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This report is created by Ken Ducote on behalf of the Greater New Orleans Collaborative of Charter Schools
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On November 17, 2015, the Orleans Parish School Board held the following meetings at the OPSB Timbers Office Building, 3520 General DeGaulle Drive:
- Public Hearing on Millage Rates
- Board Business Meeting
OPSBrief has summarized the events of the meetings below. Complete agendas and back-up documentation can be accessed by clicking on the meeting titles. Videos of Board Business Meetings are archived on OPSB-TV via www.opsb.us.
***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 Orleans Parish School Board***
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REPORT FROM NOVEMBER 17 OPSB MEETINGS
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- To solicit public comment on whether OPSB should retain property tax millage at current rates (40.34) or set at the lower rate (38.01) for 2016
- No action to be taken until Board Business Meeting
- Three persons spoke in favor of retaining the 40.34 mills rate in order to support continued growth in school quality
- Representative of Greater New Orleans Collaborative of Charter Schools
- Disclosure - Ken Ducote, writer for OPSBriefs
- Representative of Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools
- Representative of Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives
- No one spoke in opposition
- Superintendent's Report (information only)
- Initial meeting held of Act 467 Committee to provide input to BESE on a uniform MFP Differentiated Funding formula for Orleans Parish
- Rooted School, a previously approved Type 1 OPSB charter, has deferred its opening until SY 2017-2018
- Mahalia Jackson ES has been chosen as the winner of the Innovative Approaches to Early Childhood Integration Award for 2015 by Orleans Public Education Network (OPEN)
- Action Items (all items were approved as indicated)
- Timbers Office Building - First Floor Renovation
- Public Bid Results - five bids received
- Funded by Enterprise Fund (receipts of building rents)
- Creates meeting room and professional development space
- Crescent Commercial Construction - $ 278,000
- Purchase of Land from HANO
- Booker T. Washington HS Campus Expansion
- Creates service drive and better access to rear of site
- $ 17,000 for 0.64 acres (appraised value)
- Resolution 35-15 Millage Resolution (Adjusted)
- Sets adjusted rate at 38.01 mills for 2016 if millage rolled back
- Resolution 36-15 Millage Resolution (Adjusted and Increased)
- Sets adjusted and rolled forward millage at 40.34 mills for 2016, the same rate as prior year
- Subject of Public Hearing (see above)
- Resolution 37-15 Millage Resolution (General Obligation Bonds)
- Sets new millage to retire bonds at 3.57 mills for 2016
- Lower than 4.97 mills in prior year due to pay out of one series of bonds
- Resolution 38-15 Millage Resolution (Preservation, Improvement, Capital Repairs)
- Initiates School Facilities Preservation Program fund at 1.40 mills
- Authorized by voters in referendum on December 6, 2014
- Calculated by subtracting GO Bonds rate of 3.57 mills above from 4.97 mills in 2014-15
- Representative of Greater New Orleans Collaborative of Charter Schools spoke in favor of the resolution
- Disclosure - Ken Ducote, writer for OPSBriefs
- Pledged to work with OPSB and RSD administrations for a successful program
- Resolution 39-15 Capital Projects Budget Amendment No. 1 - FEMA Funds
- Reallocation of contents funding by various school sites
- Resolution 40-15 Capital Projects Budget Amendment No. 2 - Harrah's Funds
- Transfers residual funds from completed projects to other needs
- Resolution 41-15 Capital Projects Budget Amendment No. 3 - Bond Funds
- Reallocates funds for immediate repairs at Karr and McMain HS
- Resolution 42-15 Capital Projects Budget Amendment No. 4 - Other Funds
- Repurposes residual funds from completed projects for modulars removal at Gordon ES
- Resolution 43-15 General Fund Budget Amendment # 3 FY 2015
- Technical amendment for actual revenues and expenditures during the prior year
- Phase-Out Closure Plan for McDonogh 35 Academy
- Two-year phase out of 7th and 8th grades
- Representative of the McDonogh 35 Alumni Association spoke in support of the plan
- Calendar of 2016 OPSB Board Business and Committee Meetings
- Includes a few adjustments to avoid conflicts with holidays and BESE meetings
- Executive Session
- Recessed into Executive Session to consider settlements in four lawsuits over employment issues
- Reconvened in Open Session and approved the General Counsel's settlement recommendation in all four cases
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