Parish of Cameron
February 13, 2006
The Committee met on this date at 3:00 p.m. with the following members present: Loston McEvers, Dot Theriot, Dwayne Sanner, Patty Morris, Pat Howerton and Rachel Abadie. Absent: Marvin Trahan.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Committee approved the agenda.
The Board was introduced to the Student of the Year Winners for Cameron Parish School Board.
5th Grade Winner – Ms. Madison Shove, Hackberry High School
8th Grade Winner – Ms. Heather Girlinghouse, Grand Lake School
12th Grade Winner – Ms. Mandy Michalko, Hackberry High School
On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mr. Howerton, the Committee received the monthly financial statement and the report of payment of bills.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Committee received a request for permission for the superintendent and/or his designee to explore acquisition of flood, rising water from rain, and water damage insurance coverage for school facilities at Hackberry and Grand Lake including excess coverage.
On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mr. Howerton, the Committee received a request for permission for the superintendent and/or his designee to explore acquisition of builder’s risk coverage for the Johnson Bayou and South Cameron High School Projects.
On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Ms. Theriot, the Committee received a request for permission for the superintendent and/or his designee to entering into a surface lease agreement with owners of property adjacent to school facilities.
On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Committee received a request from White Oak Operating Company, L.L.C. to have reciprocal use of a pipeline to flow production from the Cutler #2 well to the Cameron Parish School Board facility and likewise to flow production from the Cameron Parish School Board #2 to Cutler facilities.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Committee received a request for permission to advertise for bids for the following items to be used in the 2006 – 2007 school session.
Janitorial Supplies
Paper Goods
Duplicating Paper
Non-Food Supplies for School Food Service
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Committee received a report pursuant to the adoption of a resolution developed by bond counsel and senatorial staff members regarding the legislation to continue the levy of the 10 mill ad valerom tax.
On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Committee received comments from the superintendent pursuant to the audit of school accounts for the period ending June 30, 2005.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Committee received comments from the superintendent pursuant to the engagement of an auditor.
On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Committee adjourned.
APPROVED:
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Loston McEvers, President
CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
ATTEST:
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Douglas L. Chance, Secretary
CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
The Cameron Parish School Board met in regular session on this date at 4:20 p.m. with the following members present: Loston McEvers, Dwayne Sanner, Dot Theriot, Mrs. Rachel Abadie, Pat Howerton and Patty Morris. Absent: Marvin Trahan.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved the agenda.
On motion of Mr. Sanner, seconded by Mr. Howerton, the Board approved the minutes from the regular meeting of January 9, 2006 as printed.
On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved the payment of bills and the monthly Financial Statement received in the Finance meeting.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Board approved the request for permission for the superintendent and/or his designee to explore acquisition of flood, rising water from rain, and water damage insurance coverage for school facilities at Hackberry and Grand Lake including excess coverage as presented in the Finance meeting.
On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Board approved a request for permission for the superintendent and/or his designee to explore acquisition of builder’s risk coverage for the Johnson Bayou and South Cameron High School Projects as presented in the Finance meeting.
On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Ms. Theriot, the Committee received a request for permission for the superintendent and/or his designee to entering into a surface lease agreement with owners of property adjacent to school facilities.
On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Board approved a request from White Oak Operating Company, L.L.C. to have reciprocal use of a pipeline to flow production from the Cutler #2 well to the Cameron Parish School Board facility and likewise to flow production from the Cameron Parish School Board #2 to Cutler facilities as presented in Finance meeting.
On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the approved the request for permission to advertise for bids for the following items to be used in the 2006 – 2007 school session as presented in the Finance meeting.
Janitorial Supplies
Paper Goods
Duplicating Paper
Non-Food Supplies for School Food Service
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Board approved the adoption of a resolution developed by bond counsel and senatorial staff members regarding the legislation to continue the levy of the 10 mill ad valerom tax as presented in the Finance meeting. Motions and roll call votes were made by sections within the resolution as well as englobant and the englobant vote recorded herein is representative of each vote.
Roll Call of Vote:
YEAS: Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Theriot, Mr. McEvers, Mr. Sanner, Mrs. Abadie and Mr. Howerton.
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Mr. Trahan
On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Board approved the comments received from the superintendent pursuant to the audit of school accounts for the period ending June 30, 2005 as presented in the Finance meeting.
On motion of Mr. Sanner, seconded by Mr. Howerton, the Board approved the superintendent’s recommendation pursuant to the engagement of an auditor as presented in the Finance meeting.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved the second reading of the Resolution on Testing Program Policy and promotional criteria for the 2005 – 2006 session as permitted by the Louisiana and the US Departments of Education based upon their assessment of the impact of Hurricane Rita.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mr. Sanner, the Board approved the second reading of the Resolution on Promotion of Students in Grades other Than Fourth and Eighth as permitted by the Louisiana State Department of Education.
On motion of Mrs. Abadie, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Board approved the second reading of the Resolution Approving Application of the Reduction in Force Policy with adjustments from one to two years for future consideration and with the addition of making the provisions applicable to certified personnel consistent for all other employees.
On motion of Mr. Sanner, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Board approved the second reading of the Resolution on Teacher Pupil Ratio wherein pupil-teacher ratios do not exceed the ratios set forth by BESE policy.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board approved the changes to Cameron Parish School Board “Policy File: II Testing Program” as presented in the January 9, 2006 meeting.
On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mrs. Morris, the Board approved the superintendent’s recommendation since the emergency period due to Hurricane Rita has been officially terminated by the State of Louisiana, consider deleting a second agent of record status for federal, state, and/or local agencies in the absence of the superintendent as previously approved by the Board in its regular meeting on October 10, 2005.
On motion of Mrs. Theriot, seconded by Mrs. Morris, the Board approved the following personnel items:
Personnel: The following personnel actions are recommended by the Superintendent.
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Douglas L. Chance,
Superintendent
LEAVE WITHOUT PAY
Leona Boullion, Aide, Cameron Elementary, recommend extending her current leave without pay through March 1, 2006 based upon her physician’s statement.
Barbara Conner, Lunchroom Tech, Cameron Elementary School, recommend granting leave under the Family Medical Leave after exhausting all accrued sick leave, February 8, 2006 through April 7, 2006 pursuant to the Louisiana Revised Statutes.
WAIVER ACT 715
Katherine Backlund, Teacher, Hackberry High School, recommend waiving Act 715 Requirements for her based upon the need to relocate out-of-state resulting from Hurricane Rita and her eligibility to retire.
RESIGNATIONS
Monica Hill, Lunchroom Tech, Cameron Elementary School, recommend accepting her resignation effective at the close of the day, January 23, 2006 pursuant to her request.
Ida Whetstone, Sweeper, Grand Lake School, recommend accepting her resignation effective January 18, 2006 pursuant to her request.
ACCRUED AND
EXTENDED LEAVE
Mary Ann DeBord, Teacher, Cameron Elementary School, recommend permitting her to use accrued sick leave and extended sick leave pursuant to the Louisiana Revised Statutes during her period of disability as verified by physician statements.
Rebecca Vidrine, Librarian, South Cameron Elementary School, recommend permitting her to use extended sick leave pursuant to the Louisiana Revised Statutes through April 11, 2006 contingent upon physician statements.
SABBATICAL LEAVE
Baron Thomas, Teacher, South Cameron High School, recommend granting his request for medical sabbatical during the 2006 – 2007 school Session based upon his physician’s statement and his eligibility Status pursuant to the Louisiana Revised Statutes.
RETIREMENT
Christine Garber, Teacher, Johnson Bayou School, recommend accepting her request for retirement effective June 2, 2006.
ACCRUED SICK LEAVE
Gene Reynolds, Recommend payment of up to 25 days of accrued and Unused Sick leave on the occasion of his retirement pursuant to the Louisiana Revised Statutes.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Board approved to suspend the rules regarding personnel.
Roll Call of Vote:
YEAS: Mrs. Morris, Mrs. Theriot, Mr. McEvers, Mr. Sanner, Mrs. Abadie and Mr. Howerton.
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Mr. Trahan
REASSIGN OF DUTIES
Sue Mhire, Reassign of the duties of Mrs. Sue Mhire to include replacing Ms. Michelle Trahan who was moved to payroll.
Toni Kay Sibille, Reassign the duties of school secretary/bookkeeper at Cameron Elementary School to include replacing Mrs. Sue Mhire.
On motion of Mr. Howerton, seconded by Ms. Abadie, the Board approved the superintendent’s recommendation to reassign Mrs. Sue Mhire and Mrs. Toni Kay Sibille as noted above and to begin cross-positional training/duty assignments to facilitate security of operations for the district. Also, granted the superintendent authority to schedule release time for central office staff members as follows:
Two days each in March, April and May; close the office on June 9th, June 16th, June 23rd and June 30th; and return to the regular schedule on July 1, 2006.
Rationale: After Hurricane Rita, the central office staff returned to full-time status on October 17th; and, other employees returned to their assignments as calendared and scheduled, beginning October 31, 2005. The above noted request simply provides some equity for office personnel.
On motion of Mr. Sanner, seconded by Mrs. Abadie, the Board received a report from the superintendent regarding the status of school attendance, insurance and funding, restoration of campuses, instruction areas, school facilities, and relationships to disaster and relief agencies.
On motion of Mr. Sanner, seconded by Mrs. Theriot, the Board adjourned until the special board meeting on February 28, 2006 at the LSU Ag Center at 3:00 P.M.
APPROVED:
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Loston McEvers, President
CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
ATTEST:
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Douglas L. Chance, Secretary
CAMERON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
The following ordinance was offered by Mr. Pat Howerton and seconded by Mr. Dwayne Sanner:
An ordinance providing for the creation of a school district within the corporate limits of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana, and defining and describing the boundaries thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Parish School Board of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana (the “School Board”), acting as the governing authority of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana, for school purposes, that:
Roll call vote on the ordinance section: Unanimous Yeas Absent: Marvin Trahan
SECTION 1. Acting under and by virtue of the authority conferred by Chapter 3, Title 17 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 and other constitutional and statutory authority, there is hereby created a school district in the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana, which school district shall include and embrace all of that territory within the corporate limits of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana, and that the boundaries of the school district hereby created shall be co-extensive with the boundaries of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana, as the same are presently constituted.
Approval of Section 1 motion by Ms. Dot Theriot, second by Ms. Patty Morris; Unanimous roll call vote; Absent: Marvin Trahan
SECTION 2. The school district hereby created shall be known and is hereby designated as “Parishwide School District of the Parish of Cameron, State of Louisiana,” and as such shall have all the powers and exercise all the rights, privileges and authority granted by the Constitution and laws of this State, to levy ad valorem taxes for the purpose of giving additional support to the maintenance, improvement and operations of the public elementary and secondary school system in Cameron Parish.
Approval of Section 2 motion by Pat Howerton, second by Dwayne Sanner; Unanimous roll call vote; Absent: Marvin Trahan
SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be duly published in the official journal of this School Board as provided by law.
Approval of Section 3 motion by Pat Howerton, second by Ms. Rachel Abadie; Unanimous roll call vote; Absent: Marvin Trahan
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its adoption.
Approval of Section 4 motion by Pat Howerton, second by Ms. Dot Theriot; Unanimous roll call vote; Absent: Marvin Trahan
This ordinance having been submitted in writing, having been read and adopted by sections at a public meeting of the School Board, was then submitted to an official vote as a whole on a motion by Pat Howerton, second by Dwayne Sanner, the vote thereon was as follows:
School Board
Members Yea Nay Absent Abstaining
Ms. Patricia Morris X ______ ______ ______
Dwayne Sanner X ______ ______ ______
Pat Howerton X ______ ______ ______
Ms. Dot Theriot X ______ ______ ______
Loston McEvers X ______ ______ ______
Marvin Trahan _ ______ X ______
Ms. Rachel Abadie X ______ ______ ______
And the resolution was declared adopted on this the 13th day of February, 2006.
Douglas L. Chance, Secretary Loston McEvers, President