CROWLEY, LOUISIANA

November 5, 2012

The Acadia Parish School Board met on this the 5th day of November, 2012 at 5:00 p.m., in a regular session at Crowley, Louisiana, with President presiding Mr. Gene I. Daigle. Members present were Mr. Douglas J. LaCombe, Vice-President, Mr. Israel Syria, Mr. John Suire, Mr. Roland J. Boudreaux, Mr. Milton Simar, Mr. Lynn Shamsie, and Secretary-Treasurer, Superintendent John E. Bourque, and Mr. James Higginbotham.

2)            Mr. Israel Syria led the prayer.

3)            Mr. Douglas LaCombe led the pledge of allegiance.

4)            Consider approval of a revised agenda, if there are any changes.

                   No Changes

5)            Read and approve minutes of the October 1, 2012 board meeting.

           Reading of the minutes of the October 1, 2012 board meeting were dispensed (copies of minutes were sent to member prior to this meeting) and upon motion by Mr. Boudreaux, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the October 1, 2012 board meeting minutes were approved.

ACTION ITEMS:  

1)            Consider recommendation of the Personnel, Insurance, & Curriculum committee regarding policy changes.

                Mrs. Baggett reviewed changes to policies GBK, GBKA and GBI due to recent legislative action.  These changes deal primarily with the Superintendent and board’s authority to discipline employees.  Upon motion by Mr. LaCombe, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, changes to policies GBK, GBKA, and GBI were approved.

ROUTINE ITEMS:

1)            Hear report on School Performance Scores.

                Dianna Guidry briefed the board on our recently released school performance scores.  The parish experienced growth of 9% over the previous year.

2)                   Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding the sale of activity buses.

                Mr. Leonards indicated that only one bid was received for the sale of activity buses.  Garber Farms bid $2,000 for Midland’s bus and the school accepted this offer.  Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the sale of activity buses was approved.

3)            Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding bids received for the purchase of special education buses.

                Bid tabulations for the purchase of two used Special Education buses from Ross Bus Sales were reviewed:  

Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved bids received for the purchase of two used Special Education buses from Ross Bus Sales.

4)            Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding bids received for refurbished desktop and laptop computers.

                Julie Miers presented bid tabulations for laptop and desktop computers.  She recommended the next to lowest bid from Insight Systems Exchange in the amount of $63,600.  Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Shamsie, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved bid received from Insight Systems Exchange in the amount of $63,600 for refurbished desktop and laptop computers.

5)            Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding bids received for LCD projectors.

Julie Miers presented bids received for LCD projectors, recommending the low bid from Black Rock Technologies in the amount of $48,300.   Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Boudreaux, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved low bid received from Black Rock Technologies in the amount of $48,300 for LCD projectors.

6)            Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding request to lease 5 acres of pasture near Branch.

                Mr. Leonards presented a request from Pat Meche to lease 5 acres of land near Branch.  This area is presently overgrown with trees and is adjacent to his home site.  Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Shamsie, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved a request from Pat Meche to lease 5 acres of pasture near Branch.

7)            Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding plans for construction of baseball and softball fields in Iota with their maintenance funds.

                Mr. Bourque presented plans for improvements in Iota for baseball and softball fields at the elementary school campus.  This project will be paid with Ward 4 funds instead of Iota maintenance funds.   Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved the construction of baseball and softball fields in Iota to be paid with Ward 4 maintenance funds.

8)            Consider advertising for lease of 10 acres near Basile.

                Mr. Leonards mentioned that this airstrip tract of 10 acres near Basile is currently being leased to a flying company, who is interested in continuing to stay in that location.  Bids will be advertised to lease this property and results will be brought to the full board.  Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. LaCombe, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, advertisement of lease of airstrip tract of 10 acres near Basile was approved.

9)            Consider dates for next committee and board meetings.

                Upon motion by Mr. LaCombe, seconded by Mr. Suire, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, committee meetings will be on November 28, 2012 and the board meeting will be December 3, 2012.

10)          Correspondence.   

                None

DISCUSSION ITEMS:      NONE

CONSENT ITEMS:

                Upon motion by Mr. LaCombe, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, consent items 1 through 2 were approved to be taken in globo.

1)            Consider retirement notification of employees.

                Upon motion by Mr. LaCombe, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, retirement notification of employees was approved.

2)            Receive Sales Tax Report.

                Upon motion by Mr. LaCombe, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board received the sales tax report which showed a year to date increase of 1.22%.

SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS:   

                Mr. Bourque commented on the sales tax upward trend, the in-service that was held today and information regarding school prayer.

CLOSING:

There being no other business to come before the Board, upon motion by Mr. Higginbotham, seconded Mr. Boudreaux, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the meeting adjourned at 5:21 p.m.

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Gene I. Daigle, President

ATTEST:

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John E. Bourque, Superintendent