001this call is now being complely I e come on Now call the meeting of the Jeff Davis fa School Board uh in a session for Thursday February 20th 2025 file BCB school board meeting rules of procedures an individual speaker who appears at a school board meeting to speak on an agenda item must register prior to the meeting and will be allotted three minutes to speak on the agenda item prior to the Schoolboard discussion on the agenda item we will now have the invitation by Miss Lydia harder pathway High School fifth grader Parish student of the year in the pledge by Mr David D dear God just want to thank you for giving us this wonderful country that we live Liv and that we have the freedom to come here today and to pray and I
002want to thank you for all the school board members and the administrators and all the wonderful teachers that do so much for our schools and please give the Schoolboard me Members wisdom and understanding for tonight's meeting and keep and please keep everyone safe for the rest of the year thank God for sending Jesus to die for our sins and thank thank you for loving us you're everything amen am Allegiance One Nation to get there [Music] liia how you doing remember last time we saw each other what did I do when I saw you what was I there for student of the year right um that was an exciting time for you right um definitely wanna I've already congratulated your dad on what a good job he he did with you and uh also what a
003beautiful prayer it takes a whole lot for all that to come together takes the whole family and and and friends and for you to develop something that beautiful I have something for you okay now this is a very small thank you for what you've done it's called a courage coin because I know it took a lot of Courage for you to come tonight and to do that but we're very proud of you okay so I want to give you that just tell you thank you okay guys don't freeze tonight thank you thanks got all right Miss deie can you do roll call please Mr Arseno yeah Mr board law Mr Brook house yeah Mr Mr Dobson here Mr does Mr Fry Miss Jones Miss Paula lern miss summer lern here Mr Patterson here Mr Petri
004here Mr Tran here Mr Walker here you do have a quorum sir all right I need a motion a second to approve the school board minutes so I have a motion by Mr Phil a second by Mr Walker any public comment any board discussion all in favor say I I all oppose nice have it I need a motion and second to vote to change the order of topics to be addressed and to add new items not on the original agenda I got a motion by summer a second by um Mr TR any public comment any board discussion all in favor say I I all opposed I have it we do have a couple requests to speak today at this moment we would like to call Mr Gerald Perkins Jr to the podium please and just
005a reminder sir you do have three minutes first all I want to make sure I State this policy BCB and bcbi state that an individual speaker that is registered prior to the meeting date is a lot of 10 minutes here to address Clarity on employment termination policies and accountability and what I want is Justice for our students teachers in the school system it says here it comes to public concerns that the school board is open and welcome to constructive criticism whenever it is motivated by a sincere desire to improve the quality of the educational program or to equip the schools to do their task more effectively it states that the school board however has confidence in its professional staff and desires to support their actions in order that they be free from unnecessary spiteful or
006negative criticism complaint which I won't have I will be stating facts that are unbiased relative to my topic what I have to address is the fact that I don't want what happened to me to happen to anyone else June 3rd I remember how I played with my kids at summer camp we had fun and whenever they got bored I had a chasing and tacking to it the kids had so much fun that they joined the line asking to play over the next day the assistant superintendent told me that there was a parent that went to the police that alleged that I left mark on their child's back July 17th the superintendent told me that I was not tagging the students but the last that I was striking the students using inappropriate discipline and violation of
007section 416 title 17 in board policies JD and jd8 which means that I'm striking kids to cause pain or physical discomfort and in my letter of termination stated that the video footage shown to me was sufficient to prove I did it however according to the same loss and infraction a Breaking of the rules takes place before discipline the footage shows no infraction taking place place since they cut out the the audio you can't hear child exhibit pain or physical discomfort you only see us play they excluded the footage I requested which is footage of the child getting in line repeatedly because if a kid keeps getting back in line and I'm striking to cause pain that child will have multiple marks not just one that outcome contradicts the picture presented by the assistant superintendent where
008he States this is the mark on the child's back so the picture evidence contradicts The Logical outcome of the superintendent's allegation the video was insufficient and there were no reported problems June 3rd because there was no need for discipline concerning my attorney my attorney called the Su called the assistant superintendent June 24th to set up a meeting the secretary stated he cheat that he would be off of the DAT however 12:46 he emailed me to set up a meeting without the presence of my attorney upon hearing this my attorney responded stating that he does not approve of the assistant superintendent meeting with me until he has spoke to him or his representative the assistant superintendent never responded leading to a second allegation by the superintendent that I refused to meet my attorney proved that false
009stated that the assistant superintendent super stated that the assistant superintend attend never responded and even sent an email of the even sent a copy of the email from the 24th to the superintendent right after that the superintendent terminated my email account 28 days before termination without informing me or my attorney I conclude this part with three questions and one for the assistant superintended June 4th you told me what the parent alleged and before I could finish speaking you told me I would not be teaching the rest of summer camp according to the Louisiana laws and School Board policies on due process and investigations is your dismissal of me before you receive evidence my written statement while I'm giving an oral statement and without giving me written documentation truly do process as you claim in your
010email yes or no used to come okay it's Personnel matter it's not a Personnel matter since I do not work there and this is actually a moral issue I'm here for justice and I'm here to stand up for our children and our community Mr H my attorney clearly stated to your representative that I would not be resigning here's my letter of termination and here's the September school board agenda you prepared stating that I resigned according to the Louisiana law and School Board policies on resignation and false statements did you make a false statement by stating that I resigned despite terminating me yes or no answer there's no answer requirement right now all right last I willingly took a pay cut to continue making a positive impact at Jing's Elementary from teachers pay all the way
011to $20,000 I want to ask the assistant superintendent and the superintendent do you both truly believe I would discipline students that did nothing wrong by striking them to cause pain yes or no Personnel director I must act in the evidence presented to me and lead the investigation and then turn it over to the superintendent of schools so that's a clear question do you believe I did so or not that is not that's not in my job Christi to determine intent okay [Music] my principal told me that it wants his part to see me play games like that with the kids and at the end of the year stated Mr Perkins you made all necessary changes and fulfilled all duties as PE teacher however he said nothing in my defense I don't want this to happen
012to anyone else the unethical unprofessional and illegal actions committed against me did not just cause me to lose my job here it destroyed my career in education and child care cuz future employers are not going to look at that Schoolboard agenda they're going to call my employer who I found out stated I can expose m i can expose Mr Perkins and stop him from getting a job anywhere it's also disturbing to know that the assistant superintendent has made false statements and has decided to go ahead and misrepresent and suppress truth to his unjust advantage and to my inconvenience and loss I don't want this to happen to anyone else I want was best for the students the policy state that the school board operates to make sure that the kids have Optimum education and a
013good learning environment for growth and development and just like you I share that same goal policy G ABB states that all employees regardless of position are required to be familiar with and adhere to the Louisiana laws and School Board policies and a refusal results in imposition of discipline up to and including termination I was terminated for allegedly doing so so I asked if an administrator violates the laws and Schoolboard policies at the expense of the students teachers and school system but it's within your Authority would you hold them accountable and I ask by raise of hands who was who would hold an administrator that violates the school board policies and the state laws at the expense of our children teachers and school system accountable so the show of hands who would actually do so it's
014okay so I'm just saying I don't want this to happen to anyone else I was even told that coming up here you might sacrifice every working here but this if it's for standing up for our children and our community I'm willing to make that sacrifice CU I love my Parish I refuse to sit back and watch as the school system crumbles under the weight of corruption because I want this Parish to have a healthy image and I want to make sure that other people that come back here can invest back in this Parish I want was best for the students teachers and the community as a whole thank you for having me God bless thank you and we also have a second one by Miss Betty Campbell first I want to say good evening I'm
015Betty Campbell I am a woman of God I work for God I live for God I bleed red as each and every one of us in here do I worked in the medical field for over 40 years and I don't ever want anyone to ever ask me if I want to speak on RAC R ISM I was never taught racism I was taught to be a Christian I was raised as a Christian I'm an elderly woman and still resid as a Christian I fully learned a lot in the last month and I want to say I apologize for when my nephew got up and prayed I did go back and check there were high school students that did speak but I I didn't go back for enough maybe a couple years to see where a
016low Elementary children spoke where like Mr Perkins taught and today I saw this and I want to say I like that what I saw whatever needs to be done done decent and in order with God everything I had planned to say in regards to BCB and bcbi and GB a which I realize a lot of the board are not familiar with with this terminology before last month nor was I I didn't know anything but I had to do my research because I need to know what's going on in Jeff Davis Parish no I've never had a child in the public school I have not but now I have a grandchild that in the public school in high school and I know how the policies operate with the dases of like Charles also the dicese of
017Lafayette with my children but I want to say that each person here or forers or businessman like Mr Hall said business type people and I understand that but you have to know a little bit in regards of what's going on with with the school system if you're going to sit around the table that's just my opinion because I am learning I mean as you can see I have a bunch of information and I have been studying no I don't know anything about this but I'm learning so if anything come about anything from now on I'm going to know I have one question that I'm and I know it's not going to get answered but I have a question that needs to free my heart and Mr Hall I met with him and he was just
018awesome he answered my question a very nice man but we needed everyone as a whole to hear because I may have to meet with you guys with my grand child being in a public school so I'm G to ask a question if I'm going use myself as an example if I'm the custodian at J high or whatever the instructor whatever I may be and I came on a bad day with y'all assuming that I did and you guys said a parent came and called in on me and said I done something unappropriate to a child pushed them TR them whatever the above may be I understand it is the right for you come and discipline me but I know the word in the Bible says love love one another and my next point I want
019to say while asking a question and where I'm going with this please understand I'm speaking in R because Mr Hall said I could not say what I need to say so I I'm I'm I'm I'm jumping around if I done something to her child oh her child I expect for you to handle me accountable but make sure that you have gotten your footage and everything in order before you come by yourself that's why I brought someone with me on yesterday to speak before you come and accuse me of anything I would like for you to bring a wi and especially with children on the school ground Mr H if you if you're not there if you're on a leave administrator leave or whatever situation may be and I'm going quick with my time and the
020assistant superintendent has to come out and discipline me with children there he does not know how I am going to react should he have come alone and as not escorts please excuse me for that and and told Mr Perkins or told me to leave the school ground and then walk away say take your stuff and leave but walk away and get in in in the car and leave me with those kids do you know I might freak out and hurt all those kids why wasn't law enforcement there it was a crime committed apparently someone was fired why wasn't the principal there why wasn't law enforcement there I had done wrong supposedly because I'm innocent until proven guilty but my question was I don't feel that Mr Hall should come and present me and tell me
021to take my bags and go home with no law with no law enforcement there and no other person suppose I jumped on him and hurt him or got mad because the child had a scratch or whatever the child may I may have done to the child so the child whatever but it wasn't enough evidence and I didn't realize it is it right for one person to go and put somebody off the grounds without law enforcement being there do you know that a other children could have been in Jeopardy and he left that person that person was left to take his belongings 10 minutes later he walked off the field or whereever the gym Court whatever we may discuss walk off get in his or or get and leave and leave me there with those children
022do you know I could have flipped out because I don't have a job and I could have hurt somebody's children please I'm asking you guys never ever especially when he dealing with my child please don't ever let us the principal the superintendent or anybody go along when something is major being done to a child I don't know what Mr Perkins done until this day he's never said so I don't know and it's not my business I'm speaking on behalf that I have a child at Jen high school and I'm asking when Mr ocelate left that place some child could have gotten hurt or some adult could have gotten hurt thank you and have a blessed day right guys moving on to board Community reports Mr Phil arson you have anything for us yes sir we
023have um few items of discussion uh first of all Miss Christian L Director of Finance gave us the 2023 2024 Financial risk assessment and we had a discussion on the numbers for potential or future stifen on agenda items Grant permission to accept the following donations Jennings High School Home Bank $1,500 fund supp to be used for supplies needed for food pantry and rasco's room Welsh High School SRO High School $400 funds to be used for next year's football expense P deser Hil $300 funds to be used towards the cost of end of the year award program caku rentals Incorporated $75 funds to be used for baseball seasonal expenses melart duet $120 funds to be used for English two class and bed field trips Kayla Gary $50 FS to be used for baseball season expenses Welch
024Greyhound backers $3,195 funds to be used for football season expensive Jeff Davis C Catan Association $750 funds to be used for FFA cost danli parents $1,141 12 plus an additional $464 75 cents funds to be used for dance line expenses Lake Arthur High School je Davis cattan Association $750 funds to be used for FFA cost larth The Varsity Club $3,222 funds to be used for athletic expenses lacassine High School lacassine Dugout Club $15,000 funds to be used to purchase new equipment for baseball and softball fields I have a motion by Mr Arsenal second by Mr Fry any public comment any board discussion all in favor say I okay number two Grant permission to renew the contract for foror Consulting Incorporated for our policy updating and highlighting Services beginning March 2025 and end in February 2026
025to cost $4,600 with the highlighting option it is an increase to $400 over last year ex it I have a motion by Mr ARS a second by Mr Petri any public comment any board discussion all in favor say I I all oppose I grant permission to the superintendent or his designate to employ contractors painters and parttime summer workers to be paid from each School maintenance account general fund and our natural disaster fund I have a motion by Arseno a second by miss paern any public comment any board discussion all in favor say I I all oppos I have it permission the Jennings Elementary School to purchase on state contract uh contract number 4425 603 from Sunshine quality Solutions in Jenning Louisiana a 2025 John Deere Gator I have a motion by Mr Austin on second
026by summer leer any public comment any board discussion all those in favor say I I all oppos eyes have it Grant permission to declare an emergency at Welch Elementary School to replace the roof second I have a motion by Arsenal a second by Miss Mr TR any public comment any board discussion Mr H I'm sorry Mr President uh do we have we been able to get a roundabout cost on this before on it where we're at now is we have we have the the tear and the fabric secure Mr Resort feels confident that the repair which was under $2,500 is going to last well until the fall um the remaining money that we have in our budget for roofs he has two other areas at two other schools that he could take this money that
027we have budgeted and completely solve that problem um that is more of a priority than this one our plan is to in the fall when we get a new budget to take what we budget for roofs and do the Welch Elementary the way that that we're going to do it is we're going to wait till the fall to finish this repair permanently take the money that we have and work on two other roofs and we can 100% complete those two roofs with the money we have left so as of now I would ask you just to pass it like it is it's under the $10,000 you know threshold but I just want to let you know the amount of money we're dealing with to fix the Welsh and there just to add to Mr TR
028for the Welsh roof uh something there would we could have done the coating that other plac has done but there is the way it's fastened down or something if the wind gets hold it it could rip all that brand new coating so we need the New Year's budget to be able to do it correctly to where understand I saw it okay yes ma'am motion a second we have a motion in a second do I have a motion to pass motion by Mr Petri second by Mr Walker and I got public any public comment for that any board discussion on this motion all in favor say I I all oppose eyes have it that's cor any more that would conclude my report thank you sir appreciate it Insurance Mr Blake Petri noort buildings and grounds Mr
029David does nothing at this time Mr President we do have a building ground meeting together for next week so that's five o'clock yes sir 5 o' on Monday yes sir in in this everybody's got that thank you and that includes War I as well builds build I wouldn't I think we' like to invite War Two to come it we'll be talking about something at War Two the renaming of the stadium open meeting all right policy Mr Walker what do you have for US policy committee met on Tuesday night uh we discussed the the items the following policy changes are recommended by forethought consult and Jeff Davis Parish School Board a second I have a motion by Mr Walker a second by Mr Petri any public comment any board discussion can we just say what that
030second one is for so that people going forward will be on record um take approval reimbursement is substitute for the cost of application process substitutes uh they're going to get repaid on their first paycheck yeah so and MREs yeah I just wanted we we did clarify on this on on a on Tuesday night that it is just a rewarding nothing has changed that is correct yes so the first one answer yes any more discussion guys all right all in favor all I sa Transportation committee Greg border along no report 16 SE Charles brook house no report War Two Paulo the no report legislation relays on Greg bordon no Report LA rain CL no report no report sir service committee summer Lear no report no more reports we will now have uh our P specialist talk
031about the good stuff how's it going yeah there is a lot of red this time but don't worry next time I'm going to take the color off so now um this month we had collections of 1,1 196,000 and some change so year to date we are at 6.5 million Which is $114,000 less than the same time last year um we're bumping up the Audits and stuff we're hopefully going to get some of that out there um sales are down a little bit and then tax exemptions and exclusions are up um one of the things that they added starting January 1st is um we're a big agriculture community in Parish and there's a lot of exemptions for a now a lot when there weren't there when they weren't there before so we are going to notice
032you know it's going to affect our numbers um session starts in April and it's a fiscal session so we're expecting a lot lot of things to come at us where they're going to exempt or exclude more things so we're going to be fighting that at the capital and working um on making sure that we don't lose too much now I can tell you that some of the things um I talked about when we had met to let y'all know about the last session um I told y'all that one of the issues they um maybe made a mistake on is they started taxing event admissions to the basketball games and stuff like that for public schools and um elementary public secondary schools well um we brought that to the attention of the Department of Revenue I
033told y'all how we were going to handle it we were just going to let it go until they fix it in session hopefully and if they didn't fix it then we would start taxing it after and go back well the Department of Revenue put out a bulletin letting people know that that was a mistake and they are planning on fixing it and that's how they are handled so we are in the right line with them so that's something we won't have to worry about taxing our students and people who go to the games and stuff um does anybody have any questions thank you'all thank you for your report all right guys now on the new business I need a motion a second to approve the 2025 2026 get Davis PA School Board school calendar you
034do have a blown up version second I got a motion by David O a second by Paul turn any public comment excuse me I going to ask where are the C for public comment I have here where right here oh okay and if any of the people that want to speak here have one to F yeah that's I read the BCB scho it would be the school cend the board discussion all in favor say I all oppos eyes have it any a motion to second to Grant permission for the following out of state travel requests JHS principal Selena Gomez to travel to National Harbor Maryland June 22nd to 25th of 2025 for model school conference to be paid with District Two with District title two funds Elton High School FFA students and sponsored travel to
035Houston Texas on March 9th 2025 to attend a Houston Livestock Show on Rodeo at no expense to the board no second I got a motion by Mr Arseno a second by Miss Paulo any public comment any board discussion all in favor say I I all oppose eyes have it I need a motion a second to adopt the following School Board member training resolution whereas each member of the city andair school board shall receive a maximum of six hours I got a motion by Mr thopson and a second by Miss Janet Jones any public comment any board discussion all in favor say I I'll oppos I have I need a motion a second to approve the following annual 2025 2026 Child Nutrition program procurement calendar motion I got a motion by summer Le second by K
036arser any public comment any board discussion all in favor say oppose eyes have it I need a motion a second to approve the following nonfaulty coaches of 20124 2025 upon completion of the lhsaa coaching course CER certification of board policy requirements I needed recuse and we need to make a note that M Brook Mr BR house needs to re I have a motion by Blake fry I have a second by Paul TR any public comment any board discussion all in favor say I I all oppose I have it not to do Amendment your business keep on going all right I need a motion a second to Grant permission to the Child Nutrition program did hear on the following as I got a motion by Blake Petri second a second by Summerour any public comment any
037board discussion all in favor say I I all oppose eyes have it approve the following non fatle coach for the 2024 2005 upon completion of lhsa coaching course certificate and board policy requirements Daryl Jo jber hathway high school girls Gavin thank yous the motion was by Mr David do second by Paula leer any public comment any board discussion all in favor say I all oppose eyes have it I need a motion a second to approve the following non facility coach for the got a motion by PA TR second by su run together any public comment any board discussion all in favor say I all of those eyes Haven it we have some informational piece for us here y'all can just go ahead and read that at yall's Leisure personal changes and we have the superintendent
038comments yes this month is January Mark the annual observance of school board recognition month good time to salute all the work and Schoolboard members done especially in these unprecedented times local elected board and Jeff Davis par speaks out for public schools by assuring our students have the opportunity to benefit from a safe and highquality education their decisions and actions affect the present and future lives of our community's children so I would like to say thank you for all you've done I know it it is a extremely difficult job uh weekends holidays at night uh lots of big decisions that we do make um um like I said Tuesday night um it's it's it's remarkable how this board can solve problems work together and um I just want to say thank you it's an honor to
039work for y'all and uh you sure do make it fun actually so uh anyways thank you very much one last thing uh Mr Patterson a safety day uh is tomorrow it's at do forums which is I think on barnesdale road right yes barnsdale Road starts at 8:30 it's going to be 29 degrees at 8 30 good job KS will be cold uh but uh it is amazing if y'all haven't had a chance to stop by uh Mr D do you have yeah it's an awesome training deal uh for Bureau and a lot of amance company and it's basically on safety and Agriculture and kind of on our heritage here and I think they told me Mr B BR told me there were 246 kids signed up to go far and they'll feed them lunch and
040just try and learn a little bit about agult and safy thank you also just a reminder to the black history program at Jennings Elementary School tomorrow at 9:00 am all who can attend it would be greatly appreciated and U question if that's okay on go ahead Mr Barry Bush did invite want to make sure that the whole board and all Administration knew that they were invited to go out tomorrow so where Co all right I have a motion to agend excuse me do you have any public comment right now we're done with the public comments we're done with all the thing it was just informational and Mr John's comments but no one didn't get a callate on we would we say have the card and filled out before the meeting as stated that I read
041out find them you didn't see them they weren't like to the front for them say someone wanted to come in after me but they didn't have a card and if I don't know your name ma'am with the glass on your head yeah motion I have a motion by Blake fry a second by any public comment any discussion all those in favor say I all oppos eyes have it just meetings a journ a so