The Morehouse Parish School Board will discuss several items during their committee meetings tonight.
The board will meet to have the Building, Properties and Transportation, Finance, and Student Affairs and Personnel committee meetings at 5:15 p.m. today at the Morehouse Resource Center.
Board member and chairperson Jeff Churchwell will call the Building, Properties and Transportation Committee meeting to order to discuss the six agenda items.
Superintendent Tom Thrower requested that Harvey Hall, who is a representative with Johnson Controls, give a report on the energy savings program.
Thrower will then discuss the SOS projects.
Otis Brooks, who is a representative for the Morehouse Parish Educational Center, will be given the floor to request the use of the property owned by the School Board located at 718 South Washington.
The final three agenda items for this committee were requested by Thrower and will be presented by him. He will discuss the status of the old historic Bastrop High School property, the contracted janitorial services and the lawn care of School Board properties.
Lisa Chain, board member and chairperson, will call the Finance Committee to order for its four agenda items.
Thrower requested three of the items. Renee Hinton will present the first, which is to consider a recommendation regarding the renewal of property insurance policy with the inclusion of boiler and machinery coverage.
Thrower’s other two requested items will be presented by him. He will ask the board to consider a recommendation regarding a revision to the secretarial/clerical salary schedule and the addition of a CWA data entry clerk position. The other item is to consider the appointment of the School Board representatives to the sales tax and use commission.
The final item for the Finance Committee was requested and will be presented by Hinton. She is asking the board to consider the approval of the financial statement for the general fund and lunch fund for May 2009.
The final committee to meet will be the Student Affairs and Personnel Committee, which will be called to order by board member and chairperson Sylvia Reese.
There are three items on the agenda.
The first was requested by Mrs. Pirtle and will be presented by Mr. Nevala. They will give the board a report regarding a corrective action plan on special education discipline.
Thrower requested and will present a revision to the 2009 - 2010 school calendar for the board to consider.
The final item will be presented by Sharon Rambo. She asked to speak to the board regarding employees having a right to representation, a bidding violation and LSA-R.S. 42:7 on the School Board’s agenda.
The meeting will begin at 5:15 p.m. today at the resource center.
