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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 its monthly Board Business Meeting on Tuesday, November 19, 2013, in the Auditorium of the McDonogh 35 High School. The meeting agenda and back-up documentation can be read here. OPSBrief has summarized the agenda items below.
Prior to the Business Meeting, the Board's Committee of the Whole met for the Board to receive a presentation from its Superintendent Search consultants (Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates). That meeting will be the subject of a separate OPSBrief.
***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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NOVEMBER 19 OPSB BUSINESS MEETING
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Presentations and Reports
Received and discussed reports from the Administration
- Donations
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Foundation
- $ 1000 for Bethune ES piano instruction
- Participating teacher and students were recognized
- International Teamsters Women's Caucus
- $4487 for Bethune ES School Supply Drive
- September 2013 Financial Report
- Expenditures are less than revenues so far
- Accrued Revenues
- $ 7,808,806
- Waiting for ruling from State approving distribution plans
- Resulted from past year error only recognizing 11 months of sales tax collections
- Will be distributed on per pupil basis equitably across OPSB and RSD, direct-run and charters
- Question is what to do about schools open in revenue year but now closed
- Deferred Revenues
- Similar status to above
- $ 39,088,209
- Resource Allocation Study
- One-time Stipend Pay - HB #1 - Plan
- 50% to LEAs for one-time stipends to certified teachers specified in the legislation
- 50% per pupil distribution
- United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO)
- Requested to appear at December meeting to be able to present its vision for improving schools
- Superintendent Search
- HYA summarized their report from Committee of the Whole Meeting
- Separate OPSBrief will be issued on that meeting
Committee Reports
Received reports from Committee Chairpersons on past month's activities
Consent Item
Received and approved Administration's item from Business and Finance Committee
Action Items
Received and discussed recommendations from the Administration and took action as indicated
- Lake Forest ES - bids for new school
- Lengthy consideration of this item
- Considerable debate among Board members over design and prices received in bids
- Considerable comment from attending representatives of school and public officials
- Reports from architect, structural engineer, project manager and general contractor
- After discussing several substitute motions and amendments, approved the following actions
- Rescinded previous decision to reject all bids and rebid the project
- Awarded the contract to the lowest bidder for the Base Bid plus Alternate # 1
- McDonnel Group, LLC for Base Bid ($33,895,000) plus Alternate # 1 ($180,000)
- Rejected the bids for Alternate # 2 (additional parking) and Alternate # 2 (clearing and fill of back section)
- Capital Budget Amendment # 1
- Heard public comments and considered various amendments
- Adopted Resolution 29-13 for Capital Projects Budget Amendment # 1, with two modifications
- Decreased amount of increase for Lake Forest ES based upon approved bids above
- Decreased amount of increase for Karr HS by cutting out $2 million contingency item
- The text of the agenda item was printed incorrectly so the text was deleted in favor of the resolution
- Request to RSD & BESE for Bethune ES to relocate to the new Bradley ES building
- Adopted Resolution 30-13 requesting BESE and RSD for Bethune to occupy the new Bradley ES after construction
- Land Swap with State of Louisiana
- Approved negotiations with State to swap former Kennedy HS site for medical district HS site
- Nominations for the Master Plan Oversight Committee
- Approved two new members
- Jean Celestine - nominee of the Urban League of Greater New Orleans
- Angela M. Latino-Geier - nominee of the Associated Builders and Contractors
- Event Suspension of alcohol prohibition for fundraisers at Hynes ES and Franklin HS
- Approved suspension for three events
- Donations
- Approved receiving donations
- New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Foundation
- $1000 for Bethune ES piano instruction
- International Teamsters Women's Caucus
- $4487 for Bethune ES School Supply Drive
- Litigation Items
- Approved General Counsel's settlement recommendations on two cases of employee litigation
- Approved General Counsel's settlement recommendation on one case of personal injury litigation
Executive Session
Cancelled as the litigation items to be discussed had already been discussed in Legal & Legislative Committee Meeting of 11/14/2013
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