1. Call to order, invocation (School Board Member Vereta Lee), and Pledge of Allegiance (Cadet CSM Kayla Jones – Northeast High School and LTC Shirley Sutton, Senior Army Advisor). 2. Roll Call. 3. Approval of the School Board minutes of the November 17, 2016, (Regular), and the December 1, 2016, Committee of the Whole meetings.
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Recognitions 4.1 Recognition of School Board President Barbara Freiberg, District 7. (Superintendent Drake) 4.2 Recognition of the following schools: a) B.R. FLAIM and Westdale Middle School for receiving the LabelFrancEducation Award, b) recognition of BR FLAIM, Westdale Middle, Baton Rouge Magnet High, and Glen Oaks Park Elementary Schools for students who earned DELF Diplomas awarded by the French Ministry of Education, and c) special recognition of students who attended Glen Oaks Park Elementary School and passed the DELF. (Christine Renaud-Merchant) 4.3 Recognition of Cox Communications for its donation of $10,026.00 to help Park Forest Middle and Glen Oaks High Schools rebuild after the flood. (Adonica Duggan/Pat Friedrich) 4.4 Recognition of student artist winners and their teachers for designing holiday greeting cards for the district. (Wayne Talbot) 4.5 Recognition of Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) Partners in Education for the month of December. (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)
8. Report from Board Appointees to Community Committees/Agencies. 9. 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. 10. Consideration of a request for approval of the following budgets: (James Crochet/Adam Smith/Shenoa Webb/Dawn Hall Fleming) a) 2016-2017 Proposed Plan Budget for the CLASS Pilot Enhancing Instruction for Special Learners for the Early Childhood Community Network. b) 2016-2017 Proposed Adult and Continuing Education Budgets. 11. Consideration of a request for approval of the following grants: (James Crochet/Pat Friedrich) a) Five (5) Cox Charities’ grant awards in the amount of $12,715.00 to provide direct service classroom projects. The following schools will receive the grants: Baton Rouge Center for Visual & Performing Arts ($2,715.00), Claiborne Elementary ($3,000), Park Forest Middle ($2,500.00), Baton Rouge Magnet High ($2,500.00), and Broadmoor High ($2,000.00). b) Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence) grant in the amount of $404,500.00 to provide short-term and long-term education related services to the East Baton Rouge Parish School System while the system recovers from the August 2016 flood. c) Louisiana Department of Education School Improvement Grant (SIG) 1003g grant for Park Elementary School in the amount of $729,500.00 over three years to provide professional development for teachers, summer enrichment programs for students, and incentive awards to retain teachers. d) Britannica/Citelighter Give Back pilot grant in the amount of $11,500.00 to develop student writing skills using a scaffolding approach. e) Revised LOSFA Field Outreach Services (LFOS) Sub-Grant in the amount of $362,510.00 to assist the following schools with the build college-going culture: Broadmoor High ($28,970.00), Glen Oaks High ($17,272.50), Scotlandville High ($28,925.00), Tara High ($21,992.50), Woodlawn High ($23,320.00), McKinley Middle ($59,220.00), Park Forest Middle ($68,100.00), Southeast Middle ($65,880.00), and Scotlandville Middle ($48,830.00). 12. Consideration of a request for authorization for staff to advertise, accept the low bid meeting specifications, and make the award of a contract for construction of the New Broadmoor Elementary School as specified in A Plan to Improve Facilities/Technology, Discipline, and Compensation in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System (the “Plan”), as revised through January 17, 2008, or reject any and all bids for just cause in accordance with the Louisiana Public Bid Law; Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 38; Chapter 10. (Ed Jenkins – CSRS/Tillage) 13. Consideration of a request for approval of the recommendation of Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, EBRPSB, in the following matter: Penny Harrell v. Demetrius Gayton, et al, Suit No. 645528, Section 24, 19th JDC, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana.* (Domoine Rutledge) (END OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS) Stand Alone Items: (Referred by the Committee of the Whole without a recommendation.) (NONE)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval to renew a contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School System and the City of Baton Rouge in the amount of $134,110.00 to allow the Department of Adult and Continuing Education to continue providing adult education classes and HiSET testing for inmates at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. (Stacey Dupre/Dawn Hall Fleming)
Discussion/Consideration of a request to authorize the Superintendent of Schools to develop and issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for facility management services and to provide for related matters. (Domoine Rutledge)
Discussion/Consideration of a lease agreement for school busses and to authorize the Superintendent of Schools to finalize same. (Gary Reese/Domoine Rutledge)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of a Resolution making application to the State Bond Commission for approval of the issuance by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, State of Louisiana, of not exceeding five million dollars ($5,000,000) of Revenue Anticipation Notes (Community Disaster Loan Program), and providing for other matters in connection therewith. (David Henderson/Steve Brice/James Crochet)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of a Resolution giving preliminary approval to the issuance of not exceeding thirty-six million dollars ($36,000,000) of Revenue Anticipation Notes, of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, State of Louisiana; providing certain terms of said Notes; making application to the State Bond Commission for approval of said Notes; and providing for other matters in connection therewith. (David Henderson/James Crochet)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for authorization for the program management team to direct the design team to prepare Change Order #2 for field athletic work to be added to the Istrouma High School Facility Modification and Maintenance Improvement contract. (Ed Jenkins – CSRS/Tillage)
Discussion/Consideration of a Notice of Vacancy for East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District “7” and authorize staff to provide for related matters. (Domoine Rutledge)
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Organizational Items: 21.1 Announcement of Meetings: Special Meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to be held on Thursday, January 12, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Office located at 1050 S. Foster Drive. Committee of the Whole meeting to be held on Thursday, January 12, 2017, immediately following the Special Board meeting, at the Central Office located at 1050 S. Foster Drive. 4 Regular Meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to be held on January 19, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. at Central Office located at 1050 S. Foster Drive. Notice is hereby given that at its meeting to be held on Thursday, January 19, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. at the Parish School Board Office, 1050 South Foster Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the Parish School Board of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, plans to consider adopting a resolution ordering and calling an election to be held in Consolidated School District No. 1 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge to authorize the renewal of ad valorem taxes. 21. Adjournment.
Dec 15, 2016 School Board
1. Call to order, invocation (School Board Member Vereta Lee), and Pledge of Allegiance (Cadet CSM Kayla Jones – Northeast High School and LTC Shirley Sutton, Senior Army Advisor). 2. Roll Call. 3. Approval of the School Board minutes of the November 17, 2016, (Regular), and the December 1, 2016, Committee of the Whole meetings.
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Recognitions 4.1 Recognition of School Board President Barbara Freiberg, District 7. (Superintendent Drake) 4.2 Recognition of the following schools: a) B.R. FLAIM and Westdale Middle School for receiving the LabelFrancEducation Award, b) recognition of BR FLAIM, Westdale Middle, Baton Rouge Magnet High, and Glen Oaks Park Elementary Schools for students who earned DELF Diplomas awarded by the French Ministry of Education, and c) special recognition of students who attended Glen Oaks Park Elementary School and passed the DELF. (Christine Renaud-Merchant) 4.3 Recognition of Cox Communications for its donation of $10,026.00 to help Park Forest Middle and Glen Oaks High Schools rebuild after the flood. (Adonica Duggan/Pat Friedrich) 4.4 Recognition of student artist winners and their teachers for designing holiday greeting cards for the district. (Wayne Talbot) 4.5 Recognition of Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) Partners in Education for the month of December. (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)
8. Report from Board Appointees to Community Committees/Agencies. 9. 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. 10. Consideration of a request for approval of the following budgets: (James Crochet/Adam Smith/Shenoa Webb/Dawn Hall Fleming) a) 2016-2017 Proposed Plan Budget for the CLASS Pilot Enhancing Instruction for Special Learners for the Early Childhood Community Network. b) 2016-2017 Proposed Adult and Continuing Education Budgets. 11. Consideration of a request for approval of the following grants: (James Crochet/Pat Friedrich) a) Five (5) Cox Charities’ grant awards in the amount of $12,715.00 to provide direct service classroom projects. The following schools will receive the grants: Baton Rouge Center for Visual & Performing Arts ($2,715.00), Claiborne Elementary ($3,000), Park Forest Middle ($2,500.00), Baton Rouge Magnet High ($2,500.00), and Broadmoor High ($2,000.00). b) Project SERV (School Emergency Response to Violence) grant in the amount of $404,500.00 to provide short-term and long-term education related services to the East Baton Rouge Parish School System while the system recovers from the August 2016 flood. c) Louisiana Department of Education School Improvement Grant (SIG) 1003g grant for Park Elementary School in the amount of $729,500.00 over three years to provide professional development for teachers, summer enrichment programs for students, and incentive awards to retain teachers. d) Britannica/Citelighter Give Back pilot grant in the amount of $11,500.00 to develop student writing skills using a scaffolding approach. e) Revised LOSFA Field Outreach Services (LFOS) Sub-Grant in the amount of $362,510.00 to assist the following schools with the build college-going culture: Broadmoor High ($28,970.00), Glen Oaks High ($17,272.50), Scotlandville High ($28,925.00), Tara High ($21,992.50), Woodlawn High ($23,320.00), McKinley Middle ($59,220.00), Park Forest Middle ($68,100.00), Southeast Middle ($65,880.00), and Scotlandville Middle ($48,830.00). 12. Consideration of a request for authorization for staff to advertise, accept the low bid meeting specifications, and make the award of a contract for construction of the New Broadmoor Elementary School as specified in A Plan to Improve Facilities/Technology, Discipline, and Compensation in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System (the “Plan”), as revised through January 17, 2008, or reject any and all bids for just cause in accordance with the Louisiana Public Bid Law; Louisiana Revised Statutes, Title 38; Chapter 10. (Ed Jenkins – CSRS/Tillage) 13. Consideration of a request for approval of the recommendation of Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, EBRPSB, in the following matter: Penny Harrell v. Demetrius Gayton, et al, Suit No. 645528, Section 24, 19th JDC, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana.* (Domoine Rutledge) (END OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS) Stand Alone Items: (Referred by the Committee of the Whole without a recommendation.) (NONE)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval to renew a contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School System and the City of Baton Rouge in the amount of $134,110.00 to allow the Department of Adult and Continuing Education to continue providing adult education classes and HiSET testing for inmates at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. (Stacey Dupre/Dawn Hall Fleming)
Discussion/Consideration of a request to authorize the Superintendent of Schools to develop and issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) for facility management services and to provide for related matters. (Domoine Rutledge)
Discussion/Consideration of a lease agreement for school busses and to authorize the Superintendent of Schools to finalize same. (Gary Reese/Domoine Rutledge)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of a Resolution making application to the State Bond Commission for approval of the issuance by the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, State of Louisiana, of not exceeding five million dollars ($5,000,000) of Revenue Anticipation Notes (Community Disaster Loan Program), and providing for other matters in connection therewith. (David Henderson/Steve Brice/James Crochet)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of a Resolution giving preliminary approval to the issuance of not exceeding thirty-six million dollars ($36,000,000) of Revenue Anticipation Notes, of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, State of Louisiana; providing certain terms of said Notes; making application to the State Bond Commission for approval of said Notes; and providing for other matters in connection therewith. (David Henderson/James Crochet)
Discussion/Consideration of a request for authorization for the program management team to direct the design team to prepare Change Order #2 for field athletic work to be added to the Istrouma High School Facility Modification and Maintenance Improvement contract. (Ed Jenkins – CSRS/Tillage)
Discussion/Consideration of a Notice of Vacancy for East Baton Rouge Parish School Board District “7” and authorize staff to provide for related matters. (Domoine Rutledge)
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Organizational Items: 21.1 Announcement of Meetings: Special Meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to be held on Thursday, January 12, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Office located at 1050 S. Foster Drive. Committee of the Whole meeting to be held on Thursday, January 12, 2017, immediately following the Special Board meeting, at the Central Office located at 1050 S. Foster Drive. 4 Regular Meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to be held on January 19, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. at Central Office located at 1050 S. Foster Drive. Notice is hereby given that at its meeting to be held on Thursday, January 19, 2017, at 5:00 p.m. at the Parish School Board Office, 1050 South Foster Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the Parish School Board of the Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana, plans to consider adopting a resolution ordering and calling an election to be held in Consolidated School District No. 1 of the Parish of East Baton Rouge to authorize the renewal of ad valorem taxes. 21. Adjournment.