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School Board Meeting June 14, 2018

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School Board Meeting June 14, 2018

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you're watching wpst St John the Baptist Parish Public School television check it out misterwives would you lead us in the pledge please to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God with liberty and justice for all bro, please miss Holden present Johnson sister why do chihuahua's have a quorum special meeting of May 22nd 2018 and the regular schedule regular schedule meeting of May 24th 2018 opposition being done superintendent report thank you though present bro but I thank you president Sanders so summertime you know what I had to die for every time I was asking you guys are enjoying your summer vacation and I tell folks all the time this is our busiest time of year for the central office employees the maintenance staff because there's so much to get done during the year getting ready for a new year model trains lot of cleaning a lot of rebuilding and this year we have a lot of moving going on you know we are East st. John Prep School will be opening back up at its site at onnuri drive all right off of Airline and sold as a lot going on there we cannot wait and then we also have the stem School that'll be moving into the Leon godchaux campus so it is a lot of work going on along without normal we have air conditioning work we have Roofing work going on so it is a busy time of year for all of us but a couple of things I just like to talk about real quick in regards to the stem program that is I'll be at the Leon got your site had a meeting today with the Xavier University I think those are you been following this do know that we have a partnership already with LSU there School of Engineering we have a pre engineering program are emerging media program and next year we'll have a 1920 school year we have a biomedical program all through a partnership in with dual enrollment credits going to LSU so Xavier University is now partnering with us as well and that you want to develop a pre pharmacy program at our stem school there today with all of the different officials Xavier myself Moshannon Smith and also mr. Perry and we are getting ready to to to how to create that pre-pharmacy program and that's just going to be a huge win huge opportunities for the kids in this Parish I will be very excited about it they are very excited about it as well look forward for the things that come so that further do I know we have some done the alumni in the audience tonight to get to so I'll turn it back over to vice president president Sanders thank you Miss George item number 5 educational presentations and recognitions by the board and staff five Amos Trish Child Development Center directors report thank you Miss Trish Adam 5 beams receive Dallas update regarding ntes board recommendation for lap and shoulder belts Sanders spoke with mr. veils he could not be here tonight he tax that we care of this item over to the next board meeting animal seems to Kevin George recognition of East st. John High School alumni association scholarship I'm going to ask Miss of all the Henderson to come up to the microphone while she's coming up if you been around this is Parish in in East Saint John High School the last couple of you seen my Association spring out rope you know with with help from Miss Trish and this entire Community East Saint John Alumni Association been huge anyone who was at the alumni game this past September October whenever it was saw a crowd from the front of Airline all the way through joke I was stating there was standing room only I started going from the class of 79 and working my way up I want to try to get to every single tent but there was no way to get to everybody I think I stopped at 1989 so one of us a guy that I played football with it and nickel state so I'm going to turn it over to miss Paula Anderson thank you mr. George good evening good evening everyone this is all this is what it all boils down to presentation of the scholarships 03 Union had a purpose of goal and I'm excited I'm really excited for these students and it was a privilege to meet each and every individual and learn their backgrounds and learn what their goals are in these East Saint John students are pretty sharp so I'm happy to announce the winners and I know a few of them could not make it they were on vacation and various reasons but I'll just read the names and those that are here come up and do we have time for them just briefly State the how is it they will be attending and what they plan to do in the future because you're going to love this okay we have scholarship went to $1,000 scholarships mr. Javon Washington I'm on up I think he was that could make it to Wanda Hawkins we have very good Natalie Brooke the $500 scholarship she could make it John Gayden tomorrow $1,000 scholarship Tyler Brumfield I want $1,000 scholarship just Serenity LaGrange she's not here this evening another $1,000 scholarship and mr. Austin Seattle $1,000 scholarship and this by relief Joseph a $500 scholarship she cannot be with this year so if you all want to stand the audience can see your beautiful face and then your name your career path and then what college you're going to and I'm going to Centenary College of Louisiana Shreveport Tina brought in Paris I'll be studying musical theater and I'm very active in the parish doing the parish Place St John Theater this summer will be doing The Little Mermaid so you should come out and support my name is John Gidding and I will be attending Occidental College in Los Angeles California and I will be majoring in computer science Moscato Bromfield I'll be attending Alcorn State University on full scholarship but I'm going to be transferring to either Southern Miss or Occidental or Santa Cruz for marine biology and environmental My Name Is Earl Luciano I am going to Louisiana Tech University and I'm going to major in computer engineering why they're taking the photo there were the students that couldn't attend were attending Delgado River Parish college and ull there is one attending ull we just want to thank the school board for your support upcoming event for this year's September 19th and so if your alumni even administrators we also invite you to come and take part and donate because this is where the money goes to thank you ladies item six Personnel Matters by Serena Duke approval of new job description English learning coach good evening we actually have the introduction of the revised job description of the English learner coach and that I miss her introduction only tonight Stacy that reflects that it should be introduction revised job description item 6B which would be the rule of the revised joplo introduction job description this one is up for approval director of curriculum and instruction so Move Motion by misterwives public participation board members dr. Keller a couple questions on this position you said it's for approval do we did we have an introduction to it was at the last board meeting is in your argument short Jen on the agenda is an introduction it is on your organization chart under the superintendent job description and Personnel Personnel committee could not secure record reschedule it we didn't schedule if a finance because it doesn't cost us any more money you telling me that the well let me ask you a question since you we have an executive you recommend an executive director of curriculum and instruction and we have a coordinator of curriculum instruction so they're going to how's it going I mean why is it necessary for both the executive director and the coordinator of curriculum and instruction I guess you could ask that question for a lot of positions that we have you could save by the way I want you to justify what I'm doing if you're allowed to ride mr. Keller what we do is if you have an assistant principal you have a principle that would be like asking but why do we need an assistant principal because their job duties that these people do conduct so there's this being executive director just was up position that we had in the past I'm sure it was probably there when you were there as well and this is just a position that I would have finished okay but this is the position I feel we need in order to make this District grow I've offered you to meet on several occasions over the last couple of weeks about this you refuse to do so I refuse to let you have until you telling me on I refuse to do so so you basically have a why couldn't he sure is be assigned to Miss Heidi I think you said there was there was a committee duties wash on a hyena Strawberry Shortcake had these duties at one time why couldn't you duties be assigned to miss trosclair chosen not to miss trosclair will have will be supervising 11 schools she cannot have the time my opinion supervise 11 schools and also do the job of the executive director shows or I think you getting the cart before the horse the position that reorganization asking questions about item number 80 US been to a pill I'm telling you you're asking questions about a bee instead of the job description but you telling me that this job is cost-effective that we pay $4,000 job plus half of that test go for face benefits 237000 chicken feed why is this not cost-effective for us actually the Mario Choice save the district money save us over $12,000 and by the time of did the positions are hired and people fall into place it will actually save even more money probably in the six-figure range so and again like I said we've discussed this a couple of weeks but you refuse to do so okay I did not I'm just curious thanks Missy, thank you any other board members being done broke off I told him not to tell her it's the standard mr. Johnson mr. wise I missed a girl seven J's one 373 Avenue motion dustpans item 7 business and finance minister erifilly phone monthly budget to actual just about ask me to 2% the monthly budget to actual this is something that is required by the Auditors that we have to present the budget to actual on the agenda and to the board if there are any questions try to entertain those slow moving on to item 7B Mister Piedmont request approval to solicit bids for weight lifting racks weights and platform to East st. John High steelhouse yes sir this is how we do it at the last Atlanta playing the Phillies committee meeting this would go ahead and allow additional on weight lifting St John High ocean by mr. French as mr. Wallace public participation board members mr. Jones I'm privileged to be at that they're committed meeting can you address the board on some dollar figures as a relates to this equipment please send platforms budget numbers $45,000 this equipment is it in addition to what's already there or is this new equipment or is it an addition to the house right now okay thank you sir I have a question so the racks that we have are not usable so that's why we're buying more we need more because I told you there can you order cast Wiki state your name Haralson, Georgia what's a half hour Railroad Bill Sports also expansion 6th and 8th graders we can talk more and the red kind of makes sense thank you sir I'm sorry must have either you or for that matter the superintendent first of all we've gotten along without these so far is that we have an unusual number of athletes this year we haven't had in previous years can you stuff the microphones change to the weight room different the poor understand did you folks approach the administration about this are the Day offers Arts how did you come up with the request you but it concerns me that we're spending more money on that lyrics we don't seem to be able to spend any money on musical instruments on maintenance of musical instruments on teaching music art or anything other than Athletics so I'm a little concerned about that but he still tired and he spearheaded this alone with coach something to make the weight room better so I took your last point I agree I think we think we do for money into our music on music programs we have in a weave weave High for more music teachers here in the last couple of years probably anywhere we are also we have a Miss Rebecca who you've kind of put in charge of all of the music teachers to kind of coordinate activities and we asked her to hate Ella what you need I don't know what you need as a superintendent but that's why I have you there also but miss Rebecca homes has done an amazing job of pulling everyone together and I don't think I've ever told him no offer anything that that may have come and we use federal dollars their support of Title 1 and title to that they can be used for this mr. wise but I've been more than happy to that kind of show you what we've spent I don't know off hand if we have any more Netflix or music I would promise but we I don't know if you talk to her music teachers Mister wives they would tell you that they feel very appreciated you this isn't this isn't new as said we have added a large number of music teachers and certainly doesn't spawn dozens musical instruments but we didn't pay for instruments were obtained through grants and how do you say I was involved in a little bit of that the beginning at least and the but we're not doing this with grant money we're doing this with tax money and it seems as though a great tax money is going toward Athletics and I'm not begrudging you up any of it but I am a little concerned that we're not looking at the Arts and Music side of that equation we don't have a stage as an example anywhere in the system that I know of where you can perform up you could have it for Maddox or we had a young lady back there who's going to on a drama dollarship and she's going to be studying drum t-shirt I had someplace do to perform in her public school but we ain't got that so I'm just again raising the point I'm not going to the labor is here but we seem to have all of our all of our dedication to a group of young men and women who are good with physical activities and people with other challenge don't receive as much attention now I'm done as to why I have a daughter as well but I think that we are separating music and Atlantic and trying to make that all one Instagram at one time music has his staying at lake has his budget as well as you go along the River Road River Parishes and see all this other high school with state-of-the-art weight equipment and everything and we are getting left behind because we're not taking care of athletic department weights and everything I think that is very important that we step again tonight and support that because as athletes they need that separating the girls and the young men having that wait area that's going to have those ladies in one area to men in one area swell the guy that's the guys but I think that we need to support that because this is this is what we need at the school and I had an opportunity to go visit that field and we could use some more upgrade some more weight equipment in that so I would ask that you guys would take a look at this and try to support you sent your own with this Alice Mitchell alumni Visa and I'm definitely supported it but as a parent of West st. John High School athlete I want to know did they not request or maybe I need to have a conversation or Cairo can have a conversation and I'm all for approving it for a John because I am a class of 1997 and I want to see I eat st. John get exactly what they need but I'll also want to make sure that is Equitable so I did West Saint John just not request any upgrades to their weight room is that why we didn't do any Peter and I have already even debated about whether not just put Westie down on the 12th but we didn't want to do something that they coach didn't ask for so what we said we would do is we talked to Coach Walters mr. Hill sale of whispering this amount of money over here at East Saint John do you guys have a project or need that you need at West st. John high school and idea that I know it has been talked about a little bit is is is maybe putting an Intimidator in West st. John's Stadium what is for those who don't know what that is LSU baseball field has his big sign in their Outfield that shows all of the national championships that they won would West Saint John winning think for a state Bishop's been in multiple runner-ups that would probably be a nice-looking sign but we let them decide on thank you thank you just one of the question for we close Mister months the funding source for the equipment this is General fun thank you sir is Holden TS mr. wise Ginger Snaps in motion pass thank you old business item eight a messy mom Montgomery request approval of contracts policy and procedures requires action evening this is a policy move by misterwives Trish public participation phone numbers Bean on Roku righteous mr. Jones Johnson Montgomery I don't envy George request approval of central office reorganizational plan for the 2018-2019 school year wise action thanks vice president Sanders haunted roll off the tongue yes it is everyone knows of at least the board knows we've had a few people leave over the last year and so it was really time to kind of look at dog is short to look how to best serve how did the kids of disparage and support the schools good idea Stacy need a motion for this organizational plan their what yes and so as I was saying so we've had up a few central office tab leave over the last year and it just was really the time they're going to look at restructuring some things how base evolve football results all from the veldt the last school year we knew that we needed to do things a little bit different but also some people that left really I want to take advantage of everyone's talents so and as I look at the the first page of that organizational chart we have the people that will report directly to me and is also you will see on that you have all schools you know after speaking with the pack up the board members regarding the supervision of schools I really felt that myself and decided trosclair will tag team of all of our schools this year to make sure that everyone is on one Accord One mission and or implementing things the way we need them. and so that's that's that First Choice notice the only there's a of course the executive director position which you guys just to prove tonight there's also avakin accounting position that I know present bro has mentioned a couple of times we really want to talk to the board at in length about what to do about that position moving forward we do know a finance director will will be retiring in here's a list so we need to discuss about whether or not we feel this position filled his hire his replacement at it in the next few months when we look at tiny trosclair and then again she chair with me. Supervising schools and then her staff still Falls the same as far as with sis which is the student Information Systems in super the education technology peace the executive director would have Early Childhood director in special ed director and the federal program director reporting to them and kind of running the curriculum side I really feel like we need to I think we've been most successful is wind myself a mistress Claire inducted to mall were in one than NSYNC making sure that everything was done the way we needed to be done so I'm going really back to that model having a mistress Claire and I making sure the schools are implementing and doing everything right and then also have an executive director making sure that the curriculum piece is is servicing and supporting schools that way they need to be supported the others no changes to Boston and I know they've been some conversations about what possibly to do with that before they are too many conversations Mister Tricia I think that'll be coming up in the maybe next board meeting but this is what I have to offer I believe this what's the best chance to be successful the best chances Porter schools the best chance to make sure that every child has what they need in order to graduate public participation board members dr. Keller is George was quick to say that I wasn't cooperating with me but I guess you don't talk to me as much as Monday I know it's noted and arrow that was on a organizational chart and it I've been changed since last week or two weeks ago under the vacancy there was a federal federal programs so when I question that I was told that I was being confused and that was later and I showed Miss duke it should have been titled three coordinator it was changed so if you see that's why there's a change in coordinate a federal program so I did get a chance to talk to Miss Duke about the problems and I did not ignore it but I got to call the question as to who's paying for the title 3 coordinator position I'll give you the back of my the questioning of mr. killer thank you when the state department is not required of its married to supervise and do observations on private schools she has to actually go in and make sure they're taking the funds that that we are giving them to make sure that they using in the right weight and they can only use certain curriculum they can only use it to buy certain things and now we're task would having to get this honor private schools and make sure that they're doing it so the first question we asked the state department is what are you giving us some more money and say well we're not giving you more money but you can use your money differently the money that you are currently moving to the private schools by law we have to give out you know the public sometime doesn't realize that I promised you would do get a pot of public money and so they said you can take some of those down was that you using and that's going flowing to them and you use that money to hire a position so dance so I got to loan store to give you your the short answer is federal dollars are paying for that position and that was a position that was previously approved by the board another quote if I can save this for later on one of the questions I was concerned about now I'm a break of Interest I'll bring you some make a duck any other board members being on Roku just hold on dr. Keller misterwives do koalas Kanye's one Nae on apps thank you M9 new business being none item 10 administrative matters up there no item 11 bought items of Interest board members not to Cal a special kind of triggered something when she pick me up a note about hiring a expert to come in and look at the evaluation about some of our program and I found out that I could not under the compass information system as far as a method of evaluation how do we fly without I'm sure George used tablet which employees get there are several different classes to be talking about classroom teachers we not going to let administrators administrators Arizona used you come up my HR Director can answer that question for you guys to come I love these in the tap rubric for that information translates over and Sissy is so everyone about administrators has been evaluated but if they're all have been eBay somewhere the other body is tap you referring to district-level administrators administrators are not evacuated by tap Lucy is there under a liter licenses so those are a little different we have compass for teachers and then we have at leader for our we use those for our principles that are sites and they go to tap and then we transported in what we advised our district Personnel to do when they come in is to put their certificates and non-practicing status new job on an you had one done Shawna June 12th you took care of one non-practicing area but let me answer the question I don't think I understood what you were saying I'll guess was confused each of their supervisors evaluates them so I have to meet with mr. George we go through plans we need internally at at points in the year and then he evaluate my performance that this is taking place because we are trust in the people that we put in those positions to do their jobs the weather super Nana doesn't recline those to anybody on the board there being evaluated for superintendent where you have some people and others have some people ask their evaluate any other board members so you're watching wpst St John the Baptist Parish Public School television check it out

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