001Dr. Kelly Joseph? Here. Ms. Miranda Watson? Here. Ms. Donna Jackson? Absent. We have Ms. Lolita and Porter. And Mr. Alfred for Ms. James. I'm contacting Ms. James. Okay. Uh first item receiving considered for approval 2025-26 exceptional services contract between St. Helena Parish School Board and Educational Diagnostic Services and Consultant of Louisiana. Ms. Wendy Young. We're going to hit Ms. Young, but this is a uh yearly contract that we uh we bring before the board to provide um related services uh to our exceptional uh services learners. Okay. It is a You just one-year contract? Yes. That's Dr. I believe it's Dr. Summer Whitmore. Okay. She provides educational diagnostic services and other related services. students. Okay. We got a um Good evening. We got a uh action item. Can I get a motion? To send that to
002the full board. I have a motion by Mr. Travis. Ms. Porter, can I get a second? You want me now or Ms. Joyce? Yeah. You. Oh, no. You You now. Okay. You're in now. She got it. I got a motion and a second. Uh any other questions? Vote. Ms. Bell? Yes. Ms. Porter? Ms. Lolita Porter? Yes. Mr. Elton Travis? Yes. 3-0 motion carried. Refer to the full board to vote. Okay. Uh next item receiving considered for approval 2025-26 exceptional services contract between St. Helena Parish School Board and First Choice Therapy. Ms. Wendy Young. Greetings, board members. Um of course you know, can you hear me? Okay, good. All right. Um well, I'm Ms. Young. Um I'm picking up where Ms. Valdez has left off. Um I'm now the director for exceptional services. Um as it
003relates to the item on the agenda, um I do want to let you guys know that I'm in communications with both the vice president and president for First Choice Therapy. Um there are a few concerns that we want to have revised on the um tentative contract that they've provided. I am in the process of waiting for a reply from um my contact with First Choice Therapy. I anticipate having a response at least by Wednesday of this next week. But definitely um it's in the best interest for our district that we made some revisions. Yes. So, do we need to table this? Okay. I'm going to Can I get a motion to table? I move we table this. Okay. Got a motion by um Mr. Travis. Second by Ms. Porter to table item. Any other questions?
004No. We'll take a vote. Ms. Virginia Bell? Yes. Ms. Lolita Porter? Yes. Mr. Elton Travis? Yes. 3-0 motion carried. Refer to the full board to Okay. And the final item for me is to receive personnel updates and workforce staff board. Ms. Miranda Watson. Thank you, Ms. Young. Thank you. Greetings, committee and board members. Our um personnel report we did the personnel report this time. Um it's a it's a little lengthy, but we did have some changes that we had to make that was necessary to move forward um so that the learners can have the things that they're needing. Um you see we already started the hiring process. The principals have already started the interview process. They actually started it at the community uh job and resource fair. So, they started um pulling some candidates there.
005So, we are in the process of interviewing for our vacancies. We were um unfortunately, we had to have five terminations this past year. We had one person to resign. And then we had the transfer to reflect that position. And we also had to um our critical shortage declaration has expired. So, those names are listed there. And then if they would like to come back next year, they'd have to apply. We have to go through the process again. Um you see based on the the needs of the learners, these are the changes and the vacancies that we're advertising for. And like I said, they've already started the hiring process um to fill those vacancies as soon as possible. Okay. Do you have any questions about anything? Okay, any questions? Thank you. All right, thank you. That
006concludes the personnel committee. Mr. Alton Travis? Mr. George Porter? Present. Ms. Linda Chaney? Present. Dr. Kelly Joseph? Here. Our first item is to receive and consider for approval the selection of the official journal of the St. Helena Parish School Board for the period beginning July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026. This is the item. Thank you, ma'am. Good evening, board. I'm sorry, committee. Um it's that time of the year again for us to select the official journal. Back in February, we selected the Daily Star because the Advocate was no longer under contract with the parish and they were no longer offering contract rate. So, at this time, we've received uh quotes from the Daily Star for the current for the '25-'26 year and from the Tangipahoa Times. Um if you'll see in the packet, the
007Daily Star's rate is $5.70 per square or 100 words per insertion and the Tangipahoa Times is $5.25. Now, the Tangipahoa Times does offer a lower rate. However, and I have been in communication with the assessor's office due to um publications that we have to make and the requirements and then we've also reviewed the revised statute 43:140 chapter four official journals of political subdivisions, official journals of parishes, municipalities, and school boards. If you look on the first page and I've starred um bona fide paying subscribers, which describes what is considered a paying subscriber. Um part two general paid circulation and what it includes and what it doesn't include. Uh and then 3D um maintaining that you have to maintain a general paid circulation to bona fide paying subscribers within the area the publication is publication is
008required. Um with that being said, I did reach out to both the Tangipahoa Times and the Daily Star to get the circulation numbers for the St. Helena Parish. Um Tangipahoa Times responded that they distribute 345 paper copies of the Tangipahoa Times at full retail price through 10 St. Helena Parish retailers weekly. The Daily Star responded that they have a paid circulation within St. Helena Parish of 3,000. So, um that's the information I have. So, we have two options, Daily Star and Tangipahoa Times. Do you know the name? Is there a representative from Tangipahoa Times? Yeah, I I have just Okay, their circulation is 3,000. Tommy Haywood, Tangipahoa Times, 14215 Woodlands Drive, Hammond, Louisiana, unit 34. If their circulation of 3,995 is accurate, that means that 97% of people in St. Helena Parish get their newspaper.
009So, raise your hand if you get the if you get the the Daily Star. We got more than 3,000 people. You have 4,101 households in St. Helena Parish. Population over 10,000. Right. Households 4,101. So, if they have 3,995 subscribers in St. Helena Parish, that means that no more than two people in this room don't subscribe. That's not the number she gave. She said 3,000. Okay. Well, it's still that's 75%. Man, I never seen them pass through the six Dollar Generals. We actually Well, we do our homework. The only retail locations that we have found in the entire parish are the two Dollar Generals. And those two Dollar Generals get 15 on their delivery days. So, that's 30. Now, they may have a whole bunch of people getting it through the mail. We don't know about
010that. But as far as retail, they get 30 three times a week, which is 90. Do you have subscribers, paid subscribers? We Well, you got to realize we didn't actually start getting up here until February. Now, we have picked up subscribers in the area, yes. We were also given Fire District 4. We got that at the end of May. We got the Village of Montpelier on Monday and then the Town of Greensburg on Tuesday. Sheriff's Department has not made a decision. The answer is there a emergency on this that we got to do it tonight? We have to select the official journal and we had to because it's effective tonight. And the police jury? They were going to make their decision on Tuesday, I believe, but they tabled it so we could verify numbers. They
011had on their agenda to accept them but they've tabled it till their next meeting. Um Mr. Andrews, do you know if the Daily Star still have deliveries? Do they Is it Is it by mail or is it post post? I'm I'm not sure. I think it's probably majority digital. Okay, they used to do two days a week, I think. They used to do like two two paper hard copies a week. Yeah, I I I don't know. Yes, ma'am. So, would either one be distributing hard copies out or not to the community? I'm here three days a week. Three days a week? Yes. We just started our Monday print on Monday. Uh I was joking with the publisher on the way up here. It's been I said it's been almost 48 hours since I've been in
012Greensburg. So. So, I guess the question that I have is then if consumers are able to get this paper, what would be the cost to them? We Our sticker price is $1. Theirs is four. Per Per per edition. Per edition? Yes. Yes, ma'am. Okay. Yes. So, your annual rate would be if someone wanted to Uh do you have a Our annual subscription rate is $50 a year. Okay. It's $50 a year. I got a question. Is there anybody here in this room that gets the Daily Star? Mhm. That's That's something. That's a statement right there. They can't do that anymore because vending machines are designed to to accept only $2. So, their vending machines are no longer that you can't use vending machines with your $4 paper. So, would I guess I guess once we
013decide then you would do out and start sending articles out to the consumers whether they want to subscribe or not and they have that option. Yeah, we were actually here for your meeting in April. Yeah. Yeah, we we offered free subscriptions for for trial. But I mean, you can find us at almost I We have 11 retail locations in St. Helena Parish. And then we also give what we call promotional copies. The the thought is if you go into the medical clinic over there, you're sitting there, you're bored, you see a newspaper, you read it, you think, "Hey, this is pretty decent paper." It's 50 bucks a year to subscribe. So, we do put promotional copies out for that. And we also realize that people There are some people who don't have a lot of
014money. So, we put papers at the library. 50 per year and how many they get once a week? 50 per year uh they're We They have a mailed copy and then you also get digital, too. Once per week of One one mailed copy through per week and all three digital. Okay. What's the pleasure of the committee? I'm concerned about revised statute 43-142 where it says that um qualifications of the newspaper shall have maintained a general paid circulation in the parish in which the body is located for two consecutive years prior to the selection. Although St. Helena doesn't have you know a newspaper within the parish, we select the one in the neighboring parish and the same rules apply for them. So you said you started in February? That's February. Well, actually technically we started delivering
015to Montpelier in Okay. There was that It was I guess June or July when that double murder happened in the Laranja that Laranja mother and her kids cuz I remember going over there. So it was June or July of 2024 was when we started in Montpelier. Well, that wouldn't meet the two-year criteria for the newspaper. Well, it sounds like we don't have a choice then. If if there's a two-year criteria, you just maybe you can't qualify until next year. Uh okay, that's Give her proposal next year. Well, like I said your police your police jury did table it. So Okay. I agree with that. You got you don't have enough time there. You need another year. Okay. All right, well thank you for your time. I motion I'm not on this committee. Miss Chaney I
016second. Miss Chaney I so move that we follow the daily star to I second. Been moved and seconded to refer this item to the full board. Is there any further questions? Vote. Mr. Alton Travis Yes. Miss Joyce Porter Yes. Miss Lolita Chaney Yes. 3-0 motion referred to the full board to vote. That concludes policy committee. Building and grounds committee called to order. Mr. Alton Travis Here. Miss Joyce Porter Present. Mr. George Hill Dr. Kelly Joseph Here. Mr. Edward Gallman Miss Chaney, you want to sit in for me? But Miss Chaney I'm filling in for Mr. Gallman. Okay, the first item of business is receive and consider for approval 2025-2026 professional services contract with Curtis Environmental Services to provide environmental sampling reporting services. Mr. Edward Gallman Good evening. Mr. Gallman, but I have worked with Mr.
017Gallman to secure the contract with Curtis Environmental for their continuous service to do the random sampling at the Arden Technology Academy and the Early Learning Center and they've agreed to continue at the same rate that we signed on last year. I think it'll be like $1,126. We don't have to bid it out. No. No, the amount. Can I get a motion to refer this to the full board? I so move. I second. Been moved and seconded to refer this item to the full board. Vote. Mr. Alton Travis Yes. Miss Joyce Porter Yes. Miss Lolita Chaney Yes. 3-0 motion carried referred to the full board to vote. Next item of business is receive and consider for approval yearly facilities and maintenance service contracts with Prestige Construction and Management LLC, 3B Electrical Contractor LLC and Bill's Plumbing
018LLC. Mr. Edward Gallman I'm filling in for Mr. Gallman tonight. Per policy DJE, non-biddable items which are not required to be awarded through the competitive solicitation process either individually or collectively for consecutive purchases from the same vendor services or provider of the same item or services by the same authorized officer we need to make sure that there is a written document approved by the board to allow for us to be able to have these types of services. So we do a lot of business with Prestige, 3B Electric and Bill's Plumbing. And so because we do a lot of work with them, it is important and based on policy that we do have a yearly contract with them. So that is what this contract is about. So whenever we do you know pull in their services,
019we'll be covered with this particular contract. With the you saying we don't have to bid it out because of the long time Correct, because this is this is considered the work that they do is considered public works and the bid threshold for public works is $250,000. So um with that being said, we also need to make sure that we have some type of written you know contract or some type of agreement with them so that it can be clear for auditing purposes that you know we do utilize these particular vendors consistently throughout the year. Can I get a motion to refer this to the full board? I so move. Been moved and seconded to refer this item to the full board. Vote. Mr. Alton Travis Yes. Miss Joyce Porter Yes. Miss Lolita Chaney Yes. 3-0
020motion carried referred to the full board to vote. That concludes committee. Father God, we just come to you thank you Lord God for today. We thank you Lord God for your blessing that you have bestowed upon us Lord God. We ask for your blessings over this meeting Lord God. We pray that everything is done is done with our learnings in mind Lord God. We pray that you get all the glory and all the praise out of it Lord God and we thank you for all you've done. These and all things we ask in your daughter and son Jesus Christ's name we pray. Amen. Amen. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
021The meeting room will come to order. I'm holding the meeting of the St. Helena Parish School Board. Roll call. Miss Joyce Porter Present. Miss Lolita Porter Present. Miss Lolita Chaney Present. Mr. George Hill Absent. Miss Virginia Bell Present. Mr. Alton Travis Present. A quorum has been established. Item B, approve minutes and agenda May 8th, 2025 committee meeting May 8th, 2025 regular meeting and the current agenda. Can I get a motion to approve those collectively? I so move. Motion by Miss Joyce Porter Second. Seconded by Miss Lolita Porter Any questions? No questions. Shall pass by unanimous consent. Item C, new business. One, receive information on 2025 leadership summit and board retreat June 25th through 27th, 2025 at LSU Live Oak Convention Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. All right, our district annual leadership summit and board retreat will
022be held June 25th through 27th, 2025 at Live Oak Conference Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Through the lens of our guiding theme systems, structures, processes and outcomes, we will deepen our shared understanding of what it means to lead effectively. Guest speakers include Dr. Peter Gorman who was with us last year, a nationally recognized leader in education system redesign and Dr. Janet Pope, executive director of the Louisiana School Boards Association will also be present during our session. So you have the information in front of you. It gives you a little bit more detail about our leadership summit and board retreat and then you also have board members the agenda that we'll be following for each one of those days. Any questions? The guy that we liked so much last year. Yes, sir. That's
023awesome. That's it. All right, next item. Presentation of Flying Ghost Productions senior interns award, Mr. Damon Davis. Good evening, everyone. Good evening. Mr. Justin's going to give a little short speech on what we're going to do with the students and our interns. Yeah. That should be okay. Um We are proud to present the first rising ghost awards which are a recognition of our senior interns who emerge with resilience and bold creativity in the spirit of growth that defines what it means to rise. And it's something that we always wanted to do which was to have learners from the school work with us. Um since me well we both graduated from here so that's why. Um we we wanted to do that. So um well where well Okay, cool. I'll say uh so for the first
024person uh this is someone who I initially told no. She wanted to join as a photographer and I had to let her know that we just don't do photography. Um but after much reasoning and understanding of how important and passionate she is about photography, it became a no-brainer to let her be a part of Flying Ghost as a photographer taking fantastic photos and from the football games to volleyball and to basketball. And that is Serenity Bryer. And then the second uh recipient is someone who simply said, "Can I join? Can I help in whatever way?" So, she became our um Swiss army knife. So, she helped with photography and she helped with breaking up, setting down, and talking to people, and videography, all of that. And that is Carisha. She's going to see this, but
025Carisha Reigns. And then uh last but not least is someone who I believe embodies the saying, "How you do anything is how you do everything." Because she jumped into a role that uh really has nothing to do with what she wanted to do outside of school. Um she was our leading interviewer. So, she spoke on camera to coaches and players, and she was a big voice for Ghost Sports TV. And she kept me on my toes saying uh "Mr. JD, you got those questions? Mr. JD, you got the intro? You know what? Don't even worry about it. I got it." Uh and that is Shamaya Burton. Um all three of these young ladies are ready to take on whatever challenges may come their way, and I'm grateful they were a part of Flying Well, we're
026grateful. They were a part of Flying Ghost and the first to receive these special recognitions. So, congratulations. So, with Serenity, we're going to uh cuz she's going to school for photography and even though that's not something we do, but we need a behind-the-scenes photographer. So, when she was here, we wanted to offer her that job. We would hire her to come on our projects and take behind-the-scenes photos. She also has a camera, but we're going to give her a camera, too. Uh well, since I'm up here, we'll do a plug. Um I'm doing uh there's a acting workshop that will be happening next week. Uh This is yeah, acting workshop. And I'll just go over auditioning things and basics of acting. I never did it before, so I thought I should uh try to see
027if I know what I'm talking about. Oh, you know who he's talking about. So, his resume speaks for itself. So, if y'all don't know, he's in a big movie called Cellmates. He has a long resume on TV. He's actually on an Amazon movie right now. And he's also a former teacher at Saint Helena. Okay? And um What about the movie Cellmates? What do you say about Cellmates? He was in the movie. So, if you saw him in Nine Months, you saw him in a big movie right there on the Hey, is he acting now or is this recent? He's acting right now. You don't like getting props, so I'll do it. I'll do it for you. He's nervous, but um he has a wealth of knowledge and I think it'd be really good for the
028students here. And it's open to not just students, but everyone. So, if you want to come, we'll teach y'all that. Can he teach me one of them to do the deer hunting movie? But I Auditions, commercials, all that. I think having just anyone from the community to see someone that also was a teacher, graduated, and is doing successful despite how modest he may downplay he's doing really good. So, and I think to have that person in front of you and teach you hey, and it's free. Yeah. You see it is free. So, register on the little link down here and we'll do it again. That's it. Good job. Thank you guys very much. It's always a great day to be on call. Yes. Item number three, adopt resolution to withdraw to withdraw $85,000 from the
029EEF tobacco settlement funds. Yes, uh board, I'm requesting that we uh draw down $85,000 uh to be used for uh teacher allotments for next year so that they can purchase supplies for their classrooms, utilize it for uh score up incentives, and also some equipment for classrooms. Um as you know, we no longer have the achieve monies that we received from the federal government, and so now we're back to having to uh utilize funds that uh are available for us and EEF is available. We haven't uh requested this uh draw down since 2018-19, and so we're asking that we are able to do so this year through this resolution. I so move. Motion by Ms. Joyce Porter. Second. Second by Um what's the balance in that fund? Ms. uh Bell. $230,000. $230,000. Okay. So, I will
030read the resolution. Whereas, the Saint Helena Parish School Board has been informed of the option to withdraw certain amounts of EEF funds invested in the state treasury pursuant to authorities of Louisiana RS 39:99 8 Act 161 of the 2002 first extraordinary session of the legislature and our investment agreement. Therefore, be it resolved that the Saint Helena Parish School Board does request the execution of the amendment to investment agreement with the state treasury pursuant to Louisiana RS 39:99, and therefore be it resolved that the Saint Helena Parish School Board does request the withdrawal of funds from the state treasury in the amount of $85,000 to be used as specified in our recently approved EEF plan for tobacco settlement funds. It is hereby affirmed and certified foregoing is a true and exact copy of the resolution unanimously
031adopted by the Saint Helena Parish School Board, Greensburg, Louisiana during regular session on Thursday, June 12th, 2025, at which a quorum was present and voted. So, here's the resolution. The motion was made by Ms. Joyce Porter, second by Ms. Bell. Roll call vote, please. Ms. Joyce Porter. Yes. Ms. Lolita Porter. Yes. Ms. Linda Chaney. Yes. Mr. George Hughes. Ms. Virginia Bell. Yes. Mr. Alton Travis. Yes. 4-5-0 motion carried. All right. And again, this will be used for teacher allotments, score up incentives, and equipment for classrooms. All right. Next item on the agenda, approve 2025-2026 operating budget. Hello, board members. My name is Ashley Castleberry as finance. I would like to propose that we hold off until our August board meeting to approve our budget. I would like to apologize to the community for it not
032being published and for it not being published in our in a newspaper um for public notification. So, I will It has been It has been received by a um journal, and it will be posted on June 15th of this month. So, we will be able to present it for the board for August 25th board meeting. Thank you. Can I get a motion that we table it? I so move. Motion by Ms. Joyce Porter. Second. Second by Ms. Lolita Porter that we table the operating budget until the August 25th board meeting. Any questions? No question. Shall pass by general consent. Item D, superintendent's report, district update. Good evening, board members and community. I'm pleased to share several important updates and initiatives taking place across Saint Helena Parish School District. As we transition into the summer months,
033these efforts reflect our district's continued commitment to academic achievement, instructional enrichment, and strategic leadership development. Uh first, and she's already been introduced um by way of the committee, but I'd like to officially introduce Ms. Wendy Young to the full board. Uh she will be over our exceptional services department. She is replacing Ms. Valdez who left in May, and she served as an exceptional services uh teacher and assistant principal at the A&T. So, we are pleased that she has accepted this new position. So, I'll allow her to come up and just say a few words. Okay, greetings again board. Um, I stand before you again um honored to serve to continue to serve our learners community stakeholders um for the parish. Um as Dr. Joseph Miss mentioned, I came on board 2019 2020 year. Tough year
034and we're faced with COVID. Um I had the honor to serve as the third grade exceptional student service teacher servicing our learners um following the inclusion model. Um I made the step into education transitioning from oil and gas industry. So St. Helena has afforded me opportunities that I never I feel I never would have been um given in surrounding parishes. Having the opportunity to make my way through the classroom space through the space of becoming an administrator at at Shady. Now having the opportunity to serve in the capacity of a director and the and the school and the district space and my passion um would be our exceptional learning population. Um I'm honored for the opportunity to serve. I definitely want to continue to grow my capacity and again I want to thank you for
035the opportunity and I um look forward to collaborating with you all and our community stakeholders and most importantly um my passion is seeing our learners win. All right, thank Thank you, Ms. Young. Thank you. Um also board if you notice a lot of our directors are not present at the board meeting tonight and that is because a lot of them they all attended the uh annual teacher leader summit that's in uh New Orleans. So that's why you don't see them here. Um so moving on. So summer school is now in session and is uh specifically uh designed to serve identified third grade learners and those kids who did not meet proficiency on the end of year benchmark assessment in accordance with pupil progression plan guidelines. Those who did not meet the benchmark standard must complete
03630 hours of remediation over the summer using the i-Ready platform. It is a self-paced program that automatically tracks the time each learner spends on each session. Act 422 of the 2023 regular legislative session requires that all learners in traditional public schools meet established literacy proficiency standards to be promoted to the fourth grade. So our face-to-face summer school program for these third grade learners is structured to provide targeted instruction, individualized support and regular progress monitoring to ensure these learners are given every opportunity to meet grade level expectations. Also the Audubon Library has partnered with us and they are providing additional computers, laptops and other other supports to help all of our kids complete their assignments. So the annual summer reading program is also open and available for everyone to access on our district website. Those who
037successfully complete their reading and assignments will qualify to participate in our annual literacy bash which will be held in August at the Fifth Ward Recreation Center. And once again the library is available for those learners who need any additional help. 30 rising 11th and 12th grade learners have the opportunity to participate in the FUEL Focused on Understanding Education and Leadership program at Southeastern Louisiana University. This program is designed to support college readiness and career planning through a multifaceted experience that includes summer uh residential institute which will be June 22nd through the 26th where learners will reside on campus for 5 days at Southeastern providing all and Southeastern will provide all boarding, meals, transportation to and from uh St. Helena. They'll participate uh in 10 ACT prep classes from August through January 2026 and upon successful
038completion of the program each participant will receive a $500 stipend as both a reward and encouragement to continue pursuing academic excellence. So far I believe we are up to close to 20 learners who have signed up. So there are still some spaces available. So we want to make it clear there is still room available for our rising 11th and 12th graders. So we have anybody who's interested in participating, we need to know so we can get them signed up. So this partnership with uh Southeastern reflects our commitment to preparing our learners not only for graduation but for post-secondary success and workforce ready readiness. Um we're also excited to announce that our annual robotics camp is in full swing. We have Ms. Jewell and her kids creating all kinds of STEAM-based projects that are hands-on and
039very engaging. And then finally I'd like to share with you our literacy screener results for our K-3 learners. Um if you look on the screen, you'll see our beginning of year results and our end of year results. So for our kindergartners and of course the literacy screeners these are all this is a a tool that we use to determine progress that's made you know with our kids throughout the school year, where they started and how they ended up. So for our kindergartners they started out as 36% of our learners were at or above proficiency. The end of the year they're at we're at 54%. So that's an increase of 18 percentage points. For our first grade they started out at 28% and now at the end of the year they're at 54%. That's an increase
040of 26 percentage points. For our second graders the beginning of year results were at 31% um and at the end of the year they rose to 51%. That's 20% uh point increase. And for our third graders it went from 25% at the beginning of the of the year to 39% at the end of the year. That's a 14 percentage point increase. So I just like to recognize the hard work of our administrators our teachers and all of our learners and their parents for you know this humongous gain. So I'd like to give a round of applause for that success. So as we move through the summer I want to thank our staff, our partners and families for their continued support and involvement in our district's growth. We remain steadfast in our pursuit of excellence and
041equity for every learner we serve. And with that that concludes my report. Item E, approve committee reports. June 12th, 2025. Can I get a motion? I so move. I second. Motion by Ms. Joyce followed by the second by Ms. Bell. Any questions? No questions, shall pass by general consent. Item L, executive session to discuss potential litigation, boarding transportation and two to discuss the matter of Angela Street versus St. Helena Parish School Board or in first taking the number 35655. Can I get a motion that we go in executive session? I move we go in executive session. Motion by Mr. Alton Travis. I second it. Seconded by Ms. Bell. Any questions? No questions, shall pass by general consent. We shall return. Mhm. We have a meeting. Can I get a motion to return from executive session?
042I second. Second. Second by Ms. Joyce Porter. Um we are back in session for our meeting. Um action that will be taken on item number one is going to be to refer this matter to the ethics board for Marcus Transportation. And item number two, there were no action taken. Item D, meeting opening. The next meeting date will be July 10th, 2025. Uh 5:05. School board rooms. Open comments, board members. Thank you, Joseph. When is the um test for those three seniors that Uh the last week in June. Last week in June? The last week in June, yes. We will have a boot camp for them uh to help prepare them, and they also have to do the 30 hours of remediation. So, they're working on that right now. Okay. Have the parents been contacted for
043those students um so they would know that they need to come to the boot camp if they so desire. I can't verify that right now, but I will definitely make sure on Monday that the parents are notified and yeah, make sure that that happens. So, we only have three That's it. that needs to pass the test, and they will have a boot camp. They will test in the last All right. Any other comments, board members? All right, looking forward to seeing you guys on June 25th and 27th. Can I go, Ms. China? in board room 12. School board retreat. Can I go, Ms. China? Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah, we are leaving. All right. Any other comments? The last motion, all yeas, the meeting is adjourned.