East Baton Rouge Parish School Board
Regular Meeting
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Meeting Opening
Meeting called to order at 5:00 PM by Board President Michael Gaudet.
Invocation was led by School Board Vice-President Tramelle Howard and the Pledge of Allegiance by Cadet Staff Sergeant Fallyn Melton of Woodlawn High School and accompanied by Colonel Eric Keys, Senior Army Instructor.
Roll Call
Board Members present: Mark Bellue, Dadrius Lanus, Tramelle Howard, Dawn Collins, Evelyn Ware-Jackson, Jill Dyason, Michael Gaudet, and Connie Bernard. David Tatman was absent.
Others present: Mr. Warren Drake, Superintendent; Mr. Gwynn Shamlin Jr., General Counsel; Mr. Adam Smith, Associate Superintendent; Mr. Ben Necaise, Associate Superintendent; Dr. Quentina Timoll, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction; Mr. James Crochet, Chief Officer for Business Operations; Mrs. Millie Williams, Chief Officer for Human Resources; Mrs. Stacey Dupre, Chief Officer for Support and Special Projects; Mr. Richard Ellis, Chief Officer for Technology; and Mrs. Taylor Gast, Director of Communications and Public Relations.
Minutes
Meeting Minutes
Approval of the School Board minutes of the June 20, 2019, Regular Board meeting to reflect the correction in Ms. Ware-Jackson's vote, May 9, 2019, and May 13, 2019, Special Board meeting, and the July 11, 2019, Committee of the Whole meeting as published in the Official Journal.
Motion by Connie Bernard, second by Tramelle Howard.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bellue, Howard, Collins, Ware-Jackson, Dyason, Gaudet, Bernard
Information Only
Monthly Financial Report
Personnel Changes
Unfinished Business
2019-2020 General Fund Budget and Related Matters
Adoption of the Proposed 2019-2020 General Fund Budget, the Budget Resolution.
Motion by Connie Bernard, second by Dawn Collins.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bellue, Lanus, Howard, Collins, Ware-Jackson, Dyason, Michael Gaudet, Connie Bernard
2019-2020 Proposed Special Revenue Fund Budgets
Approval of the following Special Revenue Fund Budgets:
a) Proposed 2019-2020 Adult and Continuing Education – Local
b) Proposed 2019-2020 Adult and Continuing Education – Federal
c) Proposed 2019-2020 Adult and Continuing Education – Leadership
d) Proposed 2019-2020 Adult and Continuing Education – State
e) Proposed 2019-2020 Adult and Continuing Education - Parish Prison
f) Revised 2018-2019 and Proposed 2019-2020 - All Parish Music
g) Proposed 2019-2020 Baton Rouge High Radio Training Program (RTP)
h) Proposed 2019-2020 Career & Technical Education Program (Education/Basic Grants for States)
i) Revised 2018-2019 and Proposed 2019-2020 Child Nutrition Program
j) Revised 2018-2019 and Proposed 2019-2020 - Decathlon and Fitness Meet
k) Revised 2018-2019 and Proposed 2019-2020 - EBR Kick Off Classic
l) Proposed 2019-2020 Education Excellence Funds (EEF)
m) Proposed 2019-2020 ESSA Redesign Grant Round 2 - 1003A 8300
n) Proposed 2019-2020 ESSA Redesign Grant Round 2 – IDEA
o) Proposed 2019-2020 ESSA Redesign Grant Round 2 - State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG)
p) Proposed 2019-2020 ESSA Redesign Grant Round 2 - Striving Readers Comprehensive (SRCL)
q) Revised 2018-2019 and Proposed 2019-2020 - High School Summer School
r) Proposed 2019-2020 ICARE Budget - Alcohol/Drug Abuse Prevention Program (ADAPP)
s) Proposed 2019-2020 IDEA
t) Proposed 2019-2020 IDEA Preschools 619
u) Proposed 2019-2020 Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG)
v) Revised 2018-2019 and Proposed 2019-2020 JRAA Athletics
w) Proposed 2019-2020 Magnet School Assistance (Project Explore)
x) Revised 2018-2019 and Proposed 2019-2020 Middle School Summer School
y) Revised 2018-2019 and Proposed 2019-2020 Music Instrument User Fees
z) Proposed 2019-2020 Proposition 2 - Tax Plan
aa) Proposed 2019-2020 Proposition 3 - Tax Plan
bb) Proposed 2019-2020 Pre-K - Cecil J. Picard LA4/TANF
cc) Proposed 2019-2020 Pre-K - Cecil J. Picard (State)
dd) Proposed 2019-2020 Pre-K - Early Childhood Community Network Lead Agency (Federal)
ee) Proposed 2019-2020 Pre-K - Early Childhood Community Network Lead Agency (IDEA)
ff) Proposed 2019-2020 Pre-K - Early Childhood Community Network Lead Agency (State)
gg) Proposed 2019-2020 Pre-K - Early Childhood Program 8g
hh) Proposed 2019-2020 Pre-K - Pre-K Tuition (Local)
ii) Proposed 2019-2020 Every Student Succeeds Act - Title 1 - Improving Basic Programs
jj) Proposed 2019-2020 Every Student Succeeds Act - Title II, Part A
kk) Proposed 2019-2020 Every Student Succeeds Act - Title III, Part A
ll) Proposed 2019-2020 Every Student Succeeds Act - Title IV, Part A
mm) Proposed 2019-2020 Every Student Succeeds Act - Title IX – Homeless
nn) Proposed 2019-2020 School Activity Funds
Motion by Connie Bernard, second by Dadrius Lanus.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bellue, Lanus, Howard, Collins, Ware-Jackson, Dyason, Gaudet, Bernard
Consent Agenda
Consent Vote
The following items to be approved as part of the Consent Agenda, excluding item #4.
Motion by Connie Bernard, second by Jill Dyason.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bellue, Lanus, Howard, Collins, Ware-Jackson, Dyason, Gaudet, Bernard
Grants
Approval of the following grants:
a) First Tee Program Grant in the amount of $5,000.00 per school to provide training for PE coaches, First Tee golf equipment and curriculum guide with lesson plans for six elementary schools. b) FACE Foundation Grant Agreement in the amount of $1,500.00 to provide ELL parent engagement. c) Cox Charities Innovation in Education Grant in the amount of $8,993.00 to provide direct service classroom projects for five teachers.
Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire
Approval of the Louisiana Compliance Questionnaire as required for the 2018-2019 financial audit of the East Baton Rouge Parish School System.
Memorandum of Affiliation
Approval of a Memorandum of Affiliation between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Exceptional Student Services Department and Nicholls State University Department of Psychology, Counseling and Family Studies Specialist in School Psychology Program to establish a school psychology internship.
Professional Services Contracts - IDEA
Approval of the professional services contract between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and NOMI Support Services, LLC in the amount of $40,000.00 to provide support services to students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Professional Services Contracts-Title I
Approval of the following professional services contracts between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and the following: a) Academic Resources, LLC in the amount of $23,000.00 to provide tutoring services for Title I students. b) Academic Support Services, LLC in the amount of $21,000.00 to provide tutoring services for Title I students. c) Concrete to Abstract Tutorial, LLC in the amount of $22,500.00 to provide tutoring services for Title I students. d) Milan, LLC in the amount of $22,500.00 to provide tutoring services for Title I students. e) Virtually Yours, LLC in the amount of $22,500.00 to provide tutoring services for Title I students. f) Moving Forward N' Education, LLC in the amount of $21,000.00 to provide tutoring services for Title I students. g) Vaughn Tutoring Services, LLC in the amount of $22,500.00 to provide tutoring services for Title I students. h) ESL Expert Helping Hands, LLC in the amount of $17,500.00 to provide tutoring services for Title I students. i) City Year, Inc. in the amount of $358,400.00 for a data sharing agreement to access necessary data and support to four schools.
Professional Services Contracts - School Redesign Grant
Approval of the following professional services contracts between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and the following: a) Open Up Resources in the amount of $14,000.00 to provide professional development for elementary administrators. b) Open Up Resources in the amount of $101,000.00 to provide professional development for elementary schools and district leaders. c) The University of Texas at Austin in the amount of $32,000.00 to provide Math Content Leader training. d) The University of Texas at Austin on behalf of the Charles A. Dana Center in the amount of $30,500.00 to provide Math Content Leader training. e) National Institute for Excellence in Teaching in the amount of $56,000.00 to provide professional development for Content Leaders, ESS, ESL, Teachers, and Specialists.
Dual Enrollment MOU-Louisiana State University
Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Louisiana State University (LSU) to provide dual enrollment courses at four high schools (Northeast, Woodlawn, McKinley & Lee High Schools).
2019-2020 Student Rights & Responsibilities Handbook and Discipline Policy
Approval of the Student Rights & Responsibilities Handbook and Discipline Policy for the 2019-2020 school year for the East Baton Rouge Parish School System with noted changes.
Policy Update
Approval of revisions to the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board policy JGCB - Immunizations.
Technology Agreement
Approval of an agreement between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and CDW-G in the amount of $171,600.00 for Lightspeed Relay and Classroom Software to provide Chromebook filtering and classroom management.
End of the Consent Agenda
Renaming of Polk Elementary
Acceptance of the renaming of Polk Elementary School to Eva Legard Learning Center.
Motion by Evelyn Ware-Jackson, second by Tramelle Howard.
A friendly amendment was offered by Mr. Bellue to “Eva Legard Center”; the friendly amendment was not accepted by the maker and the second.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bellue, Lanus, Howard, Collins, Ware-Jackson, Jill Dyason, Gaudet, Bernard
New Business
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)-Dual Enrollment: Southeastern Louisiana University
Approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Southeastern Louisiana University to provide dual enrollment courses.
Motion by Jill Dyason, second by Mark Bellue.
Final Resolution: Motion Carries
Yea: Bellue, Lanus, Howard, Collins, Ware-Jackson, Dyason, Gaudet, Bernard
There being no further business, the Board adjourned by acclamation.
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Warren Drake, Jr.,
Secretary/Treasurer to the Board