Okaloosa County School Board — Regular Meeting, February 12, 2024 — reading text

Feb 12, 2024 Absolute Date : Feb 12, 2024 Recommended Action : Motion to approve the agreement to grant Okaloosa Gas District a fifteen foot (15') wide utility easement at Wright Elementary School. Public Content Okaloosa Gas District is requesting The School Board of Okaloosa County grant a fifteen foot (15') wide utility easement at Wright Elementary School located at 305 Lang Road, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32547. Please contact Dr. Bill Smith for additional information, 689-7158. File Attachments Ok Gas Easement - Wright ES.pdf (144 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and all of the Consent Agenda items as recommended by the Superintendent. Motion by Diane Kelley, second by Marti Gardner. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Tim Bryant, Marti Gardner, Diane Kelley, Lamar White 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.20 Agreement to grant Okaloosa Gas District a fifteen foot (15') wide utility easement at Edwins Elementary School, presented by Dr. Bill Smith, Program Director, Facilities Planning, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Feb 12, 2024 - Regular Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Preferred Date : Feb 12, 2024 Absolute Date : Feb 12, 2024 Recommended Action : Motion to approve the agreement to grant Okaloosa Gas District a fifteen foot (15') wide utility easement at Edwins Elementary School. Public Content Okaloosa Gas District is requesting The School Board of Okaloosa County grant a fifteen foot (15') wide utility easement at Edwins Elementary School located at 350 Hollywood Boulevard, SW, Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32548. Please contact Dr. Bill Smith for additional information, 689-7158. File Attachments Ok Gas Easement - Edwins ES.pdf (146 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and all of the Consent Agenda items as recommended by the Superintendent. Motion by Diane Kelley, second by Marti Gardner. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Tim Bryant, Marti Gardner, Diane Kelley, Lamar White 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.21 Self-Help Project to Purchase a New Scoreboard for the Baseball Field at Niceville High School, presented by Dr. Bill Smith, Program Director, Facilities Planning and recommended for approval by the Superintendent. Meeting : Feb 12, 2024 - Regular Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Preferred Date : Feb 12, 2024 Absolute Date : Feb 12, 2024 Fiscal Impact : Yes Dollar Amount : $32,110.00 Budgeted : No Budget Source : Self-Help Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Self-Help Project to purchase a new scoreboard for the baseball field at Niceville High School. Public Content Niceville High School is requesting School Board approval to allow the Niceville High School Baseball Club, Inc., an outside support organization, to raise funds for a Self-Help Project. The Self-Help Project would be to purchase a new scoreboard for the baseball field. The School District's Maintenance Department would remove the old scoreboard and install the new scoreboard to include the electrical. Once the organization has raised the funds, the funds would be donated to the school and appropriated to a Capital project at the District level. The school would enter a District purchase order to make the purchase, following all School District guidelines. File Attachments Letter from Mr. Marello.pdf (53 KB) Daktronics NHS Baseball BA-2125.pdf (873 KB) Email from Steve Bolton approval of model.pdf (20 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and all of the Consent Agenda items as recommended by the Superintendent. Motion by Diane Kelley, second by Marti Gardner. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Tim Bryant, Marti Gardner, Diane Kelley, Lamar White 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.22 Computer Science Teacher Bonuses Grant application for Fiscal Year 2023-2024, presented by April Branscome, Program Director, Career and Technical Education, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Feb 12, 2024 - Regular Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Preferred Date : Feb 12, 2024 Absolute Date : Feb 12, 2024 Fiscal Impact : Yes Dollar Amount : $7,000.00 Budgeted : No Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Computer Science Teacher Bonuses Grant Application for Fiscal Year 2023- 2024, in the amount of $7,000. Public Content Okaloosa County Schools will use funds from this grant to supply eligible teachers with either a $500 or $1,000 bonus, depending on the certification. The District’s portion of FICA benefits will be withheld prior to payment through the regular payroll process. Retirement is not applicable. For any teacher currently working at a charter school, the District will transfer the full bonus amount to the school so it can provide the bonus to its teacher(s) through its payroll process. This grant supports Florida’s Strategic Plan, including the Vision: “Florida will have an efficient world-class education system that engages and prepares all students to be globally competitive for college and careers.” By encouraging and supporting the most effective Computer Science teachers, this grant supports the following components of the Plan: Measure 23: Improving the Retention of High-Quality Teachers Goal 3: Skilled Workforce and Economic Development Measure 4: (K-12 Computer Science) Access in Computer Science For additional information, please contact April Branscome, 833-5858. File Attachments 460 - DOE 101 - FY 23-24 CSTBG.pdf (88 KB) CompSciTeachBonus23-24 v12-15-23.pdf (92 KB) 460 - DOE 100a - FY 23-24 CSTBG.pdf (131 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and all of the Consent Agenda items as recommended by the Superintendent. Motion by Diane Kelley, second by Marti Gardner. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Tim Bryant, Marti Gardner, Diane Kelley, Lamar White 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.23 Request for Course Code Adoption for the 2024 -2025 School Year - District-wide, presented by Stephanie Gillis, Specialist, Curriculum and Instruction, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Feb 12, 2024 - Regular Meeting  Type : Action (Consent) Fiscal Impact : No Budgeted : No Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Course Code Adoptions for the 2024 - 2025 School Year. Public Content Request to adopt the attached courses. Course title, course number, credit, requested weighting, and rationale for course adoption and weighting is attached. For additional information, please contact Stephanie Gillis, Specialist, Curriculum and Instruction, (850) 833-6313. File Attachments PersonalFinanceCourseRequest.pdf (98 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and all of the Consent Agenda items as recommended by the Superintendent. Motion by Diane Kelley, second by Marti Gardner. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Tim Bryant, Marti Gardner, Diane Kelley, Lamar White 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.24 Request for