2016-03-16

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Port Allen, Louisiana

March 16, 2016

A regular meeting of the West Baton Rouge Parish School Board was held this date with the following membership:

Present: Dr. Atley D. Walker,Sr., Vice President (Chaired the meeting in the absence of Mr. Jason Manola, President) Craig Sarradet, Ronald P. LeBlanc, Leon Goudeau, Rose A. Lee Roche’, G. Alden Chustz,Jr., Teri Bergeron

Absent: Toby Sarradet, Michael A. Maranto, Jason Manola, President

Aiden Seymour, Brusly Elementary School student, led the Pledge of Allegiance.

The invocation was presented by Dr. Atley D. Walker,Sr.

The next item was approval of the minutes of the regular board meeting held on February 17, 2016.

Whereupon, the following resolution was offered by Mr. Goudeau and seconded by Mr. Craig Sarradet:

Be It Resolved, That the minutes of the regular board meeting held on February 17, 2016 be approved as presented.

The above resolution was adopted by the following vote:

Aye: Mr. Craig Sarradet, Mr. LeBlanc, Mr. Goudeau, Mrs. Roche’, Mr. Chustz, Mrs. Bergeron, Dr. Walker

Nay: None

Absent: Mr. Toby Sarradet, Mr. Maranto, Mr. Manola

The next item was Educational Presentations:

a) Recognition of Coach Jimmy Bible, and the BHS Wrestling Team/Division III State Runner Up

Coach Bible introduced the wrestling team coaches, managers, and members of the wrestling team. He praised the members of the team for their hard work.

The members of the board congratulated the coaches, managers, and team members for their outstanding accomplishment and also thanked the parents for their support.

The next educational presentation was:

b) Recognition of State Beta Club winners at the State Beta Club Convention held at the Cajun Dome in Lafayette: Logan Berthelot, BHS student, State Champion in the Poetry Division and Connor Manola, State Champion in the Candidate Tri Fold Board

The next item was the Superintendent’s Report.

a) Superintendent Watts made the announcement that he received the following notification from the Office of Head Start, Washington, D.C. – “WBRP School District successfully passed the Head Start Key Indicator-Compliant (HSKI-C) Review Event held 2/17/16 – 2/19/16 and therefore qualifies to continue on the path of our differential monitoring system.” Dr. Walker complimented Mrs. Crystal Leon, Head Start Director, and her staff, for the excellent “Review Event” report they received from the Office of Head Start in Washington, D.C.

b) Update on decision relative to baseline Impact Testing for every male and female athlete at BHS and PAHS: Peak Physical Therapy will provide testing at both high schools effective the

2016-17 School Year.

c) Superintendent Watts introduced Mrs. Barbara Burke, Director of Human Resources and Staff Development.

The next item was presentation of the following items on the Consent Agenda:

8. Consideration of approval of the request for permission to participate in the Summer Feeding Program for 2016/Vivian Landry (Personnel and Finance Committee Report 3/8/16)

9. Consideration of approval of the request to advertise for bids for milk products, bread products, frozen fruits and vegetables, frozen meat and meat alternates, process foods, paper, chemicals and miscellaneous supplies, small and large equipment for the 2016-17 School Year/Vivian Landry (Personnel and Finance Committee Report 3/8/16)

10. Consideration of approval of the request for permission to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision prior to the end of the 2015-16 school year, preferably by April, 2016 (Personnel & Finance Committee Report – 3/8/16)

11. Consideration of approval of the request for permission to contract the auditing services of Postlethwaite & Netterville, Professional Accounting Corporation for 2016, 2017, & 2018 Jared Gibbs, Supervisor of Business Services (Personnel & Finance Committee Report - 3/8/16)

12. Consideration of request for approval of the monthly expenditures and financial reports for January, 2016/Jared Gibbs (Personnel & Finance Committee Report 3/8/16)

The Chairman declared the floor open for public comment.

Whereupon, Mr. Craig Sarradet requested that Dr. Walker, Acting Chairman, pull the following Consent Agenda item for further discussion: #10: Consideration of approval of the request for permission to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision prior to the end of the 2015-16 school year, preferably by April, 2016.

Whereupon, the following resolution was offered by Mr. Chustz and seconded by Mrs. Roche’:

Be It Resolved, That Consent Agenda items #8, #9, #11, and #12 be approved as presented.

The above resolution was adopted by the following vote:

Aye: Mr. Craig Sarradet, Mr. LeBlanc, Mr. Goudeau, Mrs. Roche’, Mr. Chustz, Mrs. Bergeron, Dr. Walker

Nay: None

Absent: Mr. Toby Sarradet, Mr. Maranto, Mr. Manola

The next item presented was further discussion relative to Consent Agenda Item No.10:

Consideration of approval of the request for permission to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision prior to the end of the 2015-16 school year, preferably by April, 2016.

Mr. Craig Sarradet explained that his reason for pulling item #10 was that he wanted more information before the vote was taken because he was absent for the committee meeting on March 8, 2016, when Mrs. Landry presented the details pertaining to this item.

The Chairman declared the floor open for public comment.

Whereupon, the following resolution was offered by Mr. LeBlanc and seconded by Mrs. Roche’:

Be It Resolved, That Consent Agenda Item #10: Consideration of approval of the request for permission to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision prior to the end of the 2015-16 school session, preferably by April, 2016, be approved as presented.

The above resolution was adopted by the following vote:

Aye: Mr. Craig Sarradet, Mr. LeBlanc, Mr. Goudeau, Mrs. Roche’, Mr. Chustz, Mrs. Bergeron, Dr. Walker

Nay: None

Absent: Mr. Toby Sarradet, Mr. Maranto, Mr. Manola

The next End of Consent Agenda item was #13: Organizational Items: Committee Meeting Date:

April 12, 2016 and the regular board meeting date: April 20, 2016

There being no further business to come before the board, the following resolution was offered by Mr. Chustz and seconded by Mrs. Bergeron:

Be It Resolved, That the meeting be adjourned.

The above resolution was adopted by the following vote:

Aye: Mr. Craig Sarradet, Mr. LeBlanc, Mr. Goudeau, Mrs. Roche’, Mr. Chustz, Mrs. Bergeron, Dr. Walker

Nay: None

Absent: Mr. Toby Sarradet, Mr. Maranto, Mr. Manola

Wes Watts Dr. Atley D. Walker,Sr.

Secretary-Treasurer Vice-President