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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 RSD, BESE, nor any other state agency


The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
 will hold its quarterly Meeting of the Committee of the Whole to discuss Recovery School District Matters on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at 6 p.m., in the new Morris Jeff Community School (Fisk-Howard Campus), 211 South Lopez Street, New Orleans 70119. 

The detailed agenda with back-up documentation may be read here.

Please note that the meeting bay be convened up to 30 minutes prior to its posted time in order to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. RSDigest has summarized the posted agenda 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 RSD, BESE, nor any other state agency***
FEBRUARY 25 BESE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE ON RSD MATTERS
School Innovation and Turnaround Committee - RSD Management Issues

Administration and Finance - RSD Finance Issues

  • RSD Contracts and Leases of $ 50,000 and over
      • Fisk-Howard ES - additional commissioning expenses for new school - $10,800
      • Wheatley ES - adjust (Architectural/Engineering) A/E contract fee to correct for final construction costs for new school - $17,425
      • Wicker ES - adjust A/E contract fee to correct for final construction costs for refurbishment project - $3,089
      • McDonogh 28 - additional A/E contract fee to add new windows to refurbishment project- $14,440
      • B. T. Washington HS - additional A/E services for the environmental project on school campus -  $37,656
      • Harney ES - provide construction administration and close-out services for refurbishment project - $38,000
      • Morial ES - additional A/E services for new school design and construction - $7,100
  • Reports of RSD Capital Projects
      • Monthly Summary Reports (RSD & OPSB) for December 2014
      • Superintendents' Report for December 2014
      • RSD Open Contracts as of January 8, 2014
      • OPSB Open Contracts as of January 8, 2014
      • Bid Tabulations for the month of December 2014
    • Quarterly Report 2014 Q4
Administration and Finance - Referrals - New Business
  • RSD Request for Applications process
    • RSD issued public RFAs to identify operators for the Reed, John McDonogh, Livingston, and Wilson campuses
    • Einstein Charter Schools was selected to operate the Sarah T. Reed school beginning 2016-17
    • RSD to announce its final decisions regarding the selected operator for each of the remaining school facilities by February 23, 2015

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