YOUR WHOLE STAFF FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
FIRST I'LL JUST SAY, WOW, THE DATA THAT WAS DISPLAYED ON THAT SCREEN TONIGHT SHOWS THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT YOU AND YOUR TEAM ARE PUTTING INTO THOSE STUDENTS AND ALSO INSIDE OF THAT COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND THING I WOULD SAY IS, AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT SAY THIS, IS THAT YOU HAVE LITERALLY GIVEN A PRESENTATION AS TO WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO DISRUPT THAT FABRIC OF WORK HAPPENING INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TRY TO BREAK AWAY AND DISRUPT THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE LEARNING INSIDE OF THAT AREA.
ANY OTHER AREA INSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I WANNA JUST SAY THANK YOU OF YOUR TEAMMATES WATCHING.
YOU ARE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHY OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM NEEDS TO REMAIN FIRMLY TOGETHER.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN MS. JOHNSON SO MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR WORK.
WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU AND MADAM PRESIDENT.
NEXT WE MOVE ALONG TO ITEM E REPORTS FROM BOARD APPOINTEES TO COMMITTEES OR AGENCIES.
ARE THERE ANY REPORTS THAT ANY BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO, UM, REPORT BACK TO US? NOPE.
[F.1. Tax Plan Proposition 1 Budget Supplement]
ALONG TO F UNFINISHED BUSINESS, UH, TAX PLAN PROPOSITION ONE, BUDGET SUPPLEMENT CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF TAX PLAN PROPOSITION.ONE, BUDGET SUPPLEMENT REQUESTS TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF 16,750,000 TO SUPPLEMENT UPCOMING PROJECTS AT MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH.
MS. ANDERSON, MR. NOLE, MS. CROCHET.
AND I JUST WANNA MAKE REFERENCE, UM, TO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, ITEM THAT SPECIFIES THAT, UH, THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR PARISH THAT'S NOT, THAT'S IN EAST BATON ROUGE DISTRICT SCHOOL LINES.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE CLARITY AND LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS IN OUR DISTRICT.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE SECOND.
AND THEN I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. MARTIN.
I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS, BUT I DO HAVE, UH, ONLINE COMMENTS.
SUPPOSED I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
NO CARDS ARE, DID ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS.
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COMMENTS.DO WE HAVE ANY ONLINE COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? YEAH.
WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM MISS ANITA LOPEZ.
IT SEEMS UNWISE TO WRAP MCKINLEY HIGH PROJECT UP IN THIS PRO IN THIS PROPOSED PARK SCHOOL IN SOUTH BATON ROUGE.
AS WE DO, AS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE VOTE IN MAY, IS THERE A WAY TO SEPARATE THESE TWO ISSUES? MAYBE APPROVE THE COST OF, MAYBE APPROVE THE COST RISE FOR MCKINLEY HIGH? ONLY BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN NEGLECTED FOR SO MANY YEARS.
EVEN IF IT'S DISAPPOINTING, THE CONTRACTOR DID NOT ANTICIPATE CHANGES TO LABOR OR CONSTRUCTION CROSS COST.
PERHAPS IT'S TIME TO TALK ABOUT HIRING ANOTHER CONTRACTOR IN THIS DISTRICT STRUGGLING WITH ENROLLMENT SO WE CAN MOVE A LITTLE FASTER, ESPECIALLY NOW, ESPECIALLY NOW, THEY ARE MORE SWING SPACES.
EBR SHOULD PRIORITIZE PROGRAMS WITH REAL STUDENTS OVER THE UNNAMED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THE UNNAMED HIGH SCHOOL.
WHAM AND GLASGOW SHOULD BE SWAPPED OUT AS PRO SHOULD BE SWAPPED OUT AS PRIORITIES JUST AS MCKINLEY HIGH WAS PUT TO THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
I'LL BE REAL QUICK AND I JUST WANNA SAY WE LOVE MEDIA, BUT MAN, Y'ALL HAVE BEEN GETTING US RAPED ACROSS THE COALS BECAUSE OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN GOING OUT PERTAINING TO A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON.
UH, THERE'S ANOTHER ITEM ON HERE TONIGHT.
I WON'T GET INTO THAT ONE, BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, MADAM PRESIDENT FOR CLARIFYING THAT THIS SCHOOL DOES NOT FALL WITHIN ST.
HOWEVER, THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE HEADLINE THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATING ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY.
THE HEADLINE HAS BEEN THAT WE ARE VOTING ON AN ITEM TO PUT A SCHOOL WITHIN ST.
AND THERE'S JUST A GROSS MISUNDERSTANDING.
AND IT IS, THIS IS GROSSLY, UH, MISINFORMATION THAT WE NOW HAVE TO TRY TO CLARIFY BECAUSE WE ARE NOW GETTING CALLS AND EMAILS AND MESSAGES SAYING THAT WE ARE DOING SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT DOING.
SO I ONLY SAY TO MEDIA, WE LOVE YOU, BUT MAKE SURE YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH ON THE BACK END SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CLARIFY THIS STUFF ON THE, ON THE, I'M SORRY, ON THE FRONT END SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CLARIFY THIS STUFF ON THE BACK END.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK, I HEARD MR. GODDE MENTION ABOUT, WAS THERE A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING? NO, I THINK, YEAH, THERE IS.
SO THAT, THAT, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY IF THERE IS INDEED A PRESENTATION, YOU WANT TO HEAR IT? YES.
WHAT'S UP TO YOU? I'LL, I'LL WAIT UNTIL AFTER.
UH, MR. CROCHET, Y'ALL, COME ON.
LET'S DO THE PRESENTATION SO WE CAN SHARE.
THANK YOU, UH, THE INFORMATION.
JUDITH, YOU, YOU WANNA LEAD ON THE, ON THE PRESENTATION? YES.
COME ON, TAKE CHARGE AND GET IT TOGETHER.
BOARD SPEAKING TO THE MIC, PLEASE.
CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? GOOD EVENING BOARD.
UM, AS BOARD PRESIDENT SAID, UH, TODAY'S WE COME TO YOU REQUESTING A BUDGET INCREASE FOR PROJECTS THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH, WHICH IS IN, UH, EAST BATON ROUGE, NOT ST.
GEORGE, UM, AS WELL AS MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
THESE ITEMS ARE TOGETHER JUST BY CHANCE IN THAT THEIR TIMELINES COINCIDE, BUT THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE, UM, ENDEAVORS.
AND SO THE REQUEST IS FOR 16,000,007, $750 MILLION.
I DID NOT SAY THAT, RIGHT? UM, AND SO THIS COMES IN THAT WE REVIEWED THIS WITH THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND THEIR REQUEST WAS THAT WHENEVER WE COME INTO A NEED FOR WHETHER IT BE A, ANY MODIFICATION TO THE TAX PLAN, THAT WE DO IT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
AND SO, UM, IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT THE TIMELINES FOR THESE COME TOGETHER HERE YOU'LL SEE A PROJECT STATUS, UM, JUST OF THE OVERALL TAX PLAN.
WHERE WE ARE NOW UNDERWAY IS MCKINLEY HIGH SCHOOL RENOVATION, THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF PARISH.
UH, BOTH OF THOSE DESIGNED HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND WE NOW HAVE OUR, UM, BID PRICE.
AND SO THEREFORE THAT IS THE, UM, THAT IS BECAUSE OF THE REQUEST OF THE INCREASE ALSO UNDERWAY.
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FOR THE BROADMOOR MIDDLE SITE, UM, THAT IS IN DESIGN.AND THEN WE ARE KICKING OFF A KICKING OFF DESIGN FOR VILLA DEL RAY, WHICH WILL BE A SMALL RENOVATION COMING UP THAT HAS NOT KICKED OFF OFFICIALLY IS MAYFAIR LAB, THE WESTDALE HEIGHTS, UM, SCHOOL, GLASGOW MIDDLE, AS THOSE ARE ALL SCHOOL REPLACEMENTS.
WE HAVE BROUGHT MORE HIGH, WHICH IS A MAJOR RENOVATION TO COME, UM, AND SOME SMALLER RENOVATIONS FOR SHERWOOD, MIDDLE SCOTLANDVILLE AND TARA HIGH SCHOOLS HERE WE JUST HAVE, UM, JUST SOME HISTORICAL DATA ON COST.
UH, BETWEEN YEARS 2017 AND 2019, WE AVERAGED SOMEWHERE AROUND $220 A SQUARE FOOT.
UM, FROM 2022 TO ABOUT 2023, WE SAW A RISE WHERE WE GOT UP TO ABOUT $370 A SQUARE FOOT.
AND SO CURRENTLY WE ARE, UM, TRENDING SOMEWHERE, I WOULD SAY AVERAGE AROUND 400 TO $450 A SQUARE FOOT.
AND FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY, A TAD HIGHER THAN THAT.
AND THAT IS JUST DUE TO SOME SITE CONDITIONS.
BUT WE STARTED THIS JUST TO SHOW FROM THE INCEPTION OR THE RENEWAL OF THE TAX PLAN IN 2019 TO WHERE WE ARE NOW JUST IN HISTORICAL COST DATA.
SO, UM, WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH PHASE FOUR, THE TAX PLAN, IF YOU GO BACK TO FISCAL YEAR 2021, COMPARED TO FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, WE'VE SEEN APPROXIMATELY 17.3% INCREASE IN SALES TAX REVENUES.
WE WENT FROM 45.8 MILLION TO APPROXIMATELY 53.8 MILLION.
AND SINCE THEN WE'VE SEEN A STEADY INCREASE IN SALES TAXES.
AND OUR PROJECTIONS SHOW IF THE, IF IT HOLDS THAT, UM, OUR WE'LL SEE ALMOST A 14% INCREASE, UM, FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE TAX PLAN WHERE WE PROJECTED ABOUT 477 MILLION TO UP TO 545 MILLION CURRENT YEAR TO DATE.
UM, WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
CURRENT YEAR TO DATE COLLECTIONS, SO FAR, WE'RE UP TO ABOUT 30 MILLION.
AND THEN WE ARE ALSO ANOTHER 2.9 MILLION IN INTEREST THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO EARN.
AND SO FOR A TOTAL OF INTEREST FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE TAX PLAN, TAX PLAN HAS GIVEN US AN EXTRA APPROXIMATELY $18 MILLION.
SO, UM, SO THE SALES TAX REVENUES CURRENTLY ARE IN A POSITION TO FUND ANY OF THESE PROJECT BY PROJECT INCREASES THAT JUDY MENTIONED AS AS THE TAX PLAN STANDS NOW.
UM, NOW AS FAR AS ANY UNFORESEEN EVENTS, WE'LL HAVE TO, UM, MONITOR THAT AS WE GO FORWARD TO THE END OF THE TAX PLAN.
HERE YOU'LL SEE A SUMMARIZATION OF THE TWO PROJECTS.
AND SO WE TRIED TO BREAK IT DOWN AS BEST AS WE COULD AS WHERE THE COST COMES FROM.
OUR CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS 29 MILLION, 500,000.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO IN SOME PROJECTS WE'LL GO THROUGH A SCOPE CHANGE.
THERE WAS NO SCOPE CHANGE WITH THIS.
THERE WAS SOME UNFORESEENS THOUGH THAT WE CAME ACROSS AND THAT BASICALLY WAS SOIL CONDITIONS.
AND SO I'LL JUST POINT IT AS SITE.
WE HAD SOME, LOTS OF THINGS, LOTS OF CHALLENGES WITH REGARD TO THE SITE.
AND SO THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT ENCOMPASSES A GOOD BIT OF THE INCREASE FOR THIS SCHOOL.
UM, AND SO THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING WOULD BE 9,750,000 FOR A NEW PROJECT BUDGET OF 39,250,000 FOR MCKINLEY SENIOR HIGH, THE SAME.
AND SO WITH THAT, YOU'RE GONNA FIND SOME UNFORESEENS.
UM, THE ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS, THE WAY WE STRUCTURED IT USING SEYMOUR IS WE DID INVESTIGATION WORK FOR THE RENOVATION DURING DESIGN.
AND SO THAT ALLOWED US TO, TO SEE SOME OF THE UNFORESEENS THAT PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED UNTIL THE CONTRACTOR GOT OUT THERE ON SITE.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, WITH THOSE UNFORESEENS, UM, ALL OF THESE PRICES ALSO INCLUDE JUST GENERAL INFLATION.
CONSTRUCTION COSTS NOW JUST ARE NOT WHAT THEY WERE, UM, WHEN WE KICKED THIS OFF, UH, BACK IN 2018.
SO I DO WANNA MAKE SURE I ADDRESS THAT TOO.
AND THAT IS NOT JUST UNFORESEENS, THAT ENCOMPASSES INFLATION AND MARKETING CONDITIONS AS WELL.
BUT, UH, THE INCREASE FOR UNFORESEENS FOR MCKINLEY HIGH WOULD BE 6 MILLION $136,499.
UM, AND SO WE KIND OF ROUNDED THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BE 7 MILLION FOR A PROJECT BUDGET OF 42 MILLION.
LET'S SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING, WELL, UH, I'LL KIND OF GO BACK JUST TO BOTH OF THESE.
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE READY TO KICK THOSE PROJECTS OFF, UM, IN CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO THE INCREASE, THE REQUEST FOR THE INCREASE OF THESE,
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SHOULD WE NOT GET THOSE INCREASES, IT WOULD CHANGE OUR SCHEDULE.WE'RE SLATED TO, UM, OPEN BOTH OF THESE FACILITIES FOR THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR IN AUGUST OF 2027.
UM, SO KICKING OFF IS OF THE, WE UNDERSTAND, YEAH.
UM, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M COVERING ALL.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS ON AVERAGE NATIONALLY AND EVEN REGIONALLY, INCREASES WITH REGARD TO MARKET INCREASES AND ALL HAVE BEEN 40% AND HIGHER.
UM, I WILL SAY THAT THE DISTRICT OVERALL HAS DONE PRETTY WELL IN THAT WE'RE ONLY AROUND 20% INCREASES WITH REGARD TO INFLATION AND ALL THOSE FACTORS.
AND I THINK THAT JUST SHOWS THAT THE DESIGNERS AND CONTRACTORS ARE REALLY WORKING TO GIVE THE MOST EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGNS, BUT BEING VERY COST CONSCIOUS, UM, WITH THOSE DESIGNS.
WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, MR. LEWIS? THANK YOU, EDITH.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I WANTED TO CALL YOU EDITH.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SOME TALK ALREADY ABOUT ST.
GEORGE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS APPROVED IN MAY, WHICH FISCAL YEAR WOULD WE BEGIN TO SEE A REDUCTION IN SALES TAX? UH, WE WOULD SEE THAT REDUCTION IN FI STARTING FISCAL YEAR.
AND WE HAVE SCHOOLS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE OPEN THIS AROUND THE SAME TIME, DON'T WE? YEAH.
ANOTHER QUESTION, AND I HAD TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE TAPE.
MR. GODDE ASKED A GREAT QUESTION THE LAST TIME, AND CAN I QUOTE YOU, MR. GOE, THE QUESTION MR. GODDE SAID, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED PERCENTAGE LOSS IN SALES, TAXES, REVENUE IF ST.
GEORGE IS APPROVED? WE JUST ASKED THAT.
AND WHAT WOULD THAT PERCENTAGE REPRESENT IN TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR ALL THREE PROPOSITIONS.
ISN'T THAT THE WAY YOU PHRASED MS. GUT?
WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT A APPROXIMATELY A, A 25%, UM, REDUCTION.
SO IMPACT AND PROP ONE, TWO, AND THREE OVER THE REMAIN REMAIN THAT ARE UP THE TAX PLAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILLION FOR PROP ONE, 4.7 MILLION, PROP TWO AND 23 MILLION FOR PROP THREE.
IF WE, IF REVENUES DECLINE, WOULD WE BE, WOULD WE NEED TO MODIFY OR ELIMINATE PHASE FOUR OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE FORECAST THAT WE CURRENTLY SHOW? WE WOULD BE IN LINE TO COMPLETE PHASE FOUR ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL INCREASES OF THE REMAINING PROJECTS THAT WOULD NEED INCREASES.
PROPOSITION TWO, DISCIPLINARY AND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, WE PROPOSITION TWO FUNDS APPROXIMATELY, LET'S SEE, I MEAN IN PHASE 200, IN PHASE 4, 2 34 POSITIONS.
IN PHASE FOUR THERE'S MONIES IN PROPOSITION TWO FOR DISCIPLINARY AND ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND IT FUNDS CURRENTLY ABOUT 234 POSITIONS AND PROPOSITION THREE, WHICH IS AN EM, UH, EMPLOYMENT SUPPLEMENT.
CORRECT? IT'S THE SUPPLEMENT TO SUPPLEMENT SALARIES.
SO I HATE TO USE THIS AS A UGLY WORD, BUT THIS, THIS COULD ALL LEAD TO A RIFF, CORRECT? I MEAN, I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO ANSWER THAT.
THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM SOMEBODY ELSE.
AS THE NUMBERS GUY ON THE TAX PLAN.
IF REVENUES DECREASE, WOULD FUTURE PROJECTS REQUIRE ADJUSTMENTS TO QUALITY TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OR PRO PROGRAMMATIC FEATURES? I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS ONE.
PLEASE DON'T PUT ME IN THAT BOAT.
UM, I MEAN WE WOULD LOOK AT IT CASE BY CASE BASIS, BUT COULD THAT POTENTIALLY HAPPEN? YES.
WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PROGRAMS FOR EACH SPACE AND, AND ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS TO MAKE THE DETERMINATIONS.
SO LET ME, LET ME PIVOT BACK UP TO MCKINLEY.
IF THIS IS NOT APPROVED, THEN YOU KNOW, MCKINLEY COULD BE IN JEOPARDY OF NOT OPENING.
WELL, I KNOW THEY COULDN'T OPEN ON TIME, BUT WOULD THEY HAVE TO CUT BACK ON SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMMATIC? UH,
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I MEAN THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THAT.SO I WILL SAY TOO, PUSHING IT BACK, YOU'RE GONNA SPEND MORE, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO REQUIRE THAT THE CONTRACTORS HOLD THAT PRICE.
RIGHT? UM, AND SO WHEN YOU PUT IT BACK OUT FOR BID, THAT OPENS THE DOOR FOR A HIGHER BID.
UM, YOU MAY LOSE THE POOL OF SOME OF YOUR SUBCONTRACTORS, SO IT MAY NOT BE AS COMPETITIVE.
IT'S LOTS OF FACTORS THAT BASICALLY EQUAL TO YOU WILL PAY MORE SHOULD IT BE PUSHED.
I KNOW A COUPLE, PROBABLY THREE, FOUR WEEKS AGO I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN WITH YOU GUYS AT MCKINLEY AND LOOK AT, IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC BUILDING.
EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE FITS LIKE ALL THE PIECES IN THE PUZZLE.
AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE THAT NOT COME TO FRUITION.
CAN I GET A POINT OF INFORMATION, COACH, BECAUSE YOU JUST HAD BROUGHT UP SOMETHING I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT.
QUICK QUESTION, POINT OF INFORMATION.
UNDERSTANDING THAT COST, UH, FOR MATERIALS IS CONTINUOUSLY GOING UP YEAR BY YEAR BASED OFF OF WHAT YOU ALL JUST PRESENTED TO US.
F IN FACT, THE CASE HAPPENS WHERE ST.
IF THERE IS A SITUATION WHERE WE ARE BUILDING A SCHOOL AND WE HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT, WILL THERE BE FUNDING REMAINING FOR US TO SUPPLEMENT A SCHOOL? LET'S JUST SAY IT GOES OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY, WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY, UH, EXPENDED TO COST TO BUILD THAT SCHOOL.
IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE A BUILT IN CONTINGENCY WITH EVERY PROJECT BUDGET.
SO WITHIN THIS INCREASE, SHOULD SOMETHING ELSE HAPPEN UNFORESEEN, THERE IS A CONTINGENCY FOR, FOR WHATEVER MAY HAPPEN.
SO WHETHER THAT'S MATERIAL INCREASES, WHICH WE TRY TO CHOKE THAT VERY CAREFULLY JUST BECAUSE THE CONTRACTOR HAS GIVEN US A PRICE FOR THOSE MATERIALS.
AND SO WE, WE CHOKE THAT LINE PRETTY CAREFULLY IN MONITORING ANY INCREASES FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT IF THERE ARE SOME UNFORESEENS THERE IS A BUDGET LINE ITEM WITHIN THE PROJECT ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR, THAT WOULD ARE CONTINGENCIES ON A SCHOOL BY SCHOOL BASIS? YES.
SO EVERY PROJECT BUDGET WILL HAVE A CONTINGENCY AND IF I CAN COME BACK, MAYBE MISS, MAYBE MS. LOPEZ COULD MAYBE SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THESE QUESTIONS.
YOU THINK SO? MY TIME? HUH? MY TIME? YEAH.
I, I I, OH, I'M, I'M RUNNING OUT OF KELLY.
BUT I WAS JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, I JUST KNOW.
SO WE'LL START SEEING, WE'LL START SEEING REDUCTION FIRST.
UM, YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THE PERCENTAGE WOULD REPRESENT IN TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS ACROSS THE THREE PROPOSITIONS? MR. GOD'S QUESTION ABOUT A MONTH AGO? NO, MR. NOEL IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
AND YOU'RE GONNA LOOK AT THAT SAME CUT ACROSS THE GENERAL FUND AS WELL.
NOW DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH YOU TAKE IN PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAXES, WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT PERCENTAGES.
IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
BUT 25 PERCENT'S ABOUT ON THE MONEY WHAT'S GONNA GO.
REDUCTIONS TO PROP TWO AND PROP THREE AND PROP ONE AND PROP ONE.
I MEAN, I'M, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT PROP TWO.
THAT'S PROP TWO IS WELL, AND IT'S TINY ANYWAY.
YEAH, BUT, AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT MORE FUNDS INTO PROP TWO THAN WE DO.
SO, AND I WILL, I WILL DEFER THIS TO LEGAL COUNSEL.
UM, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE TO, IT WOULD NO LONGER BE A RENEWAL OF THE TAX PLAN.
'CAUSE YOU SHIFT THE PERCENTAGES.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T DO IT, I'M SAYING IT COMPLICATES THINGS.
IF REVENUES DECREASE, SAY LAST QUESTION.
IF REVENUES DECREASE, WOULD FUTURE PRODUCTS REQUIRE ADJUSTMENTS TO QUALITY TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE AND PROGRAMMATIC FEATURES? WELL, YOU'VE ALREADY ANSWERED, I WAS TRYING TO GET MS. LOPEZ TO ANSWER THAT.
WELL, AGAIN, JUDITH, JUDITH, JUDITH IS GONNA KNOW MORE THAN I WILL, BUT YES, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BE BUILT WITH THE MONEY THEY HAVE.
AND IF THEY WANT MORE STUFF OR IT GETS MORE EXPENSIVE, THEN DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE BY SUPERINTENDENT AND BOARD.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE MONEY IS THE MONEY AND THAT'S IT.
I, I JUST WANNA MAKE THE, THE POINT THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FUNDING HERE WERE NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DECIDED, RIGHT? THESE ARE FUNDS THAT, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT THE VOTERS DECIDED ON AS A WHOLE, UH, BASED ON, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY PRIOR, UH, BY OUR PREDECESSORS ON, ON THIS BOARD.
UM, AND, AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE THE DISCRETION TO SAY NO, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA IGNORE THE WILL OF THE VOTERS.
WE HAVE TO, TO BUILD THE PROJECTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, UH, IN THERE.
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AS IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW, NOT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN.AND AS EVERYBODY'S PROPERLY POINTED OUT, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WE'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW HAS NOTHING TO DO REALLY WITH ST.
GEORGE OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY THE FISCAL IMPACT.
UM, THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN DEPENDING ON WHAT THE VOTERS DECIDE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO, UM, THE, WHAT I DO KNOW FROM CONSTRUCTION IS THE LONGER YOU WAIT, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT GETS.
SO THAT'S WHY I SUPPORT, UM, UH, THIS ITEM.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF MY QUESTION IS FOR JUDITH OR FOR MS. LOPEZ.
BUT, UM, COULD WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE TIMELINE FOR ALL OF THE PROJECTS? SO I GUESS THAT MEANS IT IS FOR YOU JUDITH.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA STATE THIS OR WANT THE QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED IN LAYMAN'S TERMS FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING FROM HOME OR MAY HAVE UNDERSTOOD, MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THE JARGON THAT WAS JUST GIVEN.
UM, WHAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THAT, THAT THERE IS A CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR WHEN PROJECTS GO BEYOND WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PRICE.
SO THEN THE CONTINGENCY PLAN FOR MCKINLEY HAS, WE'VE ALREADY EXCEEDED THAT.
SO I'LL, I'LL, WITHIN EVERY PROJECT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONTINGENCY FOR ANY UNFORESEENS THAT MAY HAPPEN THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, UM, AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITHIN OUR CONTROL.
SO WE STILL HAVE WHAT I CALL A SAFETY NET TO PROTECT THAT SAFETY NET.
WE ARE GOING OUTSIDE OF, TO THE GENERAL OVER THE OVERALL TAX PLAN CONTINGENCY TO SUPPLEMENT THE BUDGET INCREASE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
SO THERE STILL WILL BE A LINE ITEM FOR CONT CONT WITH CONTINGENCY FUNDS WITH MCKINLEY TO ADDRESS ANY ADDITIONAL UNFORESEENS THAT MAY HAPPEN.
SO THEN THE NEXT QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS LOOKING AT THIS TIMELINE, THIS PROJECT STATUS TIMELINE THAT'S LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
UM, IF WE AFFORD THIS TO MCKINLEY, WILL WE BE ABLE TO OFFER THIS SAME TYPE OF INCREASE TO THE OTHER SCHOOLS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE OF NEEDING OR MAY OF, OF, OF POSSIBLY NEEDING AN INCREASE IN THEIR FUNDING? WELL, I'LL, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY BE A TAG TEAM WITH THAT.
I THINK IT'LL BE A CASE BY CASE BASIS AS IT'S A PAY AS YOU GO PLAN AND WE'LL ADDRESS IT AS WE GO.
BUT THROUGH LOOKING AT THE PROGRAMMATIC, UM, NEEDS OF EVERY PROJECT THAT WILL HELP WE'LL PLAN AS BEST WE CAN WITHIN THE ESTABLISHED BUDGETS.
BUT COULD IT BE THAT WE WILL NEED AN INCREASE? YES.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE I TAG GREG IN TO SPEAK TO THAT SURPLUS POINT OF INFORMATION.
I'M SORRY AND I'M ONLY ADDRESSING THIS QUESTION 'CAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS A GREAT POINT.
THAT'S THIS, THIS IS WHY I ASKED THE POINT INFORMATION ORIGINALLY BECAUSE THE, THE REASON WHY YOU'RE BRINGING THIS TO US TONIGHT IS BECAUSE THE COSTS HAVE INCREASED.
SO IT'S CAUSED YOU TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE THAT YOU HAD ORIGINALLY EXPENDED FOR, CORRECT? MM-HMM
RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION EARLIER IS IF THERE WERE A BREAKAWAY THAT WERE TO OCCUR AND WE'RE ALREADY, EVEN THOUGH YOU ALREADY HAVE CREATED THIS SAFETY NET, WILL THERE BE ENOUGH MONEY REMAINING IF WE HAD TO DO THIS FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT IN THE TAX PLAN? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA RUN, WE'RE GOING TO RUN, WELL DRIVE THAT.
'CAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE, LEMME ASK THIS QUESTION, HOW MUCH MONEY IS INSIDE OF THE CONTINGENCY FOR THE WHOLE, THE ENTIRE TAX PLAN POINT OF ORDER THAT THAT'S NOT A POINT OF ORDER.
WE NEED TO, THAT'S A POINT OF INFORMATION AND YOU GOTTA HONOR IT TO GO THE BOOK.
CAN I, CAN I YOU POINT OF INFORMATION.
I JUST, AS LONG AS I KEEP ALL MY TIME, MADAM PRESIDENT
BUT FOR THE RECORD, PART OF INFORMATION IS A RE INTERRUPTION.
THAT HAS TO BE, AND I DON'T NEED YOU AN ACCEPTANCE TO SAY YES OR NO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE I'M ASKING THIS BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED BY WHAT IS BEING SAID.
DO WHAT YOU, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU MR. LANIS.
ALSO, I'M GONNA ASK TOO, JUDITH, WHILE YOU GET READY TO ANSWER MS. LOPEZ, I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT WHAT YOU SUGGESTED ABOUT A NEW TAX.
HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ANSWERING.
SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM LEGAL COUNSEL, IF YOU CHANGE THE PERCENTAGES, 'CAUSE AS YOU KNOW, IT'S A ONE PENNY SALES TAX AND IT'S BROKEN INTO PERCENTAGES.
IF YOU CHANGE THE PERCENTAGES,
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IT'S NO LONGER A RENEWAL BECAUSE YOU'VE CHANGED IT.SO IF WE, IF WE GET TO THAT PLACE OF, OF NEEDING ADDITIONAL FUNDS BEYOND CONTINGENCIES, WE MAY HAVE TO NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
THIS WOULD BE FOR THE NEXT ONE.
SO IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT MORE MONEY IN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE A CHOICE YOU'D HAVE TO MAKE IN THE NEXT SALES TAX FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
AND SO I GUESS I STILL GO BACK TO THE SAME QUESTION.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER FOR, FOR FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE ASKING AND MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT THIS AT HOME.
AND I'M GONNA JUST BE HONEST WITH YOU GUYS.
IF I LOOK AT THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE IN MY DISTRICT AND THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY COMING TO ME, SCOTLANDVILLE IS FAR DOWN ON THIS PLAN.
I I, I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS OR THAT WE WILL HAVE THE FUNDS IF NEEDED.
IF YOU GET TO THAT PLAN OR THAT PART OF THE PLAN, AND THERE'S ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT'S NEEDED.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHERE I TAG GREG, BUT WE'RE LOOKING, SO TO DATE THE SURPLUS OF CONTINGENCY WITHIN THE OVERALL TAX PLAN, THERE'S A $30 MILLION SURPLUS TO DATE.
AND THAT WOULD BE AFTER THESE, THIS REQUEST.
THE FORECAST SHOWS THAT WE'RE IN A POSITION TO FINISH THE TAX PLAN WITH ANY POTENTIAL INCREASES.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ANSWER I NEEDED TO HEAR.
UH, YEAH, AND I'M SORRY MR. LANIS, I, I JUST, I, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS I WANTED TO GET ANSWERED TO.
UM, I I, I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME, TRY TO GIVE SOME CLARITY TO SOME OF THIS.
'CAUSE I THINK THERE IS SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS KIND OF FLOATING AROUND ON SOME OF THIS STUFF.
SO WHAT RIGHT NOW IS THE CURRENT BALANCE OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE IN THE, UH, PROP ONE, UM, ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW? HOW MUCH MONEY IS SITTING IN THAT ACCOUNT RIGHT NOW? I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I'LL HAVE TO MR. CROCHET, DO YOU KNOW IT'S SOMETHING LIKE A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE? YES.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, IT'S APPROXIMATELY $163 MILLION.
THAT'S THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2025.
SO, SO THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE TO EVERYBODY IS EVERYONE'S WORD ABOUT DO WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH THIS? WE GOT $160 MILLION ALREADY IN THE BANK TO FINISH THESE PROJECTS.
PLUS WE GOT MORE SALES TAX COLLECTIONS COMING BETWEEN NOW AND THIS PRO THE, THE TIMELINE ON THIS GOES THROUGH 2027.
GEORGE WOULDN'T HAVE IMPACT ANYTHING UNTIL JULY 1ST, 2027.
SO WE STILL HAVE A YEAR AND A HALF MORE COLLECTIONS COMING IN.
SO I GUESS I JUST DON'T SEE, AND I'M NOT TAKING ANY SIDES ON ANY WAY OF GOING OTHER, BUT THE FEAR OF NOT HAVING ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH THE PROGRAM THAT IS IN THIS, TO ME IS UNFOUNDED BECAUSE WE HAVE A HUGE BUDGET, UH, SURPLUS, NOT SURPLUS.
WE HAVE A HUGE BANK ACCOUNT OF $160 MILLION, WHICH BASICALLY COVERS ALL THE THREE NEW SCHOOLS THAT WE BUILD PLUS MORE.
AND WE GOT MORE TAX REVENUE COMING IN TO THAT.
SO BEING ABLE TO COMPLETE THE TAX PLAN, I THINK IS PRETTY CERTAIN, AS CERTAIN AS IT CAN BE.
NOW TO TALK ABOUT COST, PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST GOING UP.
I HEARD THE, SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT WHY IT'S COST GOING UP, COSTS ARE GOING UP.
THE SAME REASON WHY OUR REVENUES ARE GOING UP.
SO IT, SOME OF THIS IS AN AUTOMATIC COUNTERBALANCING, OUR COSTS GO UP, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A SALES TAX, THE SALES TAX REVENUE GOES UP 'CAUSE INFLATION IS PUTTING EVERYTHING UP.
SO WE GETTING A, A MORE DOLLARS BEING SPENT SO WE COLLECT MORE SALES TAX.
SO IT'S KIND OF A, A BALANCING OF AUTOMATIC BALANCING OF THE TWO.
AND ALL WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW IS BALANCING THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS THAT HAS GONE UP, BALANCING IT WITH THIS EXTRA SALES TAX REVENUES THAT WE'VE COLLECTED BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S COSTS HAVE GONE UP.
SO I DON'T VIEW ANY OF THIS AS BEING ANY DIRE SITUATION, UH, OF COMING UP TO ALL OF THIS.
AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS GO OVER A LITTLE BIT.
I HEARD THE TERM, THE, THE INITIALS RIF COME UP.
YES, IT IS GONNA BE A BIG IMPACT.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE IMPACT'S GONNA BE.
YES, WE WILL LOSE PERHAPS ABOUT 25% OF OUR REVENUE, BUT RECOGNIZE WE'RE GONNA LOSE A LOT OF EMPLOYEES GOING TO THAT NEW DISTRICT.
WE'RE GONNA LOSE SCHOOLS GOING TO THAT NEW DISTRICT.
SO YOU CAN'T LOOK AT SAY, OH, IT'S A 25% ISSUE.
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AN ISSUE OF THE 25% WE LOSE IN REVENUES VERSUS WHAT PERCENT OF COST ARE WE GONNA LOSE.AND IT'S A MUCH SMALLER NUMBERING THAN THAT.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT TAKING SIDES FOR OR AGAINST ST.
I'M JUST TRYING TO, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY OUR EMPLOYEES TO GET PANICKED ON ANY OF THIS BECAUSE THESE THINGS ARE WORKABLE.
AND I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA BE QUITE HONEST, I'M NOT FOR ST.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A BAD IDEA FOR THEM TO DO THAT.
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT PUT FEAR IN ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND IN OUR PARENTS THAT, THAT IT'S A HUGE CATASTROPHE IF THAT HAPPENS.
IS IT GOOD? I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE KIDS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOOD FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT IT WON'T SINK US FINANCIALLY AS A DISTRICT.
AND SO AS WE TALK THROUGH THESE NUMBERS A I REALLY THINK WE'RE ON SOLID GROUND FOR COMPLETING THE TAX PLAN AS PROJECTS AS WE HAVE IT.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY I CAN SEE IN MY MIND THAT UNLESS THERE ARE JUST SOME MINOR ISSUES THAT MIGHT HAPPEN, BUT IT'S NOT A, NOT A BIG ISSUE THAT THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE IMPACT ON OUR REVENUE AND THE SALES TAX IS ONLY GONNA BE FOR A VERY SMALL PORTION OF A, OF A YEAR.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S COMING INTO THIS THING.
SECONDLY, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO START TALKING ABOUT RIFS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT YET.
I, I THINK THAT'S WAY PREMATURE.
UH, AND THAT, AND THEN THIRDLY, I JUST ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU PARENTS AND ALL OF YOU STUDENTS AND EVERYTHING OUT THERE, WE DO BETTER AS ONE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOGETHER.
AND I JUST HOPE WE CAN KEEP THAT.
WELL, MIKE, I WASN'T TRYING TO STOKE FEAR IN ANYBODY THAT'S JUST DOWN THE ROAD.
I, I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU TOTALLY DOWN THE ROAD.
'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE LOSING COST AT THE SAME TIME AS WE'RE LOSING REVENUE.
ALL THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT GO WITH THE NEW SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY THOSE SALARIES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO FUND THOSE SCHOOLS AND ALL THE THINGS ON THOSE SCHOOLS.
I THINK IT WILL IMPACT US SOME BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE O WE HAVE OVERHEAD AND THINGS.
SO IS IT AN IMPACT? YEAH, BUT IT'S PROBABLY A 5% IMPACT, NOT A 25% IMPACT.
WELL, THE THING ABOUT IT'S JUST GO OUT AND VOTE.
THAT SOLVES ALL THE PROBLEMS THERE.
I I, I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
BUT I, I WANT, WE TALKED ABOUT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HEADLINES BEING OUT THERE NOT CORRECT.
AND I DON'T WANT THE HEADLINES TO GO OUT THERE INCORRECT BECAUSE THEN WE'RE GONNA BE ACCUSED OF TRYING TO MUDDY THE WATERS AND DO ALL THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
I WANT CORRECT INFORMATION GOING OUT THERE AND THE CORRECT INFORMATION IN MY OPINION.
AND IT'S ONLY MY OPINION IS THE TAX PLAN'S NOT IN JEOPARDY.
AND YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME FISCAL IMPACT IF IT HAPPENS AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HANDLE IT.
AND, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE 25%.
IT'S GONNA BE A MUCH SMALLER NUMBER THAN THAT.
AND SO PEOPLE HAVE TO MAKE THEIR CHOICES AND MAKE THEIR DECISIONS.
I'M JUST TRYING TO GIVE THEM WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE TRUE INFORMATION TO MAKE THAT DECISION ON.
AND I'VE CLEARLY SAID WHERE MY DECISION IS, BUT I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
MR. BLUE, I JUST WANNA, UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, REGARDING THE REVENUE FOR THIS TAX PLAN, UM, THE TAXING DISTRICT, THE BOUNDARIES THAT'S JUST FOR TAXES COLLECTED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, OR IS THAT IN THE ENTIRE PARISH? THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO, AND IT WAS VOTED ON BY PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
UM, SO I MEAN, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF, IF, UH, ST.
GEORGE CREATES A SCHOOL DISTRICT, WOULD THAT, IS IT A GIVEN THAT THAT IMPACTS THE COLLECTION OF THE REVENUE FOR THIS, THIS PLAN? YES.
SO WHAT, UM, OKAY, BUT WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS CLEAR ON.
AND WHO WAS IT? DI DON'T REMEMBER.
SO MR. LANIS AND THEN, UH, MR. MARTIN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION SAY NAY.
MADAME SECRETARY, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE VOTE.
[G. Consent Agenda ]
G.YOU CAN HAVE THE FLOOR
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
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A BOARD MEMBER, SO 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.
ITEM G ONE, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT RENEWAL CITY OF BATON ROUGE ADULT EDUCATION EBR PRISON.
CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL TO RENEW A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $134,110 TO BE PAID TO E-B-R-P-S-S TO ALLOW THE E-B-R-P-S-S DEPARTMENT OF ADULT AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TO CONTINUE PROVIDING ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES AND HIGH SET TESTING FOR INMATES AT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH PRISON FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2026 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
ITEM G TWO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT CAMPUS SAFETY PRODUCTS.
CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND CAMPUS SAFETY PRODUCTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $249,000 WITH AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $210,720 TO BE PAID BY THE BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE A FULLY CODE COMPLIANT SHELTER IN PLACE.
RAPID LOCKDOWN SOLUTION TO FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS.
FUNDING SOURCE, UH, TITLE FOUR AND BATON ROUGE AREA FOUNDATION.
UH, ITEM G THREE, INDEFINITE DELIVERY SELECTION.
CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE 2026 SELECTION COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION OF ARCHITECTURAL CIVIL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, UH, GEOTECHNICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE TAX PLAN AND DISTRICT PROJECTS G FOUR RFQ, NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH.
CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF TO A ISSUE, A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS RFQ FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSULTING FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH.
B UPON COMPLETION OF THE RFQ PROCESS, TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SELECTION COMMITTEE TO SELECT AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSULTING FIRM FUNDING SOURCE TAX PLAN PROPOSITION ONE G FIVE POLICY BBGA.
LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF POLICY BBGA LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY G SIX LITIGATION CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM GWEN SHAMBLIN, GENERAL COUNSEL, E-B-R-P-S-B, WHICH IS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IN THE MATTER OF ARIANA BELL ETAL VERSUS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD.
ETAL DOCUMENT NUMBER 7 4 3 9 6 7 SECTION 33 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND RELATED MATTERS G SEVEN LITIGATION CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM GWEN SHAMBLIN, GENERAL COUNSEL, E-B-R-P-S-B, WHICH IS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD IN THE MATTER OF RYAN AND CATHERINE HART ON BEHALF OF MINOR CHILD.
DOCUMENT NUMBER 20 24 5 0 0 1 D-O-E-I-D-E-A AND RELATED MATTERS.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THANK YOU MS. PAUL LEWIS, BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
ANY OTHER ITEMS? ANYBODY? ITEM FOUR.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ARE THERE ANY CARDS? APRIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY CARDS? OKAY, ONLINE? I DON'T SEE ANY ONLINE COMMENTS.
ALLOCATE MORE FUNDS TO CONSTRUCTION
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COMPANIES WHILE TARIFFS AND IMMIGRATION RATES WILL INCREASE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.THIS IS NUMBER FOUR, D FOUR, PLEASE PAUSE ALLOCATION PLEASE.
ALLOCATING MORE FUNDS TO CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WHILE TERRORISTS AND IMMIGRATION RAID WILL INCREASE CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
THESE SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED AND ADDRESS PROACTIVELY EXPLORE ALTERNATIVES.
THE LACK OF UPDATES ON THE TAX PLAN IS DISHEARTENED OFTEN IMPACTS COMMUNITIES OR LEFT IMPACTED COMMUNITIES ARE LEFT UNINFORMED AND STAKEHOLDERS PARTICIPATION IS AGGRESSIVELY DISCOURAGED.
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE ON HOLD FOR THE OTHER SITE? THAT WAS FROM EMILY LANDRY.
TRANSPARENCY AND FULL ALLOCATION IS LACKING WHEN THE REST OF THE TIME THE COMMUNITIES ARE INVOLVED.
THE TAX PLAN RECEIVES AN UPDATE, WHETHER ITS TAX PLAN FUNDS OR LARGE GRANTS.
THE DISPARITY INTO THE, THE DISPARITY, THE THAT DESPAIR INTO EBR SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY TRANSPARENCY IS LACKING.
WE PATRONIZE FOR NEEDING EDUCATION.
WE PRIORITIZE FOR NEEDING EDUCATION ON THESE MATTERS.
YET NO ONE VISITS THE COMMUNITIES FOR GENUINE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT.
IT'S HARD TO SEE THIS ADDITIONAL SPENDING WHEN OUR, WHEN OUR CROWDED SCHOOLS DON'T HAVE, UM, DEDICATED RESOURCE, DEDICATED RESOURCES, TEACHERS AND FULL-TIME SINGLE SITES FOR SCHOOL NURSES.
I THINK YOU READING WRONG ONE? NO, WE'RE ON ITEM FOUR, RIGHT? NO, BUT THAT'S FROM LAST WEEK.
OH, THAT'S FROM THE LAST MEETING THAT I MISSED.
OKAY, BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACT, CAMPUS SECURITY.
NONE OF THIS HAS PROVEN TO PREVENT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.
IT'S JUST PART OF THE INDUSTRY THAT PROFITS OUR FEAR.
WHAT ABOUT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL COST OF SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THIS?
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PREVENT SCHOOL SHOOTINGS? WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MASSIVELY IMPROVE SCHOOL CLIMATE IN SCHOOLS? EVERYBODY WANTS TO, EVERYBODY WANTS A BUCK FROM THIS DISTRICT AND THE FRIENDS AND THE FAMILY JOB FACTORIES IN CENTRAL, I'M SORRY, JOB, FAMILY, JOB FACTORY IN CENTRAL OFFICE TO CONSTRUCTION AND CONSULTING DOLLARS.
WHO IS LOOKING, WHO IS LOOKING OUT FOR ALL THE KIDS WE ALREADY HAVE OUR KIDS WEAR CLEAR BACKPACKS.
GO THROUGH METAL DETECTORS AND OTHER SUPERFICIAL THINGS THAT MAKE ADULTS FEEL GOOD.
BUT DON'T HELP KIDS PLEA, BUT FEEL GOOD.
BUT DON'T HELP KIDS, PLEASE VOTE NO.
SO VERY SINGLE SCHOOLS CAN AT LEAST HAVE AT LEAST ONE FULL-TIME SCHOOL NURSE WHO ONLY SERVES ONE SCHOOL AND TWO FULL-TIME SOCIAL WORKERS FOR EVERY SCHOOL, IT'S TIME TO PUT OUR KIDS OVER CONTRACTS.
WE'LL SKIP DOWN AND READ SEVEN LITIGATION MARINE MARINA LEBLANC.
WE DON'T LIKE, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ESS ENOUGH.
TOO OFTEN EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT SERVICES TAKES ADVANTAGE.
THE FACT THAT MOST AREN'T GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE, TAKE IT TO THIS LEVEL.
AND THEY WILLFULLY DEPRIVE STUDENTS OF THEIR BASIC CIVIL RIGHTS AND RIGHTS TO FREE AND FAIR EDUCATION.
IT ISN'T FAIR THAT THE IDEA WAS NEVER FULLY FUNDED.
THE LACK OF FOLLOW THROUGH FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT DOESN'T JUSTIFY THE AGGRESSION IN WHICH REAL ADULTS TREAT STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF DISABLED STUDENTS.
IT'S TIME FOR A POSITIVE CHANGE.
IN THE SAME, IN THE SAME SEASON, MANY OF US LOOK AT THE WORDS OF
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JESUS WHO SAYS, WHEN YOU GIVE A FEAST, INVITE THE POOR TO CRIPPLE THE LAME, THE BLIND.AND YOU WILL BE BLESSED BECAUSE THEY CANNOT REPAY YOU FOR YOU'LL BE REPAID AT RESURRECTION.
JESUS EMPLOYS US TO SERVE THE DISABLED WHO IS WILLING TO TAKE LEADERSHIP AND RESTORE THE HUMANITY TO EX TO EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT SERVICES AND SHIFT THE CULTURE TOWARD SERVING WHO WILL ANSWER THE CALL? THANK YOU, COACH.
SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC AND ONLINE COMMENTS.
WE HAVE BOARD COMMENTS, MR. LANDIS? OH, THAT'S ALL OKAY.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR, SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION SAY NAY.
MADAME SECRETARY, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? YEAH, THE, FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA, THE MOTION WAS TO CONCLUDE.
PRESIDENT, THERE IS NO MOTION.
DARIUS? NO, THAT WAS ON THE LAST ITEM.
DARIUS GOT THE CONSENT AGENDA SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION, MADAM SECRETARY, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE PLEASE VOTE.
[G.4. RFQ: New High School In The Southern Part of the Parish]
SEPARATE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED FOR THE RFQ NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH.CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF TO A ISSUE, A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSULTING FOR THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PARISH.
BE UPON COMPLETION OF THE RFQ PROCESS.
TO AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT AND SELECTION COMMITTEE TO SELECT AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSULTING FIRM.
FUNDING SOURCE TAX PLAN PROPOSITION ONE.
MS. ANDERSON, MR. GILBERT, BEFORE WE, UH, HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR BEFORE UH, THIS ITEM EXTENDS ANY FURTHER, I JUST WANNA MAKE A POINT OF INFORMATION TO, UH, ADVISE THAT THIS PARTICULAR ITEM WAS A PART OF THE PREVIOUS TAX PLAN AND WHAT WE ARE VOTING ON.
AND WHAT THIS ITEM SPEAKS ABOUT IS THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THIS IS FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN FOR THE SCHOOL THAT WAS APPROVED FROM THE LAST BOARD.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, DO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEM FOUR? OKAY.
BUT I DO HAVE AN ONLINE COMMENT.
COACH, YOU WANNA READ THAT COMMENT? MR. WEBB? I'M GONNA TEXT YOU SOMETHING PERSONAL.
WHO WILL FILL THIS HIGH SCHOOL STAFF WITH STUDENTS ESPECIALLY? OKAY, THERE WE GO.
NEW HIGH SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH OF THE PARISH.
WHO WILL FILL THIS HIGH SCHOOL STAFF AND STUDENTS ESPECIALLY.
WHERE WILL THEY COME FROM? IS THERE SOME SECRET STASH OF STUDENTS THAT ARE HIDING OUT FROM US OR A SOURCE OF HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS? IF THEY BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
IF THEY BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME.
FURTHERMORE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE REST OF THE SCHOOLS ON THE TAX PLAN? WHAT ABOUT WHAM GLASGOW SCHOOLS THAT ARE ACTUALLY SERVING STUDENTS AND THERE SEEMS TO BE, AND THERE SEEMS TO BE MORE SWING SPACES THAN THERE ARE THAN THEY WERE A YEAR AGO.
ARE THESE COMMUNITIES EXPECTED TO SIT IN SILENCE OBEDIENTLY AND JUST WAIT? HISTORICALLY, EBR SCHOOLS DOES, DOES NOT INCLUDE MORE THAN SUPERFICIAL STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK DURING DESIGN, LEADING TO DESIGN AND UNUSABLE AND UNSOLVABLE ISSUES.
PLEASE ENSURE THE CHOSEN FIRM SEEKS REAL STAKEHOLDER FEEDBACK, EVEN IF THE STUDENTS AND STAFF POPULATION IS UNCLEAR.
IT'S ALSO VERY HARD NOT TO TALK ABOUT THESE IN THE CONTEXT OF ST.
MAYBE ALL THIS SHOULD BE POSTPONED INSTEAD OF TURNING INTO POLITICAL WHATEVER MS. CANDACE BLACK BUILDING A NEW SCHOOL IN THE PART OF THE CITY ISN'T WISE CHOICE AT THIS MOMENT, BUT THE POSSIBILITIES OF ST.
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DISTRICT.IT WOULD BE A WASTE OF MONEY IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S NOT A NEED FOR THE, FOR THE REAL MIDDLE SCHOOL THERE FOR A REAL MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NORTH BATON ROUGE.
DIDN'T WE JUST CLOSE SCHOOLS? CAN WE USE THE MONEY ON ADDITIONAL MONTESSORI SCHOOLS? LET'S BE WISE.
PUT THIS OFF UNTIL AFTER THE ST.
GEORGE VOTE THEN MS. TABBY WRITES, PLEASE VOTE NO.
WE HAVE ALREADY LIVED THROUGH A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION IN THIS PARISH WHEN THE CENTRAL SCHOOL SYSTEM SEPARATED FROM EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM IN, UH, 27 2 0 0 7.
AT THIS TIME, TAX REVENUES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED PARISH WIDE FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS AND CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDING A PLANNED MIDDLE SCHOOL AND CENTRAL.
WHEN CENTRAL BROKE AWAY, THERE WAS, THERE WAS A DISPUTE OVER FUNDS THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED FOR A PROJECT IN THAT AREA.
LITIGATION FOLLOWED AND EVENTUALLY SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED THAT INCLUDED A CASH PAYMENT AND PROPERTY TRANSFER.
THE LESSONS FROM THAT EXPERIENCE IS NOT ABOUT TAKING SIDES, IT'S ABOUT PROCESS TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS TO TAXPAYERS AND STUDENTS ON BOTH SIDES.
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE POTENTIAL SPLIT.
WE SHOULD NOT REPEAT CONFUSION AND CONFLICT.
INSTEAD, WE SHOULD PROACTIVELY ESTABLISH CLEAR GUIDE GUIDELINES FOR THE ASSETS, OBLIGATIONS, AND PLAN PROJECTS THAT WILL BE HANDLED IN THIS NEW SYSTEM IF THIS NEW SYSTEM IS APPROVED.
MR. LANIS, THAT'S YOU AND THE Q FOR REAL THIS TIME? YES.
I'LL BE, I TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE MATTER PRESIDENT.
ONE, UH, I THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS NOT THE, THE ITEM TONIGHT IS NOT TO VOTE ON A NEW SCHOOL.
IT IS ONLY FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.
UH, AND WHETHER OR NOT WE DID THIS TONIGHT OR WE DID IT LATER, WE GOTTA DO THIS PROCESS ANYWAY.
THIS IS ONLY TO BUILD OUT THE RENDERINGS FOR THE SCHOOL, NOT TO VOTE ON THE SCHOOL.
NOW FOR PART TWO, AND AS I GO INTO PART TWO, I'M GOING TO REFERENCE SOMETHING THAT A GOOD FRIEND ALWAYS SAYS.
AND GOD, WE TRUST EVERYBODY ELSE BRING DATA.
NOW, EVERYBODY TONIGHT HAS TALKED ABOUT ST.
GEORGE AND BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CONVERSATION.
EVERYBODY CONTINUES TO SAY THAT PEOPLE WITHIN ST.
GEORGE VOTED ON SOMETHING AND THEY GAVE THEIR PEACE.
WHAT PEOPLE ACROSS THIS PARISH VOTED ON WAS A SCHOOL BEING BUILT IN THE SOUTHERN PARISH OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY DID NOT VOTE FOR A SCHOOL TO BE BUILT IN ST.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT THAT ITEM SAYS, THIS CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE TAX PLAN.
AND THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT READ WHEN PEOPLE VOTED ON IT.
IN NO WELL SHAPE OR FORM DID IT SAY ANYTHING OR ANY MENTION OF ST.
GEORGE BECAUSE THE IDEA OF THE CONCEPTION OF ST.
THE CITY WAS NOT FORMED AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID NOT COME BEFORE THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO COME BEFORE THE VOTERS ACROSS OUR PARISH NOR OUR STATE TO VOTE ON IT.
NOW WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT MONEY.
'CAUSE WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE, THE, THE, THE HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT THE THREE PHASES OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT GOES LARGER THAN JUST THE THREE PHASES.
THAT'S JUST $60 MILLION UNDER THE THREE, THREE PHASES.
WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE MONEY THAT'S GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THE MIL IN THE BUILDINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA LOSE.
AND EACH BUILDING, BY THE WAY, IS A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE MFP DOLLARS THAT WE'RE GONNA U LOSE PER STUDENT IF THEY LEAVE.
AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES, THAT COST GOES HIGHER THAN AN AVERAGE STUDENT.
THAT IT TAKES DEDICATED COSTS OUR DISTRICT TO, TO TEACH THAT KID.
NOW, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA CALL YOU UP HERE MS. LOPEZ, BECAUSE I'M NOT A MATHEMATICIAN, BUT I'M SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THAT'S OVER $100 MILLION IN ASSETS THAT WE'RE GONNA LOSE FROM EAST BEVERAGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM UNDER THAT 25%.
NOW, SOME WILL SAY YES, WE'LL SURVIVE.
BUT I WOULD SAY, WHAT IS IT LIKE TO SURVIVE IF YOUR OWN LIFE SUPPORT, THIS IS THE REASON WHY YOU HEAR SO MANY PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT SAYING, NO, THEY DON'T WANT ST.
GEORGE TO HAPPEN BECAUSE TOGETHER WE ARE A BETTER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I THINK IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT WE HAVE MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES.
WE JUST SAW ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS AT HOLLAND ELEMENTARY COME UP HERE AND EVERYBODY CLAPPED THEM, GLORIFIED THEM.
AND GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.
SO WHY WOULD WE DISRUPT THE GOOD WORK THAT'S HAPPENING ACROSS OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT? AND WITH THAT MADAM PRESIDENT, I YIELD.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF MY QUESTION IS COMPLETELY GERMANE TO THE TOPIC, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, UM, AND MS. LOPEZ, I KNOW THAT MR. LANIS SAID THAT HE'S NOT GONNA CALL YOU UP.
I'M NOT GONNA CALL YOU UP EITHER, BUT THIS IS WHAT I, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND THE DATA THAT, UM, SHOWS HOW WE WERE IMPACTED WHEN CENTRAL PULLED OUT, WHEN BAKER PULLED OUT AND WHEN ZACHARY PULLED OUT.
AND SO MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.
BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I ASKED THE QUESTION.
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THAT WAY IF ANYONE WANTS TO KNOW, ONCE MS. LOPEZ GIVES ME THE DATA, I'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE IT WITH YOU.AND THANK YOU MS. POWELL LEWIS FOR THAT QUESTION.
I THINK ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES IN THAT QUESTION WAS THERE WAS A TAX PLAN IN EXISTENCE AT THE TIME WHEN CENTRAL PULLED OUT.
AND IN THAT TAX PLAN WAS A NEW SCHOOL BUILDING IN CENTRAL.
NOW, WHEN CENTRAL PULLED OUT, THE TAX DISTRICT IS DEFINED AS THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO WHEN CENTRAL PULLED OUT THAT NEW PROPOSED, PROPOSED SCHOOL WAS NO LONGER IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.
SO THAT WENT TO LITIGATION AND THE JUDGES AND EVERYTHING DETERMINED THAT WE WERE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO BUILD THAT SCHOOL IN CENTRAL BECAUSE THEY WERE NO LONGER PART OF THE DISTRICT THAT HAS BEEN LITIGATED, APPEALED AND APPEALED UPHELD FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
GEORGE DOES BREAK AWAY, WE WOULD BE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO BUILD THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON THAT.
NOW, MS. ANDERSON, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT, THIS PROPOSAL IS ONLY TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR ARCHITECTS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE US TO SELECT HOW LONG DID IT TAKE FOR BID TO COME IN? HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR BIDS TO COME IN? OH WOW.
SO I DID NOT BRING THE SCHEDULE.
BUT IT'S AT LEAST 30 DAYS OR BID.
YOUR BIDDING PROCESS IS AT LEAST 45 DAYS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE AT LEAST NOT DESIGN, I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE BID AT LEAST 45 DAYS.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE WOULD BE, WE WOULD BARELY BE SELECTING THE ARCHITECT AND GOING INTO THAT BEFORE THE ELECTION CAME UP.
SO BASICALLY WE'RE SPENDING ALMOST VERY LITTLE MONEY BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE ELECTION IS GONNA HAPPEN IN MAY.
THE MONEY BEING SPENT IS MINUSCULE.
SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE ALL OF THAT'S IN CONTEXT THAT WE'RE NOT BEING CRAZY BY GOING AHEAD WITH THIS BECAUSE I HAVE FAITH, I MAY BE MISPLACED, BUT I HAVE FAITH THAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS PARISH ARE GONNA RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE BETTER TOGETHER.
IT'S A STATEWIDE ELECTION, NOT JUST PARISH.
I I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S GOTTA PASS BOTH.
UH, AND, AND SO, UH, I I THINK IT WOULD BE UNWISE FOR US TO NOT PASS THIS AND KEEP THIS GOING BECAUSE A, IT WOULD SHOW THAT WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE CAN, UH, THAT WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THE, THE, WE MIGHT STAY TOGETHER AS A DISTRICT.
I THINK WE OUGHT TO PASS THIS TO SHOW OUR FAITH IN THAT, THAT WE GO MARCH 4TH THE WAY IT IS AND TRY TO GET THIS DONE.
THE AMOUNT OF MONEY RE RISKING IS MINIMAL ALMOST ZERO BECAUSE AFTER THE ELECTION IN MAY, IF THE SPLIT SHOULD OCCUR, WE, WELL THE DISTRICT WON'T ACTUALLY HAPPEN UNTIL, UH, IN 2027.
BUT WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY AT THAT, AT THAT POINT TO SUSPEND THE PROJECT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GO AHEAD AND BUILD THE PROJECT AFTER JULY ONE.
WE CAN'T SPEND MONEY AFTER JULY 1ST, 2027 BY LAW, WE CAN'T SPEND MONEY ON THAT HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN HERE AND A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS VOTING FOR.
THIS IS NOT AS MY COLLEAGUE MR. LANIS SAID, VOTING FOR THIS IS NOT VOTING TO BUILD A HIGH SCHOOL.
IT'S VOTING TO TAKE ONE STEP DOWN THAT PATH.
AND IT'S A VERY MINIMAL COST STEP.
MR. MARTIN, UH, YEAH, I AGREE WITH THE POINTS MR. GODDE MADE AND I MOVE APPROVAL OF THE ITEM.
WE HAVE THE MOTION AND MR. GODDE HAVE A SECOND.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION SAY NAY.
MADAM SECRETARY CALL FOR THE VOTE PLEASE VOTE SHOW UP.
CAN WE DO A ROLL CALL? I CAN'T SEE MR. LANDIS'S VOTE.
MR. LANIS? I WANNA SAY FOR THE RECORD, I VOTED FOR IT JUST TO GO THROUGH.
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MR. LEWIS.THOUGHT WE WERE GOING IN ORDER AROUND THE MR. RUSS? YAY.
[G.5. Policy: BBGA-Legislative Activity]
ITEM WHICH IS ITEM FIVE, POLICY BBGA LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST OF THE APPROVAL OF POLICY BBGA LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY.AND SO DO I HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? DID I HAVE ANY ON THAT? OKAY.
I'M SORRY MR. GOEY, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE POLICY AS AMENDED, UH, IN THE UH, IN THE BOARD DOCS.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE POLICY THAT'S IN BOARD DOCS AND I HAVE A SECOND BY MR. LANIS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY IN HERE SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDER.
ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY CARDS AND THERE ARE NO ONLINE COMMENTS MR. GOD? YES.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT UH, THE AMENDED VERSION WAS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO COMMENT.
AND SO I DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION SAY NAY.
MADAM SECRETARY, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE PLEASE? VOTE.
[H.1. Student Expulsion ]
ITEM H, NEW BUSINESS NUMBER ONE, STUDENT EXPULSION DISCUSSION.CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO APPEAL A STUDENT EXPULSION, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THERE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LRS 42.
6.1 A SEVEN TO CONDUCT AN APPEAL HEARING FOR A STUDENT EXPULSION THE HEARING MAY BE OPEN OR CLOSED AT THE OPTION OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN BOARD MEMBERS.
HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CASE? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THE MATTER AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING? MOVING ALONG, ITEM
[H.2. Student Expulsion ]
TWO, STUDENT EXPULSION DISCUSSION.CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO APPEAL A STUDENT EXPULSION MR. SHALIN, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THERE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LRS 42 6 0.1 A SEVEN TO CONDUCT AN APPEAL HEARING FOR ITS STUDENT EXPULSION.
THE HEARING MAY BE OPEN OR CLOSED AT THE OPTION OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN BOARD MEMBERS.
HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CASE? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THE MATTER AT THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING? MOVING ALONG
[H.3. Student Expulsion ]
TO ITEM THREE, STUDENT EXPULSION DISCUSSION.CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO APPEAL A STUDENT EXPULSION, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THERE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LRS 42.
6.1 A SEVEN TO CONDUCT AN APPEAL HEARING FOR A STUDENT EXPULSION THE HEARING MAY BE OPEN OR CLOSED AT THE OPTION OF THE PARENT OR GUARDIAN BOARD MEMBERS.
HAVE YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CASE? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THE MATTER AT THE NEXT REGULAR BOARD MEETING? MOVING ALONG
[H.4.Student Expulsion ]
TO ITEM FOUR, STUDENT EXPULSION.CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO APPEAL A STUDENT EXPULSION MR. SHAMBLIN THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THERE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF LRS 42 6 1 A SEVEN TO CONDUCT AN APPEAL HEARING FOR A STUDENT EXPULSION THE HEARING MAY BE OPEN OR CLOSED AT THE OPTION OF THE PARENT BOARD MEMBERS.
HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CASE? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THIS MATTER AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING? MOVING ALONG,
[I.1. Announcement of Meetings]
ITEM I ORGANIZATIONAL ITEMS MR. RUSS ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETINGS, COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING TO BE HELD ON MARCH 5TH, 2026 AT 5:00 PM IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE.REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD ON MARCH 19TH, 2026 AT 5:00 PM IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE BOARD ROOM.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR BOARD MEETING AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.