PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE PARISH OF CONCORDIA, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TAKEN AT A PUBLIC HEARING HELD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015

The School Board of the Parish of Concordia, State of Louisiana, met in a Public Hearing at the Concordia Parish School Board office in Vidalia, Louisiana, on Thursday, August 13, 2015, at 6:00 P.M. The Public Hearing was called to order by Mr. Raymond Riley, Sr. who turned the floor over to Mr. Tom O’Neal, Director of Business Affairs. Mr. O’Neal explained the purpose of the hearing which was to discuss the Ad Valorem Tax Millages for 2015, and to allow public input. Mr. O’Neal explained the amounts of the millages as follows:

Constitutional 2.84

Additional Construction and Operations 13.00

Maintenance and Operation of System 25.00

The Board solicited questions from the public. There were no questions. It was moved by Mr. Butcher, seconded by Mrs. Campbell and carried unanimously to adjourn at 6:06 P.M.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE PARISH OF CONCORDIA, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TAKEN AT A REGULAR MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 2015

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 Thursday, August 13, 2015, at 6:06 P.M. The meeting was called to order by Mr. Raymond Riley, Sr. who after prayer and the Pledge, declared that the Board was ready for the transaction of business.

Members present were Mr. Warren Enterkin, Mr. Fred T. Butcher, Ms. Mary Campbell, Mr. Ronnie Bradford, Ms. Cheryl Probst, Mr. Raymond Riley, Mr. John Bostic and Mr. Rickey Raven.

Member absent was Mr. Jeffery Goodman.

The Board recognized School Administrators.

Ferriday Lower Elementary Vidalia Junior High

Julia Walker, Principal Whest Shirley, Principal

Sandra Burton, Assistant Christine Washington, Assistant

Ferriday Upper Elementary Vidalia High School

Godfrey Carson, Principal Charles Anderson, Principal

Melissa Doughty, Assistant Elizabeth Walker, Assistant

Lindy McMurtry, Admin. Asst.

Ferriday Junior High Monterey High School

Toyua Watson, Principal Ralph Simmons, Principal

Gloria Price, Assistant Jana Lincecum, Assistant

Ferriday High School Concordia Education Center

Joyce Russ, Principal Lillian Franklin, Principal

Ricky Collins, Assistant

Concordia Parish Academy of Math, Science and Technology

Nancy Anders, Director

Vidalia Lower Elementary

Arlana Davis, Principal

Sandra Scruggs Cobb, Assistant

Vidalia Upper Elementary

Darla Johnston, Principal

Betty Johnson, Assistant

Committee reports were provided by each committee chairperson.

It was moved by Mr. Bradford, seconded by Mr. Raven and carried to approve the minutes of July 9, 2015.

Ms. Campbell did not approve the personnel portion of the minutes.

It was moved by Mr. Raven, seconded by Mr. Enterkin and carried unanimously to approve invoices in the amount of $1,503,795.

It was moved by Mr. Bradford, seconded by Mr. Bostic and carried unanimously to approve the resolution for the adoption of the tax millages for 2015 as follows:

RESOLUTION

BE IT RESOLVED, that the following millage(s) is hereby levied on the 2015 tax roll, on all property subject to taxation by the Concordia Parish School Board.

MILLAGE

1) Constitutional 02.84 Mills

2) Additional support for maintaining

and operating of parish schools 25.00 Mills

3) Acquiring and construction of additional classrooms and

for the providing of additional support for public education 13.00 Mills

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the proper administrative officials of the Parish of Concordia, State of Louisiana, be and they are hereby empowered, authorized, and directed to spread said taxes, as hereinabove set forth, upon the assessment roll of said Parish for the year 2015, and to make the collection of the taxes imposed for and on behalf of the taxing authority, according to law, and that the taxes herein levied shall become a permanent lien and privilege on all property subject to taxation as herein set forth, and collection thereof shall be enforceable in the manner provided by law.

The foregoing resolution was read in full, the roll was called on the adoption thereof, and the resolution was adopted by the following votes:

YEAS: Ronnie Bradford

Fred T. Butcher

Mary Campbell

Warren S. Enterkin

John Bostic

Cheryl Probst

Rickey Raven

Raymond T. Riley, Sr.

NAYS: None

ABSTAINED: None

ABSENT: Mr. Jeffery Goodman

It was moved by Ms. Campbell, seconded by Mr. Bostic and carried unanimously to approve the collection agreements with the Town of Tullos for Occupational Licenses and Insurance Premium taxes.

Bids were opened as follows:

Janitorial Materials & Supplies:

Vendor

All American Poly

Big M Supply Co.

BCP Jan-San Distribution

F.R. Blankenstein

Guy Paper

Parker Wholesale

Pyramid School Products

It was moved by Mr. Raven, seconded by Mr. Butcher and carried unanimously for Mr. O’Neal to take the bids under advisement and be granted the authority to award the bid.

Duplicating Paper

Vendor Bid

Big M Supply $38,004.00

Veritiv $32,899.00

Mr. O’Neal reminded the Board that paper was considered a Louisiana preference product. It was moved by Ms. Campbell, seconded by Mr. Bostic and carried unanimously to take the bids under advisement and granted authority to award the bid to Mr. O’Neal.

Extermination Services

Vendor Bid

Douglas Pest Control $480.00 per month

Orkin Pest Control $491.00 per month

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

It was moved by Mr. Raven, seconded by Mr. Butcher to accept joint agreement with Concordia Bank & Trust Company and Delta Bank for its Fiscal Agent and Depository Bank for fiscal years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017.

It was moved by Ms. Probst, seconded by Mr. Bradford and carried unanimously to approve the 2015-2016 Pupil Progression Plan.

It was moved by Ms. Probst, seconded by Mr. Bostic and carried unanimously to approve moving September board meeting to Tuesday, September 15, 2015.

It was moved by Mr. Butcher, seconded by Mr. Bradford and carried to approve the following policy and the waiving of the First Reading of said policy.

JR – Student Privacy and Education Records

Let the record show that Mr. Rickey Raven did not agree, he voted no.

It was moved by Mr. Bostic, seconded by Mr. Butcher and carried unanimously to approve adding the coordinator’s supplement to the data specialist’s salary.

Roll call vote is as follows:

Mr. Ronnie Bradford - Yes

Mr. Fred T. Butcher - Yes

Ms. Mary Campbell – Yes

Mr. Warren Enterkin – Yes

Mr. John Bostic – Yes

Ms. Cheryl Probst – Yes

Mr. Raymond Riley – Yes

Mr. Rickey Raven – Yes

It was moved by Mr. Bradford, seconded by Mr. Raven to enter into Executive Session at 7:17 P.M. to discuss personnel matter.

It was moved by Ms. Campbell, seconded by Mr. Raven to return to Regular Session at 8:03 P.M.

The following personnel announcements were made:

Personnel: Administrator Appointments

Julia Walker, assistant principal, Vidalia Upper Elementary School, to principal, Ferriday Lower Elementary School, effective July 13, 2015.

Godfrey Carson, assistant principal, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, to principal, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, effective July 13, 2015.

Toyua Watson, principal, Ferriday Junior High School, effective July 13, 2015.

Joyce Russ, principal, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, to principal, Ferriday High School, effective July 13, 2015.

Sandra Burton, teacher, Vidalia Upper Elementary School, to assistant principal, Ferriday Lower Elementary School, effective July 21, 2015.

Sandra Scruggs-Cobb, assistant principal, Ferriday High School, to assistant principal, Vidalia Lower Elementary School, effective July 21, 2015.

Ricky Collins, teacher, Ferriday Junior High School, to assistant principal, Ferriday High School, effective July 13, 2015.
Other Personnel Issues
Agendas for other Committees

Leaves:

Sharon Davis, teacher, Ferriday Junior High School, extended medical leave, effective August 4, 2015 – December 14, 2015.

Andree’ McCullar, librarian, Vidalia High School, extended medical leave upon the exhaustion of accumulated sick leave days, effective August 4, 2015 – August 28, 2015.

Retirements:

Shelia Lanius, PreK teacher, Vidalia Lower Elementary School, effective July 31, 2015.

Paula Paul, Technology Coordinator, Central Administration, effective August 1, 2015.

Resignations:

William Givens, Title 1 Supervisor, Central Administration, effective July 24, 2015.

Kendra Slover, 3^rd grade teacher, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, effective July 31, 2015.

Sarah Loomis, 4^th grade teacher, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, effective July 31, 2015.

O’Neal Douglas, Jr., music teacher / band director, Vidalia High School/Vidalia Junior High School, effective July 31, 2015.

Appointments:

Evangeline Williams, 2nd grade teacher, Vidalia Lower Elementary School, effective August 4, 2015.

Susan Bowers, 3rd grade teacher, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, effective August 4, 2015.

Avis Dennis, 2nd grade teacher, Ferriday Lower Elementary School, effective August 4, 2015.

Erica Condon, math teacher, Ferriday High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Marquitta Jones, 4th grade teacher, Ferriday Upper Elementary School, effective August 4, 2015.

Joe Wallace, math teacher, Monterey High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Katie Moore, elementary alternative teacher, Concordia Education Center, effective August 4, 2015.

Shelia Hickingbottom, high school alternative teacher, Concordia Education Center, effective August 4, 2015.

Minh Nguyen, math teacher, Vidalia High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Amy Mason, Pre-K teacher, Vidalia Lower Elementary School, effective August 4, 2015.

Tiffany Paul, paraprofessional, Vidalia Lower Elementary School, effective August 4, 2015.

Kasey Azar, teacher, Vidalia Upper Elementary School, effective August 4, 2015.

Kate Boothe, Spanish teacher, CPAMST, effective August 4, 2015.

Melissa Vaughn, FACS teacher, Vidalia Junior High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Milton Smith, music teacher / band director, Vidalia High School/Vidalia Junior High School effective August 4, 2015.

Mary L. Williams, paraprofessional, Ferriday Lower Elementary School, to SPED teacher, Ferriday Junior High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Kaylnn Chumney, geometry teacher, Vidalia High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Mary B. Williams, math teacher, Ferriday High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Thelma Daniels, SPED teacher, Ferriday High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Willie F. Marsalis, Sr., part-time science teacher, Vidalia High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Ernestine Watts, 6th grade math teacher, Ferriday Junior High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Patricia Sandidge, elementary social studies teacher, Monterey High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Llwendellyn Paul, paraprofessional, Ferriday Lower Elementary School, effective August 10, 2015.

Lula James, P.E. teacher, Ferriday Junior High School, effective August 4, 2015.

Transfers:

Shanna Pollard, P. E. teacher, Vidalia High School, to P.E. teacher, CPAMST, effective August 4, 2015.

Jennifer Breeland, SPED teacher, Ferriday Junior High School, to SPED teacher, Vidalia High School, effective August 4, 2015.

No Announcements were made.

It was moved by Mr. Raven, seconded by Mr. Bradford and carried unanimously to adjourn at 8:05 P.M.