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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 held a Special Board Meeting at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2015, in Room 4050 of OPSB's Timbers III Office Building, 3520 General DeGaulle Drive.
The agenda for the meeting, which can be read here, has been summarized by OPSBrief below:
- Suspension of OPSB Policy A108
- The policy was suspended
- The action allows OPSB to use the 20-day period specified in State law rather than the 10-day period specified in Board policy for filling a vacancy on the Board
- OPSB President Seth Bloom said that the Board failed to elect anyone at its last meeting due to the lack of time to interview the candidates and research their credentials
- Appointment of Interim District 1 Board Member
- Elected John Brown as Interim District Board Member by unanimous vote on the first ballot
- Necessary due to resignation of Ira Thomas
- Executive Session regarding potential litigation over contractor's claim of construction delay damages on the new Moton Elementary School
- Action item regarding the issue discussed in Executive Session
- Approved strategy recommended by Board Counsel in Executive Session
After the Meeting was adjourned. Superintendent Henderson Lewis, Jr., was administered the oath of office. Following the oath, he emphasized the necessary of placing students first and pursuing excellence. He urged everyone to be supportive of the development and implementation of a five-year plan for excellence, which he will call the 2020 Vision.
***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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