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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 held its monthly Committee Meetings on Thursday, August 16, at the OPSB Administrative Office Building (Timbers), 3520 General DeGaulle Drive, Room 4050. 

Meeting agendas were cut short because an emergency water repair in the neighborhood unexpectedly caused the water to the building to be shut off, thus closing restrooms.

 

Meeting agendas can be reviewed here. 
 
Agenda items for which no action is listed below were deferred either to the full OPSB meeting (if timely action needed) or to next Committee meetings (if not time-sensitive).


***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***
OPSB COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Accountability Committee
  • Pupil Progression Plan - Reviewed and forwarded to full Board
  • Charter schools update - Received and discussed reports from Administration
    • Approximately 14 RSD Type 5 RSD charter schools are expected to be eligible to return to OPSB after School Performance Scores are released in October 2012
  • Common enrollment study group - Received and discussed reports from Administration
    • Assisted by Institute for Innovation in Public School Choice 
Property Committee
  • Expropriation of property on Patterson Street - Reviewed and forwarded to full Board for approval
    • Needed to clear title to two condominium units in unfinished and abandonned building on corner of site
    • Property identified for one of the two new elementary schools in the Master Plan for the area covered by Algiers Point and McDonogh neighborhoods
  • Building commissioning services - Reviewed and forwarded to full Board for approval
    • Results of competitive qualifications-based selection process
  • Tubman Annex - Received report from Administration
    • Agenda item previously approved by Board needs to be amended to reflect Algiers Development District as correct entity expropriating property from OPSB
  • Karr Gym Repairs - Received update from Administration
    • Action item to be covered in Budget & Finance Committee
    • Bids have been received
  • Capital Projects Monthly Report - Received and discussed reports from Administration
Legal and Legislative Committee
  • Executive Session on several lawsuits
    • No action taken
Policy Committee
  • Policy Amendments for Second Reading - Forwarded to full Board
    • G737 - Reduction in Force
    • C306 - School Principals / Building Administrators
    • G734 - Tenure
    • G748 - Sabbatical Leave
    • G751 - Sick Leave
  • E530 - Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program - Discussion only
    • Requirements being added to specifications for bidding of new McDonogh 35 HS
    • Considerable discussion occurred about procedures and administrative structures
  • C303 - Recruitment of Superintendent - Discussion only
    • General Counsel discussed procedural options
  • B213 - Minutes of Board Meetings - Discussion only
    • New proposed budget will include cost of on-demand viewing of OPSB meetings on website
Budget and Finance Committee
  • Budget Timeline for FY 2013 - Received report from Administration
    • Budget Published - 8/30/2012
    • Public Hearing - 9/13/2012
    • Special Board Meeting to Consider and Adopt Budget - 9/13/2012
    • Submission of Budget to State Superintendent - 9/14/2012 
  • Action Items - Reviewed and forwarded Administration's recommendation to full Board for approval
    • Renewal of stoploss coverage for medical insurance
    • Bids for Karr HS Gymnasium Repairs - to award construction contract
    • Title I Rollover - for upgrading technology in Title I schools
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