AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF THE

EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 17, 2013

5:00 p.m.

1050 SOUTH FOSTER DRIVE

BATON ROUGE, LA

1. Call to order, silent meditation, and pledge of allegiance (Cadet Major Jonathon Marcell – Belaire High School and LTC Ronald Logan, Senior Army Instructor).

2. Roll call.

3. Election of the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board President and

Vice-President. 4. Approval of the minutes of the December 20, 2012, (regular) School Board

meeting. 5. Consideration of Personnel Matters. (NONE) 6. Recognitions.

6-1. Recognition of the Louisiana School Boards Association (LSBA) art

contest winners. (Wayne Talbot) 6-2. Discussion/Consideration of the adoption of a Resolution

proclaiming February 4-8, 2013, as “National School Counseling Week.” (Stacey Dupre)

6-3. Recognition of the Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) Star

Community Partners for the month of January. (Troy Chapman) 7. Presentations. (NONE)

8. Report from Board Appointees to Community Committees/ Agencies.

9. Unfinished Business. (NONE)

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CONSENT AGENDA The following items are considered to be routine and will be enacted with

one motion. There will be no separate discussion of items unless a Board Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as an item on the regular agenda for separate vote preceding the last item on the regular agenda.

THERE ARE NO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS.

(END OF CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS) 10. Superintendent’s Report/Update. (Dr. Bernard Taylor, Jr.) 11. Organizational Items.

11-1. Announcement of Meetings.

12. Discussion/Consideration of the selection of an architect firm regarding

Lee High School Project. 13. Discussion/Consideration of a request for approval of the 2012-2013 Cecil

J. Picard LA 4 Early Childhood Program Budget in the amount of $5,194,155.00. (Michael Haggen)

14. Discussion/Consideration of a professional services contract between the

East Baton Rouge Parish School System and New Millennium Education, LLC. (Domoine Rutledge)

15. Discussion/Consideration of the ratification of a Cooperative Endeavor

Agreement between the Louisiana Department of Education and the East Baton Rouge Parish School System regarding the implementation of the ACT Testing Project for all seniors. (Domoine Rutledge and Liz Frischhertz)

16. Discussion/Consideration of a request for acceptance of the

recommendation of Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, in the matter of: Heard L. Lejeune v. Sandeatha L. Varnado, EBRPSB, The Princeton Excess and Surplus Lines Ins. Co., ABC Ins. Co., and DEF Ins. Co., Docket No.: 595,250, “Section 27,” 19th JDC, Parish of EBR.* (Domoine Rutledge)

17. Discussion/Consideration of a request for acceptance of the

recommendation of Mr. Domoine Rutledge, General Counsel, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board, in the matter of: Barbara A. Horton-Thomas v. EBRPSB, et al, Docket No.: 599,780, Section “27,” 19th JDC.* (Domoine Rutledge)

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18. Review of student expulsions. (NONE) 19. Appeal hearing(s) for a student expulsion. (NONE) 20. Adjournment. *There is a possibility there will be an Executive Session under the provisions of L.R.S. 42:17 (A)(2) to discuss the following cases: (1) Heard L. Lejeune v. Sandeatha L. Varnado, EBRPSB, The Princeton Excess and Surplus Lines Ins. Co., ABC Ins. Co., and DEF Ins. Co., Docket No.: 595,250, “Section 27,” 19

th JDC, Parish of EBR, and (2) Barbara A. Horton-Thomas v. EBRPSB,

et al, Docket No.: 599,780, Section “27,” 19th JDC.

_____________________________________________________________________________ Copies of “A Citizen's Guide to the Conduct of East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Meetings” are available in the Lobby. Anyone wishing a copy may secure one from the Receptionist.