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This report is created by Ken Ducote and Rose Drill-Peterson on behalf of the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools 

 

The Orleans Parish School Board will hold its regular monthly Committee Meetings beginning at 1 p.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2013, in Room 4050 of its Timbers III Office Building, 3520 General De Gaulle Drive.  
 
Committees typically discuss issues that will later be considered by the full Board at a Board Business Meeting and review the progress of the implementation of items previously approved by the full Board.
 
Meetings may be convened up to 30 minutes prior to their posted times in order to facilitate the orderly conduct of business.
 
To read the agenda and back-up documentation of a Committee Meeting, click on the title of the respective Committee below. OPSBrief has highlighted key agenda items of particular interest to its readers. 
 
Of additional note, OPSB has advertised solicitations to procure two major consulting service vendors, the need for which was discussed at previous Committee Meetings:

 

***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***
DECEMBER 12 OPSB COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDAS
Accountability Committee - Will not meet this month

  • McDonogh # 7 Asphalt project
  • Capital Project Status Report

Legal and Legislative Committee - 2 p.m.

  • 2014 Calendar of Board and Committee Meetings
  • Executive Session to consider litigation matters
    • Two cases of worker's compensation- settlement recommendations
    • One case of insurance litigation - status report

Policy Committee - 3 p.m.

  • Second readings of proposed amendments to certain policies
    • E500 - Facilities, Capital and Maintenance Management
      • Deletes tobacco provision that was apparently placed in the wrong policy and is covered elsewhere
    • KF1000 - Use of School Facilities
      • Regarding use of facilities and alcohol use on school grounds
    • E530 - Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Program
      • Clarifies procedures and 35 % goal

Budget and Finance Committee - 4 p.m.

  • Cisco Smartnet Hardware and Software
  • McDonogh # 7 Asphalt project - bids
  • October 2013 Financial Statements
  • FY 2013 Audit Report Update
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