Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance

Public Forum & Item I

PUBLIC FORUM
NOTE: Request to Speak Forms are available at the entrance table. All speakers wishing to address the Board are asked to fill out a form and turn it in at the front of the room. All speakers are limited to two minutes.

CALL TO ORDER/ADOPTION OF AGENDA

Item II

MINUTES
a. 01-17-14 REGULAR WORKSHOP
b. 02-06-14 SPECIAL MEETING
c. 02-18-14 REGULAR MEETING

Item III A

PTA Presentation

Item III B

Stellar Employee Recognition

Item III C

Resolution – Youth Success Week

Item III D

Purchasing’s Rebates

Item III E

Recognition of Pine Forest High School (PFHS) Girls Basketball Team

Item V A1

Permission to Adopt – Resolution Naming the Football Stadium at Northview High School the “Tommy Weaver Memorial Stadium”
B. Notice of Intent To Adopt Amendments To Rules and Procedures Of The District School Board: Chapter 1, Administration (6Gx17-1.05, 1.06, 1.12, 1.17)

Item V A2

Approval to Advertise Notice of Intent to Adopt Amendments to Rules and Procedures of the District School Board: Chapter 2, Human Resource Services (6Gx17-2.01, 2.02, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.09, 2.19, 2.28, 2.34, 2.35, 2.38, 2.46)

Consent Agenda

CONSENT AGENDA
1. Curriculum
A. Alternative Education
-No items submitted
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B. Continuous Improvement
1. School Choice Student Transfers
2. Florida Department of Education Budget Description Form 2013-2014 School Improvement Initiative 1003(a)
3. School Advisory Council Additions and Deletions
C. Elementary Education
1. The School District of Escambia County, Florida Summer School Programs – 2014
D. Evaluation Services
-No items submitted
E. Exceptional Student Education
1. Transportation Reimbursement Request
2. Contract Between the School Board of Escambia County, Florida and Carlton Palms Educational Center, Incorporated
F. High School Education
1. Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement Between the Board of Trustees of the University of West Florida, Florida and the School Board of Escambia County, Florida
G. Middle School Education
-No items submitted
H. Professional Learning
-No items submitted
I. Student Services
-No items submitted
J. Title I
1. Contract Between Community Action Program Committee, Inc. and the School Board of Escambia County, Florida
K. Workforce Education
-No items submitted
L. Other
2. Finance and Business Services
A. Finance
1. Legal Services – General Fund
a. The Hammons Law Firm $ 496.00
b. The Hammons Law Firm $ 620.00
c. The Hammons Law Firm $ 403.00
d. The Hammons Law Firm $ 77.50
e. The Hammons Law Firm $ 1,999.00
f. The Hammons Law Firm $ 3,243.40
g. The Hammons Law Firm $ 372.00
h. The Hammons Law Firm $ 269.67
i. The Hammons Law Firm $ 327.50
j. The Hammons Law Firm $ 5,351.70
k. Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell $ 645.55
l. Shell, Fleming, Davis & Menge, P.A. $ 1,658.00
2. Legal Services – Risk Management Fund
The Hammons Law Firm $ 8,626.80
3. Statement from Florida School Boards Association for 2014-2015 annual dues
B. Accounting Operations
1. Check Register for February 2014
C. Budgeting
1. Recap of General Fund Reserves (Non-Categorical) for February 2014
2. Resolutions to amend District School Budget:
a. Resolution 6 – General Operating Fund
b. Resolution 7 – Special Revenue – Federal Programs
c. Resolution 6 – Capital Projects Fund
d. No item submitted – Special Revenue – Food Service Fund
e. No item submitted – Debt Service Fund
f. No item submitted – Targeted ARRA Stimulus Fund
g. No item submitted – Race to the Top Fund
3. Scrap Lists I and II for March 2014
4. Auction Lists I and II for March 2014
5. Financial Statements by Fund
D. Payroll and Benefits Accounting
1. Financial Status Report: Employee Benefit Trust Fund
E. Purchasing
ITEMS PREPARED BY PURCHASING:
1. Bid Award: Copier/Printer/Electrical Supplies, Bid #141304
2. Bid Award: Smallwares for School Cafeterias, RFP #141203
3. Annual Agreement Renewal: Educational Impact Online Academy for Staff Development
4. Annual Agreement Renewal: Medicaid Reimbursement Services
5. School Buses
ITEMS PREPARED BY FACILITIES PLANNING:
6. Annual Agreement Renewal: Professional Architectural Services
7. Annual Agreement Renewal: Professional Civil Engineering Services
8. Annual Agreement Renewal: Professional Electrical Engineering Services
9. Annual Agreement Renewal: Professional Mechanical Engineering Services
10. Annual Agreement Renewal: Professional Roofing Consulting Services
11. Bid Award: West Florida High School Cafeteria Renovations
12. Change Notice #1 to Purchase Order #5421400133 – Tate High School Baseball Field Lighting
13. Change Notice #1 to Purchase Order #5421400181 – West Florida High School Building #1 AHU Replacements, Phase II
14. Change Notice #2 to Purchase Order #5421300135 – Architectural and Engineering Services for West Florida High School Building #1 AHU Replacements, Phase II
15. Change Notice #6 to Purchase Order #5421300233 – Ernest Ward Middle School Replacement
16. Change Notice #8 to Purchase Order #5421300232 – A.K. Suter Elementary School Replacement
ADD 17. Annual Agreement: Dark Fiber Services
3. Human Resource Services
A. Instructional/Professional
1. Appointments
2. Reappointments
-No items submitted
3. Transfers
AMENDED 4. Out-of-Field
-No items submitted
5. Resignations/Retirements/Other
6. Leaves of Absence
7. Special Requests
a. Approve Linda Sawyer to receive her hourly rate of pay funded by General Fund, to provide home instruction for students from February 12, 2014 through March 26, 2014, not to exceed 40 hours.
b. Approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the Escambia County School District and the Union of the Escambia Education Staff Professionals regarding the Educational Support Personnel Employee Assessment.
B. Educational Support Personnel
1. Appointments
2. Temporary Promotions
AMENDED 3. Resignations/Retirements/Other
4. Terminations
5. Leaves of Absence
6. Special Requests
a. Recommend Employee #1964 be returned to work effective February 24, 2014, and restore lost back pay and benefits from the previous October 15, 2013, School Board Approved Suspension Without Pay of October 16, 2013, through February 16, 2014. The Florida State Attorney’s Office announced on February 21, 2014, a Nolle Prosequi on the previous disqualifying charges of October 7, 2013.
C. Risk Management
1. Settlement-Auto Liability
D. Employee Services
-No items submitted
E. Affirmative Action
-No items submitted
4. Operations
A. Facilities Planning
1. Final Payments
a. Bellview Middle, Blue Angels Elementary, and Pleasant Grove Elementary Schools Additions and Renovations
b. Escambia High and West Florida High Schools Locker Room Renovations
c. McArthur Elementary, West Florida High and Oakcrest Elementary Schools Track Addition, Parking Lot Addition, and Court and Play Area Addition
2. Miscellaneous
a. Certification of Florida Inventory of School Houses (FISH)
b. Pre-Qualification of Contractor
B. School Food Services
-No items submitted
C. Maintenance and Custodial Services
-No items submitted
D. Transportation
-No items submitted
E. Central Warehouse
-No items submitted
F. Information Technology
-No items submitted
G. Protection Services
-No items submitted
H. Energy Management
-No items submitted

Item J1

Contract Between Community Action Program Committee, Inc. and the School Board of Escambia County, Florida

Item V C

Appointment to the Community Action Program Committee’s Board of Directors – Submitted by Linda Moultrie

Item V D

ITEMS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT
1. Administrative Appointments
-No items submitted
2. Student Discipline
A. Recommend that consistent with the decision of the due process committee, student discipline number 14-66-281 be expelled from all public schools of Escambia County for the remainder of the 2013-2014 school year and all of the 2014-2015 school year with the option to enroll, if qualified and if space is available, in an alternative educational program exclusive of regular school placement. Placement to be at the discretion of the Superintendent and to be available as an alternative during the full expulsion time frame.
B. Recommend that, consistent with the decision of the due process committee, student discipline number 14-81-862 be expelled from all public schools of Escambia County for the remainder of the 2013-2014 school year and all of the 2014-2015 school year with the option to enroll, if qualified and
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if space is available, in an alternative educational program exclusive of regular school placement. Placement to be at the discretion of the Superintendent and to be available as an alternative during the full expulsion time frame.
C. Recommend that, consistent with the decision of the due process committee, student discipline number 14-99-862 be expelled from all public schools of Escambia County for the remainder of the 2013-2014 school year and all of the 2014-2015 school year with the option to enroll, if qualified and if space is available, in an alternative educational program exclusive of regular school placement. Placement to be at the discretion of the Superintendent and to be available as an alternative during the full expulsion time frame.
D. Recommend that, consistent with the decision of the due process committee, student discipline number 14-122-951 be expelled from all public schools of Escambia County for the remainder of the 2013-2014 school year and all of the 2014-2015 school year with the option to enroll, if qualified and if space is available, in an alternative educational program exclusive of regular school placement. Placement to be at the discretion of the Superintendent and to be available as an alternative during the full expulsion time frame.
E. Recommend that, consistent with the decision of the due process committee, student discipline number 14-128-521 be expelled from all public schools of Escambia County for the remainder of the 2013-2014 school year and all of the 2014-2015 school year with the option to enroll, if qualified and if space is available, in an alternative educational program exclusive of regular school placement. Placement to be at the discretion of the Superintendent and to be available as an alternative during the full expulsion time frame.
F. Recommend that, consistent with the decision of the due process committee, student discipline number 14-130-281 be expelled from all public schools of Escambia County for the remainder of the 2013-2014 school year and all of the 2014-2015 school year with the option to enroll, if qualified and if space is available, in an alternative educational program exclusive of regular school placement. Placement to be at the discretion of the Superintendent and to be available as an alternative during the full expulsion time frame.
3. Employee Discipline
-No items submitted
ADD A. Recommend that employee #0000012684 be suspended without pay for five (5) working days beginning Wednesday, March 26, 2014, based on misconduct as more specifically identified in the notice letter to the employee.
ADD B. Recommend that employee #0000018631 be suspended without pay for three (3) working days beginning Wednesday, March 26, 2014, based on misconduct as more specifically identified in the notice letter to the employee.
4. Other Items
A. Escambia County Public Schools Foundation, Inc., Board of Directors’ Nominee