Jason Crabb will be in Concert at Greenwell Springs Baptist Church on February 15th at 6:00 pm.

Should you have any questions please feel free to contact the church office at 261-2246.

Tonight the regularly scheduled Central Community School Board meeting was packed with visitors, teachers, parents, administrators and friends, all assembled to honor five Central “Students of the Year”.  The students were chosen from grades 1, 3, 5, 8 and 12, one student form each of our five school facilities.  The honorees were: Baleigh Sansone – 1st Grade, Aiden Wilson – 3rd Grade, Alexis David – 5th Grade, Emanuela Plummer – 8th Grade, and Cameron Cooke – 12th Grade.

Each student was awarded a plaque from the School Board, presented by Superintendent Faulk.  Additionally, members of the Central business community presented each of the students with financial awards in recognition of their achievements.  Congratulations to each of these students and to their parents and teachers.  They are representative of an entire school system full of promising young people who have helped Central Schools become one of the premier educational environments in the state.

Enjoy the slide show below, and if you see a picture you would like, send an e-mail to this  Dave@Centralspeaks.com and the picture will be e-mailed to you.

The Central Community School System Facilities Steering Committee met wth PBK engineering last Thursday and Friday in meetings open to the public.  Thursday’s meeting was attended by about 175 people and was held in order to present the engineering firm’s cost estimates to bring all current school facilities into excellent condition.  The findings, presented by school, can be found at the links below.  PBK engineers are not recommending that all of the items on these lists be accomplished.  These are the “building blocks” which the Steering Committee will use in making its recommendations on decisions regarding which imprvements to make, and when.

CHS FINDINGS

CMS FINDINGS

CIS FINDINGS

TANGLEWOOD FINDINGS

BELLINGRATH FINDINGS

STADIUM FINDINGS

Friday night’s meeting was attended by about 120 people and was held to present demographic challenges and to consider four possible scenarios for renovations and new builldings to meet the needs of the children of Central for the forseeeable future.  Below you will find links to the demographics data and the four Options presented for consideration.  PBK and Superintendent Faulk made it clear that the decision on what will be proposed to the voters would come from the Steering Committee and would have to be approved by the School Board.  The Options presented by PBK are to be considered, improved, changed, substituted, and molded to represent what the Steering Committee desires to take to the voters.

DEMOGRAPHICS

OPTIONS 1-4

The next meetings of the Steering Committee will be Tuesday and Thursday of thes week and will represent opportunities to consider funding options and further refine proposed renovations and construction.

The School Facilities Steering Committee will meet this Thursday and Friday.  The purpose of the meetings will be to receive information from PBK Architects, the firm hired to to the needs assessment for the school system.

PBK Architects will present the Comprehensive Facilities Assessment Thursday, February 5, 2009 in the Middle School Cafeteria.  The presentation will begin at 6:30 P.M.  The genreal public, parents, and staff members at each school are invited and encouragerd to attend this meeting and be informed as to the status of our facilities.  ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE PRESENT.

On Friday, February 6, 2009 PBK Architects will present various options for the committee to consider which would address our facility needs. The presentation will begin at 6:30 P.M. in the High School theater.  The committee will have the opportunity to ask questions and offer input. We are invite the general public, parents, and staff members at each school to attend this meeting and be informed as to the various options we will consider.  ALL COMMITTEE MEMBERS SHOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE PRESENT.

On Saturday, February 7, 2009 from 9:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M.  PBK Architects will be at the school board office to answer any of your questions, take your input, and listen to your concerns.

 The Central Community Alliance will host Bill Palmer, who is Superintendent of BREC and Ted Jack who is the Director of Planning and Engineering for Baton Rouge Recretation and Park Commission (BREC) at the monthly meeting scheduled for February 17^th.  

These BREC representatives will provide updates concerning BREC’s activities and discuss the planned facilities for the Central area.

Also in attendance will be Bert Neal,  who is a Central resident and who was recently appointed to the BREC Commission.

The event will be on February 17th at 7 PM at DEMCO,  16262 Wax Road.

The event is free and the public is invited and encouraged to attend.

As part of the implementation of Positive Behavior Support (PBS) in Central Community Schools this year, Central Middle School has adopted several behavioral incentive systems. One of these incentives provides positive recognition each month for students “Caught Being Great” by going above and beyond in some way. These students are nominated by other students, and these nominations are collected and screened by homeroom teachers all month long. During the week of “PBS Friday”, which is a monthly celebration of positive behavior occurring on the last Friday of each month, each team of teachers goes through all the students’ nominations and selects the most outstanding ones for the “Caught Being Great” student to represent their team that month. Then, all students who are selected for “Caught Being Great” have their names announced school-wide, and their pictures and good deeds are posted on bulletin boards in the school hallways throughout the month. This is just one way we reward students at Central Middle for behaving positively. The following students were selected for the month of August: 6th grade – Nicholas Handy and Katelyn Borel; 7th grade – Daniel Vincent and Stormy Johnson; 8th grade – Devon Gales and Mason Gautreaux. Congratulations to these students! Group from Left to Right:

Mason Gautreaux, Devon Gales, Stormy Johnson, Katelyn Borel, Daniel Vincent, Nicholas Handy. Continue Reading

Central Kiwanis Club of Central are selling tickets for the Central School System to purchase automated defibrillators for each school.  Tickets are $10.00 and the drawing for a generator, 12 gauge shotgun and $100. Gift card  will take place Sat., Dec. 6 at Central Middle School. 

 For more information contact June Dupuy at 261.6280 or Rae Turner at 261.4858

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

11:00am – 12:00pm

The Mobile Office will be located at the Corner of Hooper & Sullivan in the shopping center across from Central Middle School, Central, LA.  Representatives from Senator Vitter’s Office will be in Central to discuss any Federal Government issues with constituents.