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

Greetings!


The Orleans Parish School Board will host four additional Public Hearings throughout the first two weeks of November to provide constituents the opportunity to review and comment on the proposed OPSB redistricting plan and offer a first glimpse at four alternatives to the base plan.

  

By law, redistricting must: 

  • Be completed by March 2012 and will affect next OPSB elections,
  • Be done after each decennial US census,
  • Adhere to "one-man / one-vote" principle, 
  • Be based on latest official Census (i.e., 2010) and cannot take into account projected future changes, and
  • 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 in accordance with the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The previous public meetings discussed the current districts' boundaries and population levels, as well as the process required under state and federal law. Click here to read the prior report on the redistricting process
 
The proposed redistricting plans and meeting schedule can be found below.

***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***
REDISTRICTING PROPOSALS
MEETING SCHEDULE

Uptown Area

November 1st, 2011, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Mahalia Jackson Elementary School

Multi-Purpose Room 

2101 Freret St

New Orleans, LA 70113

 

Westbank Area

November 3rd, 2011, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. 

L.B. Landry High School

Auditorium  

1200 L. B. Landry

New Orleans, LA 70114

 

N.O. East / Gentilly Areas

November 8th, 2011, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Southern University at New Orleans - Lake Campus

Building 43  

6801 Press Drive

New Orleans, LA 70126

 

Mid-City Area

November 10th, 2011, 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Delgado Community College

Student Life Center 

615 City Park Ave

New Orleans, LA 70119

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