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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 has scheduled its quarterly Committee of the Whole on Recovery School District Matters for Wednesday, May 27, 2015, at the new Coghill Elementary School, 4617 Mirabeau Avenue, New Orleans 70126, beginning at 6:00 p.m. The meeting may be convened up to 30 minutes prior to the posted time in order to facilitate the orderly flow of business.
 
The agenda and back-up materials for the meeting can be read here. RSDigest has summarized the meeting's 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***
MAY 27 RSD MEETING AGENDAS
Administration and Finance Committee - RSD Finance Issues
  • RSD Contracts and Leases of $ 50,000 and over
    • Amendments - Nine contracts in total - $ 793,510 - True-ups and post-bid adjustments in architectural/engineering (A/E) contracts
      • RSD, OPSB and most other state and local public agencies use the State's adopted fee formula to determine A/E
      • Fees are initially estimated based upon early estimates of costs and scopes and thereafter are adjusted based upon actual costs and scopes.
        • Rosenwald ES Refurbishment  + $ 66,266
        • Dunbar ES New School + $ 71,441
        • Village de l'Est ES Refurbishment + $ 184,952
        • Various Schools Kitchen Improvements + $ 18,058
        • Wicker ES Refurbishment + $ 14,300
        • Alexander ES New School + $ 167,764
        • Douglass HS Refurbishment and Science Room + $ 118,572
        • Abrams ES New School + $ 11,673.88
        • Morial ES New School + $ 140,483
    • New contract - one contract
      • Mahlum Scairono Martinez Joint Venture
        • A/E fees for the demolition of modular buildings at Abramson HS and Carver HS
        • + $ 83,568
  • RSD Capital Projects Update 
    • RSD Monthly Summary for March 2015
    • OPSB Monthly Summary for March 2015
    • Superintendents' Report for March 2015
    • RSD Open Contracts as of April 7, 2015
    • OPSB Open Contracts as of April 7, 2015
    • Bid Tabulations for the month of March 2015

School Innovation and Turnaround Committee - RSD Management Issues
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