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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 Orleans Parish School Board held its monthly Committee Meetings on Thursday, December 13, at the OPSB Timbers Office Building, 3520 General DeGaulle Drive.
The Board typically uses Committee meetings to review and discuss items that will appear on the agenda for future Business Meetings and to review the implementation of items it previously approved.
The next OPSB Business Meeting is currently scheduled for 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 18, in the Auditorium of McDonogh 35 High School, 1331 Kerlerec Street. It is anticipated that the Board will hold a Public Hearing on proposed policy changes at 4:30 p.m., immediately before the Business Meeting.
To read the agendas and back-up materials for the Committee Meetings, click on the meeting titles below.
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***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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DECEMBER 13 COMMITTEE MEETINGS
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Discussed items below but took no action due to lack of a quorum.
- Master Plan Oversight Committee - Nominations
- CPA and N.O. Business Council nominees will be on agenda for Business Meeting
- OPSB representative will apparently be deferred until new Board members seated
- 2013 Board Committee and Business Meeting Schedule
- Einstein Charter School - Request for Expansion of Enrollment
- Item deleted from agenda without discussion
- Transfer of Schools (RSD back to OPSB)
- Administration discussed issues related to schools eligible to return
- Thirteen RSD Type 5 schools are eligible to return
- Charter Boards and BESE must approve return
- BESE regulations do not require community input in the decisions
- Return of school operation is separate issue from return of school building
- Returning schools would need State Legislature action to retain their LEA status
- Common Enrollment Process (OneApp)
- Administration reported on progress of Steering Committee for OneApp
- There are also advisory committees of parents and community members
- Transition in planning for OPSB to take over unified process for both OPSB and RSD
- OPSB will need designated staff and budget for coordinating enrollment process
- Concern expressed that OPSB students should have priority for staying in OPSB schools
- Some OPSB members had concerns that it would be premature to join OneApp until RSD irons out first-year problems
- Steering Committee, including OPSB school administration representatives, met Thursday morning, and their report, with concerns, is forthcoming
- One parent from Benjamin Franklin ES expressed the opposition of the school's parents to joining OneApp
- NBC Learn Grant K-12
- Resources for learning based on NBC's 80 years of documenting news
- Kellogg Foundation to fund program for three years for all OPSB and RSD schools, charter and direct-run
- Grant includes unlimited use licenses and staff training
Legal and Legislative Committee
No meeting was scheduled
Property Committee
Received reports from the Administration and took action as indicated
Policy Committee
Received and discussed information from Administration with no action taken
- OPSB Policies - Second Reading
- Proposed amendments to existing policies will be subject of Public Hearing before Tuesday's Business Meeting
- G725 - Recruitment
- G726 - Employment of Personnel
- G731 - Promotion
- J939 - Bullying, Intimidation, Harassment, and Hazing
- I806 - Textbook Selection and Adoption
- I801 - Basic Instructional Program
- A127 - Charter School Evaluations
- A128 - Charter Renewal
- G725, G726, and G731 are proposed to amend due to new State laws
- J939 is proposed to add consequences for not stopping bullying
- I806 and I801 are proposed to prohibit creationism from being taught as science
- A127 and A128 are proposed to require charter school participation in the common enrollment and expulsion processes
- Attorney representing several charters objected to OPSB unilaterally changing charter operating agreements via policy amendments during the terms of existing charters.
- Moton Charter School
- Discussed validity of procedures used by School District to investigate allegations of testing irregularities
Budget & Finance Committee
Lacking a quorum after the first item, the Committee discussed the items below with the understanding that they will be placed on the agenda for the Business Meeting
- Real Estate Consulting Services
- Construction Contracts
- McMain HS New Gym
- N. Kenilworth ES New School
- McDonogh 35 HS New School
- McDonogh 35 HS Stabilization of Existing Site
- NBC Learn Grant K-12
- Marie Atchley Donation
- Monthly Financial Statements/Report
- Update on Annual Audit for FY 2012
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