[0:03] Dorothy just gave me the word

[0:11] I'd like to call this meeting to order

[0:12] I'd like to ask that we all rise for the

[0:15] pledge and remain standing for a moment

[0:17] of silence

[0:34] foreign

[0:54] thank you very much at this time I'd

[0:56] like to recognize our superintendent Mrs

[0:58] trusclair thank you Mr Angel good

[1:00] evening everyone I'm excited to announce

[1:03] that tomorrow is the first day of school

[1:05] for our students who are reporting on a

[1:07] day and we're excited to be bringing our

[1:10] students back to campuses on Friday

[1:12] b-day students will report and our Pre-K

[1:15] students will begin reporting next week

[1:17] this is the first normal start of a

[1:20] school year that we've had in a while

[1:22] and we look forward to a successful year

[1:25] as a reminder to our community buses

[1:28] will be returning to the roads tomorrow

[1:29] morning school zones are in effect

[1:32] please be alert for children waiting at

[1:34] bus stops crossing streets and entering

[1:36] and exiting buses

[1:38] on Monday I shared a letter with our

[1:40] school Community regarding steps that

[1:42] we've taken to enhance school safety

[1:44] measures already in place

[1:46] we are fortunate to have such strong

[1:48] Partnerships with local law enforcement

[1:50] agencies who've spent a great deal of

[1:52] time this summer collaborating with us

[1:54] as we keep student and staff safety a

[1:56] priority

[1:57] our Focus has been on steps that we can

[1:59] take to lessen the chances of a violent

[2:02] incident occurring on our campuses as

[2:05] well as less in the impact should an

[2:07] incident take place we remain committed

[2:10] to safeguarding the students we serve

[2:12] although some measures may seem

[2:14] inconvenient at times such as the

[2:16] requirement to show identification at

[2:19] buzzer entries to gain entry or clear

[2:21] bag policies the safety of our students

[2:24] and staff must remain our priority and

[2:26] we are optimistic that our visitors will

[2:28] understand and recognize our need to be

[2:31] as Vigilant as possible

[2:33] we recently received State testing data

[2:36] and are pleased with the results while

[2:38] there is still work to do I'm extremely

[2:40] proud of the efforts of our entire

[2:42] School Community

[2:44] we are fortunate that our teachers our

[2:46] school leaders District staff have put

[2:48] in the work

[2:49] coming out of the pandemic that our

[2:51] students are in many cases at better

[2:55] standing than they were prior to to the

[2:57] covid pandemic

[2:59] um I want to recognize Dr Robert Lee Mr

[3:03] tushette and Miss hippolyte who've led

[3:05] the work from the district along with

[3:07] their Academic Teams worked right along

[3:10] our with our teachers and leaders in

[3:12] making certain that students moved

[3:14] forward academically and at this time

[3:16] I'd like Dr roblay to share just a few

[3:18] highlights with the board and with the

[3:21] public of some of our good test results

[3:28] good afternoon board

[3:30] so we are excited to talk about some of

[3:33] the results that we got it's important

[3:34] to know that we've had results for high

[3:36] school probably in June but recently we

[3:38] got uh results from three through eight

[3:40] testing data so a lot of what I'm going

[3:42] to share with you today is a state

[3:44] comparison data of where we did how we

[3:46] performed uh with regards to others in

[3:48] the state so for Lafayette Parish we

[3:51] were number one among largest districts

[3:53] in Mastery for students that achieve

[3:56] Mastery or above and one year change of

[4:00] those uh districts in the state so

[4:02] basically if a kid wasn't at Mastery and

[4:04] above we move more kids from Mastery and

[4:07] Mastery above than any of the large

[4:09] districts in the state and when I say

[4:11] large I mean 30 000 kids or plus we're

[4:14] also number one in the region you can

[4:16] see here for four and five for that one

[4:18] year change of moving kids to Mastery

[4:20] level and it's important to know what

[4:22] we're most excited about probably

[4:24] roughly 90 percent of our schools showed

[4:27] growth of some sort that's an amazing

[4:30] accomplish and a true Testament to the

[4:32] principals teachers Educators in our

[4:34] district for for so many of our schools

[4:36] to make some some Treads and make some

[4:38] Headway that way

[4:40] um some other things to to make note of

[4:42] we were recently recognized in the state

[4:44] as top 10 among all districts in

[4:46] Louisiana for again having more students

[4:49] move from below Mastery to Mastery or

[4:51] above

[4:53] um so proud of all of our subgroups that

[4:55] virtually all subgroups in every grade

[4:57] three through eight Grew From prior year

[4:59] leap data so that includes students with

[5:01] disabilities as well as English language

[5:03] Learners all grew in our schools as well

[5:07] as all tested subjects experience growth

[5:10] from last year to this year Ela Math

[5:12] Science Social Studies all experience

[5:15] growth and then finally all grade levels

[5:17] three through eight showed growth as

[5:20] well as when we get into high school

[5:22] we'll look at that as well from last

[5:23] year to this year

[5:25] special recognitions for two schools out

[5:28] there Myrtle Place Elementary was number

[5:30] one in the state of all schools for

[5:33] showing the most Improvement in the

[5:36] level of kids at the Mastery level and

[5:38] above they moved more kids into those

[5:40] Mastery ranges and higher than any other

[5:43] school in the state and they were

[5:44] recognized as well and then of course

[5:46] also recognize and special recognition

[5:48] goes to ECA our Early College Academy as

[5:51] they continue to be a record-breaking

[5:53] campus as a number one rated School in

[5:55] the entire state of Louisiana and again

[5:58] a top 10 School in Louisiana for

[6:00] percentage of students at Mastery level

[6:02] are above for 2022. our sped Department

[6:06] I can't go without saying special kudos

[6:09] to miss ortego and our SED Department

[6:11] who have been working tirelessly to do

[6:13] what's best for our students with

[6:15] disabilities so what you see here is our

[6:17] Improvement in rank amongst the state

[6:20] for moving students with disabilities

[6:22] into Mastery level ranges as well as the

[6:25] change in those levels so you can see in

[6:28] 2019 we were ranked 36 in and the total

[6:31] percentage and 33rd in the movement of

[6:34] change from below Mastery to above and

[6:37] now you can see in 2022 we are number

[6:39] six in the state for students with

[6:41] disabilities overall Proficiency in

[6:43] Mastery or above as well as 13th in the

[6:46] state for still moving kids that were

[6:48] below that Mastery level to now on it or

[6:51] above Mastery level so huge kudos to

[6:53] students with disability and all of our

[6:55] teachers for supporting that work

[6:57] because it it has been truly a team

[7:00] effort

[7:01] um so then the big question goes to how

[7:04] do we stand right now compared to where

[7:05] we were before covid right academically

[7:08] there was always the talk of

[7:10] um the achievement Gap and making up for

[7:12] this

[7:13] um huge learning loss that would have

[7:15] occurred during a pandemic and as you

[7:16] can see for all grades uh three through

[7:19] eight we actually overall have caught up

[7:22] and exceeded where we were pre-covid at

[7:25] 38 and a half percent of our kids are at

[7:27] Mastery or above compared to where we

[7:29] were at 32 and 36 prior to and then you

[7:31] can see for high school we actually

[7:34] caught up and are slowly back onto that

[7:36] improvement from where we were last year

[7:38] at 37.6 percent proficient to 40.1

[7:41] percent I do want to highlight too for

[7:43] high school because algebra one

[7:46] experienced the biggest growth of any uh

[7:50] algebra one uh tested subject in the

[7:53] state 18.8 percentage Point increase

[7:56] that is one of the highest in the state

[7:58] by far so our algebra one kids did an

[8:00] amazing job huge tested to miss Olson in

[8:03] our math department for pushing algebra

[8:05] one that's always a gatekeeper for

[8:07] graduation and so that is that is very

[8:09] promising results there

[8:12] and then finally right here you can see

[8:14] we continue to set trends for the most

[8:16] graduates in lpss I'm proud to say that

[8:18] this past year uh 2022 we graduated more

[8:22] seniors than we've ever graduated before

[8:23] in Lafayette Parish in the 20 years that

[8:25] we've been keeping the latest State

[8:28] transcript records of graduates so we

[8:31] hope to continue that Trend and we're

[8:32] excited about that Trend but a lot of

[8:34] kids that were able to get across the

[8:36] stage and get uh get graduated so those

[8:38] are a few of the highlights from the

[8:39] testing data and things we're most proud

[8:41] of thank you for your time

[8:44] foreign

[8:51] that concludes our comments this evening

[8:54] thank you thank you very much I'd like

[8:58] to spend just one minute kind of

[9:00] following up on all that I guess it was

[9:02] about a week or 10 days ago as I was

[9:04] reading the paper the other morning and

[9:07] I read about

[9:08] what would an outstanding job our school

[9:11] system is done in as you mentioned in

[9:14] some in some areas tops in the state but

[9:16] overall at least in the top 10 percent

[9:18] and I think that's just I think that's

[9:21] phenomenal

[9:22] achievement I do I do want to I just

[9:25] want to take a minute to point out that

[9:27] this this is a community effort

[9:29] literally

[9:31] and by that I mean

[9:33] I want to thank everyone involved not

[9:36] only the school system personnel

[9:40] probably the most responsible but I want to mention that

[9:45] our parents the parents of our students

[9:47] are obviously

[9:49] interested in obviously working with our

[9:52] students

[9:53] obviously our teachers

[9:55] uh I want to thank our custodians you

[9:58] know children don't learn very well in a

[10:01] dirty environment

[10:03] and while I'm on that children don't

[10:05] learn very well on an empty stomach

[10:07] either

[10:09] so I think that our cafeteria Personnel

[10:11] deserve a lot of praise and credit for

[10:14] being a part of the overall growth of

[10:17] our system in Lafayette Parish

[10:19] uh I want to thank our security officers

[10:22] children don't learn if they don't feel

[10:24] safe

[10:25] and I think they do in Lafayette Parish

[10:27] Schools

[10:28] uh and in closing I want to say that one

[10:32] of the most important things that this

[10:34] body does in my opinion in my humble

[10:36] opinion

[10:37] is

[10:41] to hire a superintendent

[10:43] and I'm here to say

[10:45] but you trust me I think this board did

[10:47] a hell of a job in the most recent hire

[10:51] thank you and we'll get on with the

[10:53] business of the school board

[11:02] um item 2.1 on our uh

[11:05] agenda is discussion or action

[11:08] concerning prospective litigation Mr

[11:10] President I move that the board goes

[11:11] into executive session to discuss the

[11:13] formal demand which has been made by

[11:14] Roxanne Guidry relative to her workers

[11:16] compensation claim second Motion in a

[11:19] second that we retire for discussion

[11:21] concerning litigation all the famous

[11:23] signify by saying aye all opposed motion

[11:26] carried we'll be right back

[11:49] everything

[14:20] foreign

[15:42] Mr President I moved that we return to

[15:44] regular session

[15:47] no one disagrees

[15:49] we have a second and no one disagrees

[15:52] we'll call that

[15:53] affirmative and we'll move back into it

[15:55] into a regular session Mr President I

[15:57] move that the board accept the advice of

[15:59] the third party administrator

[16:01] second motion second by Ms Morrison

[16:04] any discussion

[16:06] all those in favor signify by saying I I

[16:09] want to pull his name motion carried we

[16:11] move on moving moving along to

[16:13] information items

[16:14] 3.1 I'd like to recognize Mr Broussard

[16:18] recognition to Dr Donald agalorg

[16:22] Mr Broussard

[16:29] thank you at this time I'd like to

[16:31] introduce Mr Charles A Bear County agent

[16:34] Parish chairman for our 4-H Youth

[16:36] Development who will do this

[16:37] presentation thank you Mr Broussard

[16:43] um

[16:44] good evening

[16:46] um president Angel

[16:48] superintendent trust Claire members of

[16:50] the board Administration and guests I'm

[16:52] Charles a bear with the LSU Ag Center

[16:54] Parish chair and County agent I'd like

[16:57] to recognize Dr Donald aguillard and

[17:01] I'll tell you a little bit about this

[17:03] award but he has worked with the

[17:07] organization 4-H the AG Center for his

[17:09] 30-plus years in education and what

[17:13] happened this past year the Louisiana

[17:15] 4-H Hall of Fame in 2008 begin

[17:19] recognizing

[17:22] um they're Hall of Fame members for

[17:23] people in the communities that had

[17:25] contributed to the 4-H program across

[17:27] the state so in 2008 they recognized 100

[17:30] people and then every year since then

[17:33] they recognized 12 per year so the Hall

[17:36] of Fame uh realized this first Club

[17:39] started in 1908 and of oils parish and

[17:44] Mansura Louisiana and that was the first

[17:47] corn club and how 4-H begin was LSU was

[17:52] developing new varieties of corn and the

[17:55] farmers didn't want to grow corn so they

[17:58] used children youth to grow the new

[18:01] variety of corn

[18:02] the kids out produce their parents per

[18:05] acre and that's how the LSU AG Center's

[18:08] new crop varieties begin on the farm was

[18:12] through our youth just like the children

[18:14] in our school today so um just tell you

[18:17] a little bit about the history of 4-H

[18:19] but this award recognizes those

[18:21] individuals for the outstanding work

[18:23] dedication and support and commitment

[18:26] for significant contributions over their

[18:29] term and in this case it's over 30 years

[18:31] Dr aguilard was also recognized by the

[18:35] Louisiana 4-H superintendents award

[18:39] for the AG Center in 2011 as a

[18:41] superintendent in Saint Mary and then in

[18:45] 2018 was recognized for the

[18:48] superintendent of the AG Center for a

[18:51] state superintendent in Lafayette but

[18:54] 4-H has a long history of 4-h's motto is

[18:58] learned by doing and through an educator

[19:00] he's helped to incorporate through all

[19:03] his years as a teacher then an

[19:05] administrative keeping us into the

[19:08] school system and giving us supporting

[19:11] for whether it's character education

[19:12] programs or school garden programs so we

[19:16] want to thank him for all those years

[19:18] and supporting our program

[19:20] so with me here this evening he is being

[19:23] inducted for the year 2021 realize a lot

[19:27] has changed so we've tried this a couple

[19:30] of times but tonight we will actually

[19:32] get to recognize him for his

[19:34] contribution for the year 2021 and again

[19:37] I want to recognize and congratulate Dr

[19:39] aguillard for all your years of support

[19:42] for the program and we're going to

[19:44] present this award to you and with me is my co-worker Paul

[19:53] bunger's on

[19:54] to help present

[19:57] congratulations

[20:30] foreign

[20:56] [Applause]

[21:01] thank you very much

[21:03] that's awesome

[21:17] it's definitely not Acadiana colors

[21:31] all right thank you thank you very much

[21:35] let me point out that this is yet

[21:39] another example of a great decision this

[21:41] board made several years ago in

[21:43] appointing him superintendent

[21:45] thank you Dr agallot

[21:58] item 3.2 was Employee Retirement

[22:00] Insurance advisory committee vacancy

[22:02] announcement

[22:03] we have a vacancy on the committee

[22:07] it anyone want to apply it all right out

[22:11] in 3.3 new construction phase 1A site

[22:14] package guaranteed maximum price GMP

[22:16] early release proposal for the new

[22:18] replacement of Lafayette High School

[22:25] good evening board uh president Angel

[22:28] board

[22:31] superintendent transclaire in the

[22:32] community

[22:34] my name is Joseph Groove director of new

[22:36] construction I'm happy to present this

[22:39] board agenda item for early release

[22:42] package phase one a site package for

[22:46] guaranteed maximum price

[22:48] early release proposal for the new

[22:50] replacement of high school at Lafayette

[22:54] and that project will this will give us

[22:56] an opportunity to get started on the

[22:58] project just like we have on most of our

[23:00] other projects we will begin

[23:04] non-destructive construction activities

[23:07] and this will give the contractor

[23:10] and the school staff an opportunity to

[23:12] live on that campus together and learn

[23:15] how to

[23:16] um survive without being chaotic what

[23:21] we're intending to do with this proposal

[23:24] is to

[23:26] um

[23:27] do parking enhancements for the students

[23:30] on the corner of Marie Antoinette and

[23:34] Susan Street I'm going to do some storm

[23:37] water improvements we're going to do

[23:39] some

[23:41] initial campus circulation modifications

[23:44] to help improve the site circulation

[23:47] there and give the students and the

[23:49] parents in the drop-off and the buses

[23:52] improvements

[23:55] um

[23:56] that's basically what I have that we do

[24:00] have the funds to cover that and I want

[24:02] to introduce key players of the team

[24:05] um the CM at risk contractor is Lemoyne

[24:09] and there's been

[24:11] and the architect is acsw fluger

[24:14] Architects and the representative here

[24:16] today is Stephen domain

[24:20] are there any questions

[24:23] yes sir could you have Mr domain Mr Sims

[24:27] uh describe in general what uh

[24:30] stormwater improvements are going to be

[24:33] made as part of this I know there's some

[24:34] neighbors that live around the campus

[24:35] that they're just interested in hearing

[24:38] what we're going to do to mitigate given

[24:40] the fact that we're going to start

[24:41] putting gravel and concrete on grass yes sure

[24:48] all right

[24:50] so the phase 1A project is predominantly

[24:54] a parking lot a new parking lot and with

[24:57] that you know code requires as well as

[24:59] the city requires that you address the

[25:01] storm water

[25:02] runoff that would happen on top of that

[25:05] surface so a hard surface obviously

[25:07] can't absorb the water and the current

[25:09] area that's going in is essentially

[25:12] primarily Turf and grass

[25:14] so we have to adapt and provide a

[25:19] meaningful area for which the storm

[25:21] water runoff would collect on-site we're

[25:25] improving the existing drainage that's

[25:27] along that area along the corner of

[25:29] Marie Antoinette and Susan and we're

[25:31] also

[25:32] taking the opportunity to accommodate

[25:35] for the future work that's about to

[25:37] begin which will be the next phase in

[25:40] the project which is to start working on

[25:42] the building pad itself in order to make

[25:44] sure that we don't have flooding issues

[25:47] or have rain water issues along that

[25:50] area we're capturing the water that's

[25:52] going to be adjacent to the new building

[25:54] and we're diverting it to this new

[25:56] retention area so that we can address

[25:59] that before it becomes an issue later on

[26:02] a project so we're taking the

[26:03] opportunity to address that now before

[26:05] we really get started with above ground

[26:07] work on the building itself where on

[26:09] campus is the retention area going to be

[26:11] so it is along

[26:13] um Marie Antoinette as it approaches

[26:16] Susan

[26:17] essentially Where the Sidewalk is along

[26:20] the side of the baseball fields now so

[26:22] like you're batting cages the batting

[26:24] cages the pitching area all right thank

[26:25] you so much for those answers

[26:29] are there any other questions

[26:31] [Music]

[26:34] some room

[26:36] I'm looking at the photo from uh

[26:39] possible

[26:41] building did we ever decide where on

[26:45] that lane where we are we going to

[26:47] utilize only this baseball softball

[26:50] field or the football field or what

[26:53] approximately where are we going to

[26:55] build this sure the footprint of the

[26:58] building is going to be located

[26:59] centrally in the property pretty much

[27:02] the only green space that's available

[27:03] because we're going to construct School

[27:05] concurrently with the educational

[27:07] process and this is the logical place to

[27:10] do it slight demolition listen that's

[27:13] going to be required but we're getting

[27:15] started on that as soon as possible as

[27:17] far as the baseball and softball field

[27:19] we're working on a collaborative effort

[27:23] to utilize Parks and Recreations where

[27:27] possible to enhance a couple of fields a

[27:30] baseball field and a softball field for

[27:33] us to have our game activities there in

[27:36] practice and it would take the place of

[27:39] those that are being disrupted on the

[27:42] campus that we're using for constructing

[27:49] thank you very much

[27:51] I'm sorry Ms libu

[27:54] um I know it mentions in here the health

[27:55] Academy

[27:57] relocation or demolition alternates is

[28:00] that included or is that just it if

[28:05] the project allows so we priced it both

[28:07] ways we priced it as though it's

[28:09] included and we also priced it to see if

[28:13] we can have resources in-house that we

[28:15] can utilize to give us a better value so

[28:17] that gives an opportunity to get the

[28:19] most feasible approach okay thank you

[28:40] item 3.4 is guaranteed maximum price

[28:44] Amendment for the new Truman Early

[28:45] Learning Center

[28:48] good evening members of the board Kyle

[28:51] board lawn director of planning and

[28:52] Facilities we've been working with the

[28:55] architect Grace a bear on the Truman

[28:58] Early Learning Center project along with

[29:01] Lemoine company who is the construction

[29:04] manager at risk in a previous board

[29:07] meeting we've approved guaranteed

[29:08] maximum price number one which was for

[29:10] site Work Foundation work structural

[29:13] steel and Roofing what's presented in

[29:16] the information item tonight is the

[29:18] guaranteed Max number two the final

[29:19] guaranteed Max for the remainder of the

[29:21] building everything else that's related

[29:23] to the building

[29:25] and that price has been

[29:28] reviewed by The Architects and

[29:31] recommended to us for approval and

[29:33] that's why we have it in the information

[29:35] item tonight if there's any questions

[29:37] I'll

[29:40] yes sir Mr Broussard

[29:43] just one question out of curiosity I

[29:45] know what we purchased the site there's

[29:48] property next to it that we're using to

[29:51] Stage uh material are we what is the one

[29:55] next to it are we doing some work on the property that's not fenced in I

[30:00] see the heavy equipment moving dirt around on the property

[30:04] that's not fenced in are we doing

[30:06] anything with that or that's private I

[30:08] believe that's the private property of

[30:10] Ash Industries uh I know Lemoine company

[30:13] has worked an agreement with Ash

[30:15] Industries to create a lay down yard and

[30:19] a place to park their employees during

[30:22] construction which is separate from the

[30:24] site that we purchased so

[30:27] but that's that's something that uh

[30:29] Lemoine worked out with the owners of

[30:31] Ashley Industries but so so the property

[30:33] that's not fenced in has nothing to do

[30:36] with the construction of what we've or

[30:39] what we're doing

[30:42] that's that's correct it doesn't have

[30:45] anything to do with the actual

[30:46] construction of the project really just

[30:47] for lay down of property so it didn't

[30:49] have to be in the footprint of the

[30:51] property where we're actually building

[30:53] the uh the new building so we have a

[30:55] lease agreement that we uh have signed

[30:57] with that ownership of the property and

[31:00] they're allowing us to use that property

[31:02] also for storage of on-site dirt and

[31:04] then we're going to take that dirt and

[31:05] put it back on the site it's uh just

[31:07] there for storage temporarily okay yes

[31:10] sir

[31:13] today

[31:18] Mr Santana you have a question

[31:22] yes sir you have a question

[31:34] I'll send any options

[31:36] is that being discussed tonight

[31:40] it's not being discussed tonight but

[31:42] it's something that we're discussing

[31:44] with the superintendent and staff as we

[31:46] move forward

[31:49] doesn't get participation on it there

[31:59] don't leave Mr bordelon I think you're

[32:01] next too yes sir not going anywhere

[32:06] if there's no other questions we'll move

[32:08] on to the next item which is monthly

[32:10] facilities update

[32:13] uh members of the board in your board

[32:15] packet is the monthly construction

[32:16] update if you have any questions I'll be

[32:19] glad to answer those at this time

[32:22] yes sir

[32:24] I can say the one thing I'm very pleased

[32:26] about they uh they're moving pretty

[32:29] quick on that fence at El Leo judice I

[32:31] don't know if they're not almost

[32:32] finished uh

[32:33] is that a six foot eight foot fence six

[32:36] foot six okay yeah no they finished

[32:39] today because I uh not plugging a restaurant or nothing

[32:43] but I was eating lunch at cageans across

[32:45] the street and I could see him working

[32:46] and uh

[32:48] I could see the backside that they still had some work to do so they

[32:52] finished today we're very very pleased

[32:54] with that because uh that'll just enhance the safety of

[32:58] the school thank you all so much for

[32:59] that

[33:01] yes ma'am

[33:03] thank you Mr President um I just want to

[33:05] commend you on getting broussards

[33:07] um a car rider line finish lane finished

[33:10] uh before school started so

[33:12] congratulations that's amazing and I'm

[33:14] very thankful as well as the awnings for

[33:17] the ROTC building at combo

[33:20] um

[33:21] so appreciate all you do thank you

[33:25] Morrison yes I just wanted to check on

[33:27] the updates for duson the overhangs

[33:30] how's that going I know it went out for

[33:31] a bit and where are we with that

[33:33] contractors uh well tomorrow is a store

[33:37] to school I don't have an exact

[33:39] uh status on where he got but I know he

[33:42] was trying to get all the posts

[33:43] installed at all four schools all four

[33:45] sites before school started I'm not sure

[33:48] if he's accomplished that or not but uh

[33:50] now that school has started he's going

[33:52] to shift his operations to either late evenings late afternoons or

[33:57] weekends so he can avoid the students so

[34:01] once they get started about how long

[34:02] does it take for completion

[34:06] about

[34:08] I don't recall exactly how much time we

[34:11] have in the contract

[34:12] um but I can find that answer out and try to get back with you pretty

[34:17] quickly

[34:19] okay thank you yes sir

[34:23] and if I could I'll just say it during

[34:25] the construction part the um

[34:27] uh the completion of the Athletic

[34:30] Facility at Acadiana the Dave Cavalier

[34:32] Junior Athletic Facility

[34:34] is very very near completion

[34:38] um I want to thank poche and Pruitt I

[34:40] want to thank Felipe personally for uh

[34:43] for what he has done for us and uh very pleased there'll be a ribbon

[34:48] cutting on September 9th at 5 pm very

[34:52] informal

[34:54] 10-15 minutes I mean the coach will have

[34:56] to break away from the team we don't do

[34:59] formal ribbon cuttings or dedications at

[35:01] Acadiana anymore because the last three

[35:03] we've done we've lost the game so we

[35:07] don't we don't we don't we lost a

[35:09] Lafayette High when we named this

[35:11] Stadium after Bill dots and we lost the

[35:13] Como and Matt McCullough when we named

[35:15] the baseball field after his daddy we

[35:18] named the field after Ted Davidson we

[35:19] lost to Doug Dodson and Como so this is

[35:22] an unofficial ribbon cutting so it's at

[35:24] 5 PM we'd like to invite the public if

[35:26] you want to come by we have a home game

[35:28] that night at Seven we play sulfur uh

[35:31] it's going to be a an exciting time so

[35:33] uh

[35:34] September 9th 5 p.m y'all come on by

[35:37] we're going to be tailgating and having

[35:39] a really good time and cooking and uh so

[35:42] we can show off this brand new facility

[35:43] thank you

[35:44] Mr centini

[35:46] this is going to be our my monthly thing

[35:48] until December we looking good at

[35:50] Woodvale

[35:52] yes sir all right so let's solve a whole

[35:54] bunch of fifth graders at LJ Alamo uh

[35:56] walking to Portable Buildings yesterday

[35:57] being told we're moving back in January

[36:00] so

[36:01] the contractor says he's still on

[36:03] schedule for for that date all right

[36:07] Mr Jesso Dr Chateau hey Kyle quick

[36:10] question

[36:11] what's the timeline for the JW folk

[36:14] playground equipment how long will it

[36:16] take us to install it

[36:18] I am not I'm not on that project uh

[36:22] someone else is but I can try and get an

[36:23] answer I appreciate it Mr Clark could

[36:27] probably give us some details

[36:31] it should be in on the 14th do you know

[36:34] how long it would take to install

[36:36] two days that's what I'm talking about

[36:38] all right y'all want to come do some

[36:40] work at my house

[36:41] two days

[36:44] all right thank you

[36:47] yes sir Mr Broussard

[36:49] I had a question on on the playground

[36:51] equipment at Fox what was that part of

[36:53] the uh

[36:55] the the us paying some of the some of

[36:58] the money raised or took for that are we

[37:01] are funding the whole thing someone

[37:03] asked me a question some time ago about

[37:06] that and this they raised some money for

[37:09] that is that part of the program that

[37:11] we've got are we funding the whole thing

[37:16] I don't believe it I don't believe there

[37:18] was a mansion funds that Capital

[37:20] Improvements yeah the playground

[37:23] equipment had gotten old and outdated we

[37:25] yeah we tore it out and we ordered this

[37:27] somebody helped me it was a long time

[37:30] ago a long time ago and that's just the

[37:33] price of doing business right now we

[37:35] couldn't get it in and it's finally in

[37:38] but you somebody just asking a question

[37:40] this time ago that was matching funds I

[37:43] don't know I saw I told them and thank

[37:45] you for bringing it up so they hope

[37:46] they're listening or I can get in

[37:48] contact with him it be in soon

[37:51] thank you Mr bulo

[37:57] then we'll move along to the consent

[37:59] agenda I'll read them all if you want

[38:02] any of them pulled please so indicate

[38:05] item 4.1 discussion concerning the

[38:08] intergovernmental agreement with

[38:09] Lafayette consolidated government

[38:11] concerning the use of Neyland park for

[38:14] Lafayette High School athletics

[38:17] 4.2 discussion or action concerning the

[38:21] 2022-2023 pupil progression plan

[38:26] 4.3 Employee Services discussion or

[38:29] action concerning a new employee

[38:31] discipline hearing officer list

[38:35] 3.4 discussion concerning budget

[38:38] revision to the self-funded construction

[38:40] fund for Acadiana High lighting

[38:43] replacement project

[38:45] 4.5 facility discussion or action

[38:48] concerning permission to advertise bid

[38:51] and award Acadian highlighting

[38:53] replacement project

[38:56] 4.6 discussion and or action concerning

[38:59] budget revision 2019-a construction fund

[39:03] for South Side High restrooms and

[39:05] vending building

[39:08] 4.7 discussion on action concerning

[39:10] permission to advertise bid and award

[39:13] Southside High School restrooms and

[39:15] vending building

[39:17] 4.8 discussion or action concerning

[39:20] budget revision to Capital Improvement

[39:22] fund for Southside High Athletic storage

[39:25] building

[39:27] 4.9 discussion and or action concerning

[39:31] budget to actual for July 2022

[39:36] 4.10 discussion or action concerning

[39:39] administrative guidelines for board

[39:41] meeting agenda action items

[39:44] 4.11 discussion or action concerning the

[39:47] sale and removal of the residential home

[39:49] located at 2831 South fieldspan Road

[39:53] adjacent to Ridge Elementary

[39:59] 4.12 discussion concerning proposed

[40:02] recommendations and award for a

[40:05] pre-positioned emergency

[40:07] remediation services for the Lafayette

[40:09] Parish School Board

[40:12] 4.13

[40:14] discussion on action concerning

[40:16] revisions to policy be school board

[40:19] ethics EDD school bus scheduling and

[40:23] routing GAA

[40:25] equal employment opportunity and

[40:28] non-discrimination

[40:30] GAA j a a equal education opportunities

[40:35] jbd student absences and excuses

[40:38] jcdaf bullying and hazing

[40:42] jcdb student dress code

[40:45] JD discipline

[40:47] jde expulsion

[40:50] jgc student health services

[40:55] jgcd administration of

[40:58] medication and sunscreen and JM student

[41:03] voter registration

[41:04] jqa expecting and parents students

[41:11] 4.14 Warehouse discussion and action

[41:14] concerning the online auction of surplus

[41:17] equipment and supplies

[41:25] 4.15 super discussion or action

[41:28] concerning the minutes of July 13th

[41:31] August 3rd 2022

[41:33] does the president like to make a motion

[41:34] that we approve all items not pooled

[41:37] well they're open we have a in

[41:39] a second that we approve all items not

[41:41] pool we will entertain you know comments

[41:46] concerning any items not pulled

[41:51] uh this is the yes you're welcome to

[41:54] come but

[41:55] this is not a question answers just

[41:57] about a comment session

[42:07] Wayne Calvin uh I think before you

[42:10] proceed with 410 you ought to think

[42:12] twice about it there's a there's a lot

[42:14] of reservations I think you ought to put

[42:16] on that you've given up a lot of

[42:18] responsibility board members to saying

[42:21] dumping this responsibility on your

[42:23] purchasing and your superintendent and

[42:25] when they come up with a project to say

[42:28] hey here's a budget well but how do they

[42:31] know what the budget is before they get

[42:32] estimates before they get criteria

[42:34] before you know what's in the

[42:36] description and all that and they want

[42:38] to prove it and then they're going to

[42:40] work out the details later you're giving

[42:42] up all that responsibilities because the

[42:45] way it reads is once you give them that

[42:47] budget they're free to do whatever they

[42:49] want with it between the superintendent

[42:51] as long as it doesn't exceed that amount

[42:53] so you've given up that total

[42:55] responsibility this is what we elect you

[42:57] to do is to overlook that now I know a

[43:00] lot of times it's overwhelming because

[43:01] we're talking about all these schools

[43:03] and facilities all over the parish so

[43:06] what I expect you to do and I think

[43:09] would be very helpful and I've I've

[43:11] asked the library to do this and it's

[43:12] been very helpful each one of the

[43:14] schools we have in in the system here

[43:17] come up with a history a reference book

[43:20] the age of the school the size of the

[43:22] school who when it was built how many

[43:25] students we serve did we add any Wings

[43:28] have we done any Replacements any work

[43:30] on that school such that all that is is

[43:33] there and it's available for not only

[43:35] for you but when your replacement comes

[43:37] in because when your replacement comes

[43:39] in they don't know what happened two

[43:41] years ago you know a lot of you have

[43:43] been on here several years and kind of

[43:45] remember a few years back but there's a

[43:48] constant turnover plus you have all that

[43:51] information if you put a big investment

[43:54] in the heating and cooling you know it

[43:56] okay it was done in 2019 while we doing

[43:59] it in 2022 if we did it three years ago

[44:02] you know and we built stiff roof that we

[44:04] build it out of asbestos or did we build

[44:07] it out of a steel metal thing if you

[44:09] have all that history and you have it in

[44:11] a reference thing such that you don't

[44:13] own familiar with the schools in your

[44:15] District but you're familiar with the

[44:17] schools that all across the area and

[44:19] then when we come up with a big project

[44:21] like this one for Truman over Lafayette

[44:23] High on North side that we did earlier

[44:25] with the roofs you know we say okay

[44:27] we're replacing this asbestos roof with

[44:30] a metal roof because that thing is

[44:31] leaking in that metal and that asbestos

[44:34] roof was replaced on there 18 years ago

[44:37] you've got an idea of when it was done

[44:40] and to say okay or if it was a poor

[44:43] design not only that but you should list

[44:45] the architect of these schools and the

[44:47] major contractor of these schools such

[44:50] that you've got a history because if you

[44:52] start seeing a problem that this

[44:54] architect has designed these roofs such

[44:56] that they leak or these walls they said

[44:58] they leak hey we've got a problem here

[45:00] and we've got a history and you can all

[45:02] tie it back in and it takes some of the

[45:05] responsibility off the purchasing manner

[45:07] because if he retired leaves or goes to

[45:10] somewhere else then you've lost all that

[45:13] history you know and you you just it's

[45:16] too hard for you to remember everything

[45:18] that goes on the parish you're trying to

[45:21] deal with many of the education issues

[45:23] but a lot of these bucks look we're

[45:25] spending what 30 million on Truman you

[45:27] know we're spending what gobs on on

[45:30] Lafayette High School not to say that

[45:31] they shouldn't be done but where's the

[45:34] history for this thing just like we're

[45:35] building a new Prairie Elementary you

[45:37] know okay what's what's going in there

[45:40] how are we making it better and are we

[45:42] designing the playground equipment such

[45:44] that maybe we could fence it off and it

[45:46] could be designed for public use other

[45:49] than like we have here at truman where

[45:52] it's in the middle and now you know

[45:55] you'd have to access the school to get

[45:57] to the playground equipment but if you

[45:59] had it fenced off some kind of way you

[46:01] know such that you could have joint use

[46:03] of it says these three months we just

[46:05] had off of school kids could use that

[46:07] playground equipment we're just talking

[46:09] about plant replacing playgrounds at

[46:12] fault you know those kind of things look

[46:14] ahead and have these things but if you

[46:16] have a reference menu that you could use

[46:19] and design all of that you you would

[46:22] have a better idea and then when you

[46:24] come up with that project you'd have it

[46:26] right there and then when the cost

[46:27] estimates come in or change orders come

[46:29] in you could reference that and just say

[46:31] okay here's a change order you know and

[46:34] just like this one at truman IX of

[46:35] thirty thousand it was a thirty thousand

[46:37] what change order we're going to do the

[46:39] fence or the forty two thousand I'm

[46:41] gonna finish we're going to leave it up

[46:42] to those two people you know maybe you

[46:45] think hey you know maybe you got an idea

[46:47] maybe why not put a board fence because

[46:49] a hurricane comes in a big wide open

[46:51] field it's going to slap down a board

[46:53] fence I don't care how new it is you

[46:55] know if you hit the right the wrong

[46:58] ringtone okay but you get the point I

[47:01] think your relationships in too much

[47:03] control you you've got to revisit this

[47:05] thing and just say hey I think you uh

[47:09] you you really want to uh keep better

[47:12] tabs maybe put a limit on there like

[47:14] okay up to 50 000 and after that

[47:17] uh you know you've got to come back

[47:20] thank you

[47:23] and the other any other comments yes sir

[47:30] good evening I'm gonna be short because

[47:32] I'm a preacher so I do know how well I

[47:35] owe you at least as much as we gave him

[47:38] another stuff this in order my past

[47:40] taught me how to do stuff decent in

[47:42] order my name is uh Minister Kerry

[47:43] Williams I am the minister of the

[47:46] Harvard Center Church here in Lafayette

[47:47] under the leadership of Pastor Daniel

[47:49] Kelly and Sharonda Kelly uh question uh

[47:53] we open in September a uh Learning

[47:57] Center here in Lafayette on the uh uh

[48:01] three-way I don't know who's the board

[48:03] president the uh uh School Board member

[48:06] for that that area maybe

[48:12] so uh you know about the uh about our uh

[48:15] The Learning Center that we're opening

[48:16] up in September on the end so what what

[48:20] we're trying to do uh instead of for the

[48:22] Truman's officer we can send them to our

[48:24] for our to our facility and we will

[48:27] teach them computers and all kinds of

[48:30] stuff in in in in our area and that's what that's what the Harvest The

[48:35] Learning Center is for our children is

[48:38] that of them putting them in jail

[48:40] instead of them for others when they're

[48:42] out of school they come over to our

[48:43] Learning Center but we cannot do this by

[48:45] ourselves we do need help from the board

[48:47] and we're asking uh I'll get with the uh the member that represent that

[48:53] area we do need help for the Learning

[48:55] Center and that's all I ask so we so we

[48:57] can keep our children in in that area uh

[49:01] because it the Learning Center is going

[49:03] to be a very very important area for us

[49:05] the open uh but it takes money thank

[49:08] y'all very much

[49:09] thank you sir

[49:12] yes sir if there's no other public

[49:15] comment uh Mr Broussard

[49:19] I just need to uh

[49:21] I don't know ask a question or make a

[49:22] comment I know we'll just the leadership

[49:25] and and the boys the turnover but it's he he smoked my curiosity as far as

[49:32] the history of the schools and all the

[49:34] buildings that we have and I'm certain

[49:37] somewhere in the archive that we we keep

[49:40] adequate records as to what the school

[49:43] was built with who built the school and

[49:46] when and where

[49:48] but I'm asking the question with the

[49:50] leadership they're sitting behind me or

[49:52] in front of me do we do anyone know for

[49:55] certain that that's as part of our

[49:58] policy or Mr Mr Bullock and can even uh

[50:02] answer the question not you know what

[50:04] just just just just say yes or no it's

[50:07] fine you know when I have to elaborate

[50:09] on

[50:12] the gentleman raised a valid point as to

[50:15] the history and what we've done to any

[50:18] of the HVAC go out a couple of years

[50:20] from now and you will fortunately retire

[50:23] and and uh somebody else take your place

[50:26] so we know that we spend millions of

[50:29] dollars to replace it and it has to it's

[50:31] still going to work I'll try to be as

[50:33] brief as possible in the last 25 years

[50:36] I've collected a lot of information

[50:38] all that information is pretty much

[50:40] stored electronically we have a file

[50:43] electronic file system that's stored in

[50:46] the cloud that is shared amongst

[50:48] everyone in my office and uh if I was to

[50:52] not show up tomorrow all of that

[50:54] information is there and it's pretty

[50:57] well organized that it's it's available

[50:59] so and we keep we keep track track of uh

[51:03] project records electronically uh the

[51:06] contractors the payments The Who The

[51:08] Architects were who the who the

[51:10] subcontractors were so we've got a lot

[51:12] of information stored and it's readily

[51:14] available

[51:17] I knew you would have but just to

[51:19] satisfy the audience curiosity we do

[51:22] keep adequate records as to what are we

[51:24] person who we purchase it from and who

[51:26] did the building thank you

[51:28] Mr boo

[51:31] Mr President

[51:32] um just out of curiosity um I know that

[51:35] Transportation actually doesn't handle

[51:37] the maintenance is it does your

[51:39] department handle maintenance of the

[51:40] buses or is that a separate Department

[51:42] it's it's the maintenance department

[51:43] okay and if somebody needed or had

[51:45] questions with maintenance or bus issues

[51:47] who do they contact I'm just curious is

[51:49] that I've referred somebody to

[51:51] Transportation I was told no that's they

[51:53] can contact either myself or Glenn

[51:55] Oliver a maintenance supervisor great

[51:57] thank you so much

[52:01] okay there's no other questions or

[52:03] comments will uh we'll vote on the

[52:05] motion to

[52:07] adopt all the items and pull

[52:12] which is all of them

[52:15] Madam president Madam Secretary will

[52:18] call for the vote

[52:38] Mr President while we're waiting on the

[52:40] vote

[52:42] um

[52:43] I did have a question if somebody could

[52:45] answer what was what is the

[52:49] what is prepositioned emergency

[52:51] remediation Services if somebody could

[52:53] answer that

[52:57] item 4.12 Miss early

[53:02] you could yell it out Miss early and I

[53:04] can just repeat it if you want

[53:15] those Services would cover any type of the hurt if we have a hurricane

[53:19] they'd be boots on the ground

[53:20] immediately if we have a fire they'd

[53:22] handle those any type of an emergency

[53:24] service we have them in place we are

[53:27] priority customer

[53:28] it's something we don't have now which

[53:30] has been real tough on our custodians

[53:32] and all our maintenance department

[53:33] because they're actually the ones are

[53:34] going out there to do that and guarantee

[53:37] can give us the detail the size of Tree

[53:38] Trunks the dirt that was used which we

[53:40] need to be able to recover our claims

[53:42] under FEMA

[53:57] what's the hold up here

[54:07] motion carry that was the last item on

[54:09] the agenda this meeting is adjourned

[54:26] foreign

[55:15] Santana with your leaders in the pledge

[55:49] okay first of all I want to remind

[55:51] everyone everyone should be wearing a

[55:52] mask and practicing social distance

[55:54] thank you very much

[55:57] hey item 1.3 opening comments

[56:00] superintendent trucks Claire

[56:02] thank you president Morrison today our

[56:05] teaching and support staff reported to

[56:07] campuses for the first day of

[56:09] district-wide in service to prepare for

[56:12] the students first days of school

[56:13] beginning August 12th we are excited to

[56:17] welcome everyone back and look forward

[56:19] to the many wonderful things they will

[56:21] accomplish again this year

[56:23] as a reminder students will start on an

[56:26] ABC a b schedule for the first two days

[56:29] of school only please check out the new

[56:32] lpss website for grade level reporting

[56:35] details

[56:37] we recently received the latest data

[56:39] from the Louisiana Department of

[56:41] Education and lpss saw notable growth in

[56:45] many areas as measured by Louisiana's

[56:47] accountability system

[56:49] academically High School Ela scores

[56:52] increased to a five-year High based on

[56:56] tests taken this past year

[56:59] in two other critical measures of the

[57:01] accounting system we saw an entire

[57:03] letter grade increase from a b to an A

[57:06] in cohort graduation rate and strength

[57:09] of diploma

[57:11] Based on data from the

[57:13] 2019-2020 school year our graduation our

[57:17] cohort graduation index increased from

[57:20] 85.1 B to

[57:23] 94.1 a

[57:25] this index reflects the number of

[57:27] seniors that graduated on time with the

[57:30] allotted four-year period

[57:33] this accounts for 20 percent of the high

[57:36] school performance score

[57:38] based on the outcomes of our graduates

[57:41] from the

[57:42] 2019-2020 school year our strength of

[57:45] diploma index increased from

[57:48] 89.8 B to

[57:51] 101.1 a

[57:53] strength of diploma is defined as the

[57:56] number of students completing Advanced

[57:58] coursework including college level

[58:01] classes and or industry-based

[58:03] credentials this accounts for 25 of the

[58:08] high school performance score

[58:10] beginning this fall qualifying lpss High

[58:13] School seniors attending David

[58:15] Thibodeaux steel Magnet Academy will

[58:17] have the opportunity to earn College

[58:19] engineering credits as part of a pilot

[58:22] dual enrollment program in the UL

[58:24] College of Engineering

[58:26] we want to thank Pugh Family Foundation

[58:28] chair Nick Pugh David Thibodeaux steel

[58:31] Magnet Academy instructor Todd Hansen

[58:33] and UL Lafayette College of Engineering

[58:36] associate Dean Dr Hunter for partnering

[58:40] to make this project possible for our

[58:43] students

[58:45] as part of the partnership with the

[58:46] Lafayette ready start network lpss has

[58:49] secured funding for a new program that

[58:51] will make available more than 200 seats

[58:54] an 11 in 11 Early Learning childhood

[58:57] centers for children from birth to age

[59:00] three these no-cost seats are now

[59:04] available on a first-come first-served

[59:07] basis to families who apply and meet the

[59:10] requirements

[59:12] please visit our website for more

[59:15] application details or call 337-521-7134

[59:22] and in closing each year slimco members

[59:25] have an opportunity to slimco members

[59:28] have an opportunity to offer a two

[59:31] thousand dollar scholarship to some of

[59:33] our students to attend a public

[59:35] university or Community College this

[59:38] year three recipients from Lafayette

[59:39] Parish were awarded the scholarships and

[59:42] they are Logan Landry from South Side

[59:44] High School Diamond Ledet from Acadiana

[59:48] High School

[59:49] and Aaron Robinson also from Acadiana

[59:52] high school thank you slimco for

[59:55] supporting our students and

[59:56] congratulations to these well-deserving

[59:58] recipients this concludes my opening

[1:00:00] statements Miss Morrison

[1:00:02] thank you superintendent trucks Claire

[1:00:05] okay before we move forward I'd like

[1:00:07] everyone to know that miss laboux is not

[1:00:09] here because she's ill and Miss Mason is

[1:00:12] out of town

[1:00:14] all right so next item we're going to go

[1:00:15] into litigation I'm going to read all

[1:00:19] three items and then I would ask for a

[1:00:23] motion to go into litigation item 2.1

[1:00:26] discussion interaction concerning

[1:00:28] prospective litigation

[1:00:30] 2.2 discussion and our action concerning

[1:00:33] prospective litigation and 2.3

[1:00:36] discussion and our action concerning

[1:00:38] prospective litigation I'll ask for a

[1:00:40] motion

[1:00:44] Madam president I moved to the board go

[1:00:45] into Executives the the session to

[1:00:47] discuss the former written demand which

[1:00:49] has been made by Madonna Mata relative

[1:00:51] to her workers compensation claim and to

[1:00:54] discuss

[1:00:56] formal written demand which has been

[1:00:58] made by Sarah Noel relative to her

[1:01:00] workers compensation claim and to

[1:01:02] discuss

[1:01:03] the formal written demand which has been

[1:01:05] made by Monica Crooks relative to her

[1:01:07] workers compensation claim second

[1:01:10] okay I'm motion by Mrs antenna and a

[1:01:12] second by Mr lachalay

[1:01:14] all in favor

[1:01:19] go into executive session at this time

[1:05:29] check check

[1:05:38] I don't hold on this yeah okay

[1:05:42] check check one two

[1:05:44] check check

[1:06:04] they're coming back

[1:06:12] Madam president I moved that we returned

[1:06:14] to regular session

[1:06:17] okay have a motion by Mr TNA and a

[1:06:20] second by Mr Angel to go back into

[1:06:22] regular session

[1:06:29] any public comments

[1:06:32] any board comment

[1:06:35] I'll call for the vote

[1:07:10] foreign

[1:07:15] and against

[1:07:18] motion pass Madam president I move that

[1:07:21] the board Grant the request of the third

[1:07:23] party administrator

[1:07:24] relative to the workers compensation

[1:07:26] claim demands made by Madonna Mata

[1:07:30] Sarah Noel and Monica Crooks

[1:07:34] commotion by Mr santani and a second by

[1:07:37] Mr lochele any comments from the public

[1:07:42] any comments from the board

[1:07:46] I'll call for the vote

[1:08:09] [Music]

Lafayette Parish School Board meeting of Wed., Aug. 10, 2022

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