The gymnasium floor at Jonesboro-Hodge Middle School and Weston High School, as well as both the girls’ and boys gym at Jonesboro-Hodge High School and the old and new gyms at Quitman High School, will soon have a shiny new gleam to them.
That is because the Jackson Parish School Board agreed to authorize Anthony Boston to apply one coat of Gym Floor Refinishing to be paid as follows: $6365.00 from the JH District funds, $2189.00 from the Weston District funds, and $3805.00 from the Quitman District funds.
The action was taken by school board members Gerry Mims, Mary Saulters, Paulette Belton, Rick Barlow, Wade McBride, Dennis Clary and Calvin Waggoner at their regularly scheduled meeting for May that was held on Monday, May 5th.
Additional business conducted was:
- Payment of General Fund, Federal Program, School Food Service,
Sales Tax, Special Education, and District Maintenance bills. - Approve paying the Employer’s Share of Group Benefits insurance premiums from the General Fund for the June 2025 sales tax distribution.
- Approve paying a one-time retention stipend in the amount of $2,000.00 for certified staff and staff required to have a degree (IT Department, Nurses, and Business Office Staff) and $1,000.00 for non-certified staff, to be paid out of the General Fund. The stipend is intended for the retention of employees’ services for the 2025-2026 school year.
- Approve payment to Edgear of America, Inc. in the amount of $60,701.95 for the renewal of the JCampus Software Support, to be paid from the 2025-2026 General Fund.
- Approve hiring three (3) Paraprofessionals – Parish Wide to be used to support students with disabilities, as needed, to be paid from IDEA and/or IDEA Preschool funds. Their school assignment may change year to year based on student need.
- Approve the Job Description for a second IT Specialist Assistant, effective July 2025, to be paid from the General Fund.
- Approve payment to Risk Services of Louisiana in the amount of $388,598.00 for the renewal of the 2025-2026 Insurance for Property, to be paid from the General Fund.
- Approve payment to Risk Services of Louisiana in the amount of $11,625.00 for the renewal of the 2025-2026 Cyber Prime 250 Insurance, to be paid from the General Fund.
- Approve payment to Risk Services of Louisiana in the amount of $3,579.00 for the renewal of the 2025-2026 Student Accident & Catastrophic Insurance, to be paid from the General Fund.
- Approve the Differentiated Compensation Allocation stipend for the fiscal year 2024-2025 to be paid to highly effective teachers, teachers in critical shortage areas as determined by BESE, teachers working in high needs schools, and teacher leader positions. The total allocation for this funding is $54,387.00, to be paid from the Differentiated Compensation Allocation fund.
- Approve Jackson Parish 4-H contracting the use of a Jackson Parish bus and driver to transport students to summer camp at Camp Grant Walker in Pollock, Louisiana, June 23-26. Expenses will be paid by the LSU Ag Center – Jackson Parish office.
The complete minutes of the meeting can be found in the Classifieds section of the
Jackson Parish Journal