Central Community Schools

School Board Meeting

07/08/2024 06:00 PM

Central Administrative Office

11576 Sullivan Road

Central, LA 70818

MEETING MINUTES

 Attendees

1.       Call to Order

Chairperson Roxanne Atkinson called to order the Regular School Board Meeting of the Central Community School Board on Monday, July 8, 2024, at the Central Administrative Office, at 6:00 P.M.

2.       Prayer

Prayer led by Tracy Barnes, Administrative Assistant.

3.       Pledge

4.       Roll Call

Tracy Barnes conducted a roll call. The following persons were present: Roxanne Atkinson, Nick Carmena, Mike Davis and Michael Hooper.  Jason Leaphart, Carol Norwood and David Walker were absent. A quorum was present.

5.       To consider approval of the minutes from the Public Hearing held on Monday, June 10, 2024 and take appropriate action.

A motion was made by Mr. Davis and seconded by Mr. Carmena to approve the minutes from the Public Hearing held on Monday, June 10, 2024. There being no objections, the motion passed.

6.       To consider approval of the minutes from the Regular School Board Meeting held on Monday, June 10, 2024 and take appropriate action.

A motion was made by Mr. Hooper and seconded by Mr. Davis to approve the minutes from the Regular School Board Meeting held on Monday, June 10, 2024. There being no objections, the motion passed.

7.       To receive the Superintendent's report on personnel. (Dr. Fountain)

Board members received a report of four (4) Resignations. This was a report only and required no action.
Board members received a report of eleven (11) Appointments. This was a report only and required no action.
Board members received a report of eight (8) Reassignments. This was a report only and required no action.

8.       To consider approval of granting the Superintendent authorization to execute an Agreement with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office for a K9 School Resource Officer, and to execute all ancillary documents related to the Agreement, subject to review and approval by the Central Community School's legal counsel, and take appropriate action. (Dr. Fountain)

A motion was made by Mr. Carmena and seconded by Mr. Davis to approve granting the superintendent authorization to execute an Agreement with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office for a K9 School Resource Officer, and to execute all ancillary documents related to the Agreement, subject to review and approval by the Central Community School's legal counsel. There being no objections, the motion passed.

9.       To consider approval of any policy, salary schedule, job description and other changes that may result from Act 311 of 2024 and take appropriate action. (Dr. Fountain)

A motion was made by Mr. Davis and seconded by Mr. Hooper to approve any policy, salary schedule, job description and other changes that may result from Act 311 of 2024. There being no objections, the motion passed.

10.    To have discussion on New Policy H-3.6g - Behavioral Health Support for Students and  Revised Policy H-3.6h - Behavioral Health Services for Students and take appropriate action. (Dr. Fountain)

A motion was made by Mr. Hooper and seconded by Mr. Carmena to approve the board to temporarily suspend the policy adoption procedures to allow the 1st Reading and 2nd Reading of New Policy H-3.6g - Behavioral Health Support for Students and Revised Policy H-3.6h - Behavioral Health Services for Students to be adopted by the board during this board meeting. 
A roll call vote was taken for the board to temporarily suspend the policy adoption procedures to allow the 1st Reading and 2nd Reading of New Policy H-3.6g - Behavioral Health Support for Students and Revised Policy H-3.6h - Behavioral Health Services for Students to be adopted by the board during this board meeting and is listed as follows:
For:  Atkinson, Carmena, Davis, Hooper
Against:  None
Absent:  Leaphart, Norwood, Walker
Abstain:  None
There being four (4) votes "For", zero (0) votes "Against", three (3) votes "Absent", and zero (0) votes "Abstain", the motion passed.
A motion was made by Mr. Davis and seconded by Mr. Carmena to approve the adoption of New Policy H-3.6g - Behavioral Health Support for Students and Revised Policy H-3.6h - Behavioral Health Services for Students. There being no objections, the motion passed.

11.    Superintendent's Report

We have many activities over the coming four weeks as we lead up to the beginning of school.  First of all, we will have our yearly Administrative Retreat on Monday, July 22nd.  This is an opportunity to set the vision for the upcoming year, and allow our schools time to plan.  In terms of staffing, we are in very good shape.  We have only a few openings remaining at our schools.  We will hold our annual Wildcat 101 for new employees on Wednesday and Thursday, July 24th and 25th.  We love this opportunity to introduce our new employees to our school system.  We always have special surprises for our new employees and provide them an opportunity to see all of our schools.  Several of our administrators will be attending the Virtual School Safety Summit which will be online on July 10-11.  This Summit will help school systems review school safety procedures and protocols.  Our very own Brandon LaGroue will be recognized at the 18th Annual Cecil J.  Picard Educator Excellence Awards Gala on Saturday, July 27th at the World War II Museum in New Orleans.  At that event, the Louisiana Department of Education will be announcing the winner of the Principal of the Year.  Mr. LaGroue is one of nine finalists for the award.  Facilities Update - BHE: Entryway & Pre-K classrooms; TES: Painting stucco; CIS/CMS: Minor repairs in courtyard; CHS: Completion of weight room and athletic meeting room, removal of gravel from back lot by baseball, theater renovation on hold for summer, baseball locker room and batting cages in design phase, and softball locker room progressing.  Open Houses will be held at each school the week of July 29th.  The schedule can be found on our posted calendar and on each school site’s webpage.  BHE: Pre-K & K - August 1st; TES: 1st & 2nd grades - July 29th; CIS: 3rd grade - July 31st, 4th & 5th grades - July 30th; CMS: 6th grade - July 31st, 7th & 8th grades - August 1st; CHS: 9th grade - August 1st, 10th grade - July 31st, 11th grade - July 30th, and 12th grade - July 29th.  Our back-to-school convocation will be held on Monday, August 5th at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church.  Tuesday & Wednesday, August 6th & 7th will be teacher-only days.  The first day for students will be Thursday, August 8th.  Our next Committee Meetings will be Monday, July 29th.  Our next board meeting will be on Monday, August 12th.

12.    Announcements

a.       Committee Meetings will be held on Monday, July 29th

b.       Next Regular School Board Meeting will be held on Monday, August 12th

13.    Adjourn

A motion was made by Mr. Hooper to adjourn the meeting. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.