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This report is created by Ken Ducote on behalf of the Greater New Orleans Collaborative of Charter Schools

The Orleans Parish School Board held its regular monthly

Committee Meetings on Thursday, November 12, 2015.

Committees typically review issues prior to the items being presented to the full Board at a subsequent meeting. Committees also review the progress of the implementation of items previously approved by the full Board.

OPSBrief has highlighted agenda items below which were not subsequently considered at the November 17 Board Business Meeting and thus not reported in the OPSBrief for that meeting.

***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***

REPORT FROM NOVEMBER 12 OPSB COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Accountability Committee

2015 Preliminary Citywide Enrollment & Demographics Update

K-1 enrollment plateauing
HS growth next 3 to 5 years
OPSB share of enrollment is growing

2015-2016 Type 5 Transfer Process Overview & List of Eligible HS for Return to OPSB

Landry-Walker
Sci Academy
KIPP Renaissance
Lake Area New Tech Early College

EnrollNOLA Ad Hoc Study Committee - Initial Report

Initial priorities for focus/study

Geographic preferences
Support of vulnerable and high needs students
Pre-kindergarten
Governance and sustainability of system

Policy Committee

First Readings of Revised OPSB Policy Sections

Section E, Business Management
Section F, Facility Expansion Program
Recoded and updated to align with state and federal regulations and laws
Several new policies added

Automated external defibrillators
Video monitoring
Points of entry to schools
Energy conservation
Maintenance requests
Backup and storage of computer information
Risk management and insurance programs
Property insurance requirements
Naming of facilities
Inspection and acceptance of new facilities

Recoding of OPSB Policy E501, Charter School Facility Management, to HD, Charter School Facility Management

Property Committee

Capital projects status report

McMain

Repairs progressing

Karr - New School

Demolition of old hospital early 2016
Guaranteed Maximum Price for project under negotiation for OPSB approval next month
Scheduled for completion Summer 2018

Lake Forest - New School

Now scheduled for completion December 2015

Moton - New School

Now scheduled for opening January 2016

The agendas of the Budget and Finance Committee and Legal and Legislative Committee were forwarded to the full Board meeting and incorporated into that meeting's agenda and OPSBrief.

This service is made possible by support from the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools and funding from the

Robert Reily Family Trust