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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 will hold its monthly Board Business Meeting on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at 5:00 p.m. in the Mack Spears Auditorium of McDonogh 35 High School, 1331 Kerlerec Street. Prior to the Meeting, the Board will conduct a
Public Hearing on Policy Matters at 4:45 p.m.
OPSBrief has summarized the agendas for the Hearing and the Meeting below. The posted agendas and back-up documentation can be accessed by clicking on the titles of the meetings. Videos of meetings are streamed and archived 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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OPSB Policies for Adoption
- Policy J953 Seclusion and Restraints
- To comply with State Law and BESE Bulletin 1706
- Emergency safety measure to control actions of students with certain disabilities
- Policy J954 Service Animals
- To prevent discrimination against persons requiring service animals to accommodate disabilities
- Grant Announcements
- Presidential Scholars
- OPSB Policy Revision Project
- Committee Reports
- Accountability Committee
- Property Committee
- Legal and Legislative Committee
- Policy Committee
- Budget and Finance Committee
- Construction Bid Results - Contract Awards
- Nelson ES Renovations
- By public bid - Blanchard Mechanical Contractors, Inc. - $1,480,000
- Lusher ES Refurbishment
- By public bid - Dynamic Constructors, LLC - $4,342,000
- Superintendent's Contract - Approval
- General Fund Budget Amendment #1
- Increase in salaries and benefits line items of $279,400 to fund balance of fiscal year salaries of new Superintendent and four new Transition Team Leaders
- IT Infrastructure Upgrade Project - Phase 2
- By competitive bids - Transformyx - $346,115
- For Easton HS, McMain HS, Franklin ES (Jefferson Avenue Campus)
- Leverage Financing Resolutions - Master Plan
- Four projects proposed for program in this round
- 06-15 Alexander ES
- 07-15 Audubon ES (Broadway Campus)
- 08-15 Lusher Charter (Fortier Campus)
- 09-15 Wright HS
- Certain projects are eligible to generate tax credits
- Will generate approx. $13 million dollars within Master Plan funding
- Will not fund additional projects outside of Master Plan, but creates the base funding for Master Plan projects that would have been unfunded otherwise
- Chevron Lead the Way Donation
- $51,000 for programs at McDonogh 35 HS
- OPSB System Audit
- Independent review and investigation of internal controls, policies, procedures, processes
- Behrman ES new school site - extension of purchase option
- 1200 Opelousas Street (approx. 10 acres)
- 3 months needed to complete environmental due diligence assessment
- Approval of 2015-16 Academic Calendar
- InspireNOLA Charter School Replication
- Einstein Charter Amendment Request
- Adds grades 9-12
- Recently assigned Reed HS campus by RSD
- Appointment of Interim District #1 Board Member
- Necessary by resignation of Ira Thomas
- Executive Session for Litigation Matters
- Construction delay claims on new Moton ES
- McMain Gym construction
- Gentilly Type III Landfill
- OPSB owns a few tracts of McDonogh Residual Lands in the area of a City landfill in former A-MID area
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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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