Acadia Parish School Board

REGULAR SESSION – Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Generated by Sharron LeDoux on Thursday, February 5, 2024

 

Members present
James Etta David, Glenn Quebedeaux, Delo Hebert, Steve Jones, James Higginbotham, Milton Simar, Becky Atkinson

 

Meeting called to order at 5:00 PM

 

1. OPENING ITEMS

Procedural: 1.1 Call To Order

Procedural: 1.2 Roll Call

Procedural: 1.3 Prayer

Procedural: 1.4 Pledge of Allegiance

 

2. ACTION ITEMS

Action, Minutes: 2.1 Approve minutes of the January 23, 2024 Regular Session meeting, and the minutes of the Budget & Finance Committee, and Personnel, Insurance & Curriculum Committee meetings dated January 30, 2024

Motion to approve minutes of Regular Session meeting dated January 23, 2024 Regular Session meeting, and the minutes of the Budget & Finance Committee, and Personnel, Insurance & Curriculum Committee meetings dated January 30, 2024

Motion by James Higginbotham, second by Glenn Quebedeaux.

Final Resolution: Motion Carried

Yea: James Etta David, Glenn Quebedeaux, Delo Hebert, Steve Jones, James Higginbotham, Milton Simar, Becky Atkinson

 

Recognition: 2.2 Recognize Board members' training hours for calendar year 2023

Each board member should earn a minimum of 6 hours training in a calendar year.  Acadia School Board members have received the following hours in 2023:

Becky Atkinson 20.5, Delo Hebert 22.5, James Higginbotham 6.5, Steve Jones 18.5, Glenn Quebedeaux 10.5, James Etta David 32.5, Ike Richard 17.5 and Milton Simar 17.5

 

Action: 2.3 Consider approval to pay bus driver privatization cost in one lump sum payment

Motion to approve paying a one lump sum to bus driver privatization

Motion by James Higginbotham, second by Glenn Quebedeaux.

Final Resolution: Motion Carried

Yea: James Etta David, Glenn Quebedeaux, Delo Hebert, Steve Jones, James Higginbotham, Milton Simar, Becky Atkinson

 

3. ROUTINE ITEMS

Action: 3.1 Consider the recommendation of the Budget & Finance Committee regarding approval of audit firm for the year ending June 30, 2024

Motion to approve the audit firm for the year ending June 30, 2024

Motion by James Higginbotham, second by Steve Jones.

Final Resolution: Motion Carried

Yea: James Etta David, Glenn Quebedeaux, Delo Hebert, Steve Jones, James Higginbotham, Milton Simar, Becky Atkinson

 

Action: 3.2 Consider the recommendation of the Budget & Finance Committee regarding adoption of a calendar for revisions of the 2023-2024 budget and for the preparation of the 2024-2025 budget

Motion to approve adoption of a calendar for revisions of the 2023-2024 budget and for the preparation of the 2024-2025 budget

Motion by James Higginbotham, second by Steve Jones.

Final Resolution: Motion Carried

Yea: James Etta David, Glenn Quebedeaux, Delo Hebert, Steve Jones, James Higginbotham, Milton Simar, Becky Atkinson

 

Action: 3.3 Consider the recommendation of the Personnel, Insurance & Curriculum Committee regarding approval of Head Start Internal Dispute Resolution (Impasse) policy 2023-2024

Motion to approve Head Start Internal Dispute Resolution (Impasse) policy 2023-2024

Motion by Glenn Quebedeaux, second by James Higginbotham.

Final Resolution: Motion Carried

Yea: James Etta David, Glenn Quebedeaux, Delo Hebert, Steve Jones, James Higginbotham, Milton Simar, Becky Atkinson

 

4. CONSENT ITEMS

Information: 4.1 Receive report on staff attendance (Mrs. B. Atkinson)

Information: 4.2 Receive report on National Institute for Excellence in Teaching partnership with Acadia parish schools (Mrs. B. Atkinson)

Information: 4.3 Receive report on Monday remediation/enrichment activities (Mrs. B. Atkinson)

Procedural: 4.4 Receive assignments and changes of personnel

Procedural: 4.5 Receive Sales Tax report

 

5. CLOSING

Action, Procedural: 5.1 Adjourn meeting

Motion to adjourn meeting

Motion by James Higginbotham, second by James Etta David.

Final Resolution: Motion Carried

Yea: James Etta David, Glenn Quebedeaux, Delo Hebert, Steve Jones, James Higginbotham, Milton Simar, Becky Atkinson

 

Meeting adjourned at 5:46 PM

 

ATTEST

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Delo Hebert, President

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Scott M. Richard, Superintendent