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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
Board Business Meeting beginning at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in the Auditorium of McDonogh 35 HS, 1331 Kerlerec Street.

 

The agenda and all back-up materials may be read here.

OPSBrief has outlined the agenda items below.

 

OPSB meetings are usually shown live on Cox Cable Channel 8. After a few days, video replays may be seen on OPSB's website. 
 

 

***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***
MAY 14 OPSB BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
Board Business Meeting
  • Student of the Year Recognition
    • Students will be recognized and will be presented with cash scholarships
  • Toyota of New Orleans - Premier Stay in School Perfect Attendance Program
    • A student will receive by random draw a new 2014 Scion car 
  • Legislative Youth Advisory Council Leadership Award Presentation
  • Recognition of Book Donation by Dwayne Wade, James Patterson and Hachette Book Group
  • Superintendent Search - Additional Candidate interviews - May 22
  • Committee Reports
  • Replacement of Chillers at Warren Easton HS
    • Results of public bids - Arc Mechanical - $247,500 - DBE = 35%
    • Existing chillers deteriorated from being under salt water during 2005 flood
  • Surplus Property Recommendations
    • Removes Armstrong (former McDonogh 19) from surplus list
    • Landbanked properties currently used as swing spaces or for other purposes will be considered for surplus list at a future date
    • Other properties available for sale
      • Charters by law and policy can offer to purchase at fair market value
  • Amendments to Architectural Contracts and/or construction change orders
    • Audubon - Broadway Renovations
    • Karr Gym Stabilization
    • McMain Stabilization
    • McDonogh 35 Stabilization 
  • 2014/15 OPSB Facility Plan
    • Refers to annual review of building utilization
    • Includes future designation of Plessy ES to Tureaud Campus (former Couvent & former Marigny)
  • Assignment of Bethune ES to the Bradley Campus
    • Bradley transferred to OPSB in recent agreement with RSD
    • Schedule completion of new building is by the end of 2014-2015 School Session
  • 2013-2014 Pupil Progression Plan Addendum
    • Regarding summer remediation and certain waivers of high stakes testing
    • Provides process for this summer regarding certain students having the opportunity for transitional 5th and 9th grade programs
    • State initiative to reduce large number of over-aged students and potential dropouts when students pass courses but fail high-stakes tests 
    • Development of 2014-2015 PPP forthcoming
  • Academic Performance Framework
    • Parallel frameworks for Financial and Organizational Performance were adopted by OPSB in February 2014.
    • Framework was amended to reflect various viewpoints of various types of charters 
    • Implementation process is under development and will be forthcoming
  • Executive Session to consider a settlement in a worker's compensation case

 
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