BOARD MEETING OF THE AVOYELLES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

TUESDAY, JULY 15, 2025

1. Invocation

2. Pledge of Allegiance

3. Recommendation to approve the adoption of the minutes of the regular Board meeting held Tuesday, June 24, 2025, as printed and mailed to Board members and published in The Weekly News, official journal of the Board.

4. Action - Resolution of Respect to the late Mary Louise Paul Brown, retired Federal Program Supervisor. (attached) (Rickey Adams)

    

INFORMATION ITEMS: (No Action Required)

5. Sales tax report for the month of June, 2025.  (attached) (Jessica Rachal)

6. Monthly Maintenance report on expenditures. (attached) (Rickey Adams)

7. Personnel Changes (attached) (Assistant Superintendent Thelma Prater)

    

CONSENT ITEMS: (Recommendation to approve consent agenda items)

8. Request to approve the Handbook Revision. (attached) (attached) (Jenny Dismer) 

9. Request to purchase the Brolly Platform to be utilized by special education teachers and service providers in the district at a cost of $17,075, funded by IDEA-B Funds. (attached) (Dawn Pitre) 

10. Request to accept the proposal from Bailey Education Group, LLC to provide districtwide customized transition services support in terms of needs assessment, action planning and transition planning to be paid out of IDEA-B funds in the amount of $7,900. (attached) (Dawn Pitre) 

11. Request to purchase 10 virtual MindPlay Reading Studio licenses and 2 professional Development sessions from Rosemont Education Solutions, funded by IDEA-B funds in the amount of $2,900. (attached) (Dawn Pitre) 

12. Request to approve contract with  New Direction Solutions, LLC dba ProCare Therapy for Speech therapist Katherine Clark at the rate of $85 per hour, funded by General Funds.  (attached) (Dawn Pitre) 

13. Request to renew contract with PC Brocato, LLC dba, ABA School Consultants at the rate of $85 per hour for 40 hours/week to be paid from IDEA-B funds. (attached) (Dawn Pitre)

14. Request to approve the Memorandum of Agreement between Avoyelles Parish School District and the Office of the Government of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness for the 25-26 school year. It renews our agreement with them to provide free of charge our endpoint protection as well as monitoring our network 24 network 24 hours a day. All of this at no expense to the district. (attached) (Becky Spencer)

15. Request to approve overnight travel. (attached) (Assistant Superintendent Thelma Prater)

     

ACTION ITEMS:

16. Recommendation to approve the contract with High Expectation VI Services, LLC to provide services to students who are blind/visually impaired in the amount of $100 per hour for direct or consultative services not to exceed $25,000 per academic year, funded by General Funds. (attached) (Dawn Pitre)

17. Recommendation to approve to change Bunkie overflow route to full time bus route with assigned roads for pick up. This position will be advertised and filled according to normal procedures for bidding a route. (attached) (Assistant Superintendent Prater) 

18. Recommendation to comply with Education Title 28 that buses must not be backed except in situations where there is no safer alternative. Student will be picked up at the end of the main road. (attached) (Assistant Superintendent Prater)