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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!
The following report is from the Thursday, April 12, 2012, Committee Meetings of the Orleans Parish School Board.
The Legal & Legislative Committee and the Policy Committee did not convene.
***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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Agenda and back-up materials for the items below can be found here
Action Items
Annual School Assignments
- Forwarded to full Board with recommendation to approve Superintendent's proposed assignment of operators to sites for the 2012-2013 school year, for which new assignments are as follows:
- ADEP HS to co-locate at current McDonogh 35 HS next year and the new McDonogh 35 HS at the Phillips/Waters site when constructed
- ENCORE Academy to co-locate at the new Crocker ES for next year with anticipated future site TBD
- Lake Forest Charter School to be assigned future building at the recently purchased GSS Academy on Lake Forest Blvd., corner Wright Rd.
- Karr Charter HS to be assigned future building at the recently purchased Jo Ellen Smith Site at 4422 General Meyer Ave.
- The following other operators have anticipated future sites listed as "TBD": Audubon Charter (upper), Moton Charter, and NO Science & Math Charter HS
District Student of the Year Finalists
- Forwarded to full Board with recommendations to approve and recognize
- 5th Grade: Winner - Amaris Rachael Lewis (Franklin HS) and Runner-Up - Rachel Laufer (Lusher ES)
- 8th Grade: Winner - Josephine LaVoie (Audubon CS)
- 12th Grade: Winner - Jennifer Tu (Franklin HS), 2nd Place - Mina Walker (Lusher HS), 3rd Place - Luan Vo (McMain Secondary), 4th Place - Paris Scott (Easton HS), 5th Place - Bria Craige (McDonogh 35 HS), and 6th Place - Endia Bush (Karr HS)
- Cash scholarships to be awarded to the winners as follows: $750 to 12th Graders, $100 to 8th Graders, and $50 to 5th Graders
Discussion/Information Items
Encore Academy Update
- Received $250,000 Walton Foundation Start-Up Grant
- Will be able to open in August 2012 for next school session
- Negotiations going smoothly for them to co-locate with Crocker's initial small enrollment in its new building
Transfer of Schools Plan Update
- Approximately 14 RSD schools are expected to be eligible to return to OPSB next year
- BESE will soon consider procedure for offering RSD operators to return to OPSB
- The issue is also the subject of litigation between OPSB and State
RFA Timeline for Proposing New Type 1 and Type 3 Charter Schools
- Request for Applications (RFA) will be ready in a few weeks, depending on any new legislation impacting schedule
State Student of the Year Finalists
- Jennifer Tu, 12th Grader at Franklin HS, is a finalist for the State Student of the Year
Graduation Dates and 2012-2013 Calendar at a Glance
- Proposed 2012 HS graduation dates, viewable here
- Proposed calendar for next fiscal & school year, viewable here
Merging of Schools
- Presentation by principals of McDonogh 35 HS and ADEP HS on proposed phasing in a merger of the two schools over next two years
- Schools would co-locate in current McDonogh 35 HS building for next two years
- When the new McDonogh 35 HS opens at the Phillips/Waters site, the two schools would merge under the name of McDonogh 35 HS, with the ADEP program being a component of McDonogh 35
- Perceived benefits include lowering per-pupil operating costs, enhancing ADEP program hindered now by smaller enrollment, beefing up McDonogh 35's enrollment, and enhancing support services
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Agenda and back-up materials for the items below can be found here
Discussion/Information Items
Capital Projects Budget Amendment #6
- Mahalia Jackson ES - $250,000 to convert some administrative offices into classrooms
Reports
Capital Projects Report - February 2012
- Cumulative change orders to date total less than 3% of total original contract values
- Lake Forest ES New School
- Administration reported that the OPSB's assigned architect (Lee Ledbetter & Associates) had just withdrawn from the planned contract signing
- Board members, administrators and school parents expressed opinions that a firm that so withdraws three months after accepting a school design assignment causes harm to students by delaying completion of their new school into the middle of a school session
- Additionally, the firm had previously accepted OPSB's assignment of designing the new Karr HS, for which a contract had not yet been signed
- General Counsel was asked to research appropriateness of deleting firm from current rounds of project assignments
- Administration plans to propose reassignment of Lake Forest ES project to another firm at Tuesday's OPSB Business Meeting
- Harte ES New School
- Being value engineered and redesigned for rebidding
- Move-in date now delayed to January 2014
Franklin HS Stabilization Repairs - Phase I
- This item was deleted because bids are still under review
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BUDGET & FINANCE COMMITTEE
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Reports
Monthly Financial Report , March 30, 2012
- Ad valorem taxes and sale and use taxes - collections are "looking good"
- State revenue sharing - projecting $1.1 million shortfall, being offset by some lower spending projections
- Special revenue reimbursements are being billed faster
Action Items
Moved to full Board with recommendations to approve
Capital Projects Budget Amendment #6 - Resolution 06-12
- Mahalia Jackson ES - $250,000 to convert some administrative offices to classrooms
Purchase of Property - Algiers Place
- Purchase vacant tract of 8.77 Acres at 3501 Seine Drive for $900,000
- Proposed site of new RSD PK-8 Elementary School in Master Plan
Annual Property Insurance Renewal
- Renewal of $50,000,000 in property insurance
- Premium $2,064,733, an increase of only $494 over prior year
- Administration will analyze options for improving coverage
IT Application Service Provider Renewal
- Tyler Technologies - 3.25 years - $410,475 total
- Finance, HR, Payroll, and other applications
Franklin HS Stabilization Repairs - Phase I
- Deleted because bids are under review
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