February 1, 2001

Members Present: Mr. Amrhein, Mr. Hansen, Mrs. Horton, Mr. Davis, Mrs. Womack, Mr. Kelley, Mr. Harris, Mr. Bruner, Mr. Spears, and Mr. Boudreaux.

The regular meeting of the Zachary Community School Board was held on February 1, 2001, at 7:00 p.m. at the Zachary Community School Board Office.

The invocation was given by Mrs. Horton followed by the pledge of allegiance led by Mr. Harris. Roll Call was taken. 9 members present.

A motion to accept the agenda was made by Mr. Kelley, seconded by Mr. Spears. VOTE: 9 Yeas, 0 Nays, 0 Absent.

A motion to accept the minutes of the 1/25/01 meeting as written was made by Mrs. Horton and seconded by Mrs. Womack.

VOTE: 9 Yeas, 0 Nays, 0 Absent.

Mr. Lonny Myles addressed the board stating that they have changed some of the procedures regarding council. Mr. Myles will be handling all paperwork and general discussion, and Mr. Barnes will handle the litigation discussions. On 2/1/01 Mr. Barnes filed the boards responses on Magnet Schools. There has been a trail date of January 2002 set for Baker and Zachary on the same Agenda. (A time line will be provided to the board next meeting).

Committee Reports:

Litigation Committee: They met on Tuesday, January 30, 2001 and discussed the change in procedure between Mr. Barnes and Mr. Myles

Election Committee:

They met on Wednesday, January 31, 2001 and discussed recruiting people to run for office. Will discuss tax propositions closer to the election time.

Budget Committee:

Did not meet.

Policy Committee:

Did not meet.

Mr. Spears discussed hiring a desegregation expert, stating that they have two resume's but no money to hire one, so they will keep this on the agenda and bring it back up when the board gets closer to needing one for court.

There was some discussion as to what to put on the agenda for next weeks meeting and Mr. Myles stated that he would have a packet of information for each member to review together some numbers for the litigation process if the board thinks it will help.

Mr. Amrhein appointed a committee, of Mr. Davis, Mr. Boudreaux and himself to work with the Friends of the Zachary Community Schools to insure that no one would be contacted twice for donations.

Mr. Bruner reviewed the to-do list with the board.

Mr. Boudreaux gave a financial statement to each board member. Mrs. Carmen Erwin gave a donation to the board.

Mr. Myles requested the board go into executive session to discuss legal strategies.

There was a motion by Mr. Bruner to recess into executive session, seconded by Mr. Kelley.

VOTE: 9 Yeas, 0 Nays, 0 Absent.

The meeting was resumed.

There was a motion made by Mr. Bruner to adjourn, seconded by Mrs. Womack.

VOTE: 9 Yeas, 0 Nays, 0 Absent.

Respectfully Submitted,

Jerry Boudreaux-Superintendent