OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE

RICHLAND PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

Regular Session

The Richland Parish School Board met at its offices in Rayville, Louisiana, on Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at 6:00 p.m.

Agenda       Prayer and Pledge of Allegiance.

Item 1

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Agenda       Members present: Mr. Billy Calvert, Mr. Leonard Guine,

Item 2         Mr. Kevin Eppinette,  Mrs. Marie Lewis, Mr. Ray Farmer,

                  Mr. David Barton, Mrs. Dee Adams, Mr. Joe Chapman,

                  Mr. Moses Wilkins

                  Members absent: None

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Agenda       Mrs. Lewis moved, seconded by Mr. Wilkins, to approve the agenda; with the deletion of

Item 3         Item 19.     

VOTE:       Yeas:    All        Nays:  None      Absent:  None

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Agenda         Mr. Chapman moved, seconded by Mr. Barton, to approve the January 11, 2011,

Item 4           Regular Session minutes before publishing in the Official Journal.

VOTE:       Yeas:    All        Nays:  None      Absent:  None

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Agenda       The board received the Annual Financial Report for year ended June 30, 2010.

Item 5         

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Agenda         Mrs. Lewis moved, seconded by Mr. Calvert, to allocate funds for 2011-2012 school

Item 6           year in the amount of $800 per school to support positive behavior incentives for all

                    Schools.

VOTE:       Yeas:    All        Nays:  None      Absent:  None

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Agenda       Mr. Barton moved, seconded by Mrs. Lewis to keep the board member salary the same.          

Item 7         

Mr. Guine made a substitute motion to decrease the board member salary to   $450 per month; there was no second made to this motion and the motion failed.

                   There was a roll call vote made for the original motion as follows:

ROLL CALL VOTE:

                    Yeas:             Mr. Calvert, Mr. Eppinette, Mr. Barton, Mr. Chapman,

                                         Mr. Wilkins, Mrs. Lewis, Mr. Farmer, Mrs. Adams

                     Nays:            Mr. Guine                                               

                    Abstain:        None

                    Absent:         None

                                         Original Motion Carried

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Agenda        The board received a report on the School Improvement Grant (SIG) application

Item 8           process for Delhi High School.

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Agenda        Mr. Calvert moved, seconded by Mr. Wilkins to adopt the Better Choices for a Better

Item 9          Louisiana Resolution from the Louisiana Federation of Teachers.

VOTE:       Yeas:    All        Nays:  None      Absent:  None

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Agenda        Mr. Calvert moved, seconded by Mr. Guine to approve the adoption of MacMillan/

Item 10        McGraw Hill Science textbooks for grades 3-5, Glencoe/McGraw Hill Science textbooks

                     for grades 6-8, and Holt McDougal Science textbooks for grades 9-12.

VOTE:       Yeas:    All        Nays:  None      Absent:  None

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Agenda        Mr. Calvert moved, seconded by Mr. Wilkins to table this item.

Item 11                        

VOTE:       Yeas:    All        Nays:  None      Absent:  None

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Agenda        Mrs. Lewis moved, seconded by Mr. Calvert to approve the new job description for

Item 12         Project Manager of the District 3 Bond Project.

VOTE:       Yeas:    All        Nays:  None      Absent:  None

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Agenda        Mr. Calvert moved, seconded by Mrs. Lewis to grant permission to advertise for

Item 13         the position of District 3 Bond Project Manager.

VOTE:       Yeas:    All        Nays:  None      Absent:  None

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Agenda        Mr. Calvert moved, seconded by Mr. Chapman to grant permission to advertise for

Item 14         a full-time janitor at Richland Career Center at Archibald.

VOTE:       Yeas:    All        Nays:  None      Absent:  None

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Agenda        Mr. Barton moved, seconded by Mrs. Lewis to table this item.

Item 15        

ROLL CALL VOTE:

                    Yeas:             Mr. Calvert, Mr. Eppinette, Mr. Barton, Mr. Chapman,

                                         Mr. Wilkins, Mrs. Lewis, Mr. Farmer, Mrs. Adams, Mr. Guine

                     Nays:            None

                    Abstain:        None

                    Absent:         None

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Agenda         Mrs. Adams moved, seconded by Mr. Farmer to approve the superintendent’s

Item 16         recommendation of Robert Breen as Rayville High School’s Athletic/Director/

                     Head Football Coach/Teacher.

ROLL CALL VOTE:

                    Yeas:           Mrs. Adams, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Farmer

                    Nays:           Mr. Wilkins, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Guine, Mr. Barton, Mr. Lewis   

                    Abstain:        Mr. Eppinette

                    Absent:         None

                                                    Motion Failed

Mrs. Lewis moved, seconded by Mr. Wilkins to approve the superintendent’s recommendation to hire Lent Bursey as Rayville High School’s Athletic Director/

Head Football Coach/Teacher effective February 22, 2011.

ROLL CALL VOTE:

                    Yeas:            Mr. Wilkins, Mrs. Adams, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Guine, Mr. Farmer, Mrs. Lewis

                    Nays:            Mr. Chapman, Mr. Barton

                    Abstain:        Mr. Eppinette

                    Absent:         None

                                                  Motion Carried

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Agenda       Mrs. Lewis moved, seconded by Mr. Chapman to approve the following personnel:

Item17

ROLL CALL VOTE:

                    Yeas:           Mr. Wilkins, Mrs. Adams, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Guine, Mr. Farmer,

                                       Mrs. Lewis, Mr. Chapman, Mr. Eppinette

                     Nays:          None

                    Abstain:       Mr. Barton

                    Absent:        None

                                                  Motion Carried

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Agenda       The board received the following monthly reports:

Item 18       a)   School Lunch

                  b)   Sales Tax Monthly Receipts

                  c)   Financial - General Fund

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             ~~Mrs. Lewis moved, seconded by Mr. Wilkins to adjourn the meeting ~~

                            VOTE:    Yeas: All        Nays:  None     Absent:  None

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CATHY STOCKTON, SECRETARY                     KEVIN EPPINETTE, PRESIDENT

RICHLAND PARISH SCHOOL BOARD                RICHLAND PARISH SCHOOL BOARD