The School Board publishes MINUTES of its meetings as soon as possible after each meeting. The EXCERPTS from the latest meeting are provided below as an unofficial review of the actions taken. Citizens may arrange to review the official minutes by calling the Department of Information Services at 995-1126.

Excerpts from Unofficial Minutes of November 14, 2001  Board Meeting

APPROVED            Bid Opening Lists of  October 2, 9, 11, 18, 23, and 30, 2001.

APPROVED            Minutes of the October 17 and 24, 2001, School Board meetings.

101,701            A-1            APPROVED The 2001-2002 School Performance Excellence Plans, including budgets for Title 1-funded schools, and authorized implementation of same beginning in November 2001.

101,702            A-2            ADOPTED    The 2002 State Legislative Program.

101,703            A-3            AUTHORIZED            The initiation of rulemaking proceedings, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, to amend School Board Rule 6Gx13-4D-1.022, Manual of Procedures for Managerial Exempt Personnel by amending the document, Manual of Procedures for Managerial Exempt Personnel (MEP), which is incorporated by reference and is a part of this rule.

101,704            A-4            RATIFIED     The Tentative Agreement between the Miami-Dade County Public Schools and the Fraternal Order of Police, effective July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2003.

101,705            B-1            ENTERED   Final orders in the cases of The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida v. Gregory Adams - DOAH Case No. 01-1131; and The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida v. Brett T. Scanlon - DOAH Case No. 01-1132, adopting the Administrative Law Judge’s Recommended Order reinstating Gregory Adams and Brett T. Scanlon with back pay, effective March 14, 2001.

101,706            B-2            APPROVED The settlement in the case of Gaston-Thacker General Partners and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company v. The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Case No. 99-20132 CA 10, by authorizing payment in the amount of $3,678,000, in return for the global resolution and release of all claims between the parties.

101,707            B-3            APPROVED The redistricting plan for School Board member election districts; and adopted Resolution No. 01-47, incorporating the boundary descriptions for the approved plan.

101,708            B-4            WITHDREW*            A final order in J.D.C. v. The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, denying the Request for a Due Process Hearing, as set forth in the proposed final order.

*          Withdrawn during the meeting.

101,709            B-20            ADOPTED    The amended Board Rule 6Gx13-7B-1.02, Architectural, Engineering, and Inspection Services - Authority of Superintendent of Schools to Employ, and the document, Procedures for the Selection of Building Code Consultants, which is incorporated by reference and part of this rule; and authorized the Superintendent to file the rule with The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, to be effective November 14, 2001.

********            C-1            WITHDREW            Cooperative agreement between The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, and Miami-Dade County for the establishment of the Miami International Airport Satellite Learning Center.

101,710            C-2            AUTHORIZED            A contractual agreement with Capo Consulting, for the upkeep and maintenance of the seawater aquarium systems located at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Biscayne Nature Center, Inc., at a cost not to exceed $32,500, from December 1, 2001 through December 1, 2002.

101,711            C-11            AUTHORIZED            A contractual agreement with Harris and Associates to provide consultation and training in the Florida Uniting Students in Education (FUSE) model of collaboration and co-teaching, in an amount not to exceed $18,800, from December 1, 2001 through August 31, 2002.

101,712            C-12            CONFIRMED            The adjustment of the adult fee schedule for dislocated workers enrolled in Operation Paycheck.  No local funds are required.

101,713            C-30            AUTHORIZED            Expulsion of the student specified in the supplemental material SM-483 (2000/2001).

101,714            C-31            AUTHORIZED            Expulsion of the student specified in the supplemental material SM-487 (2000/2001).

101,715            C-32            AUTHORIZED            Expulsion of the student specified in the supplemental material SM-488 (2000/2001).

101,716            C-33            AUTHORIZED            Expulsion of the student specified in the supplemental material SM-489 (2000/2001).

101,717            C-34            AUTHORIZED            Expulsion of the student specified in the supplemental material SM-6 (2001/2002).

101,718            C-35            AUTHORIZED            Expulsion of the student specified in the supplemental material SM-5 (2001/2002).

101,719            C-36            AUTHORIZED            Expulsion of the student specified in the supplemental material SM-11 (2001/2002).

101,720            C-37            AUTHORIZED            Expulsion of the student specified in the supplemental material SM-15 (2001/2002).

101,721            C-38            AUTHORIZED            Expulsion of the student specified in the supplemental material SM-39 (2001/2002).

101,722            D-1            AUTHORIZED            The renewal of the  lease  agreement with Miami-Dade County for space for telecommunications equipment, at an annual rental rate of $3,153.96.  The term of the renewal period will commence April 1, 2002, and will end March 31, 2004.  All other terms and conditions of the lease agreement will remain unchanged.

101,723            D-2            AUTHORIZED            An annual payment of $99,565.00, payable in 12 monthly installments of $8,297.12, to the Community Partnership for Homeless, Inc., for the Board’s proportional share of operational expenses at the Miami Homeless Assistance Center, for the period of October 6, 2001 to October 5, 2002.

********            D-3            WITHDREW            A credit of Educational Facilities Impact Fees for Lennar Homes, Inc., in the amount of $210,400.

101,724            D-4            AUTHORIZED            The renewal of the  lease  agreement with Miami-Dade County to allow use of various school sites for the operation of Head Start Centers, as delineated in the Official Agenda.

101,725            D-5            AUTHORIZED            The execution of Joint Use agreements with Miami-Dade County for the Tropical Park Community Center and the A.D. Barnes Park Leisure Access Center for use by the Southwest Miami Adult Education Center, and permit agreement with Miami-Dade County to allow the connection of a fire hydrant to a waterline on the campus of Cutler Ridge Elementary School, as delineated in the Official Agenda.

101,726            D-25            AUTHORIZED            The Settlement and Indemnification Agreement between The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida and Century Surety Company; and  payment of  the remaining contract proceeds, in the amount of $116,495.70, on the Charles Drew Elementary and Middle schools’ project to Century Surety Company.

101,727            D-26            APPROVED The second year of the agreements with the following five land-surveying consulting firms: Ludovici & Orange Consulting Engineers, Inc., E.R. Brownell & Associates, Inc., J.H. Manucy, Inc., Precision Engineering & Surveying, Inc., and J. Bonfill & Associates, Inc.,  to perform Land Surveying Consulting Services, under the same terms and conditions previously approved by the Board.

101,728            D-27            COMMISSIONED            The firm of Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc., to prepare and administer the design criteria package for State School “XX” at Coral Way Elementary School, for considerations as delineated in the Official Agenda.

101,729            D-28            CONFIRMED            Change Order No. 4 on Project No. A-0480, New Addition and Renovations, Brentwood Elementary School, for an additional cost of $10,033, and a time extension of five days.

101,730            D-29            CONFIRMED            Final Change Order No. 4 on Project No. A-0623, Design Build, Additions, Renovations and Remodeling, J. G. DuPuis Elementary School, for a credit of $25,453.

101,731            D-30            CONFIRMED            Final Change Order No. 4 on Project No. BB-0022, Interior Painting, Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High School, for an additional cost of $2,900.

101,732            E-1            APPROVED The instructional and noninstructional appointments, reassignments, leaves, and separations as included in Personnel Action Listing 909.

101,733            E-2            APPROVED*            The recommendations as set forth [in the Official Agenda] for appointments and lateral transfers, to be effective November 15, 2001, or as soon thereafter as can be facilitated.

*        As amended, to remove personnel listed for reclassification under Non-School-Site Administrative Assignment.

101,734            E-3            APPROVED A collaborative agreement between Miami-Dade County Public Schools and Florida Memorial College supporting the implementation of the Urban Minority Teacher Education program for paraprofessional II and III personnel during the 2002-2003 school year.

101,735            E-4            AUTHORIZED            The Superintendent to provide supplemental compensation to an employee’s military pay for full-time M-DCPS employees called to active military service after September 11, 2001; and  authorized an amendment to Board Rule 6Gx13-4E-1.11, to reflect this supplemental compensation, and to continue this procedure through September 10, 2002, at which time a recommendation will be brought to the Board for approval for continuance/discontinuance of the procedure.

********            E-5            WITHDREW            Request for authorization to release Request For Proposal (RFP) #046-BB10, Casualty Actuarial Services.

101,736            E-6            APPROVED The recommendation for exercising the Board’s option to opt out of previously mandated workers’ compensation managed care arrangement and the replacement of it with traditional managed care service, as delineated in the Official Agenda.

101,737            E-7            AUTHORIZED            The non-renewal of its excess (Non-Owned) Aircraft Liability Policy with National Union Fire Insurance Company (AIG)(A++XV), through Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Miami, Florida, effective December 10, 2001; and authorized the Superintendent to continue to monitor the insurance marketplace for aviation coverage, in order to ascertain a time when appropriate coverage for a flight training component for the Board’s Aviation Magnet at Hialeah Senior High School could be pursued.

101,738            E-8            AUTHORIZED            The Superintendent to enter into negotiations with its current excess workers’ compensation carrier, Wexford/CNA, through Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Miami, Florida, for renewal terms and conditions of specific excess coverage with a current expiration date of July 1, 2002, with specific recommendations for renewal terms and conditions to be brought back to the Board at a future Board meeting.

101,739            E-9            AUTHORIZED            The suspension and initiation of dismissal proceedings against Ms. Kathlena L. Phillips-Thomas, Paraprofessional I - Therapeutic, at Hialeah Middle School, effective at the close of the workday on November 14, 2001, pending the outcome of a hearing, if requested.

101,740            E-10            AUTHORIZED            The suspension of Ms. Jacqueline Jones, Instructional Management System Specialist at Parkview Elementary School, for 30 calendar days without pay, effective at the close of the workday on November 14, 2001.

101,741            F-1            AUTHORIZED            The acceptance of a grant award from the Florida Department of Education and the Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, in the amount of $232,949, for funding under the Workforce Development Capitalization Incentive Program, and to enter into a contractual agreement, in the amount of $96,475, with the Monroe County Public Schools; Project Cycle: July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002, and the extension of same, as delineated in the Official Agenda.

101,742            F-2            AUTHORIZED            A contractual agreement with Florida International University to receive funds, in the amount of $90,282, to implement Early Intervention and Academic Improvement Services at Madison and Westview Middle Schools; Project Cycle: October 3, 2001 through August 31, 2002, and the extension of same as delineated in the Official Agenda.

101,743            F-3            AUTHORIZED            The acceptance of a grant award from the Florida Department of Education, in the amount of $690,787, and entering into individual contractual agreements with contractors, as delineated in the Official Agenda, to implement the Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration Program, Project Cycle: July 20, 2001 through December 31, 2001.

101,744            F-4            AUTHORIZED            The acceptance of  a grant award from the United States Department of Education, in the amount of $230,890, for funding a professional development program for Music Educators Program; Project Cycle:  October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, and the extension of same, as delineated in the Official Agenda.

101,745            F-5            AUTHORIZED            A contractual agreement with Florida International University, in the amount of $69,000, to receive funds to implement the Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to use Technology (PT3) Program; Project Cycle: November 15, 2001 through August 31, 2002, and the extension of same, as delineated in the Official Agenda.

101,746            G-1            WITHDREW*            Resolution No. 1, 2001-02 General Fund Budget Review by reducing revenues and appropriations by $43,493,437.

  *            Withdrawn during the meeting.

  101,747            G-2            CONFIRMED            The submission of a Federal Grant Application for School Renovations and IDEA/technology for $12 million.

101,748            G-11            RECEIVED   The Monthly Financial Report for September 2001.

101,749            G-12            APPROVED The Non-Expendable Personal Property Inventory Deletions containing 3,300 items in the amount of $6,343,494, and Recoveries containing six items in the amount of $7,878, to update the records as indicated in July, August and September 2001 reports.

101,750            G-61            APPROVED The supplemental award on term bid No. Bid No. 008-XX03 – Delivery of Frozen and Refrigerated Commodities, as delineated in the Official Agenda, effective January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001.

101,751            G-62            RECEIVED   The report of purchases made utilizing other government bids, as delineated in the Official Agenda.

101,752            G-63            CORRECTED            The award of Bid No. 107-AA03 – Fresh Delivered Hamburgers, to McDonald’s Corporation, effective November 14, 2001 through December 31, 2002.

101,753            G-64            AUTHORIZED            The Bureau of Procurement and Materials Management to utilize the Broward County Public Schools Bid No. 20-054B, to purchase audio visual, television, digital video equipment and peripherals for various schools, for a total amount not to exceed $300,000.

101,754            G-65            AUTHORIZED            The renewal of Bid No. 031-AA10 – Asphalt Paving, Resurfacing and Drainage with Southeastern Engineering Contractors, Inc., effective January 17, 2002 through January 16, 2003.

101,755            G-66            AUTHORIZED            The renewal of Bid No. 032-AA10 – Reinforced Concrete and Associated Services (Supply and Install), with Inland Engineering Contractors, Inc., effective January 17, 2002 through January 16, 2003.

101,756            G-67            AUTHORIZED            The renewal of Bid No. 271-ZZ05 – Door Hardware and Security Devices, with Ace Lock and Security Supply, and Farrey’s Wholesale Hardware Company, Inc., effective November 25, 2001 through November 24, 2002.

101,757            G-68            AWARDED            Bid No. 216-AA05 – Ladders, to American Ladder and Scaffolding, Inc., effective November 14, 2001 through November 13, 2002.

101,758            G-69            AWARDED            Bid No. 217-AA05  – Drinking Coolers, to various vendors as delineated in the Official Agenda, effective November 14, 2001 through October 31, 2002.

101,759            G-70            AWARDED            Bid No. 013-BB11 – Fire Alarm Components and Peripherals, to various vendors as delineated in the Official Agenda, effective December 1, 2001 through November 30, 2002.

101,760            G-71            AUTHORIZED            The renewal of Bid No. 287-XX02 – Waste Removal, Hazardous/Non-Hazardous Industrial Material, with Cliff Berry, Inc., and Perma-Fix of Fort Lauderdale, Inc., effective January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.

101,761            G-72            AWARDED            Bid No. 138-AA01 – School Office Furniture Catalog Discount Bid, to various vendors as delineated in the Official Agenda, effective November 14, 2001 through September 11, 2003.

101,762            G-73            AWARDED            Bid No. 212-AA01M/WBE – Calculators: Math, Scientific and Graphing, to AFP Industries, Inc., and Global Associates Computers, effective November 14, 2001 through November 13, 2002.

101,763            G-74            AWARDED            Bid No. 213-AA01 – Furniture, Tables and Desks, to Ernie Morris Enterprises, Inc., effective November 14, 2001 through October 31, 2002.

101,764            G-75            TERMINATED            The award of Item 18 on Bid No. 079-AA03 – Cafeteria Paper and Plastic Supplies, effective November 14, 2001, to A.G.E. Paper & Aluminum Products, Inc.; and re-awarded same to EMF Enterprises, effective November 14, 2001 through June 19, 2002.

101,765            G-76            AWARDED            Bid No. 201-AA01 – Metal Detection Program, to Vanguard Security, Inc., effective December 1, 2001 through November 30, 2002.

101,766            G-77            AWARDED            Bid No. 005-BB07 – Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) Parts For School Buses, to Palmetto Ford Truck Sales, Inc., and Rechtien International Trucks, Inc., effective November 14, 2001 through November 13, 2002.

101,767            H-1            APPROVED The  list of contractors, as delineated in the Official Agenda, for prequalification; and authorized staff to issue a certificate to each contractor certifying prequalification for a period of one year.

101,768            H-2            RECEIVED   The Internal Audit Report – Audit of Inventories as of June 30, 2001, presented by the Office of Management and Compliance Audits.

101,769            H-3            RECEIVED   The Internal Audit Report – Audit of the Internal Funds of Region V Elementary Schools, October 2001, presented by the Office of Management and Compliance Audits.

101,770            H-4            RECEIVED   The Internal Audit Report – Audit of the Internal Funds of Region V Secondary Schools, October 2001, presented by the Office of Management and Compliance Audits.

101,771            H-5            RECEIVED   The Internal Audit Report – Audit of the Miami-Dade Coalition for Community Education, Inc., for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2001, presented by the Office of Management and Compliance Audits.

101,772            H-6            RECEIVED   The audit reports of the charter schools and the other organization listed [Aspira of Florida, Inc.], presented by the Office of Management and Compliance Audits.

101,773            H-7            AUTHORIZED            A contractual agreement with the Radisson Mart Plaza Hotel to provide services related to the District Teacher of the Year Recognition Ceremony.  There will be no cost to the District.

101,774            J-1            DISCUSSED            New Business:  Board Members.

101,775            J-2            APPROVED            Resolution No. 01-46, supporting the Gulfstream Mile Run to be held at Gulfstream Park on Saturday, February 16, 2002.

101,776            J-3            APPROVED            Resolution No. 01-44 of The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, endorsing November 26 through November 30, 2001, as “HIV/AIDS Awareness Week” in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.  No local funds are required.

Adjourned