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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 a Public Hearing and a Committee of the Whole Meeting on Monday, September 16. The Board will also hold its regular Monthly Business Meeting on Tuesday, September 17, at 5:00 p.m. The venue for all of these events is the Auditorium of McDonogh 35 High School, 1331 Kerlerec Street.
The agendas and back-up documentation for the meetings can be reviewed by clicking on the title of each respective activity. OPSBrief has summarized those agenda items below.
***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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REPORT FROM PUBLIC HEARING, COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
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Received public comments from applicants and their supporters - no action taken
- Type 1 Charter Applications
- Summary of applications and independent evaluations can be read here
- Decisions projected for Business Meeting on the 17th
- Smothers Academy
- Proposed PK-8 school for 490 boys
- Independent evaluation was "deny"
- Applicant believes the evaluation process was flawed
- Stressed its experience
- Said evaluation did not conduct sufficient "due diligence" about New Orleans and its needs
- The Learning Lab
- Proposed Grades 6 to 12 school for 450 students co-ed
- Independent evaluation was "deny"
- Applicant disagreed with evaluation
- Cypress Academy
- Proposed K-8 school for 700 students co-ed
- Independent evaluation was "deny"
- Applicant requests conditional approval for 2015 subject to correcting deficiencies
- Would serve significant population of dyslexia and learning disabilities currently believed underserved in local public schools
- Two parents of dyslexic children endorsed the application
- One parent endorsed the application because of the school's commitment to a racially diverse enrollment
- Thurgood Marshall College Fund Collegiate Academy @ SUNO
- Proposed Grades 6 to 12 school for 625 students co-ed
- Would utilize for-profit Connections Education for curricular and back-office support
- Would use "blended learning"
- Independent evaluation was "approve"
Received and discussed committee report - no action taken
- Superintendent's Search Evaluation Committee Report
- Committee members stressed cooperative nature of their work
- Believed that any of the four finalists would do a good job for Board
- Included DBE participation in rating firms - all firms have diversity
- Rank ordered finalists as follows:
- Proact Search of Wilmette, IL
- HYA aka ECRA Group of Rosemont, IL
- Hawkins Company of Los Angeles, CA
- Isaacson Miller of Boston, MA
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Full Business Meeting Agenda available here
Presentations - Toyota Perfect Attendance Car Giveaway
Action Items
- Commpass Odyssey Purchase Approval
- Selection of Superintendent Search Firm
- Type 1 Charter Applications
- Property Auction Update
- Exchange of Property with City
- Sale of Shaw ES to Encore Academy
- Lake Forest ES New School Bids
- Chevron Project Lead the Way
- Leveraged Financing for McDonogh 42 Renovation
Litigation Matter/Executive Session
- Worker's Compensation Case
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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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