Central Community Schools
School Board Meeting
04/11/2022 06:00 PM
Central Administrative Office
10510 Joor Road, Suite 300
Central, LA 70818
MEETING MINUTES
Attendees
Voting Members
Dr. James Gardner, President
Dr. Keith Holmes, Vice President
Roxanne Atkinson, Board Member
Dr. G. David Walker, Board Member
Kimberly Powers, Board Member
Ruby Foil, Board Member
Sharon Browning, Board Member
1. Call to Order
Chairman James Gardner called to order the Regular School Board Meeting of the Central Community School Board on Monday, April 11, 2022 at the Central Administrative Office at 6:00 P.M.
2. Prayer
Prayer led by Mr. Ron Erickson
3. Pledge
4. Roll Call
Nicole Andrews conducted a roll call. The following persons were present: Roxanne Atkinson, Sharon Browning, Ruby Foil, James Gardner, Keith Holmes, Kimberly Powers and David Walker. A quorum was present.
5. To consider approval of the minutes from the Regular School Board Meeting held on Monday, March 14, 2022 and take appropriate action.
A motion was made by Ms. Browning and seconded by Ms. Atkinson to approve the minutes from the Regular School Board Meeting held on Monday, March 14, 2022. There being no objections, the motion passed.
6. To consider the Superintendent's recommendation for administrative, instructional and support staff positions and take appropriate action. (Dr. Fountain)
Board members received a report of one (1) appointment. This was a report only and required no action.
7. To receive a report from the Committee of the Whole Meeting held on Wednesday, March 24, 2022 and take appropriate action regarding the following:
a. Reapportionment of Election Districts
Mr. Mike Hefner gave a detailed presentation of Plan 2. After discussion was held with board members, the proposed Plan 2 was amended to reflect corrected boundaries of election districts for the Central Community School Board. A resolution is on the agenda tonight to adopt the election districts for the Central Community School Board. This was a report only and required no action.
8. To receive a report from the Curriculum/Instruction/Accountability/Student Services Committee Meeting held on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 and take appropriate action regarding the following:
a. Proposed changes to the Student Handbook for the 2022-2023 School Year
1. The committee recommends approval of the following proposed changes to the Student Handbook for the 2022-2023 School Year under Dress Code for Elementary, Middle & High School, on pages 24 & 26, section 5b:
a. Remove the sentence “Male students are not to wear earrings, straws, or band-aids to preserve the pierced hole.”
b. Remove the sentence “Girls are allowed to wear two pairs of earrings” and change it to read “A maximum of two earrings per ear are allowed.”
c. Remove the sentence “Only simple jewelry may be worn.”
d. Remove the sentence “Body piercing, tongue rings and nose rings are NOT allowed” and change it to read “No other visible body piercings are allowed.”
e. The overall changes to handbook regarding this section will read as follows: A maximum of two earrings per ear are allowed. Earrings cannot be greater than one inch in diameter. Hanging earrings cannot be wider than one inch in diameter or extend more than one inch from the ear lobe. No other visible body piercings are allowed.
A motion was made by Ms. Foil and seconded by Dr. Holmes to approve the committee's recommendation.
A substitute motion with a friendly amendment was made by Ms. Browning and seconded by Dr. Holmes for the overall changes to read as follows: Girls and boys are allowed to wear 2 stud earrings - no hoops. No other visible body piercings are allowed.
A roll call vote was taken for the board to approve the substitute motion with a friendly amendment and is listed as follows:
For: Atkinson, Browning, Foil, Gardner, Holmes, Walker
Against: Powers
Absent: None
Abstain: None
There being six (6) votes "For", one (1) vote "Against", zero (0) votes "Absent", and zero (0) votes "Abstain", the motion passed.
2. The committee recommends approval of the following proposed changes to the Student Handbook for the 2022-2023 School Year under Dress Code for Elementary, Middle & High School, on page 26, section 5e:
a. Remove the sentence “Unnatural hair colors include but are not limited to maroon, pink and purple.” And add the sentence “Unnatural dyed hair color is prohibited.”
A motion was made by Ms. Foil and seconded by Ms. Atkinson to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.
3. The committee recommends approval of changes to the Dress Code as follows:
a) Add the sentence “Skorts must fall between the min-thigh and the knee” under Middle & High School Slacks/Skirts/Skorts on page 25, section 2b.
b) Add the sentence “Fishnet stockings are not allowed” under Middle & High School
Shoes on page 25, section 3c.
c) Add the sentence “Any student, who refuses a search authorized by the school board policy, shall be subject to disciplinary action” under SEARCHES on page 31, to be number 8.
d) Add the sentence “After the third cell phone offense, the student will be suspended” and remove the sentence “Any subsequent offenses involving the usage of cell phones may result in a suspension; pending a hearing that will be conducted by the hearing officer” under Middle & High School on page 38, section 6d.
A motion was made by Ms. Foil and seconded by Ms. Browning to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.b. Wildcat College Presentation
Committee members received a report on the Wildcat College. This was a report only and required no action.
9. To receive a report from the Human Resources/Policies Committee Meeting held on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 and take appropriate action regarding the following:
a. Policy F-9.15 - Dismissal of Employees
Committee members reviewed Policy F-9.15 - Dismissal of Employees. This was a report only and required no action.
b. Policy H-2.4a - Public School Choice
Committee members received Policy H-2.4a - Public School Choice for a 1st Reading. This was a report only and required no action.
10. To receive a report from the Finance Committee Meeting held on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 and take appropriate action regarding the following:
a. Change Orders for Central High School Renovation project
The committee recommended approval of the Change Orders for the Central High School Renovation project as presented by the staff. A motion was made by Ms. Atkinson and seconded by Dr. Holmes to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.
b. Change Orders for Central Office Construction project
The committee recommended approval to grant the superintendent permission to approve Change Orders up to $200,000 for the groundwork for the Central Office Construction project as presented by the staff. A motion was made by Ms. Atkinson and seconded by Dr. Walker to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.
c. Change Orders for Tanglewood Elementary School Addition project
The committee received an update on Change Orders for the Tanglewood Elementary School Addition project. This was a report only and required no action.
d. 2021-2022 Revised General Fund Budget
The committee recommended approval of the 2021-2022 Revised General Fund Budget as presented by the staff. A motion was made by Ms. Atkinson and seconded by Ms. Foil to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.
e. 2021-2022 Revised Capital Projects Budget
The committee recommended approval of the 2021-2022 Revised Capital Projects Budget as presented by the staff. A motion was made by Ms. Atkinson and seconded by Dr. Holmes to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.
f. 2021-2022 Revised Debt Service Budget
The committee recommended approval of the 2021-2022 Revised Debt Service Budget as presented by the staff. A motion was made by Ms. Atkinson and seconded by Dr. Walker to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.
g. 2021-2022 Revised Child Nutrition Budget
The committee recommended approval of the 2021-2022 Revised Child Nutrition Budget as presented by the staff. A motion was made by Ms. Atkinson and seconded by Ms. Powers to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.
h. 2021-2022 Revised State Grants
The committee recommended approval of the 2021-2022 Revised State Grants as presented by the staff. A motion was made by Ms. Atkinson and seconded by Ms. Browning to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.
i. 2021-2022 Revised Federal Grants
The committee recommended approval of the 2021-2022 Revised Federal Grants as presented by the staff. A motion was made by Ms. Atkinson and seconded by Dr. Holmes to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.
j. 2022-2023 Original General Fund Budget
The committee recommended approval of the 2022-2023 Original General Fund Budget as presented by the staff. A motion was made by Ms. Atkinson and seconded by Dr. Walker to approve the committee's recommendation. There being no objections, the motion passed.
11. To consider adoption of a Resolution regarding Reapportionment Plan A for the Central Community School Board election districts in compliance with the 2020 Census and take appropriate action. (Dr. Fountain)
A motion was made by Ms. Browning and seconded by Ms. Powers to adopt a Resolution regarding Reapportionment Plan A for the Central Community School Board election districts in compliance with the 2020 Census. A roll call vote was taken for the board to adopt a resolution regarding Reapportionment Plan A for the Central Community School Board election districts in compliance with the 2020 Census and is listed as follows:
For: Atkinson, Browning, Foil, Gardner, Holmes, Powers, Walker
Against: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
There being seven (7) votes "For", zero (0) votes "Against", zero (0) votes "Absent", and zero (0) votes "Abstain", the motion passed.
12. To consider approval of an Out-of-State Field Trip request and take appropriate action. (Dr. Fountain)
A motion was made by Ms. Browning and seconded by Ms. Powers to approve the Out-of-State Field Trip request. There being no objections, the motion passed.
13. To receive a report regarding Assurance of Employment Letters. (Dr. Fountain)
Board members received a report regarding the Assurance of Employment Letters. This was a report only and required no action.
14. Superintendent's Report
· Easter break begins this Friday and continues through Friday, April 22nd. Students and teachers return on Monday, April 25th.
· Fifty-nine students at CMS recently took the PSAT. 13 of those students performed in the 99th percentile, while an additional 28 students performed in the 90th percentile. These will be excellent candidates for the new Wildcat College Program.
· We are moving to a new company for our website hosting, Apptegy. This company will be much easier to update at each school level. They have a proprietary feature that allows a single update to be pushed to all social media outlets. We are very excited about this move. The new website will be up and running the last week of April.
· The new building at TES is on track for completion. We hope to remove t-buildings in early June and pour the new basketball court in early July. The goal is to be fully moved in the first week of August.
· The high school renovation continues to move forward. Lemoine will have a Topping Out Ceremony on Monday, April 25th . This ceremony denotes the last beam that has to be placed during construction.
· We had a wonderful celebration of Students-, Teachers-, and Support Workers-of-the-Year on March 24th at CHS. Thanks to our culinary students for the wonderful food and our talented music students and the jazz band for providing entertainment.
· Recently Mr. O’Banion and Mrs. Wild attended a recruitment day at LSU. Mr. O’Banion has made it a priority to recruit potential employees very aggressively. We received very positive feedback from the event and hope to bring some of the upcoming graduates to our school system.
· We completed Quarterly meetings today. As a reminder, Quarterly meetings allow central office staff to visit a school for an intensive 3-hours. During this time, school leaders talk about their progress, their goals, their challenges, and their successes. These meetings provide an excellent opportunity to gauge the growth of our schools.
· Our next Committee Meetings will be held Wednesday, April 27th.
15. Announcements
a. April Committee Meetings - Wednesday, April 27th
b. Next Regular School Board Meeting will be held on Monday, May 9th
16. Adjourn
A motion was made by Dr. Walker and seconded by Ms. Powers to adjourn the meeting. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.