JEFFERSON DAVIS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

August 17, 2017

The Jefferson Davis Parish School Board met in regular session at 203 E. Plaquemine Street, Jennings, LA  70546, on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 6:00, with the following School Board members in attendance:  President, Jason Bouley, Vice-President, Phillip Arceneaux, Members, Greg Bordelon, Charles Bruchhaus, David Buller, David Capdeville, Donald Dees, David Doise, Malon Dobson, Robert Menard, James Segura, Jody Singletary and David Troutman. Absent: None.

The meeting was opened by President Bouley, with an invocation by Lacassine High 10^th grader Natalie Clemmons, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. flag led by Mr. Singletary.

Motion by Mr. Buller, seconded by Mr.  Troutman  and unanimously carried  to approve the School Board minutes of the regular meeting of July 20, 2017 and the minutes of the Special meeting on August 3, 2017.

Motion by Mr. Bordelon, seconded by Mr.  Singletary  and unanimously carried that the Board call for a vote to take care of items of business not listed on the original agenda or to change the order of topics to be addressed. 

RECOGNITION OR PRESENTATIONS:

Congratulations to Lacassine High 2017 Division II Girls Golf Champions. Coach Tisha Whittington.  Golfers: Daphney Tilton - Sophomore (Selected for Louisiana All-State), Carly Whittington - Freshman (Selected for Louisiana Tri-State) and Natalie Clemmons - Freshman.   Golf is only divided into 2 divisions for the entire state.   Both public and private compete against each other.  LHS was the only Public School Team that qualified to compete in Division II.  Division II is both public/private 3A, 2A, 1A, B & C schools.  Division I is both public/private 4A/5A.  This was LHS first year to have a golf team.

FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS:   The following motions were made by Mr.  Phillip Arceneaux, Finance Committee Chairman, that the School Board:

Grant permission to Hathaway High to accept a $850.00 donation from Pfizer.  Funds to be used as follows:

1.          SWPBIS                                                    $350.00

2.          HHS Varsity Cheerleaders                          $250.00

3.          HHS Agriculture Department                     $250.00

Motion seconded by Mr. Doise and unanimously carried.

Grant permission to Lake Arthur High School to accept a $4,000.00 donation from Jeff and Amy Moore.  Funds to be used for the LAHS Basketball program to offset expenses.   Motion seconded by Mr. Dobson and unanimously carried.

Grant permission to Superintendent to advertise and hire one additional Carpenter and one additional carpenters helper.   Motion seconded by Mr. Menard and unanimously carried.

Adopt the 2017-18 Jefferson Davis Parish School Board Annual Operating Budget and the accompanying Budget Resolution. A public hearing was held on Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. in the Board Room as required by law.

BUDGET RESOLUTION

Resolution adopting an Operating Budget of Revenues and Expenditures

for the General and Special Revenue Funds,

for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2017 and ending June 30, 2018.

             BE IT RESOLVED by the Jefferson Davis Parish School Board in general session convened that:

SECTION 1:       The attached detailed estimates of revenues for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2018, be and the same is hereby adopted to serve as an Operating Budget of Revenues, for the General Fund, Special Revenue - Maintenance Funds, and the Special Revenue - Federal Funds during the same period.

SECTION 2:       The attached estimates of expenditures by departments for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2018, be and the same is hereby adopted to serve as a Budget of Expenditures, for the General Fund, Special Revenue - Maintenance Funds, and the Lunch Fund during the same period.

SECTION 3:       The adoption of the Operating Budget of expenditures be and the same is hereby declared to operate as an appropriation of the amount herein set forth within the terms of the budget classification for the General Fund, Special Revenue - Maintenance Funds, and the School Lunch Fund. 

SECTION 4:       The appropriation for all other Special Revenue - Federal Funds Budgets presented herein shall be in accordance with budgetary expenditure limits and classifications approved by the Department of Education, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or any other appropriate state or federal agency, with such approval by these agencies representing full permission to expend funds accordingly.

SECTION 5:       Each school within the parish has permission to expend its own funds for the normal operating needs of the school, including individual purchases in excess of $4,000, without first seeking approval from School Board so long as all other fiscal policies of the School Board are followed.

SECTION 6:       Amounts are available for expenditure only to the extent they are included within the 2017-2018 budget.

Passed and adopted at Jennings, Louisiana on this 17^th day of August, 2017.

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                                                                                           Jason Bouley, President

ATTEST:

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Kirk Credeur, Secretary

Motion seconded by Mr. Dobson and unanimously carried.

Grant permission to Lacassine High and the Child Nutrition Program to purchase from Teacher’s Pet at a cost of $17,360.00 ($1,085.00 each) sixteen 12 foot tables for the Cafeteria.  Other quotes received from LA School Equipment ($1,561.20 each) and Virco ($962.09 each).  Teacher’s Pet was chosen due to installation and set up being included in their price and a better lead time than Virco.  Virco would drop ship to warehouse.  To be paid one-half from Child Nutrition and one-half from Lacassine High Maintenance.   Motion seconded by Mr. Singletary and unanimously carried.

Grant permission to Lake Arthur High to purchase on State Contract six 75" ActivPanels at a cost of $33,492.00.   Price includes set up and installation, five year onsite warranty and six mobile stands.  These are to update the Math and Science Promethean boards.  To be paid from Maintenance #1 2017-18 budget.   Motion seconded by Mr. Bordelon and unanimously carried.          

Grant permission to Lacassine High to accept the following donations from the Cardinal Diamond Club for softball and baseball:

             Girls Softball:

1 dozen white Wiffle balls, 1 dozen 84 TCB balls, 1 Perfect Circle Trainer, 1Training Mitt, 2 Training Paddles, 3 Atomic balls, 1 33" Demarini Bat, 1 softball net, 2 Easton Tees, 1 Limp Ball, 1 Score book, 4 helmets with mask, 2 dozen softballs, 12 wrist coaches and 6 dozen balls and buckets.      

             Boys Baseball:

3 training paddles, 1 dry erase board, 36 practice caps, 1 baseball block screen, 1 baseball net, 1 Jugs tee, 1 throw down home plate, 2 Turf shoes, 1 dozen TCB Wiffle balls, 1 catchers mitt.

Motion seconded by Mr. Troutman and unanimously carried, with Mr. Singletary recused from voting.

Grant permission to Lacassine High to accept the following donations for junior high baseball and softball from the grant Pitch in for Baseball:

8 RH Softball Gloves, 1 Softball Catcher’s Mitt, 1 Softball Catcher’s Mask, 1 Set of Shin Guards (Softball), 1 Chest Protector (Softball), 5 Batting Helmets w/ Cages, 2 Softball Bats, 35 Pairs of Uniform Pants, 2 Team Bags, 8 RH Baseball Gloves, 2 LH Baseball gloves, 1 Catcher’s Mitt, 1 Pair of Shin Guards, 1 Chest Protector, 1 Catcher’s Mask, 24 Baseballs, 5 Batting Helmets and 2 BBCOR Bats.

Motion seconded by Singletary and unanimously carried.

Grant permission to Lacassine High to accept a $1,500.00 donation from KJ’s Services for Baseball and Softball.   Motion seconded by Mr. Singletary and unanimously carried.

Grant permission to Brant Smith, Supervisor of Auxiliary Services to purchase a 2017 Express 2500 Cargo Van 1WT from Gerry Lane Chevrolet in Baton Rouge at a cost of $23,675.00. Other quotes received from Billy Navarre Chevrolet Cadillac of Lake Charles $26,431.56.  Quote solicited from Bubba Oustalet Chevrolet-Cadillac but none received.  Motion seconded by Mr. Dees and unanimously carried.

Bid was approved on April 12, 2017, granting permission to Lacassine High to accept the bid from Trahan Construction, LLC, for the Base Bid in the amount of $848,000.00, plus Alternate #1 in the amount of $69,600.00, plus Alternate #2 in the amount of $205,900.00, plus Alternate #3 in the amount of $39,300.00 for a total bid of $1,163,700.00.    On 08/10/17, there was a change order made in the contract price due to changes made in the contract specifications.  Change Order #1 reflects an increase in the original bid of $150,095.00.  The contract sum, including the Change Order, is $1,313,795.00.  Grant permission to approve the new contract sum of $1,313,795.00.  Motion seconded by Singletary and unanimously carried.

Grant permission to Jennings High School Football team to accept a $15,000.00 donation from the Jennings Quarterback Club.  Funds to be used for equipment, uniforms and other expenses.   Motion seconded by Mr. Menard and unanimously carried.

The following committees had no reports to present:

             Insurance - David Doise, Chairman

             Building & Grounds - James Segura, Chairman

             Policy-Robert Menard, Chairman

             Transportation- Greg Bordelon, Chairman         

             16^th Section-Charles Bruchhaus, Chairman

             Ward II (Ad Hoc) - Phillip Arceneaux, Chairman

              Legislative Liaison - Donald Dees, Chairman

Food Service Committee - Malon Dobson, Chairman

The Sales Tax report was given by Amber Hymel, Tax Collector/Auditor. 

NEW BUSINESS:

Motion by Mr. Bordelon, seconded by Mr. Doise and unanimously carried to approve the following non-faculty coaches for the 2017-2018 school year upon completion of LHSAA coaching course certification and Board policy requirements.

             1.          Caitlin LaCombe, Elton High School, Girls Basketball.

             2.          Nicholas Courville, Elton High School, Varsity Football, Basketball and Track.

             3.          Derek Ross, Elton High School, Jr. High Football.

             4.          Cassandra L. Everage, Welsh High, Color Guard.

             5.          Jason Chretien, Lake Arthur High, Football.

Motion by Mr. Bruchhaus, seconded by Mr. Singletary and unanimously carried to approve the following out-of-state travel requests:

1.          Lacassine High students and teacher, Lee Ann Vincent and Elton High students, parents  and teacher, Lana Myers  to travel to Indianapolis, IN from October 10-23, 2017 to attend the FFA Convention.   All expenses to be paid in accordance with Board policy.

Motion by Mr. Arceneaux, seconded by Mr. Menard and unanimously carried to grant permission to Superintendent Credeur to sign a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement for Clinical Training between James Ward Elementary School/ Jefferson Davis Parish School Board and Sowela Technical College.

Motion by Mr. Bruchhaus, seconded by Mr. Dobson and unanimously carried to approve the following non-faculty coaches for the 2017-2018 school year upon completion of LHSAA coaching course certification and Board policy requirements.

1.          Kimberly G. Captain, Elton High Girls Basketball.

PERSONNEL CHANGES:

The following personnel changes are an Informational Item:

             The following personnel changes are an Informational Item:

             A.         Personnel appointments as determined by the Superintendent:

                          1.          Name CHARLES HOULK, A/C Technician Maintenance Warehouse, effective ASAP, re: Kurt Leger resignation.

                          2.          Name KAREN STARK, Food Service Bookkeeper, effective ASAP, re: ShaRhonda Hernandez resignation.

                          3.          Name PAM THIBODEAUX, Lake Arthur Schools Bus Driver, effective 08/11/17, re: Harry LeGros resignation.

             B           Personnel changes:

APPOINTMENTS

             1.          Melissa Seaman, Intern/WEIC (11 month), effective 07/26/17, re: Intern.

             2.          Suzanna M. Bonin, Jennings High Teacher, effective 08/09/17, re: Lisa Juneau resignation.

             3.          Heidi Reed, Fenton part time Librarian, effective 08/09/17, re: Shana Gillett transfer.

             4.          Tessa Garrett, Jennings High Teacher, effective 08/09/17, re: Brittany Ebersole resignation.

             5.          Lance Myers, Elton High Teacher, effective 08/09/17, re: Phillip Bourque transfer.

             6.          Natalie Courville, Elton Elementary Pre-K Paraprofessional, effective 08/09/17, re: Donna Walker transfer.

             7.          Savanna Carter, Lacassine High Teacher, effective 08/09/17, re: Shelby Gaugh resignation.

             8.          Mitchell Mora, Lacassine High Teacher, effective 08/09/17, re: Laura Courville resignation.

             9.          Garrett Mehal, Lacassine High Teacher, effective 08/09/17, re: Lacie Arabie resignation.

             10.        Ashante Simmons, Jennings High Teacher, effective 08/09/17, re: Nicole Sonnier transfer.

             11.        Cara Richard, Jennings High Teacher, effective 08/09/17, re: Andrew Ravaglia resignation.

             12.        Manessia Hanger, West End Instructional Center Teacher, effective 08/07/17, re: Raymond Brown resignation.

             13.        Lisa Royer, Special Education Contract Worker at OLI, effective 08/07/17, re: Wanette Martin - Bethel only.

             14.        Shonita Brister, Welsh Schools Cafeteria, effective 08/08/17, re: Jessica Holden transfer.

             15.        Brooke Coffman, Fenton Elementary Pre-K Paraprofessional, effective 08/10/17, re: Helen Ritter resignation.

TRANSFERS

1.          Shanna Gillett, Fenton part-time Librarian to Jennings High Teacher, effective 08/09/17, re: Emily Brown resignation.

             2.          Mary Elaine Comeaux, Fenton RTI Coach to Fenton Pre-K Teacher, effective 08/09/17, re: Christine LeJeune retirement.

             3.          Mary Tina Boudreaux, WEIC 10 Month Counselor to WEIC Teacher (9 month), effective 08/09/17, re: Evette Broussard transfer.

             4.          Evette Broussard, WEIC 9 month Teacher to WEIC 10 month Counselor, effective 08/09/17, Mary Tina Boudreaux transfer.

             5.          Jacqueline Broussard, WEIC/Jennings Elementary 9.5 Counselor to WEIC/Jennings Elementary 10 month Counselor, effective 08/09/17, re:  new position.

             6.          Colette Hardee, WEIC Alternative Program Special Education Teacher to WEIC Special Education Homebound, effective 08/09/17, re: Rosalind Broussard transfer.

             7.          Jessica Holden, Welsh Schools Cafeteria Tech to Jennings High Cafeteria Tech, effective 08/10/17, re: Tracy Benoit resignation.

             8.          Nicole Sonnier, Jennings High Self-Contained Special Education to Welsh-Roanoke Jr. High Combination Special Education, effective 08/09/17, re: Cindy Trahan retirement.

             9.          Megan LaMarque, Welsh Schools Cafeteria Tech to Jennings Elementary Cafeteria Tech, effective 08/10/17, re: Wanda Simon retirement.

EXTENDED LEAVE

             1.          Trudy Charles, Lake Arthur High Bus Driver, 07/01/17 to 10/31/17.

RESIGNATIONS

             1.          Andrew Ravagalia, Jennings High Teacher/Coach, effective 07/11/17.

             2.          Kurt Leger, Warehouse/Maintenance AC Tech, effective 08/04/17.

             3.          Helen Ritter, Fenton Paraprofessional, effective 07/24/17.

             4.          Harry LeGros, Lake Arthur High Bus Driver, effective 08/08/17.

             5.          Tiffany Bonin, Lake Arthur High Counselor, effective 08/01/17.

             6.          ShaRhonda Hernandez, Food Nutrition Bookkeeper, effective 08/09/17.

             7.          Zachary Bertrand, Welsh High Teacher, effective 07/26/17.

             8.          Russell L. Williams, III, Welsh High Special Education Teacher, effective 07/26/17.

             9.          Raymond T. Brown, WEIC Teacher, effective 07/30/17.

             10.        Shelby Gaugh, Lacassine High Teacher, effective 07/31/17.

             11.        Linda West, Jennings Elementary Cafeteria Tech, effective 08/07/17.

             12.        Laura Courville, Lacassine High Teacher, effective 08/02/17.

             13.        Roy Harris, Lake Arthur Elementary Special Education Teacher, effective 05/26/17.

RETIREMENTS

             1.          Wanda Simon, Jennings Elementary Cafeteria Tech, effective 08/01/17, with 23 years of service.

DISPLACED

             1.          Tressie Bryant, Welsh-Roanoke Jr. High Teacher

INFORMATION

Notice of Public Meeting

Notice is hereby given that at its special meeting to be held on Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at the Parish School Board Office, 203 E. Plaquemine Street, Jennings, Louisiana, the Parish School Board of the Parish of Jefferson Davis, State of Louisiana, plans to consider adopting a resolution ordering and calling an election to be held in the Parish of Jefferson Davis to authorize the renewal of a sales and use tax.

Notice of Public Meeting

Pursuant to L.R.S. 42:11, et seq., a public meeting will be held in accordance with the Open Meetings Law including allowing a public comment period before taking a vote, R.S. 42:14(D), to levy the ad valorem millage rates for the 2017 tax year, including those taxing districts that seek to increase the prior year’s millage to the adjusted maximum millage rate allowed.  The meeting will be held at 6 pm on Thursday, September 21, 2017 in the Board Room of the Jefferson Davis Parish School Board located at 203 E. Plaquemine Street, Jennings, Louisiana. 

SUPERINTENDENT’S COMMENTS NOT REQUIRING BOARD ACTION

EXECUTIVE SESSION

None.

There being no other business to come before the Board, it was moved by Mr. Doise, seconded by Mr. Singletary and unanimously carried, to adjourn.

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/s/Jason Bouley, President

ATTEST:

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/s/Kirk Credeur, Secretary/Superintendent

Note:   Items purchased by quotes or bids may be reviewed at the School Board office during normal business hours.  All policies can be reviewed at any facility under the jurisdiction of the Jefferson Davis Parish School Board.