Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the District Administration topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Superintendent updates board on delayed sales-tax figures, TAP payouts, student advisory council and bond canvass
Summary
Superintendent told the Natchitoches Parish School Board the district is still awaiting November sales-tax figures and cannot issue sales-tax checks until they arrive; he announced TAP performance-pay second-half payouts before the break, a new student advisory council, and said staff will present a resolution to canvass the Nov. 15 bond returns.
The superintendent opened the monthly report by telling the board the district has not yet received November sales-tax figures and therefore cannot issue sales-tax checks until those collections are posted. “We have still yet to receive sales tax figures for the November collection,” he said, asking for patience while staff awaits the numbers.
He said instructional staff will receive the second half of their TAP performance pay the week before the holiday break. “They’re getting the second half of their TAP payout,” the superintendent said, adding that final calculations require VAM data from LDOE.
Staff told the board the auditor expects to present findings from the annual audit in January, which will allow the district to schedule a mid- to late-January retreat after the audit is released. The superintendent said, and provided documentation, that the district plans to convene a student advisory council for the superintendent beginning the first Tuesday in January from 4 to 5 p.m.
The superintendent also noted the district’s Nov. 15 bond election passed and that staff will present a resolution to canvass the returns for the bond commission. “We were able to pass the 12,450,000 bond,” he said, and added staff will prepare the canvass paperwork to return to the bond commission.
Other items summarized by staff included a local crosswalk of the state’s “Let Teachers Teach” recommendations and a reminder that calendar options for 2026 meetings will be presented to the board in January. The superintendent said he will circulate proposed evaluation documents required by new state law ahead of the next meeting so board members can review them.
The board did not take final action on the sales-tax reporting or the student advisory council during the meeting; the canvass resolution and several personnel and policy items were placed on upcoming agendas for formal consideration.
