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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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The Orleans Parish School Board held its monthly Committee and Business Meetings on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at the McDonogh 35 High School Auditorium, 4000 Cadillac Street.
The meeting agendas are available online here. OPSBrief has summarized the meeting activies below and provided links to key back-up documents.
Board Business Meetings are usually live-streamed and archived here.
***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. Published in part with funding from the Robert Reily Family Trust.***
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REPORT FROM JULY 19 OPSB MEETINGS
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Accountability Committee
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Update on Audubon Charter School Intervention
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The charter has resolved the issue over financial reporting and replaced its CFO
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Consequently, the school is no longer in a Tier I Intervention Status
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Network Schools Accountability Report for July 2016
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Approved the request
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Proposed increasing its enrollment and adding high school grades to its programs
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A delegation from the charter spoke in favor of the proposal
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One community person spoke supportive of the charter but said that the district would have a public relations problem because, when RSD closed John McDonogh HS, the agency refused to consider any new high school operators because they believed there to be an abundance of high school seats already
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School Bus Transportation Study
Policy Committee
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First Readings
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Second Reading
Property Committee
Budget and Finance Committee
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Presentations
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Consent Agenda
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Action Items
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Accepted Donation to Homeless Department
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Approved Grant for Benjamin Franklin Elementary School
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Cooperative Endeavor Agreement - OPSB with 9th Ward Field of Dream, Inc. h
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Enhanced Capital Consulting, LLC, to purchase Historic State Tax Credits
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Part of the approved funding mechanism for the Facilities Master Plan
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Unification Budget
Legal/Legislative Committee
Orleans School Facilities Foundation
Met after the Board Business Meeting
Board Business Meeting
- Board President Report
- Board President Seth Bloom announced that he had decided not to seek re-election but rather to get more involved in criminal justice reform
- Superintendent's Report
- TOPS Update for 2016
- Received a report from the Administration showing the negative impact State budget cuts will have on OPSB graduates this year
- Consent Agenda
- Adopted the list of approved architects and engineers
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- Action Items
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