CROWLEY, LOUISIANA
JULY 19, 2004
1) The Acadia Parish School Board met on this the 19th day of July 2004, at 5:00 p.m., in a regular session, with President John Quebodeaux presiding. Members present were Mrs. Ezora J. Proctor, Mr. Lyle C. Johnson, Mr. Roland J. Boudreaux, Mr. Gene Daigle, Mr. Shirley Vige’, Dr. Robert L. McManus, and Superintendent John E. Bourque, Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. Lynn Shamsie was absent.
2&3) Mr. Isaac Mayfield of the Morning Star Baptist Church led the prayer. Ms. Meridian Vallery a retired teacher led the Pledge of Allegiance.
4) Consider approval of a revised agenda, if there are any changes.
There were no changes in the agenda.
5) Read and approve minutes of the June 7 and June 30, 2004, meetings.
Reading of the minutes of the May 3, 2004, meeting was dispensed with (copies of minutes were sent to each member prior to this meeting) and adopted as submitted, upon motion by Mr. Boudreaux, seconded by Dr. McManus, and carried by a unanimous voice vote.
6) Recognize Poche, Prouet and Associates who will present a scholarship to Travis Withers a Midland High School student.
Mr. Philippe Prouet of Poche, Prouet and Associates presented an Engineering Scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to Travis Withers a student at Midland High School for outstanding achievement in architecture. Poche, Prouet and Associates have been presenting scholarships since 1989 and recipients in Acadia Parish have received twelve of these scholarships amounting to $12,000.
ACTION ITEMS: There were no action items.
ROUTINE ITEMS:
1) Consider Personnel/Insurance Committee’s recommendation regarding a waiver of medical payment coverage for fleet insurance policy.
Upon motion by Mrs. Proctor, seconded by Dr. McManus, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the Board agreed not to waive medical payment coverage for fleet insurance policy, since the savings in the premium was minimal for the coverage.
2) Consider bids received by Child Nutrition Program for milk and bread.
Upon motion by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Dr. McManus, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the Board awarded bid to Foremost Dairy for milk and Cotton Holsum Bakery for bread, the lowest bidders.
3) Consider approval of budgets for 2004-05.
A motion by Mr. Vige, seconded by Dr. McManus to accept the budget with a one-time maintenance allocation of $900,000 and set a reserve of one-half million dollars for facilities and transportation, carried by a unanimous voice vote, the Board approved budgets for 2004-05.
4) Consider surveillance system at Crowley Middle School.
Mr Cal Simar presented information regarding a surveillance system at Crowley Middle School. This will be funded with a grant from Safety Drug Free in the amount of $14,895. Mr. Darrell Fournet of VidioLink answered questions. Upon motion by Mrs. Proctor, seconded by Mr. Johnson, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the Board approved installing a sixteen-camera surveillance system at Crowley Middle School.
5) Consider request from Crowley Middle School to lease a copy machine with available school funds.
Upon motion by Mrs. Proctor, seconded by Mr. Vige’, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, Crowley Middle School was granted permission to lease a copy machine with available school funds.
6) Consider request from a tenant farmer for lease of an irrigation well site on Section 16, Township 10 South, Range 2 East.
Upon motion by Dr. McManus, seconded by Mr. Vige’, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, a tenant farmer was granted permission to lease an irrigation well site on Section 16, Township 10 South, Range 2 East.
7) Consider request from Gary Daigle for lease of four acres adjacent to the Church Point High School.
Upon motion by Mr. Vige’, seconded by Mr. Daigle, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, Superintendent Bourque was authorized to advertise for a lease of four acres adjacent to the Church Point High School.
8) Consider lease of property to the Welcome House.
Mr. Caswell explained that Welcome House has been leasing this property. The lease needs to be formalized and the Board is required to advertise for lease of the property. Upon motion by Mr. Vige’, seconded by Mr. Daigle, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, Superintendent Bourque was authorized to advertise for lease of property at the location of the Welcome House.
9) Consider approval of Special Education IDEA FY 2004-05 budget.
Upon motion by Dr. McManus, seconded by Mr. Vige’, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the Special Education IDEA FY 2004-05 budget was approved.
A meeting was held with the superintendent and assistant superintendent of the Diocese of Lafayette to discuss the Acadia Parish proportion share in regards to special education. They were offered a choice of resource or therapy, and they chose resource.
10) Consider request from the City of Crowley for sewer line servitude on school board property along Cherokee Road.
Upon motion by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mrs. Proctor, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the Superintendent was authorized to sign a request from the City of Crowley for sewer line servitude on school board property along Cherokee Road.
11) Correspondence.
There was no correspondence.
DISCUSSION ITEMS:
1) Discuss policy changes concerning Bulletin 1706, Regulations for the Implementation of the Exceptional Children Act.
Board members received information regarding Bulletin 1706, Regulations for the Implementation of the Exception Children Act. This will be an Action Item at the August 2, 2004, meeting.
2) Discuss policy changes concerning Student Harassment and Intimidation to include hazing.
Board members received information regarding Student Harassment and Intimidation to include hazing. This will be an Action Item at the August 2, 2004, meeting.
CONSENT ITEMS:
Upon motion by Dr. McManus, seconded by Mr. Daigle, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the following action was taken:
1) New assignments and changes of professional employees were approved as submitted.
2) The monthly sales tax report showing a year-to-date decrease of -27.06% was received.
3) Granted request to Ms. Natalie Andrus, Disabilities Specialist, Head Start, for maternity leave from September 29, 2004, through October 12, 2004, (9.5 days)
4) Granted request to Marie Gagnard, teacher, Crowley High School, for sabbatical leave for the 2004-05 school semester, for professional development.
5) Granted request to Jacqueline Herpin, accountant, for change of maternity leave, effective on June 21, 2004, through July 23, 2004. (13 non-paid days)
SUPERINTENDENT’S COMMENTS:
Mrs. Ellan Baggett reported that retirees were honored on July 12, 2004, with a reception at the Media Center and recognized retirees in the audience.
Mr. Paul DeRousselle, President of the Acadia Principals Association, thanked Board members for their support in the recent sales tax election.
Mr. Boudreaux thanked employees for their endeavors and the opportunity now available for Acadia students.
Mr. Quebodeaux congratulated employees and citizens for their undertakings.
Superintendent Bourque congratulated all involved in the successful sales tax campaign.
CLOSING:
There being no other business to come before the Board, at 5:35 p.m., upon motion by Mr. Johnson, seconded by Mr. Daigle, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the meeting adjourned.
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John H. Quebodeaux, President
ATTEST:
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Mr. John E. Bourque, Superintendent