CROWLEY, LOUISIANA

AUGUST 3, 2015

The Acadia Parish School Board met on this the 3rd day of August 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. John Suire, Mr. David Lalande, Mr. Gene Daigle, Reverend James Proctor, Mr. James Higginbotham, and Secretary-Treasurer, and Superintendent John E. Bourque. 

2)         Reverend Proctor led the prayer.

3)         Reverend Proctor led the pledge of allegiance.

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

                        NONE

5)         Read and approve minutes of the July 13, 2015 board meeting.

                        Reading of the minutes of the July 13, 2015 board meeting 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 July 13, 2015 board meeting was approved.

6)         Hear comments from Greg Fruge.

                        Mr. Greg Fruge introduced himself, Candidate for State Representative, District 41.  He spoke about the issues in education and asked for the boards support.  He commended the board for working hard to keep Acadia a great school system.

ACTION ITEMS:      NONE

ROUTINE ITEMS:

1)               Consider substantial completion of the Iota Elementary Classroom Project.

              Bill Ackal gave an update on the Iota Elementary classroom project and requested substantial completion.  Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Suire, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved substantial completion of the Iota Elementary classroom project.

2)         Consider the recommendation of the Personnel, Insurance & Curriculum committee regarding the Choice’s Program.

              Upon motion by Mr. Higginbotham, seconded by Mr. Daigle, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved providing $2,500 for the Acadia Parish Sheriff’s office 2015-2016 Choices’ Program to be conducted in the schools on February 28^th – March 4^th, 2016.

3)         Consider the recommendation of the Personnel, Insurance & Curriculum committee regarding the Pupil Progression Plan for 2015-2016.

            Upon motion by Mr. Higginbotham, seconded by Mr. Simar, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved the Pupil Progression Plan for 2015-2016.

4)         Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding renewing the excess workers’ compensation insurance coverage.

            Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Rev. Proctor, and carried, the board approved renewing the excess workers’ compensation coverage with New York Marine and General Insurance Co. at a premium of $84,125, which reflects a premium reduction of $8,545.

5)         Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding adoption of the budget revision calendar for 2015-2016 and budget preparation calendar for 2016-2017.

            Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Hebert, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved adoption of a budget revision calendar for 2015-2016 and budget preparation calendar for 2016-2017.

6)         Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding granting permission to advertise for bids for Child Nutrition Program equipment as required by the Louisiana Revised Statutes.

            Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Hebert, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved granting permission to bid equipment for the Child Nutrition program.

7)         Consider recommendation of the Budget & Finance committee regarding the distribution of revenue received from the sale of an old WalMart parcel.

            Upon motion by Mr. Suire, seconded by Mr. Hebert, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board approved using the revenue received from the sale of the old WalMart parcel to provide classroom teachers with $100 for classroom supplies as well as to provide $1,000 for each school to use for classroom supplies.

17)        Consider dates for next committee and board meetings.

            Upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Higginbotham, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, committee meetings will be August 19, 2015 and the board meeting will be September 14, 2015.

18)  Correspondence.

      Board members were given correspondence regarding Pupil Identification.

DISCUSSION ITEMS:    NONE

CONSENT ITEMS:

            Upon motion by Mr. Simar seconded by Mr. Hebert 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 Reverend Proctor, 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 Reverend Proctor, 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 Reverend Proctor, and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the board received the sales tax report which showed a year to date increase of .78%.

SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS: 

            Mr. Bourque mentioned that a Principals’ meeting was held this past week and it went well and principals’ are excited for the new school year.  He mentioned that schools can purchase supplies from the warehouse.  He mentioned that schools have account balances that need to be spent for supplies before having teachers spend out of their own pockets.

            There being no other business to come before the Board, upon motion by Mr. Simar, seconded by Mr. Suire and carried by a unanimous voice vote, the meeting adjourned at 5:34 p.m.

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Douglas J. LaCombe, President

ATTEST:

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John E. Bourque, Superintendent