School board approves insurance renewal, construction bids, RFPs and leases

At its March 5, 2025 meeting the Lafourche Parish School Board approved a series of motions that the business and land-and-facilities committees recommended, including an insurance renewal, multiple construction low bids and several requests for proposals.

Insurance renewal: The board accepted a renewal quote for property and casualty insurance with a revised recommended premium of $2,348,640, which the presenter said represented a $642,292 savings over last year’s policy. The motion to accept the renewal was moved by Mister Duplantis and seconded by Doctor Guillot; the board amended the motion on the floor and approved it by voice/hand vote.

RFPs and service renewals: The board authorized advertisement of a proposal for web hosting services for the IT department, authorized an RFP for a bus-lease program for district transportation, and approved renewal of GoGuardian classroom-management software licenses from Laminex for $60,850 for fiscal year 2025–26. Those motions were moved and seconded as recorded in the meeting and were approved.

Construction bids and change orders: The board approved multiple low bids and change-order requests tied to Hurricane Ida repairs and campus improvements, including (as presented): - Low bid from Delcott LLC for the Hurricane Ida demolition and campus improvement project: base bid $5,392,000; alternate 1 $1,702,000; alternate 2 $216,000; design fee $634,983.34. (Presented totals in the transcript were inconsistent; the base and component amounts above are those read into the record.) - Low bid from Bartu Inc. for HVAC renovation at Sapo/Futch(?) High School: base bid $8,113,700 and design fee $549,864 (total presented $8,663,564). - Change order for Golden Meadow Lower Elementary and South Beach High School hurricane repairs for $103,250.50. - Contract-time extension of 14 days for a Bayou Blue Middle School baler replacement project, approved to account for manufacturer delays. - Low bid approval for a sanitation piping renovation project at Salva Futch High School (base and alternate amounts were read into the record). - A revised change order for Bayoubluff Elementary School demolition asbestos abatement: presenter corrected the professional fee adjustment and recommended approval of a reduced change order of $6,299.39 and two additional contract days.

Leases and other business: The board approved a one-year lease with automatic renewal for the LPG polling access plan for exclusive use of leased premises on election days and approved camp-lease bids as recorded.

Appointment resolution: The board adopted a resolution appointing a member to the ITEP committee for Lafourche Parish and authorized the superintendent to serve on the committee and to sign related documents.

Outcomes: All motions recorded in the meeting were approved as presented or amended; where the transcript records only "motion carries" or hand votes, the article reflects that the board approved the items. No votes were recorded in the transcript with a named tally of yes/no for every board member.