PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF THE PARISH OF CONCORDIA, STATE OF LOUISIANA, TAKEN AT A REGULAR MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 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, October 8, 2015. 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. Warren Enterkin, Ms. Mary Campbell, Mr. Fred T. Butcher, Mr. Raymond Riley, Ms. Cheryl Probst, Mr. Jefferey Goodman, Mr. John Bostic and Mr. Rickey Raven.
Member absent was Mr. Ronnie Bradford.
Dr. Paul Nelson recognized the students receiving the Sidney Murray Citizenship Awards in Grades 9-12.
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
Ferriday High Kaytlyn Brown Cleonia Cummings Malik Hampton Ventra Poole
Monterey High Breanna Ballard Noah Young Madison Taliaferro Danielle Morace
Vidalia High Tiffany Brewer Kaitlyn Randall John T’Aire Martin Erick Burton
Committee reports were presented.
It was moved by Mr. Raven, seconded by Ms. Probst and carried unanimously to approve the minutes of September 15, 2015.
It was moved by Mr. Butcher, seconded by Mr. Enterkin and carried unanimously to approve invoices in the amount of $3,658,795.
It was moved by Mr. Butcher, seconded by Ms. Campbell and carried unanimously to approve Revision to School Calendar.
It was moved by Ms. Probst, seconded by Mr. Butcher and carried to approve Restarting the Leadership Development Program Academy.
Roll call vote is as follows:
Mr. Fred T. Butcher Yes
Ms. Mary Campbell Yes
Mr. Warren Enterkin Yes
Mr. Jeffery Goodman Yes
Mr. John Bostic Yes
Ms. Cheryl Probst Yes
Mr. Rickey Raven No
It was moved by Mr. Enterkin, seconded by Ms. Campbell and carried unanimously to consider policies for Approval – Second Reading.
EDD – School Bus Scheduling and Routing JDD - Suspension
JCDB – Student Dress Code JDE – Expulsion
It was moved by Mr. Butcher, seconded by Mr. Bostic and carried unanimously to approve the Right-of-Way American Midstream (Pipeline).
It was moved by Mr. Raven, seconded by Mr. Bostic and carried unanimously to enter into Executive Session at 6:35 P.M. to discuss a personnel matter.
It was moved by Mr. Raven, seconded by Mr. Goodman to return to Regular Session at 7:03 P.M.
The following personnel announcements were made:
Leaves:
Patricia Poole, teacher, Ferriday Lower Elementary School, extended sick leave upon exhaustion of accumulated sick leave, effective August 19, 2015 through November 13, 2015.
Shanna Pollard, teacher, CPAMST, extended sick leave upon exhaustion of accumulated sick leave, effective September 8, 2015 through October 30, 2015.
Retirements:
Viola Armstrong, school food service technician, Ferriday High School, effective September 30, 2015.
Resignations:
Richard Brian Kossum, teacher, Monterey High School, effective October 5, 2015.
Appointments:
Darrell Glenn Etheridge, sales tax collector, CPSB Sales Tax Division, effective October 1, 2015.
Vianey Lozada, Spanish teacher, Vidalia Jr. High / Vidalia Upper, effective August 4, 2015.
Amador Yanez, Spaish teacher, Ferriday Jr. High / Ferriday Upper, effective August 4, 2015.
Dr. Paul Nelson made the following announcements:
Friday, October 9, 2015, Vidalia High School will be celebrating their homecoming which will be an early dismissal day.
Friday, October 9, 2015, Ferriday High School will be traveling to Rayville for Friday night football.
Monday, October 12, 2015, Columbus Day Holiday for Schools and Central Office.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015, Dr. Nelson will be traveling to Baton Rouge to attend BESE meeting.
Friday, October 16, 2015, Report Card Day which will be an early dismissal day.
It was moved by Ms. Probst, seconded by Mr. Raven and carried unanimously to adjourn at 7:05 P.M.