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This report is created by Ken Ducote and Rose Drill-Peterson on behalf of the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools 

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The following report is from the Thursday, June 30 meeting of the Master Plan Oversight Committee.

***This email is created by Ken Ducote and Rose Drill-Peterson on behalf of the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools and is not an official correspondence from the Orleans Parish School Board***
MASTER PLAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING

Reports

The Committee received and discussed the following two reports and solicited public input

  • Revisions to the School Facilities Master Plan
  • Revisions to Building Specifications

The proposed revisions and schedule of nine public meetings can be found here.

 

Schedule of Activities

  • July - Public input and further staff research
  • August - OPSB & BESE consideration

 Basis of Recommendations

  • Post-census demographic estimates
  • Volunteer committees of local educators and facilities experts
  • Available funding
  • Updated Facility Condition Assessments

Summary of Strategic and Policy Recommendations

  • "Right-sizing" schools
  • Larger schools, but fewer of them
  • Reduction in square feet per student
  • Reduction in per-square-foot operating and maintenance costs
  • Change from original six-phase plan with one funded phase and five unfunded to three phases with two funded and one unfunded
Public input by speakers at the meeting
  • Opposition to phasing out Walker
  • Support for funding Behrman renovations
  • Support for elementary school in Priestley-Johnson area
  • Support for new Lawless High School
  • Support for new Karr High School
  • Need to fund new Phase 3
  • Requests for greater clarity in report
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