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Votes at a glance: Bossier Parish School Board approves stipends, MOU with Barksdale and routine business
Summary
The Bossier Parish School Board on May 1 approved a set of routine and operational items, including a one‑time staff stipend, a 10‑year MOU with Barksdale Air Force Base for emergency family assistance, surplus declarations and permissions to issue solicitations for the 2025–26 fiscal year.
The Bossier Parish School Board on May 1 approved several motions covering personnel, procurement and community partnerships. The board’s votes were largely procedural or routine; the items and outcomes are listed below.
• Leave without pay: The board approved a leave‑without‑pay request for teacher Marie Boswell of Waller Elementary. The transcript records the request and board approval but does not provide precise dates in the meeting record; the leave timeline was described in the superintendent’s memo and is recorded as “not specified” in the public remarks.
• One‑time staff stipend: The finance committee recommended and the full board approved a one‑time stipend to be paid May 20: $1,600 for professional staff and $1,000 for support staff. The committee reported unanimous approval in committee; the board subsequently approved the item at the regular session.
• Memorandum of Understanding with Barksdale (2d Force Support Squadron): The board approved an MOU allowing Barksdale’s Military and Family Readiness Center to establish an Emergency Family Assistance Center using district facilities when needed. The MOU is a 10‑year agreement with periodic reviews; no payment to the district is required. The JMAC facility was identified as the first option and Parkway High School as a backup site.
• Declaration of surplus and routine procurement actions: The board declared listed items surplus, and authorized the issuance of solicitations to select a legal journal and a fiscal agent for the 2025–26 fiscal year. Chief Procurement Officer Carrie Douglas presented the requests; the board approved permission to issue formal solicitations and to bring responses back in June for award.
• Administrative and finance committee reports and policy revisions: The administrative committee reported unanimous recommendations to approve revisions to policies (listed in committee summary as GBRA, GBA, GBN and JBC) and recommended naming the Airline High School baseball field “Clay Bohannon Field.” The finance committee reported the stipend item and reviewed February 2025 financials (discussion only).
• Trip requests and other routine items: The board approved trip requests and other routine agenda items (minutes and agenda approvals were passed earlier in the meeting).
Motions were moved and seconded by board members as recorded in the meeting transcript; where the transcript recorded specific movers or seconds those names are noted in the official minutes. The meeting record announces each item as passed; roll‑call tallies were not included in the public transcript for most items.
