June 1, 2000
THE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD OF VERNON PARISH LOUISIANA CONVENED IN REGULAR SESSION, JUNE 1, 2000, AT 10:00 A.M., AT 201 BELVIEW ROAD, LEESVILLE, LA. PRESIDENT WEST CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ON ROLL CALL THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:
LINDA WEST, PRESIDENT
B.R. HARVEY, VICE PRESIDENT
ALVIN C. DOWDEN, JR.
WILLIS FARRIS
M. GENE HAYMON
JANE HOLTON
C.A. HUGHES
TED PARIS
W.W. PARKER
GAYE MCKEE
KIM REESE
MARK SMITH
BETTY WESTERCHIL
MURPHY O’BANION
PHILIP GUNN
LORETTA NALE
There was also present Richard Schwartz, Secretary of the Board.
The meeting was opened in prayer by Philip Gunn.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by W.W. Parker.
On motion of W.W. Parker, seconded by C.A. Hughes, the Board voted to approve and dispense with the reading of the minutes of May 9, 2000.
On recommendation of Superintendent Schwartz and on motion of Murphy O’Banion, seconded by Willis Farris, the Board voted to approve the attached list of resignations.
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On recommendation of Superintendent Schwartz and on motion of Ted Paris, seconded by C.A. Hughes, the Board voted to approve the attached list of sabbatical leave requests.
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On recommendation of Superintendent Schwartz and on motion of Gene Haymon, seconded by Gaye McKee, the Board voted to approve the attached leave without pay request.
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On recommendation of Superintendent Schwartz and on motion of C.A. Hughes, seconded by Ted Paris, the Board voted to approve the attached employee transfers.
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On recommendation of Superintendent Schwartz and on motion of B.R. Harvey, seconded by W.W. Parker, the Board voted to approve the attached list of new employees.
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Tom Neubert recognized the Support Personnel of the Year. Chosen for the honor at the high school level was Norma Brown, secretary at Rosepine High School, Alice Persons, cafeteria manager at Rosepine High School received the jr high school honor, and Marion Puckett, custodian at North Polk Elementary was the elementary school recipient.
Brenda Bealer recognized volunteers of the Head Start program who donated a combined total of 8,663.38 hours of service. Those recognized were Margarita Olverson, Inez Suire, and Cathy Buck. Sabra Browning was the teacher recognized for having the most volunteer hours from classroom parents and the teacher with the greatest percentage of improvement from volunteer parents was Marie Frasher.
Jackie Self presented the Personnel Evaluation Plan for 2000 for the Board’s review. Approval will be requested at the June 6, 2000 board meeting.
Betty Westerchil, in her report from the curriculum committee announced very positive results from the Head Start Program monitoring. She also discussed a proposal submitted by Paul Poe which outlines changes in the Optional School program. Copies were presented to the Board for review and approval will be requested at the June 6, 2000 board meeting.
Cindy Gillespie presented the 2000 Pupil Progression Plan and pointed out proposed changes. The Plan will be available at the Vernon Parish School Board office for public viewing for a period of one month. Approval for the Plan will be requested at the July 6, 2000 board meeting.
Dr. Gillespie, in further presentation, reported the results of test scores for the 1999-2000 school year.
On motion of A.C. Dowden, seconded by the Board, the Board adopted the following resolution commending Dr. Cindy Gillespie, the supervisory staff, and all other personnel responsible for the success achieved in test scores this year.
RESOLUTION
On motion of A.C. Dowden, seconded by Gene Haymon, the Board voted to approve the the 1999-2000 consolidated budget.
B.R. Harvey, on recommendation of the Salary Committee, presented a proposed change in the salary schedule for Head Start specialists.
Tim Ward gave a report regarding the amounts of supplemental sales tax checks as follows: teachers will receive $1,407.18, aides $1,080.38, secretaries $1,132.67, janitors $1,080.38, bus drivers $1,184.96, cooks $1,080.38, retirees $401.86.
On motion of Philip Gunn, seconded by Gene Haymon, the Board voted to enter into executive session to discuss pending litigation regarding a lawsuit filed by the State Employees Group Benefits Program. The time was recorded at 10:45 a.m.
On motion of W. W. Parker, seconded by Kim Reese, the Board voted to come out of executive session and resume order. The time was recorded at 11:05 a.m.
On motion of Willis Farris, seconded by Murphy O’Banion, the Board voted to authorize Asa Skinner, the Board’s legal council, to reconvene against the Board of Trustees of the State Employees Group Benefits Program for the return of risk-rated premiums already paid and any future risk-rated premiums paid.
On motion of Ted Paris, seconded by Kim Reese, the Board voted to grant the low bid for copier paper to Unisource.
On motion of Murphy O’Banion, seconded by Willis Farris, the Board voted to receive bids to construct a portable building at Pickering Elementary School. One bid was received.
On motion of Murphy O’Banion, seconded by W.W. Parker, the Board voted to take the bid under advisement.
On motion of B.R. Harvey, seconded by W.W. Parker, the Board voted to advertise for bids to lease the twenty acres of property on which Pitkin School is located for oil and gas exploration.
On motion of Philip Gunn, seconded by Mark Smith, the Board vote to advertise for bids for milk and juice for the parish schools for 2000-2001.
On motion of Gene Haymon, seconded by Betty Westerchil, the Board voted to advertise for bids for bread for the parish schools for 2000-2001.
On motion of W.W. Parker, seconded by the Board, the Board voted to adopt the following memorial resolution:
RESOLUTION
There being no further business, on motion of Gaye McKee, seconded by the Board, the meeting was adjourned.
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LINDA WEST, PRESIDENT
ATTEST:
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RICHARD SCHWARTZ, SUPERINTENDENT
June 1, 2000