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Why it matters: The votes authorize staffing changes and policy updates that the superintendent said are intended to strengthen classroom support, maintenance operations and student safety across the parish’s schools.

Votes at a glance
- Minutes of the Feb. 13, 2025 regular meeting — Approved. Motion by Mister Arshild; second by Mister Kibito. Mister Bowman abstained.
- Budget revision No. 1 for FY2025 — Approved. Motion by Mister Redler; second by Mister Kibito.
- Job descriptions (director of federal programs rename, new curriculum coordinator, new maintenance coordinator) — Approved as presented after discussion and clarifications.
- Discipline policy revisions (student handbook: add “digital” harassment category; add a fifth-occurrence penalty for electronic device violations leading to indefinite out-of-school suspension pending a hearing; change some deliberate-injury language to 3 days to indefinite OSS pending hearing/possible expulsion) — Approved.
- Dress code updates (allow black as an approved school color pre-K–12; permit walking shorts in approved colors and blue denim for elementary grades) — Approved (committee vote 17–0; board vote recorded as aye).
- Carver location amendment to current agreement (additional $259.80 per month) — Approved.
- Policy-file revisions (file DIC inventories/waiting period; revision file JCDAE electronic devices and waiver of waiting period) — Approved.
- Adoption of 4-day and 5-day hybrid calendars for 2025–26 with requested adjustments — Approved after board discussion.

Details and context
- Budget: The board considered and approved Budget Revision No. 1 for fiscal year 2025 after the superintendent asked for any questions; a motion to approve was made by Mister Redler and seconded by Mister Kibito.

- Job descriptions: The board voted to approve three job descriptions. The director of federal programs is a renaming of the existing director of Title I position to reflect that the position manages multiple federal programs. The board also approved a new curriculum coordinator position (described as a school-level teacher-leader role, intended to support curriculum and coaching across campuses) and a maintenance coordinator role that would combine site maintenance oversight with career-technical teaching responsibilities in some cases. Board members raised questions about staffing costs, hiring processes, reporting lines and the plan to phase in curriculum coordinators as a trial at selected campuses.

- Discipline and dress code: The discipline committee recommended changes to the student handbook that add the word “digital” to the harassment categories and create an additional, fifth-occurrence consequence for electronic-device violations: indefinite out-of-school suspension pending a hearing with the superintendent or designee to consider alternate placement. The committee also proposed that deliberate acts causing puncture, bleeding or other injury move from a fixed 3-day OSS to a 3 days-to-indefinite OSS range pending a hearing, allowing the superintendent or designee to consider alternate placement or expulsion in more severe cases. The board also approved extending black as an approved uniform color parish-wide and permitting walking shorts in approved colors and blue denim for elementary students; the committee vote on the dress-code items was 17–0.

- Calendars: After extended discussion and requests for more time from some board members and teachers, the board adopted two calendar options — a 4-day and a 5-day hybrid — for 2025–26, including adjustments discussed at the meeting (for example, Mardi Gras scheduling and start/end dates). Several board members said they want to refine the committee process next year to ensure broader and earlier input from teachers and principals.

What the votes do not do
- The board did not finalize detailed staffing hires or start dates on the new positions at the meeting; the superintendent said she would not move forward with hiring until staffing levels and budget impacts were confirmed.

Meeting process and attendance notes
- The meeting opened with a student-led prayer and pledge. The superintendent’s report included a student achievements section and a February activities summary.

Quotes (selected)
- “We’re not creating. We’re just renaming it,” the superintendent said of the director of federal programs position.
- On curriculum coordinators: “This would be someone who is a veteran teacher, who knows the curriculum, and who has the aptitude to go in and assist and to help.”

Votes recorded in the meeting transcript were by voice; in several items board members answered “aye” with no opposing votes recorded in the transcript. One abstention (Bowman) was recorded on the minutes approval.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","03/13/2025 Board Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","The Beauregard Parish School Board on March 13 approved a series of motions including a budget revision, new and revised job descriptions, updates to student handbook discipline provisions and dress code, and the adoption of 4-day and 5-day hybrid calendars for the 2025–26 school year.","taxTitle","Beauregard Parish, School Boards, Louisiana","taxId",61510,"location","Louisiana","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6635933,"Board updates student-handbook discipline rules and expands approved uniform colors and elementary shorts",590,3057000,3647000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2616202-1886f6d5f71580c753a88eca374143fa&start=3057&end=3647","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2616202-1886f6d5f71580c753a88eca374143fa/thumbnail_3057000.jpg","/articles/6635933/Louisiana/Board-updates-student-handbook-discipline-rules-and-expands-approved-uniform-colors-and-elementary-shorts","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6635933-f4669972808fbe11e7a13bd35596b78e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771153347&Signature=UoZkDSuEv2PrGQhKrUlLGTbc3P4PESLvrhha8eDeC6aa9ZKEsZri6VLr7RcIa6AdTj-F3TZ2TBVMxWQuS-3V4dsk0I1oGwLFdIX8U~dxsL-0ERRO2V1W4z8xLV3WIJvT5dneQ60kAqfUXFaBM2y3eHp50h-3onInuNrEcq-6h0PdcG3ujNAdDgbvDizpmPaSSzIMyluvyzX0gcWQa2IbMquNA2FHj~U4zXJXeKHl50WJIIAxxrUx1whrFXMwxzrUF2e4o5~mei-fLfDyrQHqDL9npnR2iAF5pvDz5TdHUwrLRB2~KOb8pgRg20R6VtfC~ziI9hLT3umiYDkpteSzmw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Beauregard Parish School Board on March 13 approved revisions to the student handbook’s discipline provisions and approved changes to the parish uniform dress code recommended by the discipline and dress-code committee.

Why it matters: The handbook changes increase the district’s disciplinary options for severe deliberate acts and for repeated electronic-device violations; the dress-code changes standardize approved colors and permit walking shorts for elementary students.

Key changes approved
- Harassment language: The handbook will add the term “digital” between “verbal” and “physical” in the harassment/hazing/cyberbullying section to explicitly address digital forms of harassment.
- Electronic-device violations: At the discipline committee’s request, the handbook will add a fifth occurrence for cell-phone/electronic-device/wearable-technology violations; the fifth occurrence will allow indefinite out-of-school suspension pending a hearing with the superintendent or designee to consider alternate placement.
- Deliberate injurious acts: The committee recommended changing the penalty range for deliberate acts that cause puncture, bleeding or other injury from a fixed three days of out-of-school suspension to “three days to indefinite out-of-school suspension” pending a hearing and possible alternate placement or expulsion; the committee said the change responds to a serious stabbing incident at a school last year.
- Dress code: The committee recommended, and the board approved, adding black to the list of approved school colors pre-K through 12. The committee also recommended allowing walking shorts in school-approved colors and blue denim for elementary students. The committee vote was 17–0 on the dress-code items.

Discussion and clarifications
- Distinguishing fighting vs. deliberate acts: Board members discussed concerns about unintentionally creating a zero-tolerance policy for routine fights. Committee and board members clarified that the deliberate-act language is intended for intentional, injurious acts (for example, a puncture or stabbing) rather than every instance of student fighting. The committee representative said the language was prompted by a prior incident where a student was stabbed with a pencil and the handbook lacked clear options for severe deliberate harm.

- Process: The board approved the motion to adopt the recommended revisions and instructed staff and the discipline committee to finalize handbook wording and publish the updated pages (pages 10, 12 and 13 referenced during discussion).

Quote
- On the deliberate-harm change, the committee representative said the language was prompted by “a particular incident that occurred last year” in which “a student became agitated and stabbed another student in the arm with a pencil.”

Next steps
- Central office and school principals will update the student handbook and communicate the changes to families and staff before implementation.","The Beauregard Parish School Board approved discipline committee recommendations on March 13 to add “digital” harassment to the student handbook, expand penalties for repeated electronic-device violations and broaden possible consequences for deliberate injurious acts; the board also approved dress-code changes to allow black as a parish-wide color and permitted certain walking shorts for elementary students.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6635938,"Board approves curriculum coordinator and maintenance coordinator positions after discussion on costs and roles",2400,640000,3040000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2616202-1886f6d5f71580c753a88eca374143fa&start=640&end=3040","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2616202-1886f6d5f71580c753a88eca374143fa/thumbnail_640000.jpg","/articles/6635938/Louisiana/Board-approves-curriculum-coordinator-and-maintenance-coordinator-positions-after-discussion-on-costs-and-roles","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6635938-73a1873485f958e8bbffd8e6c8d8f5f6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771153347&Signature=RWNAZnQ1L4AVhkkY2l92qcOCXLNvAxU1~wUJn~T2vqE1bZ2SKw8UH2R36jJFC5pWpGyYz6dWyRl8OVU5MbOpMMu3WMYaFNyUecfRVeGQVmJdkNDJgbSEy6ut10DETWCOKZHMZABlW4qCKUZBQqZj7cnt502Zu8nB2uINlgJBXyNS8MuR5Lh-sGPaIp0va35T-iWukJ~IeyrCOY2lnB9rwx1Ylbiq1-uaxKEr4bclPWosEzXProcge9L7JKJAK5EasV7xTCIZ72ggE3OOKlNbv1JDgylMK-1goVp0A45DSCgtVmUql~q8C0JyhkaZEOLavpl9KPpa1V8HZpKmptLabg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Beauregard Parish School Board voted March 13 to approve three job descriptions: renaming the Director of Title I to Director of Federal Programs, creating a new Curriculum Coordinator position, and creating a Maintenance Coordinator position. The board’s approval followed extended discussion about roles, hiring authority and budget impacts.

Why it matters: The approved descriptions set the framework for potential new hires and role changes that the superintendent said are intended to strengthen classroom coaching, central-to-school coordination and on-site maintenance while providing pathways to career-technical instruction.

What the board approved
- Director of Federal Programs: A renaming of the existing director of Title I position to reflect oversight of multiple federal programs; duties described as directing federal programs and preparing required reports.
- Curriculum Coordinator: A new school-level, teacher-leader role described as a coach and curriculum instructor intended to provide daily classroom support, coordinate assessments and free principals for other duties. The superintendent described the role as a 9.5–10 month position paid on the teacher scale. She said the district would seek to pilot coordinators at selected campuses before wider rollout.
- Maintenance Coordinator: A 12-month position combining maintenance oversight with potential Career and Technical Education (CTE) instructional duties. The superintendent said this structure would allow the salary to be funded in part by instructional or ad-valorem allocations when the role includes teaching.

Discussion highlights
- Hiring and rollout: Board members asked whether the curriculum coordinators would be hired centrally or by local administrators; the superintendent said hiring would involve both the principal and central office and that she would sign off on recommendations for administrative positions. She also said any posting or hiring would wait until staffing/financial details were clear.

- Job structure and tenure: Board members asked how the new positions would affect existing staff. The superintendent said that if a tenured teacher accepted a coordinator role and later returned to teaching, they would revert to their highest-tenure position.

- Costs and trial approach: Several members expressed concern about adding central-office salaries and urged a trial rollout. The superintendent proposed piloting the curriculum coordinator at smaller, distinct campuses first to test the model before expanding.

- Maintenance-as-instruction model: The superintendent described the maintenance coordinator as housing at the Career and Technical Education center, teaching some CTE classes (diesel mechanics, small engine, welding) and spending the remainder of the day on maintenance oversight. She noted a three-year window for prospective instructors to obtain CTE/teaching certification if needed.

Quotes
- The superintendent: “We’re not creating. We’re just renaming it,” referring to Director of Title I becoming Director of Federal Programs.
- On curriculum coordinators: “This would be someone who is a veteran teacher, who knows the curriculum, and who has the aptitude to go in and assist and to help.”

Next steps
- The superintendent said she would provide staffing and budget details before positions are posted and would update the board in a future superintendent’s report.","The Beauregard Parish School Board approved three job descriptions — renaming the Title I director to Director of Federal Programs and creating curriculum coordinator and maintenance coordinator positions — while the superintendent said hiring will wait for budget/staffing confirmations.","actionData","errors"]

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