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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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Greetings!
The Jefferson Parish School Board held an Executive Committee Meeting on Tuesday, August 25th at the Administration Building, 501 Manhattan Blvd., Harvey.
JPSBrief has summarized below the Executive Committee Meeting Agenda and provided links to the agenda and supporting documents.
The next Regular Session Board Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 2, at 6:00 p.m. in the same Administration Building.
***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 Jefferson Parish School Board***
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REPORT FROM AUGUST 25 JPSB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING
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Executive Committee Meeting
- Budget Hearing
- Staff gave a general oral report
- Slight increase in revenues, particularly due to $ 32.7 million BP spill settlement
- Proposed budget will be posted on-line here this Friday
- Quantitative Performance Matrix for Superintendent's Evaluation
- Members discussed with staff the kinds of data, including student test scores, that could be used in constructing an instrument to evaluate the Superintendent's performance during his contract term
- Additional discussions are forthcoming
- Plan for Building 21st Century Schools
- Members discussed timing of asking voters to approve with two different opinions among Members
- Initial Facility Planning Presentation by staff
- Discussed general approach to selecting projects for bond issue
- Proposal is for a General Obligation (GO) Bond Issue referendum 11/21/2015
- $ 200 million issue payable by 3 mil property tax initially
- Board's bond attorney say JPSB typically had been issuing sales tax revenue bonds but GO bonds are deemed more efficient and most typically issued among LA school boards
- One Member suggested that the referendum be delayed
- Believes JPSB not ready and did not have plan for spending yet
- Believes K-8 elementary configuration is better than having middle schools and wants to accommodate change within capital plans
- Another member believes time is right for the election now
- Believes district already has well-defined priorities
- Concerned about aging school buildings needing replacement
- Not convinced entire district should be K-8 for elementary schools
- Concerned that delays increase costs
- Superintendent reported that research is not plentiful on K-8 versus other configurations but that evidence is more positive in support of K-8 than negative
- Dental. Vision, and Life Insurance
- Results from Request for Proposals (RFP) jointly submitted by JFT Health and Welfare Fund and JPSB
- Would provide benefits to all employees with eligibility for retirees to participate at same premium
- RFP did not allow for broker commissions in order to reduce costs
- RFP allowed for options
- Fully insured programs
- Self-insured plans with separate claims administration
- Others
- Board's insurance consultant reported that 20 different firms submitted proposals
- Consultant outlined steps in the process
- Develop and advertise RFP
- Open and review proposals
- Reduce number to a short-list
- Reduce short-list to finalists
- Select best proposal for each type among finalists
- Make recommendations under separate cover for selection
- Recommendations include decision to go with fully insured programs
- One vendor spoke to ask that all proposals be rejected and that his proposal be accepted
- He was a broker who was not allowed to participate
- He complained RFP did not allow him to lobby Board members during bidding period
- A second vendor also protested the disqualification of brokers
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