THE SCHOOL BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
1450 Northeast Second Avenue
Miami, Florida 33132
Excerpts from Unofficial Minutes of April 17, 2013 School Board Meeting
APPROVED Bid Opening Lists of
February 28, March 19, March 21, and April 2, 2013.
APPROVED Minutes of the March 13,
2013 Regular School Board Meeting and the April 10, 2013 Attorney-Client
Session.
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HEARD* Superintendent’s
Informational Reports to the Board on Selected Topics: Legislative Update; District’s 2013 Educational Summer Services Update; Superintendent’s
Scholarship Trip to Spain; Quarterly Violence Prevention Update; and Transition to the Digital Classroom: Our Challenge to the Educational
Technology Industry.
* Subsequent to the Quarterly Violence Prevention
Update, the following proposed action was approved by the Board: “That our Chair in conjunction with the Superintendent
compose a letter of support for his efforts at the federal level to assist us
for a safe learning environment.”
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ENDORSED The exploration of the
feasibility of implementing a pilot program of compressed natural gas (CNG)
school buses and development of a CNG fueling depot.
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amended The adopted state
legislative platform to include support for a plan to mitigate the impact of
the changes to the Bright Futures Scholarship scheduled to take effect July 1,
2013.
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C-11
authorized The Superintendent of Schools to enter into a contractual
services agreement between The School Board ofMiami-Dade County, Florida,
and Stronge & Associates Educational Consulting, LLC, pursuant to Request
For Proposals No. 029-NN10 – Certified Assessor Training Tool and Teacher
Quality Development Tool, to develop two (2) libraries of video resource
materials that are aligned with the teacher performance evaluation model used
in Miami-Dade County Public Schools, effective April
17, 2013, through April 16, 2015, including extensions thereto, as delineated
in the Official Agenda item.
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C-30
approved The charter school
application and authorized the Superintendent to negotiate a contract
reflecting the contents of the application as approved by the School Board for
Sports Leadership and Management Foundation, Inc., on behalf of Sports
Leadership and Management (SLAM) Charter Middle School.
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authorized Request to
accept grant awards for two programs from the Florida Department of Education,
as delineated in the Official Agenda item, for funding under the 21st Century Community Learning Centers – Extended Learning Time, and to enter into
contractual services agreements with the agency prescribed in the grants.
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D-20
approved The instructional and
non-instructional appointments, reassignments, leaves and separations as
included in Personnel Action Listing 1046.
116,269 d-21 Authorized Request to
establish and classify the following MEP positions, effective April 18, 2013,
or as soon thereafter as can be facilitated: (1) Treasury Supervisor, Office of
Treasury Management, MEP, pay grade 20; and (2) Parent and Community
Coordinator, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), MEP pay grade 19; and approved the
recommendations as set forth in the Official Agenda item for appointments and
lateral transfers to be effective April 18, 2013, or as soon thereafter as can
be facilitated, with the exception of the effective dates as noted throughout
the item.
116,270 d-23 approved Instructional personnel
assigned to teach out-of-field for the period of
February 19, 2013, through March 18,
2013.
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adopted Amended School Board
Policy 5120, Assignment Within District and the document, Attendance Zone
Recommendations and Related Administrative Actions 2013-2014, which is
incorporated by reference and is part of this policy, and authorized the
Superintendent to file the policy with The School Board of Miami-Dade County,
Florida, to be effective April 17, 2013.
116,272 d-55 approved The Superintendent’s
recommendation for (1) disciplinary action, which has been agreed to in
the following manner: (a) Ms. Terry L. Fairell, Custodian, Thomas Jefferson
Middle School, suspension without pay for three (3) calendar days, effective
April 18, 2013; (b) Ms. Margaret O. Lloyd, Custodian, Thomas
Jefferson Middle School, suspension without pay for three (3) calendar days,
effective April 25, 2013; (c) Mr. Andre McCloud, Custodian, Thomas Jefferson
Middle School, suspension without pay for three (3) calendar days, effective
May 2, 2013; and (2) disciplinary action, pending the outcome of an
administrative hearing or grievance/arbitration proceeding, if requested, in
the following manner: (a) Mr. Savilien Joseph, School Bus Driver, North
Transportation Center, suspension without pay for thirty (30) calendar days,
effective April 18, 2013; (b) Ms. Shawndella S. Gates, School Bus Driver, North
Transportation Center, suspension without pay for thirty (30) calendar days,
effective April 18, 2013; (c) Mr. Francis Madassery, Teacher, Norland Elementary
School, suspension without pay and initiation of dismissal proceedings,
effective April 18, 2013; (d) Mr. Sandy Kindell, Teacher, Aventura Waterways
K-8 Center, suspension without pay and initiation of dismissal proceedings,
effective April 18, 2013.
116,273 e-1 Received The Monthly Financial
Report for the period ending February 2013.
116,274 e-41 received The report of the
auctions, surplus/obsolete equipment & vehicle results.
116,275 e-86 received The Internal Audit
Report – Selected Schools.
116,276 e-87 received The Review of Audited
Financial Statements of 28 Charter Schools for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2012.
116,277 e-88 received The State of Florida
Auditor General – Virtual Instruction Programs Operational Audit, February 2013.
116,278 e-89 received The State of Florida
Auditor General - Operational Audit of the Miami-Dade County District School
Board for the Audit Period January 2012 to November 2012.
116,279 e-141 awarded Bid No. 034-NN03 –
Foodservice Trays and Containers, to various vendors as delineated in the
Official Agenda item, effective April 17, 2013, through April 16, 2015.
116,280 e-203 authorized The
Superintendent to initiate rulemaking proceedings pursuant to the
Administrative Procedures Act to amend School Board Policy 6840, Audit and
Budget Advisory Committee.
116,281 f-1 concurred With the proposed easement of a portion of vacant
land, located at N.W. 97 Avenue and N.W. 183 Street, Miami, owned by the Board
of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida and
currently leased to the School Board.
116,282 f-3 authorized The Superintendent
to negotiate and execute agreements allowing the monetizing of Board-owned
energy efficient projects with the respective project designers, as allowed
under the 2005 Energy Policy Act, and under mutually acceptable terms and
conditions.
116,283 f-20 authorized The
Superintendent to adjust the capital budget in the amount of $381,589 and to
make changes to the five-year facilities work program resulting from these
budget adjustments, as delineated in the Official Agenda item.
116,284 f-21 COMMISSIONED The firms of T&G
Corporation (d/b/a T&G Constructors); Mexal Corp.; GEC Associates, Inc.;
Grace & Naeem Uddin, Inc.; and H.A. Contracting Corp., for Part II
Construction Management at-Risk Miscellaneous services for projects with
construction values up to $2 million each for four years, as delineated in the
Official Agenda item.
116,285 f-22 commissioned SBLM Architects, PC;
ACAI Associates, Inc.; Silva Architects, LLC; URS Corporation Southern, Inc.;
M. Hajjar & Associates, Inc.; Architeknics, Inc.; Saltz Michelson
Architects, Inc.; Alleguez Architecture, Inc.; PROCON Engineering, Inc.; and
Robert E. Chisholm Architects, Inc., as Architectural/Engineering Projects
Consultant for miscellaneous projects up to $2 million each for a four-year
term, as described in the Official Agenda item.
116,286 f-34 confirmed Change orders
on school construction projects, as delineated in the Official Agenda item.
116,287 f-60 awarded Bid
No. 013-NN06 – Paint: Florida School Plant Management Association (FSPMA)
Approved, to various vendors as delineated in the Official Agenda item,
effective April 17, 2013, through April 16, 2014.
116,288 f-61 awarded Bid No. 030-NN04 –
Propane Gas, to AmeriGas Propane, L.P., d/b/a Siegel Gas, effective April 17,
2013, through April 16, 2018.
116,289 f-80 approved The prequalification
certificate for eight new contractors, as listed on Attachment “A” of the
Official Agenda item.
116,290 g-1 adopted Amended
Board Policy 0165.1, Agendas, and authorized the Superintendent to file
the amended policy in the official records of The School Board of Miami-Dade
County, Florida, to be effective April 17, 2013.
********** g-3 withdrew Request for authorization
for the retention of Ms. Marilyn J. Holifield, Esquire, a partner with the law
firm of Holland & Knight, LLP, to represent the School Board in the two
Circuit Court Cases (numbered 13-01661 CA 13 and 13-01659 CA 23), as detailed
in the Official Agenda item.
********** g-4 withdrew Request for approval of
the Settlement Agreement with Betancourt Castellon
& Associates, Inc.
116,291 g-5 ACCEPTED The
April 2013 Annual Report of the School Board Attorney; approved the updated
salary schedule for the attorneys in the School Board Attorney’s Office;
authorized the Board Attorney to implement the schedule within the Office’s
established budget and approve the revised annual contracts for the attorneys
and support staff; and approved the employment contract for Ms. Linda Noel,
Esq., to the position of Assistant School Board Attorney (Personnel/
Litigation).
********** h-3 withdrew Request for approval of Resolution
No. 13-051 of The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing the Miami-Dade
State Attorney’s Office Second Annual Human Trafficking Forum.
116,292 h-4 approved Resolution
No. 13-052 of The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing the
Homestead Educational Facilities Benefit District and Michael Latterner of
Michael Latterner and Associates.
116,293 h-5 approved Resolution No. 13-053 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing April 16, 2013 as
Academic Scholarship Signing Day in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
116,294 h-6 approved Resolution No. 13-057 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing the Marian Center
School.
116,295 h-7recognized/congratulated The
winners of the 2013 Senior High School Student Safety Campaign
Contest.
116,296 h-8 approved Resolution No. 13-054 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing May 7, 2013 as National Teacher Day in
Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
116,297 h-9 joined The Cuban-American
community as it commemorates May 20, 2013 as the 111th anniversary
of the Independence of Cuba from Spain.
116,298 h-10 approved Resolution No. 13-055 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing the five principles
supported by the Partnership for a New American Economy.
116,299 h-11 approved Resolution No. 13-056 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing May 2013 as Haitian
Heritage Month and authorizing administrative actions to foster related
activities.
116,300 h-12 approved Resolution No. 13-059 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing the Rotary Club of
Coral Gables for awarding scholarships to students of Coral Gables Senior High
School.
116,301 h-13 directed The Superintendent to conduct
a feasibility study and bring forth recommendations related to the launch of a
food recovery program benefitting food insecure families within Miami-Dade
County Public Schools, to include the possibility of limited school site food
banks and report back to the Board by the July 2013 School Board meeting.
116,302 h-14 directed The Superintendent to
review the current process for creating educational specifications in light of
the GOB program and technology summit and bring forth recommendations, as
applicable, to ensure we retain best practices and visit opportunities for
improvement.
********** h-15 withdrew Exploring Partnerships
with Governmental Agencies.
116,303 h-16 approved Resolution No. 13-058 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, honoring Maruchi Mendez.
********** h-17 WITHDREW Certification Audits.
116,304 h-18 approved Resolution No. 13-063,
recognizing Nelysa Ventura of Miami Edison Senior High School.
116,305 h-19 approved Resolution No. 13-064 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing David Landsberg for
his commitment to education and community service.
116,306 h-20 directed The Superintendent to
develop a strategy to promote the opportunities available to M-DCPS students to
speak confidentially about sensitive matters at each school site.
116,307 h-21 approved Resolution No. 13-065 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing Desiline Victor.
********** h-22 withdrew Request for Approval of
Resolution No. 13-xxx of The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida,
Recognizing Gloria Fajardo for Her Commitment to Education and Service to the
Community.
********** h-23 withdrew Request for approval of
Resolution No. 13-060 of The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida,
recognizing Jennifer Porres and Daniela Zapata, of Miami Springs Senior High
School, for directing and producing ‘Take a Stand, Lend a Hand’ – the winning
entry in the Bully Free-0-Five Art & Film Festival.
116,308 h-24 approved Resolution No. 13-061 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing the Miami Norland
Senior High School boys’ basketball team for winning the FHSAA Class 6A state
championship.
Adjourned
/mcs
