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Bossier Parish School Board approves minutes, agenda, insurance renewal, trip requests and moves to executive session
Summary
The Bossier Parish School Board on March 6 approved routine minutes and agenda items, extended the group health and dental administrator for one year on the insurance committee’s recommendation, approved trip requests and voted to enter executive session for the superintendent’s evaluation and litigation discussion.
The Bossier Parish School Board on March 6 approved routine meeting business, accepted an insurance committee recommendation to renew the district’s group health and dental administrator for one year, approved trip requests and voted to enter an executive session to conduct the superintendent’s annual evaluation and to discuss pending litigation.
Minutes and agenda: The board approved the minutes of the Feb. 20, 2025 regular session (motion by Mr. Bertrand; second by Miss Darby) and approved the March 6 agenda (motion by Mr. Bertrand; second by Mr. Faltin). Both items passed without recorded opposition.
Insurance committee recommendation: Mr. Bertrand reported that the insurance committee met at 5:30 p.m. and recommended the board extend the group health and dental administrator for one year. The committee reported the item passed unanimously in committee and the full board subsequently voted to approve the item (no mover/second recorded in the transcript; outcome: item passes).
Trip requests: The board approved routine trip requests (motion by Miss Smith; second by Miss Brotherton). The board president called the vote and the item passed.
Executive session: The board voted to enter executive session “pursuant to LA R.S. 42:17(A)(1) for the purpose of the annual evaluation of the superintendent and to discuss the status of that matter styled Does 1 through 4 v. Bossier Parish School Board et al., bearing case number 5:18‑CV‑0152 on the records of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, pursuant to LA R.S. 42:17(A)(2) and (A)(10) and LCE Article 506,” according to the motion recorded in the transcript. The motion to enter executive session was moved by Miss Brotherton and seconded by Mr. Bertrand and was approved by the board.
The board’s public minutes through the end of the regular session record the approvals and the vote to convene in executive session; no additional policy decisions or contract terms were reported in open session.
