Jackson Falconer
BRADENTON – At Tuesday's meeting, the Manatee School Board voted to table public hearings for consideration of revising board bylaws. In other business, the board received an update on the Florida School Board's recent vote on changing school grading formulas and testing scores.
CALL TO ORDER (5:45 PM)
Color Guard - Palmetto High School JROTC
Pledge of Allegiance
Invocation
Invocation will be given by Imam Yusef Memon from the Islamic Society of Sarasota and Bradenton.
STUDENT CELEBRATION (5:50 PM)
1. Take Stock in Children College Scholarship
RECOGNITIONS (6:00 PM)
1. Remote Area Medical Event
2. Celebrate Literacy Week, Florida!
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA (6:10 PM)
1. Approval of Agenda (Passed unanimously)
REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS (6:15 PM)
Student Learning and Engagement
1. Cut Scores and District Data Performance
Cynthia Saunders, Deputy Superintendent of Instruction: Saunders spoke on the Florida School Board's recent decision to change its scoring for student FSA's and school grade formulas. "The state is in the process of allowing any appeals (to the decision), so they haven't come out and formulated an official release" on the planned upcoming changes, she said.
Committee Reports and Communications
2. Central Florida School Board Coalition
INFORMATION ONLY (NO BOARD ACTION REQUIRED)
Leaves
1. Leaves for January 12, 2016 Board Meeting
PUBLIC COMMENTS (6:30 PM)
PUBLIC HEARING (7:15 PM)
1. Public Hearing for Consideration of Adopting Proposed Policy 1000 Administration, Policy 3000 Instructional Staff, and 4000 Support Staff
Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene recommended to remove and table the items for adopting proposed policies 1000, 3000, and 4000. "I want to continue to table this because the bylaws should be approved first before approving the proposed policies," she said. Gause then moved to table the items "until the bylaws are brought forward and approved." Motion passed unanimously.
2. Public Hearing for Consideration of Adopting Proposed Board Bylaws
Dr. Greene made a recommendation to un-table the adopted proposed board bylaws. Motion was made; passed unanimously. Dr. Greene then recommended to table the adopted proposed bylaws; motion was made; passed unanimously.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES (7:30 PM) (Passed unanimously)
1. School Board - Board Workshop - Dec 8, 2015 3:00 PM
2. School Board - Regular Meeting - Dec 8, 2015 5:45 PM
CONSENT ITEMS (7:35 PM) (Passed unanimously)
Purchase(s) Bids Over $100,000.00
1. Approval of Renewal (1) on the Bid for Heavy Duty and Small Equipment Rental with Operator(s), MCSD No. 15-0049-MR, Not to Exceed $150,000.00
2. Approval of the Use of The Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN) Proposal for Alternative Student Transportation, MCSD No. 15-0061-MR, an Additional $200,000.00 Per Year, Not to Exceed $300,000.00 Per Year - Revised
3. Approval of Bid for Access Control, MCSD No. 16 - 0066 - MR, Not to Exceed $150,000.00
Purchase(s) Bid $100,000.00 and Under
4. Approval of Renewal (2) on the Use of the State of Florida Contract for Tools: Hand Held, and Hand Held Power Tools, MCSD No. 12-0044-MR, Not to Exceed $60,000.00
Contracts and Grants
5. Approval of the New Agreement Between School Board of Manatee County and Goodwill Industries - Manasota, Inc. for On-The-Job Training (OJT) for Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Students for December 9, 2015 - June 30, 2019, No Financial Impact
6. Approval of Budget Amendment #1 for the 2015-2016 Farmworker Jobs and Education Program Grant, No Financial Impact
7. Approval to Renew the Contract Between Carlton Palms Educational Center, Incorporated and the School Board of Manatee County for the 2015-2016 School Year
8. Approval of the Revised Interagency Agreement Between the School District of Manatee County; the Florida Department of Children and Families, Suncoast Region; the Sarasota Family YMCA, Inc., Community Based Care (CBC) Lead Agency for the Safe Children Coalition (SCC); and the Suncoast Workforce Board Inc, Florida Workforce Board Region 18, No Financial Impact
9. Approval to Amend Funding for the Previously Approved Public Charter School Grant Program Planning, Design and Implementation (2014-2016) for Rowlett Academy of Arts and Communication, Inc., No Financial Impact
Capital Projects
10. Approval of Southeast High School - Kitchen Serving Line Renovations - Change Orders 1 and 2 - Agreement Between Owner and Skanska USA Building, Inc., Reduction in the Amount of $13,108.28
11. Approval of Palmetto High School - Kitchen Serving Line Renovations - Change Order 1 - Final - Agreement Between Owner and Gilbane Building Company, Reduction in the Amount of $140,801.82
12. Approval of King Middle School - Tennis Courts Renovation - Agreement Between Owner and Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. - Guaranteed Maximum Price in the Amount of $375,567.00
Finance
Food Service
Human Resources
13. Approval of the Appointments, Change of Assignments, Promotions, Reassignments, Resignations, Retirements, Suspensions, Terminations and Transfers - Updated
Miscellaneous Consent
14. Approval of Final Order for the Expulsion of Student, 11th Grade Female, Non-E.S.E. Student With Services for Remainder of the 2015-2016 School Year and Entering a Final Order based Upon the November 18, 2015 Hearing
15. Approval of Final Order for the Expulsion of Student, 12th Grade Female, Non-E.S.E. Student Without Services, for Remainder of the 2015-2016 School Year and Entering a Final Order based Upon the November 18, 2015 Hearing
16. Approval of Daughtrey Elementary School Taking a Group of Twelve 5th Grade Student Leaders on a Weekend Field Trip to Birmingham, Alabama on January 16-18, 2016 in Conjunction with Martin Luther King National Day of Service, No Financial Impact
17. Approval of Orange Ridge-Bullock Elementary School Taking a Group of Eighteen 5th Grade Students to Washington D.C. on May 7-9, 2016, No Financial Impact
18. Approval of the Memorandum of Understanding for the Collegiate High School Program Between the District Board of Trustees of State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota and the School Board of Manatee County, No Financial Impact
19. Approval of Settlement of Bodily Injury Claim, Not to Exceed $15,000.00
20. Approval of Settlement of Bodily Injury Claim, Not to Exceed $15,000.00
21. Approval of Settlement of Bodily Injury Claim, Not to Exceed $17,500.00
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS (DISCUSSION ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT) (7:40 PM)
NEW BUSINESS (NON-CONSENT ITEMS) (7:45 PM)
1. Approval of Tara Elementary School - Drainage Improvements - Change Order 1 - Final - Agreement Between Owner and NDC Construction Company, Reduction in the Amount of $6,944.90 (Passed 4-0, with Bob Gause abstaining)
2. Approval of the Budget Amendments for November 2015 (Passed unanimously)
3. Approval of the Year to Date Financial Statements through November 2015 (Passed unanimously)
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA REQUESTS AND WORKSHOP ITEM REQUESTS (8:00 PM)
The Board members will hold discussion regarding future Agenda items requests.
UPDATES (8:05 PM)
1. Legal Update
2. Operations Update
SUPERINTENDENT REMARKS (8:10 PM)
Dr Greene: There was a program called the Best and the Brightest ... for Manatee County, we had 100 of our instructional personnel quality for that program. For the percentage of teachers we have, we probably ranked in the top quartile of the state. Those teachers should receive over $8,000 for meeting the criteria for that program.
"Even though it seems like an uphill battle for the FSA and new model ... our teachers continue to do what they do best - teach."
Said she doesn't want people to think that any of the Master Plan scenarios, which will be presented to the board at the Jan. 19 workshop, are final. Greene urged community members to come out to the next Master Plan meeting to give their input.
"Semester exams are coming up. Parents, look for those report cards - they'll be coming home soon. The other half (of the school year) is equally as important as the first half."
BOARD COMMENTS (8:15 PM)
Mr. Colon: Said he attended Rye Preserve's opening of its educational center. "I hope we can get a lot of students to attend the educational center, so that they can see Manatee County as it used to be," as well as learn more about its present, he said.
Mr. Gause: Noted the red jacket he was wearing: "It must be time for the Manatee County Fair. It's always a great and safe event." Said that on Jan. 18, students can get in for free from noon to 3 p.m., and that seniors over 55 can get in for $5 on Jan. 20.
"I want to talk about the scores of the district's schools," he said. "Our legislature keeps making changes (to testing scores standards). They keep adding things, they like to tweak it ... the testing should be used for diagnostic purposes," not for beating up schools for funding, he said.
Mr. Miner: Said that if there are community members who are unable to use their own transportation for going down to the upcoming joint Manatee-Sarasota School Board meeting, that he would hope the district would provide transportation for those community members.
Replying to Mr. Miner, Deputy Superintendent of Operations Don Hall advised the event would be streamed on the district's website, ManateeSchools.net.
Miner also said: "I hope that there's nobody in this community that believes that I'm against" developers paying their fair share." Refuted the 'traitor' remark made by Norm Nelson at public comments, and alluded to his military service in Vietnam. Spoke about unity and how criticism can be divisive.
Mr. Kennedy: On impact fees: We had a good debate on the County Commission ... I understand Mr.
Nelson's anger. I have some anger about our policy makers in Tallahassee
... I think they're shortchanging us (with regards to funding). ... one of the things I've heard
is, 'Since you didn't do what we wanted, we're gonna work against the sales tax. Gave the sales tax's numbers: $30-35 million a year; and said that if people are angry at the board about their vote on impact fees, to take it out on the board by voting against their re-election, instead of voting against the sales tax.
Kennedy also proposed a consensus on extending Dr. Greene's contract before it is up. Currently talks of extending are due for April.
Carpenter said she is in full support of Greene staying with the board, "for as long as she can stand us," and that she would like to move forward with having the board attorney begin to write up an extension for her current one-year contract.
Colon agreed, and said he would like to give Greene a sense of continuity.
Miner said, "I think the community generally and enthusiastically has embraced Dr. Greene. I'm all for her, but I think that I would rather wait until the first of April going forward. I don't want this to be interpreted in any negative way toward Dr. Greene."
Gause said, "I think an issue is being created that didn't exist. I suspect that Dr. Greene knows that I appreciate everything that she does ... however, as Mr. Miner said, we have a contract for the year," and that the board should stick to the timeline, but that he doesn't want to leave her hanging at the last minute.
Carpenter responded by saying that April is fine; Kennedy said he is fine with that as well.
Ms. Carpenter: "Next week, we will meet with our counterparts in Sarasota, who have had a lot of experience with legislative relationships." Said that the topic will be one of the key discussions at the meeting.
ADJOURNMENT (8:45 PM)
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