BRADENTON – During Monday's meeting, the board approved a motion to apply for a new Race to the Top competition that will run from December 2012 through the end of 2016. David Gayler's first offical meeting as Interim Superintendent became heated when Linda Schaich critiqued his "detractor" comment from last week, saying that people working for the school district "have been bullied into silence by fear of retribution." Schaich also expressed more disdain about the audit to be conducted on the mishandled budget, and expressed hope that a newly elected board member would help call for a more thorough one after the election.
AGENDA AMENDMENTS (5:45 p.m.)
1. Agenda Amendments - p.6
ATTENDANCE (5:45 p.m.)
2. Attendance - p.7
CALL TO ORDER (5:45 p.m.)
3. Call to Order - p.8
4. Pledge of Allegiance - p.9
5. Invocation - p.10
6. Approval of the Orders of the Day - p.11 (passed unanimously)Attachment: Resume Sara Gaines.pdf
Attachment: M100812.pdf
Attachment: PH101112.pdf
Attachment: S101512.pdf
Attachment: PH101512.pdf
Attachment: PH101612.pdf
Attachment: Resume - Michele Hulbert.pdf
Attachment: Addendum for October 22, 2012.pdf
Attachment: Agenda Item - Gallo Joint Stipulation.pdf
Attachment: Agenda Item - Hernandez Agreement.pdf
Attachment: Hernandez Settlement Agreement.pdf
STUDENT CELEBRATION
RECOGNITIONS
REPORTS AND PRESENTATIONS (5:50 p.m.)
7. Five Star School Awards - p.12 Coordinator of Community Involvement Dawn Allen presented awards to schools that have "shown evidence of exemplary community involvement in five specific areas: Business Partnerships, Family Involvement, Volunteers, Student Community Service, and School Advisory Councils." Principals and assistant principals from Southeast High and 10 Elementary schools - Braden River, Gullett, Tillman, McNeal, Miller, Palma Sola, Sea Breeze, Wakeland, Williams, and Witt - were on hand to receive the awards.
8. Audit Committee Report - p.14
9. Superintendent Search - p.15
PUBLIC COMMENTS (6:15 p.m.)
10. Public Comments - p.16 During public comments, Linda Schaich criticized new Interim Superintendent David Gayler for his comments last week that "detractors" "do not help" school districts, saying that many people working for the district were silent about the county's education troubles because they "have been bullied into silence by fear of retribution." The interim superintendent made the comment during the day of his swearing-in ceremony. He had acknowledged that the district's image was in dire shape, and said that critics were not helpful during such a recovery process. "I've never in my 35 years in education seen a detractor help a school district," he had said.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES (6:30 p.m.) (passed unanimously)
11. Approval of Minutes - p.17Attachment: M100812.pdf
Attachment: PH101112.pdf
Attachment: S101512.pdf
Attachment: PH101512.pdf
Attachment: PH101612.pdf
CONSENT ITEMS (6:33 p.m.)
Approval of Consent Agenda
12. Approval of Consent Agenda for October 22, 2012 - p.18 (passed unanimously)
Purchase(s) Bids $100,000.00 and Under
13. Approval to Revoke Awarded Bid on Fluorescent Lamps, MCSD No. 13-0013-MR - p.19
Purchase(s) Bids Over $100,000.00
14. Approval of Renewal (1) on Warehouse Stock-Paper Products and Liners, MCSD No. 120035-MR - p.20
Contracts and Grants
15. Approval of Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and Mixon and Associates for Consultative Services and Representation in Governmental Affairs - p.21Attachment: Mixon and Associates 2012-13 Agreement.pdf
16. Approval of Extension of Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and Baycare Health System, Inc. for Clinical Experience for Manatee Technical Institute Health Occupations Students for the 2012-2013 School Year - p.2317. Approval of the New Agreement Between the School Board of Manatee County and the Manatee Board of County Commissioners to Provide a Program for On-The-JobTraining for Exceptional Student Education Students for the School Years 2012-2015 - p.2518. Approval to Renew the Contract for Follett Destiny Library Manager and Follett Destiny Textbook Manager Software, Maintenance, Support, and Updates for the Period of November 1, 2012 – October 31, 2013 in the amount of $111,932.93 - p.26Attachment: Follett Destiny Agreement.pdf19. Approval to Accept and Expend Funds for It’s yoUR Choice Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grant from October, 2012 through September, 2013 - p.28 (Board member Barbara Harvey recused herself from voting on item 19 as she is involved as a volunteer in the organization. The board then moved to sever the item so Harvey could vote on the rest of the items. Approval to sever item 19 from rest of consent agenda passed 5-0. After the item was severed, it passed 4-0 with Harvey recusing herself.)Attachment: It's yoUR Choice attachment for eAgenda.pdf20. Approval of Funding Agreement Between Manatee County Government and the School Board of Manatee County to Provide a Driver Education Program Under the Dori Slosberg Driver Education Safety Trust Fund Grant for the 2012-2013 School Year - p.30Attachment: 2012-2013 Slosberg Application.pdf
Attachment: 2012-2013 Slosberg Agreement.pdf
Human Resources
21. Approval of the Appointments, Change of Assignments, Deceased, Promotions, Reappointments, Reassignments, Recommendations for Professional Service Contracts, Resignations, Retirements, Terminations and Transfers - p.33Attachment: Board Material 10-22-12.pdf
Attachment: Resume Sara Gaines.pdf
Attachment: Resume - Michele Hulbert.pdf
Attachment: Addendum for October 22, 2012.pdf22. Approval to Accept the Waiver of the Provisions of Article XII, Appendix B, Section G of the Master Contract between the Manatee County School Board and the Manatee Education Association in regard to Moody Elementary School - p.34Attachment: Moody Elem - Team Leaders - Revised 10-22-12.pdf23. Approval to Accept the Waiver of the Provisions of Article XII, Appendix B, Section G of the Master Contract between the Manatee County School Board and the Manatee Education Association in regard to Kinnan Elementary School - p.35Attachment: Kinnan Elem - Team Leaders 10-22-12.pdf24. Approval to Accept the Waiver of the Provisions of Article V, Section 4 of the Master Contract between the Manatee County School Board and the Manatee Education Association in regard to Abel Elementary School - p.36Attachment: Abel Elem - Planning Time.pdf25. Approval to Accept the Waiver of the Provisions of Article XII, Appendix B, Section G of the Master Contract between the Manatee County School Board and the Manatee Education Association in regard to Abel Elementary School - p.37Attachment: Abel Elem - Team Leaders 10-22-12.pdf26. Approval to Accept the Waiver of the Provisions of Article I, Section I of the Master Contract between the School Board of Manatee County and the Manatee Education Association (MEA) in regard to the 21st Century Program at Moody Elementary School - p.38Attachment: Moody Elem - After School Program 10-22-12.pdf
INFORMATION
Leaves
28. Leaves for October 22, 2012 Board Meeting - p.40 (passed unanimously)Attachment: Leaves 10-22-12.pdf
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS (Discussion Items Pulled from Consent)
Construction Services
29. Approval of Manatee Technical Institute - SR 70 Campus - Change Orders 9 and 10 - Agreement Between Owner and HCBeck, Ltd. - p.31 (approved 4-0; board member Robert Gause recused himself due to being involved in a project related to MTI outside of his school board position)Attachment: MTI - SR70 Summary Sheet.pdf
Attachment: MTI SR70 CM CO 9 & 10.pdf30. Approval of Tillman Elementary School - HVAC Repair - Change Order 1 - Final - Agreement Between Owner and NDC Construction Company - p.32Attachment: Tillman Elementary HVAC Repair Summary Sheet.pdf
Attachment: Tillman Elementary HVAC Repair CM CO 1 Final.pdf
NEW BUSINESS (Non-Consent Items) (6:40 p.m.)
31. Approval to Apply for the Race to the Top - District Application Effective December 2012 through December 2016 - p.41 (Passes 5-0) The board heard Doug Wagner, the district's director of Adult, Career and Technical Education, present his case for applying for a new Race to the Top competition that will run from December 2012 through the end of 2016. The amount being applied for is $28.7 million. Saying that the occasion was the first time in history that the teachers union and school district have worked together on a grant, Mr. Wagner also said, "We can't ask the community for money if we are not willing to chase every competitive dollar available." The board was happy to approve the motion to apply for the grant.
32. Approval of Budget Amendments for July and August 2012 - p.42 (passed unanimously)
Attachment: 10.22.12 JUL - AUG - FY 12-13 Budget Amendment Summary 6.pdf
33. Acceptance of the Year to Date Financial Statements through August 31, 2012 - p.43 (passed unanimously)
Attachment: July August 2012.pdf
34. Approval to Offer On-Time Retirement Incentive Program for SAMP (Supervisory, Administrative and Managerial Personnel) and Non-Bargaining Employees - p.45 (passed unanimously)
35. Approval of the Joint Stipulation for Settlement Between the School Board of Manatee County, Florida and Employee Karen M. Gallo (passed unanimously)
36. Approve the Settlement Agreement Entered into by and Between the Superintendent and AFSCME and Ricardo Hernandez in Full Settlement and Resolution of the Grievance Filed by Hernandez (passed unanimously)
Attachment: HERNANDEZ Signed Settlement Agreement 091412.pdf
SCHOOL BOARD WORKFLOW (7:10 p.m.)
37. School Board Workflow Items - p.47
SCHOOL BOARD PROPOSED AGENDA ITEMS (7:13 p.m.)
38. School Board Proposed Agenda Items - p.48
BOARD COMMENTS (7:15 p.m.)
39. Board Comments - p.49 Board cmments
SCHOOL BOARD ATTORNEY COMMENTS (7:40 p.m.)
40. Comments by John Bowen - p.50
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT (7:43 p.m.)
41. Comments by Superintendent - p.51
ADJOURNMENT (8:00 p.m.)
Adjournment of Meeting
42. Adjournment - p.52