CROWLEY, LOUISIANA

APRIL 20, 2015

The Acadia Parish School Board met on this the 20th day of April at 5:00 p.m., in a regular session at Crowley, Louisiana, with President presiding Mr. Douglas J. LaCombe. Members present were, Mr. Delo Hebert, Mr. Milton Simar, Mr. Gene Daigle, Reverend James Proctor, Mr. John Suire, Mr. James Higginbotham, Mr. David Lalande, and Secretary-Treasurer, and Superintendent John E. Bourque.

2)         Reverend Proctor led the prayer.

3)         Mr. Simar led the pledge of allegiance.

4)         Consider approved of the revised agenda, if there are any changes.

                        No Changes

5)         Read and approve minutes of the March 2, 2015 board meeting and April 1, 2015 Special Session.

                        Reading of the minutes of the March 2, 2015 board meeting and April 1, 2015 Special Session were dispensed (copies of minutes were sent to member prior to this meeting) and upon motion by Mr. Higginbotham, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, minutes of the March 2, 2015 board meeting and April 1, 2015 Special Session were approved.

ACTION ITEMS:      NONE

ROUTINE ITEMS:

1)               Consider swearing in the newly appointed school board member for District 1.

              Reverend James Proctor, District 1 school board member was sworn in earlier this day at the Acadia Parish court house.

2)         Consider school calendars for the 2015-2016 school year.

            Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Lalande, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved school calendars for the 2015-2016 school year.

3)         Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding calendar dates for 2014-2015 budget revisions and 2015-2016 budget preparation and adoption.

            Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Rev. Proctor, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved calendar dates for the 2014-2015 budget revisions and 2015-2016 budget preparation and adoption.

4)         Consider the recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding declaring a small parcel of old WalMart property as surplus property.

            Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Hebert, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved declaring a small parcel of old WalMart property as surplus property.

5)         Consider the recommendation of the Personnel, Insurance & Curriculum committee regarding offering for sale the small parcel of old WalMart property that has been declared as surplus property.

            Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Rev. Proctor, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved offering for sale the small parcel of old WalMart property that has been declared as surplus property.  The property was appraised at $68,500.

6)         Consider dates for next committee and board meetings.

            Upon motion by Mr. Lalande, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, committee meetings will be March 29, 2015 and the board meeting will be May 4, 2015.

11)       Correspondence. 

      Board members were given correspondence regarding a thank you from Maxine Trahan, Acadia Parish Sheriff’s Office, for their support and donation to the Choices Program.  Mr. Bourque mentioned a Monday Message that was in their packets regarding notes written by children expressing their thoughts on what they wish teachers knew about their lives, ex.  Papers don’t get signed because Mom is not home a lot, No pencils at home to do homework, etc.  Mr. Bourque explained that we as adults need to pay attention to our children and show understanding to things going in their lives.

DISCUSSION ITEMS:    NONE

CONSENT ITEMS:

            Upon motion by Mr. Simar seconded by Mr. Lalande and carried by a unanimous voice vote, Items Consent Items 1-3 were taken in globo.

1)         Receive assignments and changes of professional employees.

            Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Daigle, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved assignments and changes of professional employees.

2)         Receive retirement notification of employees.

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

3)         Receive Sales Tax Report.

            Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Daigle and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board received the sales tax report which showed a year to date increase of 1.09%.

SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS:

            Mr. Bourque thanked Rev. Proctor for his dedication of his time to serve in District 1.  He went over correspondence regarding Monday’s Message which will be given to principals at the principals’ meeting on tomorrow.  He mentioned he spoke to Mrs. Vidrine and she said that there was increase in breakfast participation in high schools.  He mentioned that testing went well and there was a positive attitude from students and staff.  He mentioned how the Leader In Me program was a great success and Mrs. Paula Cutrer, Principal, Ross Elementary noted how the program is such a positive experience for students.

There being no other business to come before the Board, upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Hebert and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the meeting adjourned at 5:27 p.m.

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Douglas J. LaCombe, President

ATTEST:

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John E. Bourque, Superintendent