PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE PARISH OF CONCORDIA, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TAKEN AT A REGULAR MEETING HELD ON TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014

The School Board of the Parish of Concordia, State of Louisiana, met in Regular Session at the Concordia Parish School Board office in Vidalia, Louisiana, on Tuesday, July 22, 2014, at 6:00 P.M. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Raymond Riley who after prayer and the Pledge, declared that the Board was ready for the transaction of business.

Members present were Mr. Gary Parnham, Sr., Ms. Mary Campbell, Mr. Charles Minor, Mr. Jeffery Goodman, Mr. Fred T. Butcher, Ms. Cheryl Probst, Mr. Raymond Riley and Mr. Warren Enterkin.

Member absent was Ms. Darlene Baker.

Committee reports were provided by each committee chairperson.

It was moved by Mr. Parnham, seconded by Mr. Minor and carried unanimously to approve the minutes of June 12, and June 26, 2014. 

It was moved by Ms. Probst, seconded by Mr. Minor and carried unanimously to approve invoices in the amount of $4,320,766.

It was moved by Mr. Butcher, seconded by Mr. Parnham and carried unanimously to approve the first reading of Policy IKDB - Graduation Exercises.

Bids were open as follows:

Janitorial Material and Supplies:

Vendor                                                    Bid

Parker Wholesale                                     $19,057.64

Big M Supply                                            $21,556.63

Blankensteins                                           $26,212.65

BCP                                                        $20,840.21

Wheeler’s Janitorial Supplies                     $20,840.21

Guy Paper                                               rejected (Did not accept, sent by fax was not sealed).

It was moved by Mr. Parnham, seconded by Mr. Enterkin and carried unanimously for Mr. O’Neal to take the bids under advisement and grant authority to award the bid.

Dr. Nelson asked the board to table discussion on consideration of the extension of his contract.

It was moved by Mr. Butcher, seconded by Mr. Minor to enter into Executive Session at 6:13 P.M. to discuss the Superintendent’s Evaluation Results.

It was moved by Mr. Parnham, seconded by Mr. Minor and carried unanimously to return to Regular Session at 6:59 P.M.

Mr. Raymond Riley commended Dr. Nelson for his service in showing improvement in test scores in the Ferriday area schools.  Mr. Riley also stated that we need to work on parental involvement in an effort to make our schools better and is looking forward to a successful school year.

The following Personnel Announcements were made:

A.  Personnel

Betty Johnson, Assistant Principal, Vidalia Lower Elementary School, effective

 July 28, 2014.

Elizabeth Walker, Assistant Principal, Monterey School, effective July 21, 2014.

B.  Other Personnel Issues

C.  Agendas for other Committees

Resignations:

Dana Holland, teacher, Ferriday Junior High School, effective June 26, 2014.

Bridget Willson, teacher, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, effective July 7, 2014.

Kayla Shirley, teacher, Monterey High School, effective May 26, 2014.

Gary Parnham, Jr., teacher and head softball coach, Vidalia High School, effective July 7, 2014.

Elbert Lyles, assistant football coach only, Ferriday High School, effective July 1, 2014.

Clarissa Anderson, paraprofessional, Vidalia Lower Elementary School, effective July 14, 2014.

Appointments:

Morgan Boyd, teacher, Concordia Parish Academy of Math, Science and Technology, effective August 5, 2014 for the 2014-2015 school year only.

Rachea Bailey, teacher, Ferriday Junior High School, effective August 5, 2014 for the 2014 – 2015 school year only.

Debbie Bairnsfather, teacher, Vidalia Lower Elementary School, effective August 5, 2014 for the 2014 – 2015 school year only.

Richard Kossum, teacher, Monterey High School, effective August 5, 2014 for the 2014 – 2015 school year only.

Sylvia Ritchie, talented teacher, effective August 5, 2014 for the 2014 – 2015 school year only.

Robert Raspberry, talented teacher, effective August 5, 2014 for the 2014 – 15 school year only.

Jeffery Hancock, teacher and head football coach, Vidalia High School, effective July 1, 2014.

Lillie Birdon, paraprofessional, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, effective August 5, 2014 for the 2014-2015 school year only.

Ferman Washington, 8 hour / 11 month janitor, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, to 8 hour / 12 month head custodian, Concordia Education Center, effective June 23, 2014.

Reginald Murphy, 4 hour / 9 month sweeper, Concordia Parish Academy of Math, Science and Technology, to 8 hour / 11 month janitor, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, effective July 21, 2014.

Mary Ferguson, paraprofessional, Vidalia High School, effective August 5, 2014.

Shuntyal Carter, paraprofessional, Ferriday Lower Elementary School, effective August 5, 2014 for the 2014 – 2015 school year only.

Janet Hancock, paraprofessional, Vidalia Lower Elementary School, effective August 5, 2014 for the 2014 – 2015 school year only.

Transfers:

George Parker, paraprofessional, Ferriday High School, to paraprofessional, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, effective August 5, 2014.

Diane Carter, 2 ½ hour sweeper, Vidalia Lower Elementary School, to 2 ½ hour sweeper, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, effective August 5, 2014.

Dr. Paul Nelson made the following announcements:

Thank the board for his evaluation.

A schedule of the Back to School Staff Development to be held on August 5 & 6, 2014, at the Vidalia Conference & Convention Center will be in this week’s FYI.  The LSBA has approved these sessions for CLU’s.

New Teacher Orientation will be held on July 31- August 1, 2014, at the Central Office.  We would like to invite all board members to lunch on Friday, August 1, 2014 at 12:00 noon to meet our new teachers.

Tech Day will be held on August 4, 2014, at Vidalia High School beginning at 8:00 a.m.

Due to school opening on Monday, August 11, 2014, the committee meetings will be held on Tuesday, August 12, 2014.

It was moved by Mr. Parnham, seconded by Mr. Butcher and carried unanimously to adjourn at 7:03 p.m.