Cameron, Louisiana

November 8, 2004

 

The Committee met on this date at 3:00 p.m. with the following members present:  Loston McEvers, Dot Theriot, Dwayne Sanner, Pat Howerton, and Rachel Abadie.   Absent: Clifton Morris and Marvin Trahan.

 

On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Committee approved the agenda.

 

On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Committee approved the minutes from the October 11, 2004 meeting as printed.

                       

On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Ms. Theriot, the Committee approved the monthly financial report.

 

On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Ms. Theriot, the Committee approved the payment of bills.

 

On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mr. Howerton, the Committee approved authorizing The Superintendent and Accountant, Miss Jones, to transfer funds between General Fund and Federal Programs on an as needed basis for the next 90 days.

 

On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Committee adjourned.

                                                                                   

                                                                                    APPROVED:

                                                                                    _______________________________

                                                                                    Clifton Morris, President

                                                                                    CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

 

ATTEST:

_______________________________                  _______________________________

Douglas L. Chance, Secretary                             Loston McEvers, Vice President

CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD                CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

 

The Cameron Parish School Board met in regular session on this date with the following members present:  Loston McEvers, Vice-President, Dot Theriot, Dwayne Sanner, Pat Howerton, and Rachel Abadie.  Absent:  Clifton Morris and Marvin Trahan.

           

On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Board approved the agenda.

 

On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved the minutes from the October 11, 2004 meeting as printed.

 

On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved and authorized expenditures as presented in the financial report and the payment of bills (from Finance Committee).

 

On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Ms. Theriot, the Committee approved authorizing the Superintendent and Accountant, Miss Jones, to transfer funds between General Fund and Federal Programs on an as needed basis for the next 90 days.

 

On motion of Mr. Sanner, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Board accepted the bid on the following mineral lease 16-14-6. (Bid Tabulations Attached)

 

                        Bids received for 16-14-6  640 acres more or less

                        Sabine Land & Exploration, LLC - $144,640 annually 3 year lease

 

On motion of Mr. Sanner, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved the report regarding accountability results as presented by the Superintendent.

 

On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved granting permission to re-advertise the receiving of bids for surplus and unusable buses as presented by Mr. Doug Welch.

 

On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Board approved the acknowledging the need for school bus safety awareness as well as expressing appreciation for our bus drivers as presented by Mr. Welch.

 

On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved granting permission to the Superintendent the authority to approve emergency change orders, between school board meetings, in the amount of $7,500.00 for School Bonding District #4 – Grand Lake High School.

 

On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved the request to send Stephanie and Nicky Rodrigue to the Career and Technical Education Annual Conference, Las Vegas, December 9-11, 2004, using Carl Perkins Career and Vocational Funds, for the purpose of data collection in relationship to BESE’s High School Redesign Project as presented by the Superintendent.

 

On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Board approved the request to grant permission to the Superintendent and the Board’s counsel to continue to pursue a resolution to the property issues at the Johnson Bayou School site to include subsequent processes of leasing, purchasing and/or other options provided by the Louisiana Revised Statutes as presented by the Superintendent.

 

On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Board approved the request from Grand Lake High School to permit Ms. Fletcher’s English IV students to visit the Lutcher Theatre in Orange, Texas on November 18, 2004.

 

On motion of Mr. Sanner, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved receiving a report on an environmental awareness project as presented by the Superintendent.

 

On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Board approved personnel items:

Personnel Report

 

            Extended Medical Leave:

Rachael Collins, Teacher, Johnson Bayou School for a period of eight weeks approximately conditioned upon physician’s release within the provisions authorized by the Louisiana Revised Statutes, returning on or about December 7, 2004.

Shelia Fontenot, Teacher, Cameron Elementary School for a period of eight weeks approximately conditioned upon physician’s release within the provisions authorized by the Louisiana Revised Statutes, returning on or about January 2, 2005. 

 

Resignations:

 

Rachael LeBleu, Teacher, on leave without pay, Hackberry High School, cancel her leave without pay and accept her resignation effective October 20, 2004, based upon her request due to permanency of spouse’s transfer.

 

            Appointments:

 

Rustie Granger, Lunchroom Tech, Grand Lake School

 

Stacy Miller, Teacher, South Cameron Elementary School, effective September 27, 2004, as a result of dividing a first grade class.

 

On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Board voted on roll call to enter into executive session to receive a report regarding a student.

 

YEAS:              Mrs. Theriot, Mr. McEvers, Mr. Sanner, Mr. Howerton, Mrs. Abadie

            NAYS:              None

            ABSENT:          Mr. Morris, Mr. Trahan

           

            On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board voted on roll call to return to regular session.

 

YEAS:              Mrs. Theriot, Mr. McEvers, Mr. Sanner, Mr. Howerton, Mrs. Abadie

            NAYS:              None

            ABSENT:          Mr. Morris, Mr. Trahan

 

On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Board received the report from the executive session and the Board gave permission to the student to re-enter school for the 2004-2005 school year pursuant to the contract developed by Mr. Uland Guidry, Supervisor of Student Services.  The vote is recorded as follows:

 

YEAS:              Mrs. Theriot, Mr. McEvers, Mr. Sanner, Mrs. Abadie

NAYS:              None

            ABSENT:          Mr. Morris, Mr. Trahan

 

On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Board adjourned until the next regular session on December 13, 2004.

 

                                                                                    APPROVED:

                                                                                    __________________________________

                                                                                    Clifton Morris, President

                                                                                    CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

ATTEST:

________________________________                __________________________________

Douglas L. Chance, Secretary                             Loston McEvers, Vice President

CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD                CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD