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Board Notes Lafayette Parish School Board Regular Meeting
March 15, 2006 Board Recognizes Nationally Certified Teachers
The Lafayette Parish School Board recognized nine Lafayette Parish teachers who have earned Board Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standard. These teachers join 16 others who have achieved certification. The following teachers achieved certification in 2005: Christy Blanchard, N.P. Moss Middle; Judith Cain, Lead Teacher; Marie Chapman, Paul Breaux Middle; Anne Mayard, Lafayette High; Charla Mercier, Woodvale Elementary; Linda Montgomery, Charles Burke Elementary; Amy Moss, Broussard Middle; Melissa Robert, Scott Middle; and Stephanie Robin, N.P. Moss Middle. Board Recognizes NHS Wrestling Team
The Board recognized the Northside High School Wrestling Team for its second place finish in Division II at the LHSAA State Wrestling Tournament at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner. The Vikings scored 236 points behind State Champion Parkway High School’s 294 points. The Vikings produced two state champions and two state runners-up, all underclassmen. Northside High was State Champion in 2004 and 2005. The Vikings are coached by John Simmons, a UL-Lafayette graduate. Board Learns About Upcoming Book Bug Drive
The Board received information from the Lafayette Education Foundation, which is kicking off its exciting program to benefit Lafayette Parish schools for the third year. On March 31 to April 15, LEF will conduct its Book Bug Drive, in conjunction with Kiwanis of Acadiana. The Book Bug Drive is a community book drive to collect gently-used children’s (grades K-5) books to be distributed to public elementary schools for use in classroom libraries and to be donated to children who might not have books at home.
Book collection bins will be located at all public elementary schools and locations throughout the parish. Books will be collected in the public schools April 3-13. Again this year, Barnes and Noble bookstore is supporting the Book Bug Drive by holding sale days. The sale days at Barnes and Noble are scheduled on Saturday April 8 and April 15. The public is invited to join in this exciting partnership to support our schools’ mission of teaching every child to read. Board Approves Proclamation for Library Week
The Board approved a resolution proclaiming the week of April 2-8 as National Library Week. The proclamation urges all residents to take advantage of all their library has to offer and discover all the ways "you can change your world @ your library." Board Votes to Hire Consultant for Pay Schedules
The Board voted to add the status report on the Non-Teacher Salary Schedule Redesign to the action agenda. After much discussion, the Board requested that staff hire a consultant to review the salary step schedules as proposed to the Board in February. The motion, by Hefner and Cox, that the Board approved was to waive the policy requiring a Request for Proposal (RFP) and to authorize the Superintendent to recommend the engagement of the professional services of an educational salary consultant.
In other action, the Board:
- approved corrections of the minutes of its Regular Board Meeting of 2/15/06;
- approved corrections of the minutes of its Specia Board Meeting of 2/21/06;
- ratified bills for January, 2006;
- received the Sales Tax Collection Report for January, 2006;
- received a Curriculum Update on Special Education;
- received information about Tax Increment Financing (TIF);
- received information on the following items, with action to be taken at a subsequent meeting:
- General Fund Budget Revision #2 for FY 2005-2006;
- Child Nutrition Food, Produce, Supplies and Equiment bids;
- Permission to release RFP for Transportation Consultant;
- approved personnel changes;
- approved a resolution supporting the National Academy Foundation Membership Agreement for the Academy of Finance, Academy of Hospitality & Tourism, and Academy of Information Technology;
- approved the lease-purchase of portable buildings;
- approved the lease-purchase of buses;
- approved the low bid of $299,400 from Pellerin & Wallace, Inc. for Boucher Elementary roofing replacement;
- approved revisions to Policy File: GBMAA - Voluntary Teacher Transfer Policy;
- granted permission to advertise and fill two Computer Programmer positions;
- approved revisions to the Lafayette Parish Schools' Copyright Manual.
Your Board Members are:
Kay Gibson, Dist. 9, President; Judy Cox, Dist. 8, Vice President; John Earl Guidry, Dist. 1; Carl LaCombe, Dist. 2; Rickey Hardy, Dist. 3; Edward Sam, Dist. 4; Michael Hefner, Dist. 5; Beverly Wilson, Dist. 6; David Thibodaux, Dist. 7. Your superintendent is James H. Easton, Ed.D.
"Board Notes" is a publication of the Lafayette Parish School System's Public Relations Department, Justine W. Sutley, MS APR, director and editor. This is a summary of agenda and action items from a School Board meeting. For official minutes from each meeting, go to the School Board Minutes page.
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