1. Call to order, invocation (School Board Member Connie Bernard), and Pledge of Allegiance (Cadet First Lieutenant Sydnie Hua – Broadmoor High School and LTC Michael Stewart, Senior Army Instructor). 2. Roll Call. 3. Approval of the School Board minutes of the October 20, 2016, (Regular), and the November 3, 2016, Committee of the Whole meetings.
Recognitions. 4.1 Recognition of the 2016 National Merit Semi-Finalists and Commended Students. (Andrea O’Konski ) 4.2 Recognition of Earlington Smith, student at Woodlawn High School, for his heroic act in trying to save a woman’s life by performing the Heimlich Maneuver. (Ben Necaise) 4.3 Recognition of the Exchange Club of Baton Rouge’s 20th Annual Adopt-a-Teacher grant recipients. (Dr. Richard Flicker) 4.4 Recognition of Dennis Lomnaco, Executive Director of What You Give Will Grow Foundation, and Quincey Wiley from Advance Pierre Food. (Keila Stovall) 4.5 Recognition of Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) Partners in Education for the month of November. (Lynelle Dixon)
Personnel Matters. 5.1 For Information Only: Personnel Changes.
Superintendent’s Report/Update. (Superintendent Warren Drake)
Presentations. 7.1 Update from the EBRSS Foundation. (Keila Stovall)
Report from Board Appointees to Community Committees/Agencies.
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. 11. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Peterson’s Velocity in the amount of $184,000.00 for tutoring, remediation, and professional development for the following non-public Title I schools: Redemptorist, St. Gerard, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Xavier, and St. Louis King of France. (Funding Source: Title I). (Dr. Sandra Horton/Avis Sampson) 12. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and WVLA for the “School Spotlight” advertising in the amount of $18,600.00. (Funding Source: Communications – Advertising) (Adonica Duggan) 13. Consideration of a request for approval of the proposed 2017-2018 School Year Calendar. (Adam Smith) 14. Consideration of a request for approval of the following budgets: (Adam Smith/Catherine Fletcher) a) Education Excellence Fund (EEF) 2016-2017 budget. b) Semi-Annual Financial Tax Plan update for the Preliminary Actual 2015-2016 Financials and the proposed 2016-2017 budgets for the Tax Plan Propositions 1, 2, and 3. 15. Consideration of a request for approval of the following grants: (Catherine Fletcher/Pat Friedrich) a) RocketKidz Foundation grant in the amount of $2,500.00 for the continuation of an after-school soccer program at the following five (5) elementary schools: Brownfields, Progress, Ryan, Sharon Hills, and White Hills. b) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program Geaux Clean grant in the amount of $772,558.00 and a twenty-five percent match towards the East Baton Rouge Parish School System’s purchase of propane fueled buses, beginning July 2017. c) CarMax Foundation and KaBOOM Imagination Playground grant and Letter of Intent (LOI) for Greenbrier Elementary School. 16. Consideration of a request for approval of the recommendation of Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, EBRPSB, in the following matters: (Domoine Rutledge) a) Tanid Lessard vs. Deborah Ayo and Berkley Insurance Company; Suit No.: 628,051; Division D; 19th JDC; Parish of East Baton Rouge.* b) Phillip Fieldings vs. Brerona Harris and EBRPSB; Suit No.: 629,941; Division D; 19th JDC; Parish of East Baton Rouge.* (END OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS) Stand Alone Items: (Referred by the Committee of the Whole without a recommendation.) (NONE)
Consideration of a request for approval of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System’s financial audit results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. (Catherine Fletcher/James Crochet)
New Business: Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of the proposed Test Security policy. (Andrea O’Konski)
Discussion/Consideration of the Magnet School Admission Policy and related matters. (Domoine Rutledge/Dr. Michelle Clayton/Adam Smith)
19. Organizational Items: Announcement of Meetings: Committee of the Whole meeting to be held on Thursday, December 1, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. at Central Office located at 1050 S. Foster Drive. Regular Meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to be held on December 15, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. at Central Office located at 1050 S. Foster Drive. 21. Adjournment.
Nov 17, 2016 School Board
1. Call to order, invocation (School Board Member Connie Bernard), and Pledge of Allegiance (Cadet First Lieutenant Sydnie Hua – Broadmoor High School and LTC Michael Stewart, Senior Army Instructor). 2. Roll Call. 3. Approval of the School Board minutes of the October 20, 2016, (Regular), and the November 3, 2016, Committee of the Whole meetings.
Recognitions. 4.1 Recognition of the 2016 National Merit Semi-Finalists and Commended Students. (Andrea O’Konski ) 4.2 Recognition of Earlington Smith, student at Woodlawn High School, for his heroic act in trying to save a woman’s life by performing the Heimlich Maneuver. (Ben Necaise) 4.3 Recognition of the Exchange Club of Baton Rouge’s 20th Annual Adopt-a-Teacher grant recipients. (Dr. Richard Flicker) 4.4 Recognition of Dennis Lomnaco, Executive Director of What You Give Will Grow Foundation, and Quincey Wiley from Advance Pierre Food. (Keila Stovall) 4.5 Recognition of Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) Partners in Education for the month of November. (Lynelle Dixon)
Personnel Matters. 5.1 For Information Only: Personnel Changes.
Superintendent’s Report/Update. (Superintendent Warren Drake)
Presentations. 7.1 Update from the EBRSS Foundation. (Keila Stovall)
Report from Board Appointees to Community Committees/Agencies.
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. 11. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Peterson’s Velocity in the amount of $184,000.00 for tutoring, remediation, and professional development for the following non-public Title I schools: Redemptorist, St. Gerard, Sacred Heart, St. Francis Xavier, and St. Louis King of France. (Funding Source: Title I). (Dr. Sandra Horton/Avis Sampson) 12. Consideration of a request for approval of a professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and WVLA for the “School Spotlight” advertising in the amount of $18,600.00. (Funding Source: Communications – Advertising) (Adonica Duggan) 13. Consideration of a request for approval of the proposed 2017-2018 School Year Calendar. (Adam Smith) 14. Consideration of a request for approval of the following budgets: (Adam Smith/Catherine Fletcher) a) Education Excellence Fund (EEF) 2016-2017 budget. b) Semi-Annual Financial Tax Plan update for the Preliminary Actual 2015-2016 Financials and the proposed 2016-2017 budgets for the Tax Plan Propositions 1, 2, and 3. 15. Consideration of a request for approval of the following grants: (Catherine Fletcher/Pat Friedrich) a) RocketKidz Foundation grant in the amount of $2,500.00 for the continuation of an after-school soccer program at the following five (5) elementary schools: Brownfields, Progress, Ryan, Sharon Hills, and White Hills. b) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program Geaux Clean grant in the amount of $772,558.00 and a twenty-five percent match towards the East Baton Rouge Parish School System’s purchase of propane fueled buses, beginning July 2017. c) CarMax Foundation and KaBOOM Imagination Playground grant and Letter of Intent (LOI) for Greenbrier Elementary School. 16. Consideration of a request for approval of the recommendation of Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, EBRPSB, in the following matters: (Domoine Rutledge) a) Tanid Lessard vs. Deborah Ayo and Berkley Insurance Company; Suit No.: 628,051; Division D; 19th JDC; Parish of East Baton Rouge.* b) Phillip Fieldings vs. Brerona Harris and EBRPSB; Suit No.: 629,941; Division D; 19th JDC; Parish of East Baton Rouge.* (END OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS) Stand Alone Items: (Referred by the Committee of the Whole without a recommendation.) (NONE)
Consideration of a request for approval of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System’s financial audit results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016. (Catherine Fletcher/James Crochet)
New Business: Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of the proposed Test Security policy. (Andrea O’Konski)
Discussion/Consideration of the Magnet School Admission Policy and related matters. (Domoine Rutledge/Dr. Michelle Clayton/Adam Smith)
19. Organizational Items: Announcement of Meetings: Committee of the Whole meeting to be held on Thursday, December 1, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. at Central Office located at 1050 S. Foster Drive. Regular Meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to be held on December 15, 2016, at 5:00 p.m. at Central Office located at 1050 S. Foster Drive. 21. Adjournment.