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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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Greetings!
Over the next two weeks, the Orleans Parish School Board will hold a series of meetings on redistricting to give information on the demographic shifts in current Orleans Parish School Districts and to receive comments or concerns pertaining to how the population changes will impact the redistricting process. Following the conclusion of these meetings, there will be a follow-up series of meetings in which alternatives are presented. A summary of the presentation and link to the complete power point as well as the schedule of remaining informational meetings follow.
***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*** |
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Report
This report from Angele Romig on behalf of GCR and Associates on plans to reapportion and/or redistrict OPSB member districts was originally presented to the Orleans Parish School Board on Thursday, June 16, 2011 and is the primary source of information provided at the redistricting meetings
- GCR team is Angele Romig, Bill Cody and Richard Poche'.
- The process must be completed by March 2012 and will affect next OPSB elections.
- Required by law to be done after each decennial US census.
- Must adhere to "one-man / one-vote" principle.
- Must be based on latest official Census (i.e., 2010) and cannot take into account projected changes.
- Under the 1965 Voting Rights Act, OPSB plan must be submitted for approval by US Justice Department (DOJ) to ensure it has no discriminatory purpose or effect and does not regress on minority representation.
- Louisiana R.S. 17:71 requirements:
- Based on official US Census;
- Compact and contiguous districts;
- Cannot split a precinct among districts; and
- Enacted through a Board resolution that specifies the size of the Board, terms of office, district boundary lines, date of elections, and effective date.
- Board has two directions it can take:
- Redistricting, which involves keeping 7 districts with modified boundaries; or
- Reapportionment, which could involve having some citywide and some district members.
- The current districts, redone after the 2000 Census, had the following characteristics:
- Total New Orleans population was 484,674;
- "Ideal" population per district was 69,239; and
- Actual population per district ranged from 66,024 in District 5 to 71,056 in District 4, a variance from ideal <5%.
- Based upon the 2010 Census, OPSB has the following considerations:
- Total New Orleans population was 343,829;
- "Ideal" population for each of the seven districts would be 48,118;
- Current population per existing district ranges from 38,157 in District 2 to 66,663 in District 4;
- Desired variance from ideal population <5% or maybe as high as 10% if justified;
- Districts 1, 2 and 7 need to be enlarged to increase population;
- Districts 4 and 6 need to be reduced in population.
- Districts 3 and 5 are closer to ideal;
- Changes in one district will have a "domino effect" across other districts; and
- For the five City Council districts, the "ideal" population is 68,766.
- There will be considerable opportunity for public review and comment during the process.
- The full report can be found here.
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August 25th, 2011
District 2
Moton Elementary School Cafeteria
6800 Chef Menteur Highway, New Orleans, LA 70126
6:00pm - 7:00pm
August 29th, 2011
District 5
Mahalia Jackson Elementary School Multipurpose Room
2101 Freret St, New Orleans, LA 70113
6:00pm - 7:00pm
August 31st, 2011
District 3
St. Dominic School Gymnasium
6326 Memphis St, New Orleans, LA 70124
6:00pm - 7:00pm
September 1st, 2011
District 4 - Eastbank Meeting
International School of Louisiana Cafeteria
1400 Camp St, New Orleans, LA, 70130
6:00pm - 7:00pm
September 6th, 2011
District 4 - Westbank Meeting
OPSB Administrative Office, Room 4050
3520 General DeGaulle Dr, New Orleans, LA 70114
6:00 - 7:00pm
September 7th, 2011
District 6
Eleanor McMain Secondary School Cafeteria
5712 S Claiborne Ave, New Orleans, LA 70125
6:00pm - 7:00pm
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