NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT Office of the Superintendent

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1 NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT Office of the Superintendent REGULAR MEETING, BOARD OF EDUCATION MINUTES May 15, 2014 The North Little Rock School District Board met in regular session on Thursday, May 15, 2014, in the Board Room of the Administration Building of the North Little Rock School District, 2700 Poplar Street, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Board President J.T. Zakrzewski called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Brett Holtz, Pike View Elementary Fifth grader, gave the invocation and led the flag salute. Superintendent Kelly Rodgers read the Mission and Vision Statement of the North Little Rock School District. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS Present J.T. Zakrzewski, President Scott A. Miller, Vice President Ron Treat, Secretary Darrell Montgomery, Disbursing Officer (exited the meeting at 7:10 p.m.) Dorothy Williams, Parliamentarian Luke King, Member Scott Teague, Member (entered the meeting at 5:40 p.m.) Absent Others Present Mr. Kelly Rodgers, Superintendent; Dr. Beth Stewart, Assistant Superintendent; Denise Drennan, Chief Financial Officer; Gregg Thompson, Executive Director of Human Resources; Micheal Stone, Executive Director of Student & Equity Services; Rosie Coleman, Executive Director of Elementary Education; Susan Shurley, Executive Director for Special Services; and additional staff members and Darlene Holmes, Superintendent s secretary, were also present. NLR CAT-TV (video) and Brian Drause (audio) recorded the meeting. RECOGNITION OF PEOPLE/EVENTS/PROGRAMS Special Presentations were made to Alan Crownover, former Plant Services Supervisor, by Dona Boone with NLRHS PTSA for his continued work with the Post Prom Party for the seniors on Prom night; Injury Prevention Poster Winners by Heather Rhodes-Newburn; Elementary Science Fair Winners; Arkansas Young Arkansas Artists; Duke Talent Search State Winners and TIP Participants; National PTA Awards along with the following Employees of the Year: Custodial: Ray Stewart; Child Nutrition Carolyn Love; Transportation Karen Michelle Williams; Secretarial Carol Monk and Teacher of the Year Kathi Kite. Shara Brazear also presented Brad Briggs, NLRHS Sophomore Campus Science Teacher as a new member of the Superintendent s Honor Roll.

2 DISPOSITION OF MINUTES OF PRIOR MEETING Scott Teague moved to accept the April 17, 2014 (Regular), and April 28, 2014 (Special) minutes as printed. Scott Miller seconded the motion. The Pulaski County Assessor s Office Janet Troutman Ward, the Pulaski County Assessor, explained that during the year of , a staff member erroneously coded some properties in Pulaski County as inside the North Little Rock School District. This caused their taxes to be sent to North Little Rock instead of Pulaski County. After a lengthy discussion between the Assessor s offices, Scott Beardsley with Beardsley Finance and Board members, the agreement was reached to continue to work on a solution to this problem. One large concern was that with this mistake is a continuing loss of tax revenue of $450,000 per year. OLD BUSINESS Chief Financial Officer Denise Drennan stated the Licensed Personnel Policies Committee requested the change in Board Policy CEAD/3.8A Licensed Personnel Sick Leave Redemption to pay the rate of a full day for redemption instead of 50%. Mrs. Drennan agrees that it would be beneficial to the district to pay for the full day for the licensed staff. Dorothy Williams moved to accept the change in Board Policy CEAD/3.8A Licensed Personnel Sick Leave Redemption policy as presented by the Licensed Personnel Policies Committee. Scott Teague seconded the motion. Darrell Montgomery exited the meeting at 7:10 p.m. NEW BUSINESS Licensed Personnel Policy Committee Sandie Lasley, LPPC Chair, presented their report. She stated their committee passed the extension of the calendar for school for June 9 th all day and ½ day on June 10, Classified Personnel Policy Committee David O Dell, CPPC Chair, presented their report. He stated their committee also passed the days of June 9, 2014 and a half-day on June 10, Dorothy Williams moved to add June 9 all day and a half day on June 10, 2014 as final days to make up for inclement weather. Ron Treat seconded the motion. (Montgomery absent)

3 Early Buyout Plan Gregg Thompson, Executive Director of Human Resources, explained that 81 employees had opted for the buyout plan. This would work toward a substantial savings to the district over the next several years. Scott Teague moved to accept Administration s recommendation to execute the EPC buyout plan as presented. Scott Miller seconded the motion. (Montgomery absent) Extra Compensation Committee Recommendations Mr. Thompson also presented the recommendations from the committee with only one increase recommended and that was to increase the Dance Troupe from $900 to $1600 a year. Scott Miller moved to send the recommendation to the LPPC the Licensed Personnel Policies Committee for their review. Dorothy Williams seconded the motion. (Montgomery absent) Letter of Intent for Former Belwood Elementary Property Mr. Rodgers explained this agreement to the letter of intent would be to lease the former Belwood Elementary property for either 1-6 months or 7-12 months whichever was feasible for our football team to have a place to work out. Scott Miller moved to accept the Administration s recommendation to accept the letter of intent to least the former Belwood Elementary property located at 3901 Virginia Drive in NLR. Ron Treat seconded the motion. (Montgomery absent) Flooring Proposal for Lakewood Elementary Gene Hawk, Facility Consultant, presented the recommendation for the flooring for Lakewood Elementary. Dorothy Williams moved to accept the Administration s recommendation for the new flooring in the new Lakewood Elementary. Scott Teague seconded the motion. (Montgomery absent) Cafeteria Tables Proposal for Meadow Park Elementary Mr. Hawk also presented the recommendation for Contrax Furnishings for the cafeteria tables at the new Meadow Park Elementary.

4 Scott Miller moved to accept the recommendation for the new cafeteria tables at Meadow Park Elementary as presented. Scott Teague seconded the motion. (Montgomery absent) Baldwin & Shell Contract Revisions - Mr. Rodgers removed this from the agenda as it is not ready at this time. Lawn Care Contract Brian Brown, Director of Financing, presented a proposal to discontinued to the outsourced lawn care for our district and have our plant services department to do this work. Scott Miller moved to accept Administration s recommendation to accept the lawn care proposal as presented. Scott Teague seconded the motion. (Montgomery absent) The Board went into executive session at 7:35 p.m. The Board reconvened in open session at 7:55 p.m. Consent Agenda Mr. Rodgers recommended the Board accept the financial, personnel, bid items, and regular bills on pages O-1 through T-23. Scott Miller moved to accept the consent agenda as presented. Scott Teague seconded the motion. (Montgomery absent) At this time, Gregg Thompson presented the new Director of College and Career Readiness, Christy Toland. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS Gene Hawk, Facility Consultant, updated the Board on the Capital Improvement Plan with the change orders, minority participation report, soft costs and projected cost as printed in the agenda.

5 ADJOURNMENT Dorothy Williams moved to adjourn the meeting. Scott Teague seconded the motion. (Montgomery absent) President Zakrzewski declared the meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m. J.T. Zakrzewski, President Darlene Holmes, Recording Secretary