Roll call, invocation (School Board Member Connie Bernard), and pledge of allegiance(Command and Control LT Dajon Khalil Plummer – Scotlandville Magnet High School and Command Sergeant Major Louis Thomas).
Approval of the minutes of the November 19, 2015, Regular School Board meeting, and the December 3, 2015, Committee of the Whole meeting
Recognitions. 3.1 Recognition of Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) for its donation of computers for the school system’s Parent Resource Centers. (Wiley Brazier/Nancy Jo Craig) 3.2 Recognition of ARAMARK and Baton Rouge Magnet High School regarding the Professional Grounds Management Green Merit Award. (Terrance Ransfer) 3.3 Recognition of Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) partners in education for the month of December. (Lynelle Dixon)
Personnel Matters. (FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
Superintendent’s Report/Update. (Superintendent Warren Drake)
Presentations. 6-1. Presentation by The Chapel. (Ms. Kay Wallace)
Report from Board Appointees to Community Committees/Agencies.
8. Unfinished Business: (NONE) CONSENT AGENDA The following items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items unless a Board Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as an item on the regular agenda for separate vote preceding the last item on the regular agenda. 9. Consideration of a request for approval of the revised organizational chart and related job descriptions. (Dr. Michelle Clayton/Millie Williams) 10. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and InfoSnap, Inc. in the amount of $20,000.00 for a Pre-K coordinated electronic application system. (Funding Source: 8(g), ESS, Magnet, Title I, General Fund, SRCL, and Early Childhood Grant). (Shenoa Webb) 2 11. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and ABC123, LLC, in the amount of $24,900.00 for the Diocese of Baton Rouge’s Annual Summer Summit. (Funding Source: Title II Non-Public/Private). (Dr. Michelle Clayton/Daphne Flentroy) 12. Consideration of a request for approval of the ExxonMobil LSU Cain Center Grant in the amount of $39,000.00 to benefit thirty-nine (39) teachers working at twenty-two (22) schools throughout the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. (James Crochet/Pat Friedrich) 13. Consideration of a request for approval of the WalMart Foundation’s Community Grants: (a) WalMart (College Drive location) in the amount of $1,000.00 to provide students with project-based learning activities to develop skills in engineering, research, and social sciences. (Recipient: Joshua Danzy - Lee High School); and (b) (WalMart/Sam’s Club, Airline Drive location) in the amount of $2,000.00 to purchase band uniforms for students attending Park Forest Middle School. (James Crochet/Pat Friedrich) 14. Consideration of a request for approval of the Title I School Improvement (SI) – College and Career Readiness Support 1003a Grant in the amount of $132,100: (Scalable Counseling Model Grant - $20,000.00; Certiport Under-Served School Grant - $29,600.00; and Internship Coordinator Grant - $82,500.00) to provide college and career services. (Adam Smith, Andrea O’Konski, and Dave Lefkowith) 15. Consideration of a request for approval for the East Baton Rouge Parish School System to serve as fiscal agent for the Title I School Improvement (SI) – College and Career Readiness Support 1003a Internship Coordinator Grant. (Adam Smith, Andrea O’Konski, and Dave Lefkowith) 16. Consideration of a request to authorize the administration to negotiate and execute an amendment to the current Career Compass Contract relative to the additional funding for the Title I School Improvement (SI) – College and Career Readiness Support 1003a Internship Coordinator Grant in the amount of $82,500.00. (Adam Smith, Andrea O’Konski, and Dave Lefkowith) 17. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Heinemann in the amount of $350,000.00 to provide literacy intervention services for students with disabilities and at-risk students at seventeen (17) elementary schools. (Funding Source: IDEA). (Adam Smith/Elizabeth Taylor Chapman)
New Business Discussion/Consideration of a professional services agreement between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and OnCourse Systems for Education, LLC, in the amount of $43,885.00, for an online platform to create and maintain school and teacher websites, create and submit lesson plans, and store documents for teacher and administrative use. (Funding Source: Technology and Professional Development). (Andrea O’Konski/Robbyn Wax)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of the recommendation from Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, EBRPSB, in the matter of: Jennifer Graves Romero vs. Connie Jefferson & EBRPSB; Suit No.: 615,799; Section 22; 19th JDC.* (Domoine Rutledge)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of the recommendation from Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, EBRPSB, in the matter of: Kizzy Grose, et al, vs. Teisheka Green & EBRPSB; Suit No.: 604,880; Division “D;” 19th JDC (Claimant: Demarcius Schiele).* (Domoine Rutledge)
21. Organizational Items. Announcement of Meetings: - Special School Board Meeting to be held on January 7, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Office (Board Room). - Committee of the Whole meeting to be held on January 7, 2016, immediately following the Special School Board meeting at the Central Office (Board Room). - Regular Meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to be held on January 21, 2016. 24. Adjournment
Dec 17, 2015 School Board
Roll call, invocation (School Board Member Connie Bernard), and pledge of allegiance(Command and Control LT Dajon Khalil Plummer – Scotlandville Magnet High School and Command Sergeant Major Louis Thomas).
Approval of the minutes of the November 19, 2015, Regular School Board meeting, and the December 3, 2015, Committee of the Whole meeting
Recognitions. 3.1 Recognition of Capital Area Corporate Recycling Council (CACRC) for its donation of computers for the school system’s Parent Resource Centers. (Wiley Brazier/Nancy Jo Craig) 3.2 Recognition of ARAMARK and Baton Rouge Magnet High School regarding the Professional Grounds Management Green Merit Award. (Terrance Ransfer) 3.3 Recognition of Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) partners in education for the month of December. (Lynelle Dixon)
Personnel Matters. (FOR INFORMATION ONLY)
Superintendent’s Report/Update. (Superintendent Warren Drake)
Presentations. 6-1. Presentation by The Chapel. (Ms. Kay Wallace)
Report from Board Appointees to Community Committees/Agencies.
8. Unfinished Business: (NONE) CONSENT AGENDA The following items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items unless a Board Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as an item on the regular agenda for separate vote preceding the last item on the regular agenda. 9. Consideration of a request for approval of the revised organizational chart and related job descriptions. (Dr. Michelle Clayton/Millie Williams) 10. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and InfoSnap, Inc. in the amount of $20,000.00 for a Pre-K coordinated electronic application system. (Funding Source: 8(g), ESS, Magnet, Title I, General Fund, SRCL, and Early Childhood Grant). (Shenoa Webb) 2 11. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and ABC123, LLC, in the amount of $24,900.00 for the Diocese of Baton Rouge’s Annual Summer Summit. (Funding Source: Title II Non-Public/Private). (Dr. Michelle Clayton/Daphne Flentroy) 12. Consideration of a request for approval of the ExxonMobil LSU Cain Center Grant in the amount of $39,000.00 to benefit thirty-nine (39) teachers working at twenty-two (22) schools throughout the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. (James Crochet/Pat Friedrich) 13. Consideration of a request for approval of the WalMart Foundation’s Community Grants: (a) WalMart (College Drive location) in the amount of $1,000.00 to provide students with project-based learning activities to develop skills in engineering, research, and social sciences. (Recipient: Joshua Danzy - Lee High School); and (b) (WalMart/Sam’s Club, Airline Drive location) in the amount of $2,000.00 to purchase band uniforms for students attending Park Forest Middle School. (James Crochet/Pat Friedrich) 14. Consideration of a request for approval of the Title I School Improvement (SI) – College and Career Readiness Support 1003a Grant in the amount of $132,100: (Scalable Counseling Model Grant - $20,000.00; Certiport Under-Served School Grant - $29,600.00; and Internship Coordinator Grant - $82,500.00) to provide college and career services. (Adam Smith, Andrea O’Konski, and Dave Lefkowith) 15. Consideration of a request for approval for the East Baton Rouge Parish School System to serve as fiscal agent for the Title I School Improvement (SI) – College and Career Readiness Support 1003a Internship Coordinator Grant. (Adam Smith, Andrea O’Konski, and Dave Lefkowith) 16. Consideration of a request to authorize the administration to negotiate and execute an amendment to the current Career Compass Contract relative to the additional funding for the Title I School Improvement (SI) – College and Career Readiness Support 1003a Internship Coordinator Grant in the amount of $82,500.00. (Adam Smith, Andrea O’Konski, and Dave Lefkowith) 17. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Heinemann in the amount of $350,000.00 to provide literacy intervention services for students with disabilities and at-risk students at seventeen (17) elementary schools. (Funding Source: IDEA). (Adam Smith/Elizabeth Taylor Chapman)
New Business Discussion/Consideration of a professional services agreement between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and OnCourse Systems for Education, LLC, in the amount of $43,885.00, for an online platform to create and maintain school and teacher websites, create and submit lesson plans, and store documents for teacher and administrative use. (Funding Source: Technology and Professional Development). (Andrea O’Konski/Robbyn Wax)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of the recommendation from Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, EBRPSB, in the matter of: Jennifer Graves Romero vs. Connie Jefferson & EBRPSB; Suit No.: 615,799; Section 22; 19th JDC.* (Domoine Rutledge)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of the recommendation from Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, EBRPSB, in the matter of: Kizzy Grose, et al, vs. Teisheka Green & EBRPSB; Suit No.: 604,880; Division “D;” 19th JDC (Claimant: Demarcius Schiele).* (Domoine Rutledge)
21. Organizational Items. Announcement of Meetings: - Special School Board Meeting to be held on January 7, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Office (Board Room). - Committee of the Whole meeting to be held on January 7, 2016, immediately following the Special School Board meeting at the Central Office (Board Room). - Regular Meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to be held on January 21, 2016. 24. Adjournment