Bogalusa School Board Office-Media Center

Bogalusa, Louisiana

Regular Board Meeting

5:30 pm

Thursday, March 28, 2019

 

Proceedings of the Bogalusa School Board taken at the Regular Meeting that was held on Thursday, March 28, 2019.

 

The Bogalusa School Board met in a Regular Board Meeting at the Bogalusa City School Board Office Media Center, located at 1705 Sullivan Drive, Bogalusa, Louisiana, on March 28, 2019. The purpose of the meeting is to address information received from Department Supervisors, on March 25, 2019, during the Committee Meeting, regarding updates and approval requests.

 

1.)         Call to Order – President Creel

 

2.)         Pledge of Allegiance – Superintendent Lisa Tanner

 

3.)         Prayer – Dr. Williams

 

4.)         Roll Call:  X President Creel, X Vice President Kates, X Mrs. Breaux, X Mrs. Duke, X Mr. Kemp,  X Mr. Killingsworth, X Dr. Williams

 

5.)         Approval of Minutes of Regular Board Meeting February 28, 2019. It was motioned by Mr. Kemp. A second was made by Mrs Duke. The motion passed with unanimous approval.

 

6.)         Board Office Committee Report – Mrs. Duke gave a personnel meeting report regarding personnel issues at BHS. Issue was resolved.

 

7.)         Presentation of Student of the Year Awards:

  5th Grade District – Christian Frazier was presented by LaRobyn Houston

  8th Grade District – Te”Amber Magee was presented by Gwendolyn Pigott & Linda Pittman

  12th Grade District – Imani Jefferson was presented by Linda Pittman

 

8.)         Recessed to Executive Session – to discuss the Superintendent’s Contract

 

9.)          Public Session

a.      Dana Walker, 1607 Hillsdale Street, Bogalusa LA with Brilliant Mindz wanted to let everyone know about the workshop they will be presenting for BHS Seniors to learn how to apply and complete scholarship applications.  The program will be held April 4, 2019 @ 5:30 p.m.  She also thanked everyone for their support.

b.      Evelyn Smith, 600 Martin Luther King Drive, Bogalusa, LA. Mrs. Smith stated she is a concerned parent of a Senior and has always been involved in her children’s education and has tried to stay on top of his classes to make sure he has what he needed to graduate.  He has been give Jumpstart classes that he did not request and he was retested for EOC – English II without explanation.  She is being told that he cannot graduate and she wants to know how this will be fixed.  Superintendent Tanner asked Mrs. Smith to come see her Monday.

 

10.)      New Business

a.      Approval ofFebruary, 2019 Revised Budgets, Financial Statements, General Fund, Food Service, Special Revenue and School Activities. It was motioned by Mr. Kemp. A second was made by Mr. Kates.  The motion passed with unanimous approval

b.      Approval of A RESOLUTION IN OPPOSITION OF ALL PROPOSED LEGISLATION THAT TRANSFERS THE ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION OF LOCAL SALES & USE TAXES TO THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. It was motioned by Dr. Williams.  A second was made by Mrs. Duke.  The motion passed with unanimous approval

c.      Approval to move April Committee & Board Meetings to Monday, April 15th at 5:00 p.m. It was motioned by Mr. Kemp.  A second was made by Mr. Killingsworth.  The motion passed with unanimous approval

d.      Approval to approve new Superintendent Contract.  Mr. Creel made a motion to strike this item from the agenda.  It was motioned to accept by Dr. Williams.  A second was made by Mr. Kemp.  The motion passed with unanimous approval.

 

11.)      Superintendent Comments – Superintendent Tanner thanked Dana Walker and Brilliant Mindz for her support and help getting the Senior Workshop together and to let her know if there is anything we can do to help support her efforts.  Superintendent Tanner thanked Mrs. Smith for coming and assured her that she will get her issues resolved.  She stated that we are in the process of getting Board Docs and all board member emails are working. Informed Mr. Killingsworth that his request for American Flags to fly at the Board Office and all schools is in the works.

 

12.)      Board Members Comments – Board Members congratulated Students of the year. Mrs. Breaux questioned Superintendent Tanner regarding the work Unity and Transformyx are doing at the schools. Superintendent Tanner and Technology Supervisor Shelly Gill explained to Mrs. Breaux that we do not have the capability nor the personnel to run fiber and network equipment and that 90% of the expense for this project would be paid for by ERATE and we will be responsible for 10% of that costs.  Upon completion of the installation Josh Herndon will be trained and responsible for all maintenance of the new systems.

 

13.)      Adjourn

 

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Lisa Tanner, Superintendent                                                                        Curtis Creel, President