1. Call to order, invocation (School Board Member Dawn Collins) and Pledge of Allegiance (Cadet Captain Mel Adolfo, Cadet Battalion Commander – Lee High School and Retired Colonel William Laigaie). 2. Roll Call.
Approval of the School Board minutes of the August 17, 2017, Regular Board meeting and the September 7, 2017, Committee of the Whole meeting.
Recognitions: 4.1 Recognition of Mr. Andy Pizzo, Director of Bands for Sherwood Middle Magnet School, and the Jazz Ensemble for Receiving the National Jazz Ensemble Award from the Foundation for Music Education. (Wayne Talbot) 4.2 Recognition of former McKinley Middle Magnet School students and Talented Theatre teacher, Shane Stewart, for winning in the category of duet acting at the International Thespian Festival competition in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Adam Smith) 4.3 Recognition of the Capital City Rotary Club for its “Save a Tooth” donation. (Pat Friedrich, John Staples, Charles Landreneau, and Kary Landreneau) 4.4 Recognition of the Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) Partner in Education for the month of September. (Lynelle Dixon)
For Information Only: Personnel Changes.
For Information Only: Monthly Financial Report.
Superintendent’s Report/Update: (Superintendent Warren Drake)
Presentations: 8.1 Presentation regarding the Family and Youth Service Center. (Roxson Welch) 8.2 Presentation of Management Services Agreement between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Aramark Management Services. (Superintendent Drake/Domoine Rutledge)
Unfinished Business: 10.1 Consideration of a contract extension for the Superintendent of Schools and related matters. (School Board President Evelyn Ware-Jackson/Domoine Rutledge) 10.2 Consideration of a request for approval of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Amendment between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge, the East Baton Rouge District Attorney, and the Office of the Sheriff for the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the amount of $100,000.00 per year for a period of five (5) years to operate and sustain the Family and Youth Service Center commencing July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2022.
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 the following grants: (Andrea O’Konski/Pat Friedrich) 11.1 Junior League of Baton Rouge 2017-2018 Painted Playground Project in the amount of $12,000.00 to provide approximately twenty (20) schools with a place to encourage activity through games and agility practices from “directions” painted on the ground and package play kits. 11.2 Deborah Rochelle Teacher grants in the amount of $24,213.00. 11.3 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) School Safety research grant amendment in the amount of $23,000.00 to include McKinley High School. 12. Consideration of a request for approval of professional services contracts between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and the following: (Adam Smith/Sandra Horton/Elizabeth Taylor Chapman) 12.1 Moving Forward N’ Education, LLC, in the amount of $75,000.00 to provide tutoring and remediation services for students at Hosanna Christian Academy of Baton Rouge for the period of August 31, 2017, through June 30, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I – Non- Public) 12.2 Teach 4 LIFE Enterprise, LLC, in the amount of $27,500.00 to provide professional development to teachers and parents at South Baton Rouge Charter for the period of August 21, 2017, through May 30, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I) 12.3 Teach 4 LIFE, LLC, in the amount of $15,000.00 to provide professional development for teachers in the area of mathematics and parent workshops at Hosanna Christian Academy for the period of August 21, 2017, through May 30, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I) 12.4 FACTS Educational Solutions, LLC, in the amount of $201,000.00 to provide direct and indirect instructional services to Catholic Diocese schools for the period of September 21, 2017, through April 30, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I) 12.5 Academic Resources, LLC, in the amount of $11,357.00 to provide tutoring and remediation services for students at Brighter Horizon School of Baton Rouge for the period of September 22, 2017, through May 11, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I – Non- Public) 12.6 Academic Resources, LLC, in the amount of $10,000.00 to provide tutoring and remediation services for students at Jehovah Jireh Christian Academy for the period of September 21, 2017, through June 30, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I – Non-Public) 12.7 Chase Healthcare in the amount of $87,000.00 to provide LPN nursing services for a student at Southdowns Pre-K. (Funding Source: 20 Grant Fund – Federal) 12.8 D. S. Sullivan, LLC, in the amount of $20,000.00 to provide O&M evaluations and training to eligible students as determined by IEPs. (Funding Source: IDEA) 13. Consideration of a request for approval of the Revised Accountability Plan for the East Baton Rouge Parish School System in accordance with Bulletin 130. (Millie Williams) 15. Consideration of a request for approval of a recommendation from Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, EBRPSB, in the matter of: Anika Muse-King, Suit No. 655116, Section 15; 19th JDC, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana.* (Domoine Rutledge)
Consideration of a request for adoption of School Board policies: School Board Ethics (BE), Preservation of Records (DIEA), Bids and Quotations (DJED), Purchasing (DJE), Contracts and Compensation (GBA), Employment of Personnel (GBD), Evaluation (GBI), Promotion (GBJ), Home Study Program (IDCH), School Wellness(JGB), Child Abuse (JGCE), and Student Fees, Fines, & Charges (JS). (Domoine Rutledge)
Organizational Items: 16.1 Announcement of Meetings: ? Tax Plan Community Forum to be held on September 25, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at the Instructional Resource Center. ? Tax Plan Community Forum to be held on September 26, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. at Woodlawn Middle School. ? Tax Plan Community Forum to be held on October 3, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. at Claiborne Elementary School. ? Committee of the Whole Meeting to be held on October 5, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Office – Board Room. ? Tax Plan Board Workshop to be held on October 17, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Office – Board Room. ? Regular Meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to be held on October 19, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Office – Board Room. 18. Adjournment.
Sep 21, 2017 School Board
1. Call to order, invocation (School Board Member Dawn Collins) and Pledge of Allegiance (Cadet Captain Mel Adolfo, Cadet Battalion Commander – Lee High School and Retired Colonel William Laigaie). 2. Roll Call.
Approval of the School Board minutes of the August 17, 2017, Regular Board meeting and the September 7, 2017, Committee of the Whole meeting.
Recognitions: 4.1 Recognition of Mr. Andy Pizzo, Director of Bands for Sherwood Middle Magnet School, and the Jazz Ensemble for Receiving the National Jazz Ensemble Award from the Foundation for Music Education. (Wayne Talbot) 4.2 Recognition of former McKinley Middle Magnet School students and Talented Theatre teacher, Shane Stewart, for winning in the category of duet acting at the International Thespian Festival competition in Lincoln, Nebraska. (Adam Smith) 4.3 Recognition of the Capital City Rotary Club for its “Save a Tooth” donation. (Pat Friedrich, John Staples, Charles Landreneau, and Kary Landreneau) 4.4 Recognition of the Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) Partner in Education for the month of September. (Lynelle Dixon)
For Information Only: Personnel Changes.
For Information Only: Monthly Financial Report.
Superintendent’s Report/Update: (Superintendent Warren Drake)
Presentations: 8.1 Presentation regarding the Family and Youth Service Center. (Roxson Welch) 8.2 Presentation of Management Services Agreement between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Aramark Management Services. (Superintendent Drake/Domoine Rutledge)
Unfinished Business: 10.1 Consideration of a contract extension for the Superintendent of Schools and related matters. (School Board President Evelyn Ware-Jackson/Domoine Rutledge) 10.2 Consideration of a request for approval of a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement Amendment between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, the City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge, the East Baton Rouge District Attorney, and the Office of the Sheriff for the Parish of East Baton Rouge in the amount of $100,000.00 per year for a period of five (5) years to operate and sustain the Family and Youth Service Center commencing July 1, 2017, and ending June 30, 2022.
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 the following grants: (Andrea O’Konski/Pat Friedrich) 11.1 Junior League of Baton Rouge 2017-2018 Painted Playground Project in the amount of $12,000.00 to provide approximately twenty (20) schools with a place to encourage activity through games and agility practices from “directions” painted on the ground and package play kits. 11.2 Deborah Rochelle Teacher grants in the amount of $24,213.00. 11.3 National Institute of Justice (NIJ) School Safety research grant amendment in the amount of $23,000.00 to include McKinley High School. 12. Consideration of a request for approval of professional services contracts between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and the following: (Adam Smith/Sandra Horton/Elizabeth Taylor Chapman) 12.1 Moving Forward N’ Education, LLC, in the amount of $75,000.00 to provide tutoring and remediation services for students at Hosanna Christian Academy of Baton Rouge for the period of August 31, 2017, through June 30, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I – Non- Public) 12.2 Teach 4 LIFE Enterprise, LLC, in the amount of $27,500.00 to provide professional development to teachers and parents at South Baton Rouge Charter for the period of August 21, 2017, through May 30, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I) 12.3 Teach 4 LIFE, LLC, in the amount of $15,000.00 to provide professional development for teachers in the area of mathematics and parent workshops at Hosanna Christian Academy for the period of August 21, 2017, through May 30, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I) 12.4 FACTS Educational Solutions, LLC, in the amount of $201,000.00 to provide direct and indirect instructional services to Catholic Diocese schools for the period of September 21, 2017, through April 30, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I) 12.5 Academic Resources, LLC, in the amount of $11,357.00 to provide tutoring and remediation services for students at Brighter Horizon School of Baton Rouge for the period of September 22, 2017, through May 11, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I – Non- Public) 12.6 Academic Resources, LLC, in the amount of $10,000.00 to provide tutoring and remediation services for students at Jehovah Jireh Christian Academy for the period of September 21, 2017, through June 30, 2018. (Funding Source: Title I – Non-Public) 12.7 Chase Healthcare in the amount of $87,000.00 to provide LPN nursing services for a student at Southdowns Pre-K. (Funding Source: 20 Grant Fund – Federal) 12.8 D. S. Sullivan, LLC, in the amount of $20,000.00 to provide O&M evaluations and training to eligible students as determined by IEPs. (Funding Source: IDEA) 13. Consideration of a request for approval of the Revised Accountability Plan for the East Baton Rouge Parish School System in accordance with Bulletin 130. (Millie Williams) 15. Consideration of a request for approval of a recommendation from Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, EBRPSB, in the matter of: Anika Muse-King, Suit No. 655116, Section 15; 19th JDC, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana.* (Domoine Rutledge)
Consideration of a request for adoption of School Board policies: School Board Ethics (BE), Preservation of Records (DIEA), Bids and Quotations (DJED), Purchasing (DJE), Contracts and Compensation (GBA), Employment of Personnel (GBD), Evaluation (GBI), Promotion (GBJ), Home Study Program (IDCH), School Wellness(JGB), Child Abuse (JGCE), and Student Fees, Fines, & Charges (JS). (Domoine Rutledge)
Organizational Items: 16.1 Announcement of Meetings: ? Tax Plan Community Forum to be held on September 25, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. at the Instructional Resource Center. ? Tax Plan Community Forum to be held on September 26, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. at Woodlawn Middle School. ? Tax Plan Community Forum to be held on October 3, 2017, at 6:30 p.m. at Claiborne Elementary School. ? Committee of the Whole Meeting to be held on October 5, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Office – Board Room. ? Tax Plan Board Workshop to be held on October 17, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Office – Board Room. ? Regular Meeting of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board to be held on October 19, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. at the Central Office – Board Room. 18. Adjournment.