THE SCHOOL BOARD OF DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
1450 Northeast Second Avenue
Miami, Florida 33132
Excerpts from Unofficial Minutes of January 14, 2015 School Board Meeting
APPROVED Bid Opening List of December
11, 2014.
APPROVED Minutes of the December
10, 2014 Regular School Board Meeting.
117,337 A-1 HEARD Superintendent’s
Informational Reports to the Board on Selected Topics.
117,338 c-30 approved One amended charter school
application.
117,339 c-50 expelled The student specified in supplemental
material SM-11.
117,340
C-70 approved The out-of-country field
trip request for students at South Miami Senior High School, as described in
the Official Agenda item.
117,341 c-71 certified The 2015-2016 Class Size
Compliance Plan.
117,342 c-100 adopted School Board Policy
5410, Student Progression Plan 2014-2015, and authorized the
Superintendent to file the policy with The School Board of Miami-Dade County,
Florida, to be effective January 14, 2015.
117,343 d-20 approved The instructional and
non-instructional appointments, reassignments, leaves and separations as
included in Personnel Action Listing 1067.
117,344 d-21 approved The recommendations as set
forth in the Official Agenda item for appointments and lateral transfers to be
effective January 15, 2015, or as soon thereafter as can be facilitated.
117,345 d-55 approved 1) The Superintendent’s recommendation for
agreed upon disciplinary action, in the following manner: Ms. Guadalupe Portela,
Custodian, Calusa Elementary School, suspension without pay for three (3)
calendar days, effective January 16, 2015; Mr. Blas Fragoso, Lead Custodian,
Calusa Elementary School, suspension without pay for five (5) calendar days,
effective January 19, 2015; Mr. Tomas C. Valdes, Custodian, David Fairchild
Elementary School, suspension without pay for three (3) calendar days,
effective January 15, 2015; Mr. Freddy Sardinas, lead Custodian, David
Fairchild Elementary School, suspension without pay for seven (7) calendar
days, effective January 15, 2015; Mr. Mercory Murphy, School Security Monitor,
Allapattah Middle School, suspension without pay for thirty (30) workdays,
effective January 15, 2015; and Ms. Barbara M. Rios, Teacher, Miami Killian
Senior High School, suspension without pay for three (3) workdays, effective
January 15, 2015.
2) The Superintendent’s
recommendation for agreed upon disciplinary action, effective January 15, 2015,
in the following manner: Ms. Syreeta S. Neloms, School Bus Driver, Northeast
Transportation Center, suspension without pay for thirty (30) calendar days;
Ms. Margarette Pierre-Louis, School Bus Driver, North Transportation Center,
suspension without pay for thirty (30) calendar days; Mr. Jacques V. Benjamin,
School Bus Driver, Jack Schee Transportation Center, suspension without pay for
thirty (30) calendar days; Ms. Chondria N. Essix, Bus Aide, Northwest
Transportation Center, suspension without pay and initiation of dismissal
proceedings; and Mr. Joseph Chiu, ERP Analyst, Systems and Programming
Services, suspension without pay and initiation of dismissal proceedings.
117,346 e-1 received The Monthly Financial Report for the period ending November 2014.
117,347 e-86 received The Internal Audit
Report – Selected Schools.
117,348 e-87 received The Internal Audit
Report - Audit of Inventories as of June 30, 2014.
117,349 e-88 received The Audit of
Educational Facilities Impact Fee Fund, Special Purpose Financial Statements,
June 30, 2014.
117,350 e-89 received The Audited Financial
Statements of WLRN Television and Radio Stations for Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2014.
117,351 e-90 received The Review of Audited
Financial Statements of Twenty Charter Schools for the Fiscal Year Ended June
30, 2014.
117,352 e-91 received The Auditor’s
Communication of Audit Results and Management Letter for Fiscal Year Ended June
30, 2014.
117,353 e-141 approved The supplemental award on Contract
No. 016-KK11 – Security-Systems Services Contract, as delineated in the
Official Agenda item, effective February 10, 2014 through February 9, 2015.
117,354 e-200 adopted Amended Board Policy
8510, Wellness Policy, and authorized the Superintendent to file the
policy with The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, to be effective on
January 14, 2015.
117,355 ******* held A
meeting of the Board of Directors of the Miami-Dade County School Board
Foundation, Inc. (“The Foundation”), wherein the following actions were taken:
· Elected the Treasurer of Miami-Dade County Public Schools as an
Assistant Secretary of the Foundation.
117,356 f-1 authorized The Chair and
Secretary to execute the necessary documents to dedicate land to the City of
Miami for right-of-way purposes adjacent to Kensington Park Elementary School,
located at 711 NW 30 Avenue, Miami, Florida.
117,357 f-2 authorized The Superintendent
to finalize negotiations and execute a Public School Concurrency Proportionate
Share Mitigation Development Agreement, as described in the Official Agenda
Item.
117,358 f-3 authorized The donation to
the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, at no cost, of three Board-owned
portable units that are vacant and no longer required by the District; and the
Chair and Secretary, as may be necessary, to execute any other documents that
may be required to effectuate the donation of the portable units to the Florida
Department of Juvenile Justice, including a Bill of Sale.
117,359 f-4 authorized The
Superintendent to finalize negotiations and execute an Amended and Restated
Lease Agreement by and between The School Board and Florida Memorial University
(FMU), for joint development and use of a portion of the Jann Mann Opportunity
School campus; finalize negotiations and execute a Joint Use Agreement by and
between the parties, as described in the Official Agenda item.
117,360 f-22 COMMISSIONED M. C. Harry and
Associates, Inc., as Architect/Engineer of Record for General Obligation Bond
funded Renovations Project at American Senior High School, located at 18350 NW
67 Avenue, Hialeah, Florida 33015, Project No. 0141900, all terms and
conditions as set forth in the Official Agenda item.
117,361 f-23 COMMISSIONED Saltz Michelson
Architects, Inc., as Architect/Engineer of Record for General Obligation Bond
funded Renovations Project at Shenandoah Middle School, located at 1950 SW 19
Street, Miami, Florida 33145, Project No. 01339000, all terms and conditions as
set forth in the Official Agenda item.
117,362 f-24 commissioned Pirtle Construction
Company as the Construction Management at-Risk firm for Pre-construction Services
related to a General Obligation Bond funded Remodel/Renovations project at Hialeah
Senior High School, located at 251 East 47 Street, Hialeah, Florida 33013,
Project No. 01337800, all terms and conditions as set forth in the Official
Agenda item.
********** f-25 WITHDREW The request to
commission MCM as Construction Management at-Risk firm for General Obligation
Bond funded K-8 Conversion Addition, Remodeling & Renovations project at West
Homestead K-8 Center, located at 1550 SW 6 Street, Homestead, Florida 33030,
Project No. 01336300, all terms and conditions as set forth in the Official
Agenda item.
********** f-26 WITHDREW The request to
commission D. Stephenson Construction, Inc., as Construction Management at-Risk
firm for General Obligation Bond funded Renovations project at American Senior
High School, located at 18350 NW 67 Avenue, Miami, Florida 33015, Project No.
01419100, all terms and conditions as set forth in the Official Agenda item.
117,363 f-27 commissioned Thornton
Construction Company, Inc., as Construction Management at-Risk firm for General
Obligation Bond funded Renovations project at Shenandoah Middle School, located
at 1950 SW 19 Street, Miami, Florida 33145, Project No. 01339000, all terms and
conditions as set forth in the Official Agenda item.
117,364 f-28 authorized The
Superintendent, or his designee, to extend the Special Projects Consultant -
Structural Engineering Services Agreement for one (1) year, under the same
terms, conditions and fees as the original Agreement with M. Hajjar &
Associates, Inc. and Arvelo & Associates, Inc.
117,365 f-30 authorized The replacement
of Hufsey-Nicolaides-Garcia-Suarez Associates, Inc., with Maqueira Engineering
Consultants, Inc., as the Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing Engineering
Sub-Consultant in the Agreement with Fanjul & Associates, LLC, as
Architectural/Engineering Projects Consultant (A/EPC), Sheltered Market for
Micro Business Enterprises, for Miscellaneous Projects up to $200,000 each.
117,366 g-1 adopted Amended Policy 6320.02 Small/Micro Business Enterprise Program and Minority/Women
BusinessEnterprise Certification and authorize the Superintendent to file
the amended policy with The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, to be effective
January 14, 2015; and directed the School Board
Attorney to (a) seek and receive a report from EuQuant, Inc., regarding
possible construction subcontracting disparities, (b) to consider community and
stakeholder concerns and input, (c) to propose recommended policy amendments
and administrative procedures based on the study results and community and
stakeholder input, and (d) to propose any other policy amendments necessary to
improve and enhance this policy.
117,367 g-2 adopted Board Policy 8351, Electronic
Data Security Breach Notice Requirements, amended Board Policies 8332, Biometric
Information Restriction and Privacy Protections, and 2430.01, School
Volunteers and authorized the Superintendent to file the new and amended
policies with The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, to be effective
January 14, 2015.
117,368 h-3 approved Resolution No. 15‑001
of The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing Take Stock in Children. |
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117,369 h-4 endorsed January 2015 as National Slavery
and Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
117,370 h-5 authorized The Superintendent
to evaluate current levels of supervision and the environment for elementary grades
in school cafeterias; explore ways to improve upon the supervision and
environment for elementary grades in school cafeterias and examine the
feasibility of such efforts; and provide a response by the March 2015 School
Board meeting.
117,371 h-6 adopted The recommendations of
the Ethics Advisory Committee Task Force, as described in the Official Agenda
item and appointed the School Board’s Attorney’s Office to serve as
administrative liaison.
117,372 h-7 endorsed March 2015 as Arts in Our
Schools Month in Miami-Dade County Public Schools.
117,373 h-8 approved Resolution No. 15-003 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, honoring Nicholas Mesa of John
A. Ferguson Senior High School.
117,374 h-9 endorsed Additional schools for
submittal under the Safe Routes to School infrastructure grant program
sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, and requested the
Superintendent to formalize the grant applications accordingly.
117,375
H-11 requested The
Superintendent to explore the feasibility of working with appropriate entities,
including PTM, on the production of a pet welfare video that may be aired in
Miami-Dade County Public Schools during Be Kind to Animals Week.
117,376 h-12 endorsed February 2015 as National
Black History Month to be celebrated in all Miami-Dade County public schools.
117,377 H-13 authorized* That The School Board
of Miami-Dade County, Florida:
1. Pursue
action as follows: (a) Continue to seek appropriate legislative remedies,
especially the elimination of the 1% per month interest provision; (b) Seek
remedies to close loopholes that allow continuing delays in the VAB hearing
process; (c) Seek legislative change permitting school districts to budget at
95% of expected tax revenue rather than 96%; and (d) Seek to eliminate the
two-year delay in the closeout of the final certification of the tax roll; (e)
forge an agenda to ensure that a backlog is not recreated once the current one
is cleared; (f) negotiate and enter into a contractual agreement with the
timeline established in the body of this item and the necessary parties for
the collection of property taxes which will set measurable expectations and
consequences for failure to meet the same in the future.
2. Seek
legal action as appropriate to expedite a lasting resolution to of this matter within the timeline and framework established in the body of
this item. If legal course is recommended, the Board should shall be notified and legal representation from outside counsel considered.
* As
amended: see stricken [deleted] language and underlined [added] language.
117,378
H-14 confirmed The Chair’s
new appointments and elected Ms. Raquel A. Regalado to represent the School
Board on the Value Adjustment Board and Ms. Perla Tabares Hantman as the
alternate representative of the School Board on the Value Adjustment Board.
117,379 h-15 approved Resolution No. 15-005 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing Jean Monestime, the
first Haitian-American elected to the County Commission and as Chairman.
117,380 h-16 approved Resolution No. 15-004 of
The School Board of Miami-Dade County, Florida, recognizing Hampton House
Trust, Inc.
117,381 h-17 AUTHORIZED* The Superintendent to
gather and disseminate REQUESTED detailed information prepared for each School District
within the Miami-Dade County Public School system, specifically
as it relates to health insurance plan options under the
Affordable Care Act, as well as enrollment events and
locations in each District.
Board Attorney to review the legal and privacy
appropriateness of materials that would increase individual participation in
health care options, with priority emphasis on children’s health; and Subsequent to such review consider, as appropriate and
practicable, the feasibility of the distribution of such materials.
* As
amended: see stricken [deleted] language and underlined [added] language.
117,382 h-19 directed The Superintendent to determine
the effectiveness of the Truancy Intervention Program by providing information,
as described in the Official Agenda item; and provided specific recommendations
and methods that administrators within individual Districts and/or schools that
are experiencing high truancy rates can implement to reduce these incident.
Adjourned
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