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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 second of two recent Community Meetings for public input on the future of the John McDonogh Senior High School Building was held on Saturday, October 11. The meetings are being convened by the Ad Hoc Committee, including representatives of the Orleans Parish School Board, the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the Recovery School District, and the John McDonogh Steering Committee. The meetings are held at the McDonogh 35 High School Auditorium, 1331 Kerlerec Street, for videotaping.
OPSBrief has summarized the October 11 meeting's activities below. The complete agenda can be read here.
***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 OCTOBER 11 JOHN MCDONOGH COMMUNITY MEETING
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Ad Hoc Committee - Community Meeting - Oct. 11, 2014
- Welcome and purpose
- Ad Hoc Committee Co-Chairs
- From OPSB - Ira Thomas, OPSB Member
- From McDonogh HS Steering Committee - Brenda Square
- Conversation framework
- Bill Rouselle of Bright Moments, LLC
- Review of OPSB and BESE resolutions
- Review of October 8 meeting
- 45 attendees - 23 comment cards turned in
- Overwhelming majority favored return to OPSB & use as a direct-run high school
- Historical review of McDonogh HS facility
- John McDonogh HS post-Katrina history
- Brenda Square, John McDonogh Steering Committee
- Summarized history since Hurricane Katrina
- Said McDonogh reflects "entire experiment" in post-Katrina New Orleans
- Steering Committee wants a traditional high school with community involvement
- Current and projected enrollment data and high school facility use
- McDonogh's Treme/Lafitte neighborhood profile
- Alternative interpretations of enrollment and capacity data
- Community engagement and facilitated group session
- Discussed answers to four questions on school's academic vision
- What would you like in place for students attending John McDonogh?
- What is your academic vision for John McDonogh?
- What would it take to recruit students and parents to John McDonogh?
- What resources would you like to see in place for students?
- A lively discussion led to many suggested statements
- Many responses overlapped multiple questions
- A written report is being prepared by facilitators on the results of the discussion
- All present committed to staying involved with the school's future
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This service is made possible by support from the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools and funding from the
Robert Reily Family Trust and the Smith/Cooper Foundation
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