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Greetings!
The following report is from the Tuesday, March 20, 2012, Business Meeting of the Orleans Parish School Board.
Also, OPSB will hold a Community Meeting at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow, Thursday, March 22, in the Oak Park Baptist Church, 1110 Kabel Drive, to talk about the potential implications of various education bills now moving through the Legislature. A meeting meeting previously scheduled for this evening has been cancelled due to the weather.
***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*** |
Superintendent's Agenda
Reviewed Superintendent's recommendations and took action as indicated
- Approved the appointment of Armer Bright as Executive Director of the SDBE program
- Approved several routine personnel items consisting of appointments, transfers, leaves of absence, and returns from leave
- Discussed, and referred for committee consideration, if such personnel actions needed to be considered by the Board or if the law permitted the Superintendent to make the final decisions
Committee Reports & Consent Agenda
Received reports of committee chairpersons; took action as indicated
Committee Reports
- Accountability
- Property Committee
- Legal and Legislative Committee
- Policy Committee
- Budget and Finance Committee
Consent Agenda
- Audubon School (Broadway) Renovations and Addition
- Accepted lowest responsive bid of FHP Tectonics Corp. - $12,415,000
- Property Management Contract - Timbers Office Building
- Approved six-month extension for Security National Properties - $19,021 per month
- Blackboard Academic Portal
- Approved one-year renewal - $146,000
- Achieve 3000 On-Line Reading Program
- Approved one-year renewal - $211,265
- CISCO SMARTNET Software Application LAN and WAN Electronic Maintenance Contract
- Approved five-year proposal from State Contract Vendor, GDS - $160,636
- IBM Elite Software Application
- Approved three-year contract from State Contract Vendor - $17,620 per year
Action Items
Received and discussed Administration's recommendations and took action as indicated
Capital Projects Amendment #5
- Adopted Resolution 05-12, budgeting $1,000,000 for chiller replacement and related repairs to the Timbers Building and adding $1,381,673 to the existing budget of the Audubon School (Broadway) Renovations project
Millage Roll-Forward
- Approved, after hearing public comments, for Administration to begin public notices about potential millage roll-forward for 2013
- RSD Superintendent Patrick Dobard spoke in favor of the proposal and noted that all RSD and OPSB schools, direct-run and charter, will receive the funds
- Also speaking in favor of the proposal were Leslie Jacobs (former OPSB and BESE member), Kathy Riedlinger (Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools), Caroline Roemer Shirley (Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools), and a representative of Citizens for 1 Greater New Orleans
- Points made during the discussion included the following:
- Full millage roll-forward would mean approximately $120 more for each student in Orleans (OPSB & RSD charters and direct-run)
- Total revenues generated would be approximately $5,000,000
- With the high level of poverty in Orleans, schools need more resources to serve the students
- Funds are needed to sustain the progress being made in local public schools
- Costs have increased for insurance, retirement, and other fixed costs
- Impact on taxpayers is deemed modest
- State MFP contribution has not increased in last three years, and the 2.75% cost of living increase has been suspended
- Millage rates would be adjusted to take advantage of increased property valuations but would retain the same purposes for which voters initially dedicated the taxes
Legislative Agenda
- Approved the legislative agenda recommended by the Administration
- Can be read here
Reduction in Force/Reassignment - Policy G737
- Authorized the Administration to implement the policy as necessary to develop a balanced budget
Harte and Karr Charter Schools Management
- Approved an agreement between OPSB and the Algiers Charter School Association (ACSA) for the management of Harte and Karr Charter Schools until June 30, 2013, subject to changing the provisions relating to personnel management
- OPSB will issue an RFP for the management of the Type 4 charter schools thereafter
Executive Session on Litigation Matters
Recessed into Executive Session to discuss litigation matters after which it reconvened and took action as indicated
Status Reports received in Executive Session
- Expropriation Litigation with State over McDonogh 11 School
- Insurance Litigation
- Return of Schools Litigation with State
Action Item
- Approved General Counsel's settlement recommendation on an employee litigation
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