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Port Allen, Louisiana

February 17, 2021

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

Present:              Jason Manola, President, Craig Sarradet, Toby Sarradet, Ronald P. LeBlanc, G. Alden Chustz, Jr., Teri Bergeron

Absent:               Dr. Atley D. Walker, Sr., Vice President, Leon Goudeau, Chareeka Grace, Michael Maranto

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mr. Manola.

The next item was approval of the Regular School Board meeting minutes held on December 16, 2020 and January 20, 2021.

Whereupon, the following resolution was offered by Mr. LeBlanc and seconded by Mr. Chustz:

Be It Resolved, That the minutes of the regular board meeting held on December 16, 2020 and January 20, 2021 be approved as presented.

The above resolution was adopted by the following vote:

Aye:                 Mr. Craig Sarradet, Mr. Toby Sarradet, Mr. LeBlanc, Mr. Chustz, Mrs. Bergeron, Mr. Manola

Nay:                 None

Absent:            Dr. Walker, Mr. Goudeau, Mrs. Grace, Mr. Maranto

The next item was Educational Presentations: Mr. Watts announced to the board that Ms. Crystal Leon’s Head Start Director’s Monthly Report for the board is not available for review, due to the inclement weather.  Ms. Leon will have January and February’s reports available for the March 2021 Board Meeting.

The next item was the Superintendent’s Report:  Mr. Watts announced that the “of the Year” recognitions will take place at the March 2021 Board Meeting, due to the weather.  The meeting will also take place at the Port Allen High School Theatre, as was originally scheduled for today.  Mr. Watts also stated that schools will be closed for February 18, 2021, due to the inclement weather that has been experienced in Louisiana since Sunday, February 14, 2021.  There could be the possibility of having to make up 1 day of school, due to the days that have been missed, because of all of the inclement weather that Louisiana has experienced throughout the 2020-2021 school year.

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

8.         Consideration of request for approval of the 2021-2022 West Baton Rouge Parish School Calendar. (Academics Committee Report 2/9/21)

9.         Consideration of request for approval of proceeding with preparing designs for building the New Pupil Appraisal Services Center.  (Finance Committee Report 2/9/21)

10.        Consideration of request for approval on the re-advertisement of accepting bids, at 80 percent of the appraised value, for the sale of Chamberlin Elementary School Property. (Finance Committee Report 2/9/21)

11.        Consideration of request for approval of the monthly expenditures and financial reports for December 2020. (Finance Committee Report 2/9/21)

The Chairman declared the floor open for public comment.

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

Be It Resolved, That the board approve and adopt Consent Agenda Items #8, #9, #10, and #11.

The above resolution was adopted by the following vote:

Aye:        Mr. Craig Sarradet, Mr. Toby Sarradet, Mr. LeBlanc, Mr. Chustz, Mrs. Bergeron, Mr. Manola

Nay:        None

Absent:    Dr. Walker, Mr. Goudeau, Mrs. Grace, Mr. Maranto

The next item was End of Consent Agenda Item #12: Consideration of request for approval of the Updated Job Description for the Payroll Clerk Job Description.

Mr. Watts and Mr. Gibbs presented the updated Payroll Clerk Job Description to the board.  They both stated that it has been over 12 years since the job description had been updated and some items needed to be updated and some items removed from the description.

The Chairman declared the floor open for public comment.

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

Be It Resolved, That the board does hereby approve and adopt the updated job description for the Payroll Clerk Job Description.

The above resolution was adopted by the following vote:

Aye:                 Mr. Craig Sarradet, Mr. Toby Sarradet, Mr. LeBlanc, Mr. Chustz, Mrs. Bergeron, Mr. Manola

Nay:                 None

Absent:            Dr. Walker, Mr. Goudeau, Mrs. Grace, Mr. Maranto

The next item was End of Consent Agenda Item #13: Organizational Items: Committee meeting date: March 9, 2021 and regular board meeting date: March 17, 2021.  The regular board meeting will take place at the Port Allen High School Theatre to accommodate the extra people that will be attending this meeting. 

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

Be It Resolved, That the meeting be adjourned.

The above resolution was adopted by the following vote:

Aye:                 Mr. Craig Sarradet, Mr. Toby Sarradet, Mr. LeBlanc, Mr. Chustz, Mrs. Bergeron, Mr. Manola

Nay:                 None

Absent:            Dr. Walker, Mr. Goudeau, Mrs. Grace, Mr. Maranto

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Wesley Watts                                                                Jason Manola

Secretary-Treasurer                                                        President