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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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The Orleans Parish School Board held Committee Meetings on Thursday, September 12, 2013, at the OPSB Timbers Office Building, 3520 General De Gaulle Drive. Agendas and back-up documentation can be read by clicking on the names of the respective Committees. The Committee Meetings included the Accountability and Budget & Finance Committees; the Facilities Foundation; and the Committee of the Whole. A meeting of the Property Committee was originally scheduled but was later cancelled; its substantive agenda items were scheduled for discussion at the Budget & Finance Committee meeting later in the afternoon. Meetings for the Policy and Legal & Legislative Committees were not scheduled. Committees typically review and discuss issues likely to come before the full Board at a later meeting and review the progress of the implementation of previously approved items. OPSBrief has summarized below the items discussed during the meetings. Two important events are being scheduled by OPSB for next week, both of which will be held at McDonogh 35 HS, 1331 Kerlerec Street: - Monday, September 16, at 4:00 p.m. - Public Hearing on new charter school applications
- Tuesday, September 17, at 5:00 p.m. - September Board Business Meeting
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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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Reports and Discussion Items
Received reports from Administration with no action taken
- COMPASS report
- New State teacher evaluation system
- Report showed latest evaluation results by school (regular & charter)
- 94 % of OPSB teachers were judged "Effective: Proficient" or "Highly Effective"
- 1 % were judged "Ineffective"
- Update on charter applicants
- Four applicants interviewed - read applications here
- Cypress Charter School Association
- The Learning Lab
- Smothers Academy Preparatory for Arts and Sciences
- Thurgood Marshall College Fund Collegiate Academy @ SUNO
- Public Hearing to discuss new charter applicants to be held 4:00 p.m., Monday, September 16, at McDonogh 35 HS
- Anticipate Board action item at September 17 Board Business Meeting
- Update of Charter School Citywide Strategy
- Working on strategy as team of OPSB, RSD, LDOE, NSNO, etc.
- Will correlate to info from GCR demographic updates and School Facilities Master Plan
- One App update
- Parents may transfer students until October 1 after advising current school
- Changes more limited after October 1
- OPSB draft calendar
- Reviewed draft of calendar prior to printing
- Chevron Project Lead the Way and Franklin ES
- Grant to support engineering pathway for 7th and 8th grade students
- Provides $41,000 total over a two-year period
- Meeting cancelled
- Substantive items deferred to Budget & Finance Committee meeting
Action Items
Received and discussed recommendations from Administration and forwarded to full Board with recommendations for approval unless indicated otherwise
- Surplus property auction update
- Public auction held August 22, 2013
- Timbers I and II Office Buildings - $1,392,000
- Haley ES - $450,000
- Algiers Bus Barn - $375,000
- Lake Forest ES - original site - $36,000
- Seabrook Center site - $18,000
- Exchange of OPSB's Idaho & Seine Site and City's Fox Playground
- Allows expansion of Landry Campus for Landry-Walker HS
- Allows reuse of vacant OPSB school site never used for school
- Sale of Shaw ES to Encore Academy
- By State Law, charter schools can acquire surplus OPSB property prior to offering for public bid
- Contract award for new Lake Forest ES
- Deferred pending additional review of bids
- Chevron Project Lead the Way and Franklin ES
- $41,000 grant over two-year period to support engineering pathway for 7th and 8th graders
- Leveraged Financing resolution - McDonogh 42 ES project
- Adopted Resolution 27-13 relating to closing transaction
- Expected to provide $5 to 7 million in funds for Master Plan trough tax credits programs
- Compass Odyssey purchase
- Software purchase - $36,525 - adds Harte ES, Einstein ES and M. Jackson ES to existing contract for other schools
Discussion/Information Items
Received and discussed information from Administration without taking any action
- Revenue allocation report
- Reviewed content outline for forthcoming report
- Fiscal monitoring report
- State recently reviewed OPSB for compliance with state and federal regulations on NCLB, IDEA, CTE and TANF programs
- Found no instances of non-compliance regarding the use of federal program funds
- Deemed critical to keeping OPSB off "high-risk" status
- Internal controls found to be working with no repeat of past problems
Action Item
Received and discussed recommendations from staff and bond counsel and took action as indicated
- Leveraged Financing resolution - McDonogh 42 ES project
- Adopted Foundation Resolution 01-13
- Related to leveraged financing via New Market Tax Credits and State Historic Tax Credits
- Expected to provide an extra $ 5 to $ 7 million in revenue for Master Plan projects
Presentations and Reports
Received presentations from firms applying to assist Board with Superintendent Search; no action taken
- Report of Superintendent Search Firm Evaluation Committee
- Not presented - item deleted from agenda
- Presentations by short-listed firms attending
- Firms discussed qualifications, experience, and strategies, including how to engage Board members and the community in the process
- Board members questioned the firms, including on how to handle the unique local governance structures and political influences
- Proposer invited but did not attend
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This service is made possible by a Community IMPACT 2012 Grant from the Greater New Orleans Foundation and funding from the
Robert Reily Family Trust and the Smith/Cooper Foundation
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