EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 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 sixth day of October 2016, 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. Jill C. Dyason; Ms. Vereta T. Lee; Dr. Kenyetta Nelson-Smith; and Mr. David Tatman. Ms. Dawn Chanet Collins was absent.
Others present were: H. Warren Drake, Jr., Superintendent; Dr. Michelle Clayton, Deputy Superintendent; Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel; Ms. Adonica Pelichet-Duggan, Chief of Communication and Public Relations; 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 Evelyn Ware-Jackson gave the invocation. School Board Member Vereta Lee 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:
Pupil Progression Plan for 2016-2017
By Mr. Tatman
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: approval of the proposed Pupil Progression Plan for 2016-2017.
Seconded by Ms. Lee
Favorably recommended to the full Board by a vote of the members present. (Mrs. Bernard and Ms. Collins were absent.)
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Budget
By President Freiberg
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: approval of the 2016-2017 Positive Behavior Intervention and Support Program Budget (PBIS).
Seconded by Mr. Bellue
Favorably recommended to the full Board by a vote of the members present. (Mrs. Bernard and Ms. Collins were absent.)
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Grants
By Mrs. Freiberg
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: approval of the following grants:
a) LOSFA Field Outreach Services (LFOS) Sub-Grant award and contract with the Louisiana Board of Regents in the amount of $139,400.00. The grant will provide financial and programmatic support in building a college-going culture to the following schools: Broadmoor High ($28,970.00), Glen Oaks High ($17,272.50), Scotlandville Magnet High ($28,925.00), Tara High ($21,992.50), Woodlawn High ($23,320.00), McKinley Middle Magnet ($4,830.00), Park Forest Middle ($4,830.00), Southeast Middle ($4,830.00), and Scotlandville Middle Pre-Engineering Magnet ($4,430.00).
b) Verizon Innovative Learning Design-Thinking program grant in the amount of $20,000.00 to provide teachers at McKinley High School with unique training opportunities designed to foster classroom innovation, entrepreneurship, and digital literacy.
c) Batters Up USA Equipment grants in the amount of $2,261.00. The grants will provide softball equipment for the following seven (7) schools that were relocated due to the flood: Glen Oaks Park Elementary, Greenbrier Elementary, Park Forest Elementary, Howell Park Elementary, Twin Oaks Elementary, Brookstown Middle, and Park Forest Middle.
d) 2016 Soft-Stick Equipment grant. This grant will provide lacrosse equipment from US Lacrosse to the following schools: Glen Oaks Park Elementary, Greenbrier Elementary, Park Forest Elementary, Howell Park Elementary, Twin Oaks Elementary, Brookstown Middle, and Park Forest Middle.
e) New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation’s 2016-2017 Community Partnership Grant in the amount of $4,000.00. Park Forest Middle will receive $2,000.00 for the purchase of band supplies and materials. Woodlawn High’s Band will receive $2,000.00 towards the purchase of an 18-foot trailer.
Seconded by Ms. Lee
Favorably recommended to the full Board by a vote of the members present. (Ms. Collins was absent.)
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
By Ms. Dyason
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole does hereby favorably recommend the following item: approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Baton Rouge Community College for Dual Enrollment courses for all district high schools for the 2016-2017 school year. (Funding Source: Education Excellence Fund (EEF)).
Seconded by Mrs. Bernard
Favorably recommended to the full Board by a vote of the members present. (Ms. Collins was absent.)
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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