EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
THURSDAY, May 5, 2016
5:00 P.M.
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole met at the School Board Office at 1050 South Foster Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth day of May 2015, in regular-session convened. The Vice-President called the meeting to order with the following members present: Ms. Evelyn Ware-Jackson, Vice-President; Mrs. Barbara Freiberg, President; Mr. Mark Bellue; Mrs. Connie Bernard; Ms. Dawn Chanet Collins; Ms. Jill C. Dyason; Ms. Vereta T. Lee; Dr. Kenyetta Nelson-Smith; and Mr. David Tatman.
Others present were: H. Warren Drake, Jr., Superintendent; Dr. Michelle Clayton, Deputy Superintendent; Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel; Ms. Catherine Fletcher, Chief Business Operations Officer; Ms. Millie Williams, Chief Officer of Human Resources; Mr. Gary Reese, Chief of Student Support Services; and Mr. Adam Smith, Associate Superintendent.
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School Board Member Dawn Chanet Collins gave the invocation. School Board Member Jill Dyason led the Pledge of Allegiance.
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The following items were presented to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole by the Superintendent and staff:
2016-2017 Board Meeting Dates
By Mr. Tatman
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: approval of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board meeting schedule for 2016-2017.
Seconded by Ms. Dyason
Favorably recommended to the full Board by a vote of all the members.
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Superintendent to Solicit, Negotiate, and Execute Agreement
By Mrs. Bernard
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: authorize the Superintendent to solicit, negotiate, and execute a professional services agreement to update the school system’s population and enrollment forecasts (demographic study) and to provide for related matters.
Seconded by President Freiberg
Favorably recommended to the full Board by a vote of all the members.
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Revised Job Descriptions
By Ms. Dyason
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: approval of the following job descriptions with no change in salary schedules: Educational Diagnostician (10 months); Exceptional Student Services Program Specialist; Certified School Psychologist; School Social Worker; Social Worker – Special Needs.
Seconded by Ms. Collins
Favorably recommended to the full Board by a vote of all the members.
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Name for New Virtual School
By Mr. Tatman
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: approval of the name for the new virtual school as recommended by Superintendent Drake, EBR Virtual High School.
Seconded by Mrs. Bernard
Discussion followed.
The following changes were made to the motion by the originator and seconder.
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby refer the following item to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board without a recommendation: approval of the name for the new virtual school.
Approved for referral to the Board without a recommendation by a vote of all the members.
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Renewal of Charter Application
By President Freiberg
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: approval of a charter renewal application for The Community School for Apprenticeship Learning Charter School (CSAL).
Seconded by Ms. Lee
Favorably recommended to the full Board by a vote of all the members.
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Grant
By Ms. Dyason
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: approval of a Micro-Enterprise Credential Resources/Jump Start Video Network Grant from the Louisiana Department of Education in the amount of $8,092.00.
Seconded by Dr. Nelson-Smith
Favorably recommended to the full Board by a vote of all the members.
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Extern Agreement
By Ms. Dyason
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: approval of an Extern Agreement between East Baton Rouge Parish School System (ICARE) and Louisiana State University regarding jobs for two LSU School Psychology Externs. Each extern will work approximately 20 hours per week with two hours of supervision per week from an appropriately credentialed university supervisor in the School Psychology Program at LSU. The two externs will work from May 15, 2016, through May 14, 2017, for a total cost of $50,400.00.
Seconded by Mrs. Bernard
Favorably recommended to the full Board by a vote of all the members.
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There being no further business, the Committee of the Whole adjourned by acclamation.
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Warren Drake, Jr.
Secretary/Treasurer to the East Baton
Rouge Parish School Board
Committee of the Whole