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 Committee of the Whole of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held its Quarterly Meeting on Recovery School District matters on Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at 6:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria of the KIPP Central City Academy, 2514 Third Street, New Orleans 70113. This is the former Woodson Junior High School Campus.
***This email is created by Ken Ducote on behalf of the Greater New Orleans Collaborative of Charter Schools and is not an official correspondence from the RSD, BESE, nor any other state agency***
REPORT FROM SEPT 29 BESE COW MEETING
Superintendent's Presentation
Reported progress since Hurricane Katrina
Reported good start to the new school session
Presented a performance by the KIPP Central City Academy Drumline
Established to address chronically absent students and those returning to school from adjudication/detention settings
Two persons spoke to say that absenteeism was caused or aggravated by long and early bus rides to school
RSD response was that YOC addresses those students who are chronically absent due to student and family physical and mental health needs, severe behavioral problems, suspensions and expulsions, and juvenile justice system involvement
New Orleans Therapeutic Day Program (NOTDP)
Received, reviewed and discussed staff report
Joint effort among RSD. OPSB and Tulane University
Established to address PTSD due to violence and tragedy, serious emotional disturbance, or emotional disability that cannot be met by traditional schools
One former teacher complained that NOTDP staff members would be more effective if they were from the community and knew the students
This service is made possible by support from Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools and funding from the Robert Reily Family Trust and the Smith/Cooper Foundation
