THE SCHOOL BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
1450 Northeast Second Avenue
Miami, Florida 33132
Excerpts from Unofficial Minutes of February 12, 2014 School Board Meeting
APPROVED Bid Opening Lists of
December 17, 2013, and January 21, 2014.
APPROVED Minutes of the January 15,
2014 Regular School Board Meeting.
116,769
A-1
HEARD Superintendent’s
Informational Reports to the Board on Selected Topics.
116,770 c-70 authorized Request to
accept a donation of 42 student scholarships for a trip to Costa Rica from EF
Educational Tours. The scholarships are valued at $87,500; and approved the
out-of-country field trip to Costa Rica for students at American, Miami
Killian, Miami High, Miami Northwestern, Miami Springs, and North Miami Beach
senior high schools.
116,771 c-71 approved The out-of-country field
trip to Canada for the students at Ponce de Leon Middle School.
116,772 d-20 approved The instructional and
non-instructional appointments, reassignments, leaves and separations as
included in Personnel Action Listing 1056.
116,773 d-21 authorized The change/update
of minimum qualifications for the MEP position, Chief Procurement Officer, MEP,
pay grade 24, Office of Procurement and Management Services, effective February
13, 2014, or as soon thereafter as can be facilitated; and approved the
recommendations as set forth in the Official Agenda item for appointments and
lateral transfers, to be effective February 13, 2014, or as soon thereafter as
can be facilitated, with the exception of the effective dates as noted
throughout the item.
116,774 d-22 authorized The contractual
employment of Ms. Addys C. Lopez as Administrative Assistant to Dr. Lawrence S.
Feldman, effective January 27, 2014; Mr. Christopher Miles as Chief of Staff to
Board Member, Mr. Carlos L. Curbelo, effective February 13, 2014; and Mr.
Jerold Blumstein as Chief of Staff to Board Member, Dr. Martin Karp, effective
February 13, 2014, or as soon thereafter as can be facilitated.
116,775 d-23 approved Instructional personnel
assigned to teach out-of-field for the period of 
December 3, 2013, through January 17,
2014.
116,776 d-24 authorized The inclusion of
the following positions in the SMSC of FRS, effective March 1, 2014: Assistant
Superintendent, Academics; Assistant Superintendent, Charter Schools; Associate
Superintendent, Education Transformation Office; Chief Academic Officer; Chief
of Staff; Deputy Chief Financial Officer; Assistant Superintendent,
Instructional Support (Elementary/Secondary); and Assistant Superintendent,
School Operations.
116,777 d-25 ratified The 2013-2014 reopener
contract Tentative Agreement with DCSMEC, effective July 1, 2013, through June
30, 2014.
116,778 d-26 authorized The
Superintendent to enter into a contractual services agreement with
TeacherMatch, LLC.
116,779 d-55 approved The Superintendent’s
recommendation for (1) disciplinary action, which has been agreed to in
the following manner, effective February 13, 2014: (a) Mr. Winston G. Lee,
Teacher, Medical Academy for Science and Technology, MAST@ Homestead, suspension without pay for 7
workdays; (b) Mr. Randy Johnson, Head Custodian, Miami Northwestern Senior High
School, suspension without pay for 10 calendar days; (c) Mr. Daniel Monroe,
Teacher, Miami Southridge Senior High School, suspension without pay for 7
workdays; (d) Mr. Leonard N. Patrick, Teacher, Barbara Goleman Senior High
School, suspension without pay for 5 workdays; and (2) disciplinary
action, pending the outcome of an administrative hearing or
grievance/arbitration proceeding, if requested, in the following manner,
effective February 13, 2014: (a) Ms. Kimberly S. Lloyd, School Bus Driver,
South Transportation Center, suspension without pay for 10 calendar days; (b)
Ms. Corentheia N. Simmons, School Bus Driver, North Transportation Center,
suspension without pay for 30 calendar days; (c) Ms. Debra H. Bryant,
Custodian, Gateway Environmental K-8 Center, suspension without pay and
initiation of dismissal proceedings; (d) Ms. Elvia M. Hernandez, Teacher, Thena
C. Crowder Early Childhood Diagnostic and Special Education Center, suspension
without pay and initiation of dismissal proceedings.
116,780 e-1 RECEIVED The Monthly Financial
Report for the period ending December 2013.
116,781 e-2 approved The Non-Expendable
Personal Property Inventory Deletions containing 1,616 items with a depreciated
cost of $252,028 and Recoveries containing 8 items with a depreciated cost of
$5,362 to update the records for October, November and December 2013.
116,782 e-14 adopted Resolution No. 1, FY
2013-14 General Fund Mid-Year Budget Review, decreasing revenues,
appropriations and reserves by ($31,966,077); and the Summary of Revenues and
Appropriations and the Summary of Appropriations by Function (pages 7 and 12,
respectively, of the Official Agenda item).
116,783 e-15 adopted Resolution No. 1, FY
2013-14 Capital Outlay Budget Funds Mid-Year Budget Review, decreasing
revenues, appropriations, and reserves by $2,289,307 and documenting estimated
changes in object codes, as described and summarized on pages 4 and 5, respectively,
of the Official Agenda item; and authorized changes to the Five-Year
Facilities Work Program which result from Resolution No. 1, FY 2013-14 Capital
Outlay Funds Mid-Year Budget Review.
116,784 e-16 approved Resolution No. 1, FY
2013-14 Debt Service Funds Mid-Year Budget Review, (1) recognizing changes in
revenue, non-revenue sources, and transfers in from other funds, and (2)
amending appropriations.
116,785 e-17 approved Resolution No. 1, FY
2013-14, Food Service Fund Budget Review, increasing revenues by $8,942,097
appropriations by $11,273,014 and decreasing ending fund balance by $2,330,917.
116,786 e-18 adopted Resolution
No. 1, FY 2013-14 Special Revenue Funds - Other Federal Programs (Contracted
Programs) Fund Mid-Year Budget Review, increasing revenues and appropriations
by $20,913,806; and the Summary of Revenues and Appropriations and the Summary
of Appropriations by Function (pages 2 and 4, respectively, of the Official
Agenda item).
116,787 e-19 adopted Resolution
No. 1, FY 2013-14 Special Revenue Funds – Other ARRA Stimulus Grants Mid-Year
Budget Review, increasing revenues and appropriations by $93,022; and the
Summary of Revenues and Appropriations and the Summary of Appropriations by
Function (pages 2 and 4, respectively, of the Official Agenda item).
116,788 e-20 adopted Resolution
No. 1, FY 2013-14 Special Revenue Funds – Race To The Top Fund Mid-Year Budget
Review, increasing revenues and appropriations by $3,562,664; and the Summary
of Revenues and Appropriations and the Summary of Appropriations by Function
(pages 2 and 4, respectively, of the Official Agenda item).
116,789 e-22 adopted Resolution No. 1, the FY
2013-14 Fiduciary Fund - Pension Trust - Final Budget Review, increasing
additions, deductions and net position by $1,455,218 as shown on the schedule
on page 2 of 2 of the Official Agenda item.
116,790 e-25 approved Resolution 14-016
authorizing the refunding on a forward basis of up to $39,000,000 COP Series
2014B to refund $37,035,000 COP Series 2004A.
116,791 e-41 received The report of the
auctions, surplus/obsolete equipment and vehicle results.
116,792 e-66 authorized Renewal of the
District’s Property Insurance Program, as delineated in the Official Agenda
item.
116,793 e-67 authorized Staff to pay AMI
Risk Consultants, Inc., $3,000 for additional actuarial work requested by
McGladrey, LLP, regarding the District’s self-insured workers’ compensation
liability claims for the 2012-13 fiscal year.
116,794 e-86 received The Internal Audit
Report – Selected Schools.
116,795 e-87 received The Review of Audited
Financial Statements of 31 Charter Schools for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2013 and Review of Audited Financial Statements for Two Community Based
Organizations: AMIkids Miami-Dade, Inc. and Richmond-Perrine Optimist Club,
Inc.
116,796 e-88 received The Audited Financial
Statements of Magnet Educational Choice Association (MECA), Inc., for Fiscal
Year Ended June 30, 2013.
116,797 e-89 received The Internal Audit
Report – Audit of Questioned Financial Transactions of Doral Academy Charter
High School.
********** e-141 withdrew Recommendation to correct Contract
No. 015-MM03 – Foodservice, Large Equipment, as delineated in the
Official Agenda item.
116,798 e-142 awarded Bid. No 017-PP04 – On-Site
Service for Telephone Equipment, to Windstream Corporation, Inc., effective July
1, 2014, through June 30, 2016, including extensions thereto, as delineated in
the Official Agenda item.
116,799 e-144 awarded Bid
No. 029-PP05 – Delivery of Testing Materials, to Comet Courier Corp.,
and Zap Logistics, LLC, effective March 2, 2014, through March 1, 2016, including
extensions thereto, as delineated in the Official Agenda item.
116,800 ****** HELD A meeting of the
Miami-Dade County School Board Foundation, Inc. (The “Foundation”), wherein Resolution
14-02 was approved in connection with refunding all or a portion of the Series
2004A Certificates, authorizing the refunding of such Certificates, approving
amendments to the related documents and authorizing the execution thereof.
116,801 f-60 awarded Bid No. 020-PP06
– Doors, Wood, to AMPCO Products, LLC, and JJAS Door Installations, Inc.,
effective February 12, 2014, through February 11, 2015, including extensions
thereto, as delineated in the Official Agenda item.
116,802 f-61 awarded Bid No. 025-PP06
– Custodial Floor-Care Products (Rebid), to National Chemical Laboratories,
Inc., and Ideal Supply, Inc., effective February 12, 2014, through February 11,
2016,
including extensions thereto, as delineated in the Official Agenda item.
116,803 f-80 approved The prequalification certificates for
twenty-one (21) new, and the increase to three (3) certificates, for
educational facilities, as listed on Attachment “A” of the Official Agenda
item.
116,804 g-1 entered A Final Order
accepting the Administrative Law Judge’s Recommended Order in the case of The
School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida v. Pamela Prudent, DOAH Case No.
12-3972, suspending Respondent without pay and dismissing Respondent from
further employment with the School Board.
116,805 g-2 entered A Final Order
accepting the Administrative Law Judge’s Amended Recommended Order in the case
of The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida v. Shavonne
Anderson, DOAH Case No. 13-2414, suspending Respondent without pay for 180
school days.
116,806 g-3 adopted The Recommended Order of the
Administrative Law Judge in its entirety as its Final Order in the case of The
School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida v. Elizabeth Kristal, DOAH Case
No. 13-0447, terminating Respondent’s employment for incompetency due to inefficiency.
116,807 h-3 authorized The School Board Attorney to
explore all possible legal challenges against the encroachment of school board
constitutional authority and to the standard charter contract mandate and
related statutory provisions, including, but not limited to, joining with other
plaintiffs, school boards and/or any other statewide organizations such as the
Florida School Boards Association or Florida Association of District School
Superintendents, and provide a report to the Board.
116,808 h-4 approved Resolution No. 14-018 of The School Board
of Miami-Dade County, Florida, honoring Dr. Teresita Lemus of John A. Ferguson
Senior High School.
116,809 h-5 approved Resolution No. 14-019 of The School Board
of Miami-Dade County, Florida, honoring Mr. Shawn Beightol.
********** h-6 withdrew Environmental Stewardship.
116,810 h-7 approved Resolution No. 14-011 of The School Board
of Miami-Dade County, Florida, designating March 2014 as Women’s History Month
to be celebrated in all Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
116,811 h-8 approved Resolution No. 14-012 of The School Board
of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing Roxcy O’Neal Bolton as a civic
leader, victims’ advocate and women’s rights pioneer.
********** h-9 withdrew Webcams.
********** h-10 withdrew Communication with Teachers.
116,812 h-11 approved Request that the Superintendent and School
Board Attorney: (1) review M-DCPS’s policy regarding: (a) the search and
seizure of technological devices owned by M-DCPS or brought unto school
grounds; and (b) the expectation of privacy associated with said devices; and
(2) report findings regarding necessary policy changes, if any, to the Board.
116,813 h-12 endorsed April 22, 2014, as Earth Day in Miami-Dade
County Public Schools.
116,814 h-13 approved Resolution No. 14-013 of The School Board of
Miami-Dade County, Florida, proclaiming April 2014 as Child Abuse and Neglect
Prevention Month in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
116,815 h-14 recognized/ congratulated The winners
of the 2013 WalkSafe Statewide Poster Contest.
116,816 h-15 approved Resolution No. 14-014 of The School Board of
Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing Reverend Alphonso Jackson.
********** h-16 withdrew Request that the Superintendent: (a) explore
career internship and placement opportunities for high school students in
career and technical skills educational programs through the development of
district-wide partnerships with businesses; and (b) explore the establishment
of a placement service program that links these students with employers that
will coach, mentor, assist, and ultimately employ our students upon successful
graduation; and (c) provide a report to the Board addressing the implementation
viability and timeline of placement programs and partnerships.
116,817 h-18 approved Resolution No. 14-017 of The School Board of
Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing Biscayne Elementary School educators
and support staff, Max Ponton and his mother, Barbara Menendez, for their
positive attitude and teamwork.
116,818 h-19 approved Resolution No. 14-020 of The School Board of
Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing Commissioner Keon Hardemon.
********** h-20 withdrew Request to direct the Superintendent and the
School Board Attorney to explore ways to further delineate the difference
between lobbyist and citizen actions concerning communication.
116,819 h-21 approved Resolution No. 14-021 of The School Board of
Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing the Urban Construction Craft Academy.
********** h-22 withdrew Exploring Ways of Improving Employee Health
and Wellness through District’s Health Benefit Program.
Adjourned
/mcs
