May 20, 2021 School Board

UH, ITEM D TO A RECOGNITION OF THE BATON ROUGE MAGNET, HIGH SCHOOL BOYS, GYMNASTICS TEAM FOR WINNING THE L H S A BOYS GYMNASTIC STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN DIVISION ONE.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE JUST GET THEM TO COME UP IN BETWEEN DIFFERENT SPOTS IN THE MEETING WHEN IT GETS TENSE AND WE WOULD HAVE A LOT OF PEACE.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

A GREAT WAY TO START OFF A MEETING.

WE MOVED TO,

[D.2. LHSAA Boys' Gymnastics State Championship in Division I]

MS. WILLIAMSON.

THAT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TAZ, TATLIN, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, SUPERINTENDENT NARCISSUS, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT GIVES ME GREAT PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE BATON ROUGE, MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL FOR WINNING THE 2021 L H S A BOYS STATE GYMNASTICS MEET.

THIS IS THE SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR WINNING DIVISION ONE AND THE 27TH TIME IN THE HISTORY OF THE TEAM THAT THEY'VE WON STATE.

BATON ROUGE MAGNET HIGH ALSO HAD FOUR YOUNG MAN SELECTED TO THE ALLSTATE GYMNASTICS TEAM.

THEY HAVE AN OVERALL TEAM GPA OF 3.76, THE BOYS SIMNET.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

BOYS.

GYMNASTICS TEAM IS COACHED BY KRISTEN S STORAGE, CLIFTON RANSOM, AND KEVIN NE MS. MCCANN IS IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.

AND I WANT TO THANK HER FOR HER SUPPORT.

AGAIN.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESSFUL SEASON.

I'M SO PROUD OF Y'ALL.

I'M TELLING YOU, I HAVE A GOODIE BAG HERE FOR YOU.

I'M GOING TO PASS THIS ALONG AND IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND JOY THAT I PRESENT THESE METALS TO YOU ON BEHALF OF DR.

NARCIS AND OUR RETIRED BOARD.

YEAH.

GIVE THEM ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

CONGRATULATE HOLLY AND LEAH MEDINA FROM WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL FOR WINNING THE 2021.

AWESOME.

BE CAREFUL OF THAT HARDWARE.

NEXT.

I WANT TO

[D.3. LHSAA Girls' Tennis Doubles State Championship in Division II]

LHS A GIRLS STATE TENNIS DOUBLES TITLE FOR DIVISION TWO, LEAH AND HOLLY HAD AN OVERALL RECORD OF 19 AND THREE.

THIS TENNIS SEASON.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN THE HISTORY OF WOODLAWN THAT THEY'VE WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

CONGRATULATIONS GIRL.

LEAH HAS A GPA OF 4.1 AND IT HAS BEEN CAPTAIN FOR THREE YEARS.

HOLLY HAS A 3.9 GPA.

LEAH AND HOLLY WERE NAMED TO THE 2020 21.

ALL METRO TEAM.

THEY ARE COACHED BY BRENT BROUSSARD AND LUCAS RICHARDSON.

I WANT TO THANK MR. STEVENS FOR SUPPORTIVE ATHLETICS.

IT WOODLAWN AGAIN.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WELL, HOW COOL IS THIS? THANKS FOR BRINGING IT HOME FOR US PANTHERS.

I'M SO PROUD OF Y'ALL WHAT AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.

I'M SO GLAD TENNIS HAS COME AND COMING TO STAY AT WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL.

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR BOARD, UH, ALONG WITH ALL OF YOUR TEACHERS AND EVERYONE AT WOODLAWN AND YOUR PRINCIPAL, MR. STEVENS, UM, WE, WE JUST

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COME IN G AND WE'VE GOT THESE THAT I CAN SHARE WITH MR. BROUSSARD.

HE'LL GET THEM TO YOU AGAIN.

CONGRATULATIONS.

A FOUR BY TWO METER RELAY TEAM FROM WOODLAWN HIGH FOR WINNING FIRST PLACE AT THE LHSC STACK STATE TRACK.

NEXT.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE

[D.4. 2021 LHSAA State Track Meet]

MEET FOR CLASS FIVE, A WITH A TIME OF ONE MINUTE, 26.14 SECONDS.

THAT'S PRETTY QUICK.

THE FOUR MEMBERS ARE JEFF JADEVEON HANES.

JAMARCUS MARCUS, SULE JORDAN MATTHEWS, AND LEANORD HARRIS.

HERE THEY COME.

THE TEAM CONSISTS OF THREE SOPHOMORES AND ONE SENIOR, AND HAVE A 3.1 TO FIVE OVERALL GPA.

THAT'S GOOD GUYS.

THE FOUR BY TWO METER RELAY TEAM FINISHED IN SECOND PLACE AT REGIONALS, AND THEN CAME BACK AND BEAT THE TEAM THAT BEAT THEM TO GET FIRST PLACE AT STATE THAT THAT'S MAJOR RIGHT THERE.

SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A RESULT OF GOOD COACHING AND GOOD WORK HARD WORK.

AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, LAYLA.

THE TRACK TEAM IS COACHED BY COACH , COACH DOUGLAS AND COACH RULE.

CONGRATULATIONS GUYS.

IT'S THE PANTHERS AGAIN.

I'M SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COACHING THIS WONDERFUL TEAM.

WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF ALL OF YOUR COACHES, YOUR TEACHERS, AND OF YOURSELF.

SO I KNOW BEING A STAR ATHLETES ALSO INVOLVES KEEPING YOUR GPA IN CHECK.

SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A FINANCIALLY AND ON BEHALF OF OUR SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR BOARD.

I HAVE THESE METALS THAT WE CAN GIVE, GET DISTRIBUTED TO YOU GUYS.

THANK Y'ALL AGAIN.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NEXT.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE LAILA GUY FROM BATON ROUGE, MAGNET HIGH FOR WINNING FIRST PLACE IN THE SHOT, PUT AT THE LHS A CLASS FIVE, A STATE TRACK MEET.

LAYLA HAS COMPETED IN THE UNITE USA TRACK AND FIELD NATIONAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS, WHERE SHE IS PLACED IN THE TOP EIGHT, SINCE 2000 LAYLA BROKE HER PERSONAL RECORD IN THE SHOTPUT WITH A THROW OF 42 FEET NINE AND THREE QUARTERS INCHES THIS YEAR AT STATE.

SHE CURRENTLY HAS A 4.3 GPA.

THE GIRL S YEAH, THE GIRLS' TRACK TEAM IS COACHED BY KATARA ROXBY AND KURT TURNER.

CONGRATULATIONS, LAYLA, YOU GOT A STRONG ARM, DON'T YOU ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR BOARD.

I WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS METAL.

SHE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR.

AGAIN.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCHOLARLY ATHLETES.

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[D.5. Louisiana School Board Association (LSBA) Art Contest Award]

WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM D FIVE LOUISIANA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION, UH, ART CONTEST RECOGNITION OF GLASGOW, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT FOR RECEIVING THE THIRD PLACE IN THE LOUISIANA SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION.

ART CONTEST ORD MR. JOFFREY HALL.

GOOD EVENING.

AGAIN.

WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SOPHIA LOCKE, RICH.

SHE'S AN ART STUDENT AT GLASGOW MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR RECEIVING THIRD PLACE IN THE LOUISIANA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION, ANNUAL ART CONTEST.

AND HER TEACHER IS MS. GITA DHABI.

AND THIS IS HER AWARD FROM THE LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION, THE LOUISIANA SCHOOL BOARD SYSTEM.

ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS MEDAL OF RECOGNITION FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US TO DO THIS, AND PLEASE CONTINUE.

WE MOVE

[D.6. Louisiana Elementary Student of the Year Finalist 2021]

TO ITEM D SIX OR LOUISIANA ELEMENTARY STUDENT OF THE YEAR FOR 2021 RECOGNITION OF THE 2021 LOUISIANA ELEMENTARY STUDENT OF THE YEAR FINALISTS FROM BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY, MS. BRISTER, GOOD EVENING SUPERINTENDENT DR.

NARCY PRESIDENT TADEMAN VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND LISTENING AUDIENCE.

IT IS ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO PRESENT TO YOU THE EXCELLENCE THAT IS IN EBR.

THIS EVENING'S RECIPIENT HAS DEFINITELY MADE US PROUD STUDENTS FROM AROUND THE STATE, COMPETE WITH THEIR PEERS AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, FOR STUDENT OF THE YEAR RECOGNITION, THEY THEN ADVANCE TO THE REGIONAL COMPETITIONS, WHICH PROVIDE REGIONAL WINNERS, EBR STUDENT OF THE YEAR, DEF IRE, A BUCHANAN ELEMENTARY DEV WON THE REGIONAL COMPETITION, WHICH IN TURN MADE HIM A FINALIST FOR LOUISIANA ELEMENTARY STUDENT OF THE YEAR.

STUDENTS WERE SELECTED BASED ON CRITERIA THAT MEASURE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, LEADERSHIP SKILLS, CHARACTER, AND SERVICE TO THEIR SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY ELECTRONIC PORTFOLIOS OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

ALONG WITH STUDENT WRITING SAMPLES AND INTERVIEWS TO ASSESS THE COMMUNICATIONS AND CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS OF EACH CANDIDATE WERE USED TO SELECT REGIONAL AND STATE WINNERS.

WE ARE ECSTATIC AND HONORED TO PRESENT DYER DEV IRE WITH HIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR BEING ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY FINALIST FOR LOUISIANA STUDENT OF THE YEAR 2021.

LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF THE HARD WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, MRS. BURTON, HIS SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IS AN ATTENDANCE AS WELL AS HIS PARENTS.

AND WE WILL BE REMISS IF WE DID NOT THANK THEM FOR SUPPORTING HIM ALONG THE WAY.

THAT'S BRITTANY.

YOU WANT TO GET A PICTURE? WE MOVE TO ITEM

[D.7. 2020-2021 National Merit Magnet School of Excellence]

NUMBER SEVEN RECOGNITION OF THE 2020, 2021 NATIONAL MERIT MAGNET SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER BATON ROUGE CENTER FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS AND FINALISTS, BATON ROUGE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE, ACADEMIC IMMERSION MAGNET, MS. PORTER.

GOOD EVENING.

PRESIDENT TADEMAN VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, SUPERINTENDENT NORTH SEAS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I AM TERESA PORTER, DIRECTOR OF MAGNET PROGRAMS, AND IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR MAGNET SCHOOLS WHO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST HONORS

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FROM MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA, BUT THEIR PROGRAMS, IT TEAM OF EDUCATORS FROM CHICAGO AND BALTIMORE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS VISITED BOTH SCHOOLS TO DETERMINE IF PROGRAMS REFLECT THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THE FIVE MAGNET PILLARS, SUCH AS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, DIVERSITY, STRONG PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, BATON ROUGE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE, ACADEMIC IMMERSION MAGNET, ALSO KNOWN AS BR FLAME IS THE FIRST FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL AWARD.

THE IMMERSION PROGRAM INCLUDES SPANISH, FRENCH MANDARIN, AND ORDINARILY, YOU KNOW, THE PRINCIPAL WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THIS WARD AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN PERSON, BUT WE HAD TO DO IT VIRTUALLY THIS YEAR.

SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE A FEW MINUTES OF THEIR ACCEPTANCE, LET'S SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SEE IF WE GOT THE WINNER DRUM ROLL.

OH MY GOSH.

IS ONE OF OUR FIFTH GRADE CLASSES.

THEY'VE BEEN A PART OF BOTH OF THE AWARDS THAT WE'VE WON IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.

SO THANKS A LOT GUYS.

GREAT JOB.

WE ARE PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE FACULTY THAT IS RECEIVING THIS DISTINGUISHED AWARD.

WE WERE EXCITED TO RECEIVE THE MAGNET SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW.

AND THEN THIS YEAR TO BE NAMED AS A TOP 20 MAGNET, SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE IS AN HONOR FOR OUR ENTIRE PLANE FAMILY.

IT'S SUCH A GREAT FEELING FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR FACULTY, AND OUR PARENTS TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

THIS IS ALSO A RECOGNITION OF THE SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, PORTER.

THE DISTRICT MADE THAT OFFICE AS WELL AS OUR CENTRAL OFFICE.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MS. CHERYL MILLER, WHO HAS SAID THE PRINCIPAL OF THIS PROGRAM FOR MANY YEARS.

AND HE RETIRED AT THE END OF THE LAST SCHOOL YEAR.

WE'RE THANKFUL TO THE BETA SCHOOLS OF AMERICA FOR THIS GREAT HONOR.

BATON ROUGE.

I LIKE FLAMES BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LEARN A LOT OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES AND CULTURES.

CAN I SEE US FLAME? THANK YOU.

SO, UH, OUR NEXT SCHOOL BATON ROUGE CENTER FOR THE VISUAL PERFORMING ARTS, BETTER KNOWN AS BRC.

SO NOW IT'S MY HONOR TO RECOGNIZE THE PRES PRINCIPAL PATRICIA MCBRIDE, WITH A PLAQUE FOR THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BR FLAME MS. MCBRIDE .

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON.

BOARD PRESIDENT HAPMAN MS. COLLINS, DR.

DARCY'S.

IT'S REALLY AN HONOR FOR ME TO ACCEPT THIS AWARD ON BEHALF OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR WONDERFUL STUDENTS WHO COME TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY AND LEARN THEIR MAJOR CONTENT AREA.

IN ONE OF THOSE LANGUAGES, YOU SHOULD COME WALK UP AND DOWN OUR HALLS.

YOU WOULD BE TRULY AMAZED AT WHAT YOU WILL HEAR ARE VERY DIVERSE AND AWESOME.

FACULTY WILL COME FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE.

AND ALSO AROUND THE CORNER.

WE HAVE A MIX OF EVERYBODY FROM EVERY DIFFERENT PLACE IN THE WORLD, JUST ABOUT, AND ALSO TO OUR PANTS.

I DON'T KNOW IF SOME OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, BUT WE HAVE A, JUST THE MOST AWESOME GROUP OF PARENTS THAT IF YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT THEY DID FOR US LAST WEEK FOR TEACHER APPRECIATION, IT JUST BLEW YOU AWAY.

THEY SAID THEY'D BEEN WAITING ALL YEAR, SO THEY HAD TO DO SOMETHING.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND FOR THE MAGNET SCHOOLS.

THANKS.

ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND OUR BOARD .

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VPA IS THE WINNER OF THE ELEMENTARY MAGNET AWARD NATIONAL AWARD.

HERE ARE THE STUDENTS AND THE PRINCIPALS ON A LITTLE, VERY QUICK VIDEO CLIP.

WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT THE AWARD ABANDON OUR CENTER.

WE STRONGLY BELIEVE IN THE ARTS, AND WE KNOW THAT THROUGH THIS AWARD, IT WILL BRING AWARENESS TO ARTS EDUCATION, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT ARTS EDUCATION INTO EVERY SCHOOL, ACROSS AMERICA.

OUR KIDS DESERVE IT, AND IT PROVIDES THEM WITH OPPORTUNITIES.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THE MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

I LOVE DRAMA BECAUSE I GET TO BE EXTRA.

I LOVE AS I CAN BE CREATIVE.

I LOVE THEM BECAUSE WE GET THE TAP.

I LOVE MUSIC BECAUSE THEY GET TO SING.

I LOVE MUSIC BECAUSE WE CAN SAY WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BRC CVPA IS THAT WE GET TO DO FUN PROJECTS IN ART, BECAUSE WE CAN DO A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.

I GET TO PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS EVERY DAY.

MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT BATON ROUGE CENTERED IS ITS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND IT'S SUPPORTIVE TEACHERS.

SO IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT OUR VIDEOS WERE THE HIT OF THE CONFERENCE.

SO NOW IT IS MY HONOR TO PRESENT THE PRINCIPAL, CANDACE HARTLEY, WITH THE PLAQUE AND A CHECK FOR $2,500 FROM MAGAZINE AMERICAN.

OH MY GOODNESS.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

THIS IS SO EXCITING.

WHEN I TELL YOU THIS AWARD REPRESENTS THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION OF EVERYONE WHO BUILT THIS PROGRAM OVER 22 YEARS AGO AND STARTED THIS IDEA.

SO WHOEVER DREAMED UP THIS IDEA AND CREATED THIS PROGRAM AND THAT WE HAVE THIS AS A FREE AND PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL STUDENTS ACROSS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, IT'S INCREDIBLE.

WE HAVE THE GREATEST TEACHER.

SO I'D ALSO SAY WE HAVE THE GREATEST PARENTS.

SO I WOULD, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, BUT THE POINT ISN'T RIGHT HERE IN EAST BOUNDERS PARISH, WE HAVE GREAT FAMILIES WHO SUPPORT EBR SCHOOLS AND THE GREAT THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOL.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK ALL OF MY TEACHERS THERE.

THEY COULDN'T ALL BE HERE.

SOME OF THEM HAVE AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, BUT THIS RIGHT HERE IS THE GREATEST GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT I CAN EVER IMAGINE.

AND THANKS FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.

I LOVE YOU GUYS MORE THAN, YOU KNOW, MISS EMAILS RETIRING ALMOST 40 YEARS IN EDUCATION.

SO WE LOVE MISS EMAIL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER, BUT THANK YOU.

AND SO THE PERSON WHO SUPPORTS OUR PROGRAM, NOT A RUNNER, WHAT WE CALL MS. PORTER WITH ALL KINDS OF CRAZY IDEAS, WE DREAM UP EVENTS THAT ARE UNIMAGINABLE.

AND MS. PORTER SAYS, WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT DO YOU NEED EVERY SINGLE TIME? SO I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.

EVERY TIME WE DO SOMETHING, YOU ALWAYS RESPOND.

YOU ALWAYS COME OUT TO IT WITH AN EMAIL, YOU SEND MY STAFF MESSAGES AND YOU ALWAYS SAY, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND YOU NEVER MISS AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST RECOGNIZE THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO EVERY BIT OF IT.

SO, AND TO MY STUDENTS, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH.

YOU BRING JOY TO MY HEART AND SAYING GOODBYE TODAY.

WE SANG NUN AND ANA GOODBYE ALL DURING CARPOOL IN THE RAIN.

I WISH YOU ALL COULD HAVE BEEN THERE, BUT IT WAS AMAZING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS MEANS THE WORLD MS. HARTLEY, UH, BATTERY CENTER MAY HAVE THE MOST DIFFICULT ACRONYM IN THE DISTRICT, BUT I LOOKED THAT SCHOOL CHANGES KIDS' LIVES.

AND MY FAMILY IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO OVER THERE.

AND THE ARTS IS JUST THE BOMB, YOU KNOW? SO THANK YOU.

AND CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, MS. MARTIN

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LAST ONE.

WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT RECOGNITION OF THE 2020, 2021 MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA POSTER CONTEST WINNERS, MR. JOFFREY, Y'ALL IT IS TRULY AN ART NIGHT TONIGHT.

[D.8. 2020-2021 Magnet Schools of America Poster Contest Winners]

ISN'T IT TO HELP CELEBRATE MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA AND ANNUAL NATIONAL MAGNET SCHOOL STUDENT POSTER CONTEST IS HELD AND OPEN TO ALL ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL MAGNET, MAGNET SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO RECOGNIZE TWO OF OUR MAGNET SCHOOLS WHO RECEIVED THE HIGHEST HONORS FROM MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA'S POSTER CONTEST.

FIRST PLACE HIGH SCHOOL WENT TO BATON ROUGE, MAGNET HIGH, AND THE STUDENT WAS TIFFANY FARM .

AND WE HAVE OUR PRINCIPAL, MS. AND THE ART TEACHER.

WE HAVE HIM TOO, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR HIM TO COME ON AND STUFF TESTS, BUT I'M GOING TO WAIT.

AND DO YOU LAST, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT TO SAY, NOT A LOT, NOT A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THEM.

OUR NATIONAL WINNER WHO WON THE OVERALL CONTEST FOR THIS YEAR WAS MCKINLEY, MIDDLE MAGNET.

AND THE ARTIST WAS SYDNEY.

TUCKER IS .

IT'S AMAZING WITH ALL OF THE, THE, THE WINNERS THAT THEY WILL.

ALL OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CONTEST.

SHE WON THE ENTIRE NATIONAL CONTEST AND HER PRINCIPAL IS HERE, DR.

ROWEN, AND ONE MR. TESTS DON'T GO ANYWHERE.

WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING ON BEHALF OF MAGNET SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE ARTS.

I'M GOING TO STEAL A LITTLE DESPONDENT FROM MS. PORTIS, AND SHE'S GOTTEN THIS AWARD, BUT MR. ATEZ IS AN AMAZING ART TEACHER.

HE TAKES THE KIDS TO A LEVEL THAT SOME ART TEACHERS DON'T, UM, AND THEY DO, BUT NOT AS YOU, YOU'RE JUST AMAZING WORDS, CANNOT EXPLAIN HOW YOU PUSH KIDS AND HOW THEY COME OUT AFTER THEY FINISHED WITH DOING WHAT THEY DO WITH YOU.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT.

I WISH I CAN DRAW.

I CAN'T DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE, BUT YOU ARE AMAZING AT WHAT YOU DO.

SO WE WANT IT FOR THIS.

THIS IS ALSO AN ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR YOU TO HAVE TWO WINNERS IN A NATIONAL CONTEST.

SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS ON BEHALF OF MAGNET SERVICES AS WELL.

WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER

[D.9. Partnership/Sponsors of EBR Art, Jazz, and Pizzazz]

NINE RECOGNITION OF THE PARTNERSHIP SPONSORS OF THE EBR ART JAZZ.

AND PAZAZZ MR. JOFFREY ON UMASS.

WHAT'D YOU SAY SHE MIGHT AS WELL JUST PUT A CHAIR RIGHT HERE, BUT THIS IS IT.

I PROMISE YOU DID GOOD MAN.

ON MAY 2ND, THE EAST BATON ROUGE, FINE ARTS

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DEPARTMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE MAGNET OFFICE HELD ITS FIRST ANNUAL ART, JAZZ, AND POSSESS FINE ARTS EXTRAVAGANZA, WHICH INCLUDED HUNDREDS OF EBR MUSIC, STUDENTS AND DANCERS PERFORMING OUTDOORS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS.

AND WE HAD 1000 PIECES OF ART AT SEVEN LOCATIONS DOWNTOWN.

AND ALL OF THAT ART WAS DONE BY PRE-K.

THROUGH 12TH GRADE, THE ARTWORK WAS DISPLAYED AT SEVEN LOCATIONS, EXXON MOBILE SPONSORED, PAID ADMISSION TO THE LOUISIANA ARTS AND SCIENCE MUSEUM.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS AS THE EVENT COULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT THEM.

DURING THIS EVENT, WE HAD MAYBE 500 IN ATTENDANCE AND WE WERE SCARED TO DEATH BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, BUT THE RAIN HELD OUT AND WE ACTUALLY HAD A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

COCA COLA PROVIDED ALL THE WATER FOR THE PARTICIPANTS AND SPECTATORS AND THESE AMAZING BUSINESSES, COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS HELPED TO MAKE THIS A SUCCESS DOWNTOWN.

IF YOU DIDN'T COME DOWNTOWN TO THE EVENT, YOU MISSED A TREAT.

IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

SO WE WANT TO THANK DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.

THAT'S CASEY TATE WHO HELPED US WITH THE DATE, AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO CASEY AND WE'RE PENCILED IN.

SO I'M TRYING TO TAKE THE PENCIL OUT OF HIS HAND TO PUT THE PIN FOR MAY 1ST OF 20, 22, WE WANT TO THANK THE OLD GOVERNOR'S MANSION.

THAT'S CHRISTINA LAKE, WHO WAS UNABLE TO JOIN US TONIGHT AND ALSO THE SHAW CENTER FOR ARTS AND THAT'S PRISCILLA SIMPSON AND PRISCILLA COULD NOT JOIN US BECAUSE HER HOUSE FLOODED.

SO KEEP HER IN YOUR PRAYERS AS WELL AS CASEY.

BUT WE DO HAVE EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, PUBLIC LIBRARY, BRARY RIVER CENTER BRANCH, ALISON COOPER HERE FOR EXTENDING THE LIBRARY TO US.

WE CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE FROM EXXON MOBILE KELLY WELCH FOR HELPING US WITH THIS AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE KIDS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY GO INTO THE MUSEUM AND BE A PART OF THAT WHERE IT'S CANNOT EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR THAT LOUISIANA ARTS AND SCIENCE MUSEUM, NITA MITCHELL, THANK YOU.

NITA IS THE BEST TEACHERS, PRINCIPALS, PARENTS.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT MUSEUM AND BE A PART OF THAT, JUST CALL NITA.

SHE'S GOT YOUR BACK LSU MUSEUM OF ART GRANT BENWAH WHO DOES EVERYTHING FOR US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

I CAN'T THANK YOU.

ENOUGH GRANT AND OLD STATE CAPITOL, LAUREN DAVIS IS HERE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I SHOWED UP, I SAID, OH, WHY HAVEN'T WE BEEN DOING THIS BEFORE I'M DOWN.

THEY OPENED THEIR DOORS TO US WITHOUT ANY RESERVATIONS.

PROBABLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE GOT ON YOUR NERVES, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

ALL OF YOU ALL, BUT THIS WAS OUR FIRST TIME AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

AND USS KIDS, SABRINA JOHNSON.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SABRINA.

THAT WAS MY FIRST TIME ACTUALLY BEING HERE ALMOST 30 YEARS, GOING TO USS KID.

SO IT WAS AMAZING JUST GOING THERE, BEING A PART OF THAT.

THEY WERE SPONSORS OF THIS YEAR, OUR FIRST INAUGURAL EVENT.

AND WE ARE HOPING THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PART OF THAT EVENT FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

I WOULD BE REMISS IF I COULD NOT THANK THIS LADY RIGHT HERE, SUSAN ARNOLD, WHO IS OUR VISUAL ARTS SPECIALIST.

SUSAN HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR ABOUT FIVE, SIX MONTHS AND I GAVE IT TO HER AND I WAS LIKE, THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO.

AND SHE SAW MY IDEA, BUT NOT REALLY KNOWING THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING IN MY MIND, BUT SHE HELPED TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND TO HELP BRING THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO AS WELL.

HER AND GLENN SHERMAN, MY MUSIC, MY MUSIC SPECIALIST, WHO DID THE SAME THING.

WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT MS. GRIFFIN AND OUR OTHER TEAM MEMBERS, AS WELL AS WE COULD BE, HAVE TO THANK MR. MCGIVNEY FROM BATON ROUGE HIGH AND MR. ROUSSEL FROM SCOTLANDVILLE WHO PUT THE WONDERFUL JAZZ BAND TOGETHER AND ALSO SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY FOR HAVING THEIR ACTUAL JAZZ BAND THERE AS A COMBINATING FOR PART OF OUR PROGRAM TOO, AS WELL.

AND WE WANT TO THANK THEM, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BEL AIR HIGH SCHOOL BELLAIRE HIGH SCHOOL CAME WITH THEIR MARCHING BAND AND WE HAD SEVERAL SCHOOLS WITHIN THE DISTRICT THERE, AS WELL AS MAGNET PROGRAMS THERE TO LET PARENTS KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR THEM THIS UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.

AND WE MUST, WELL, I MUST THANK DR.

NARCIS FOR ALLOWING ME TO PUT THE ART ON A LEVEL LIKE THIS, AND ALSO GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN SHOWCASE IT TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT AND LET EVERYONE KNOW THE AWESOMENESS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE ARTS IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND THE ENTIRE SCHOOL BOARD, I'LL GIVE YOUR METALS FOR THE SAKE OF TIME TO MR. JEFFREY JAAN AND JOIN YOU IN A PICTURE.

I'M SO EXCITED.

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SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP.

I APPRECIATE IT.

WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM D 10 RECOGNITION OF THE VIPS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE MONTH OF MAY LSU SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK.

I GOT TO TAKE A PICTURE.

[D.10. VIPS "Partners in Education"]

MS. SIMMONS, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TADEMAN, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS AND SUPERINTENDENT.

DARCY'S ALL MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

WE HAVE ASHLEY, UH, BORG MEYER HERE TODAY.

SHE IS REPRESENTING LSU SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK.

UM, WE ALSO WOULDN'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, TO NIA WILLIAMS, WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY, BUT ALSO HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL WITH WORKING WITH THIS ORGANIZATION.

UM, WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LSU SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK.

THEY ARE A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A STELLAR VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IN THAT THEY ARE SO COMMITTED.

THEY'VE BEEN CONSISTENT AND DEDICATED TO SERVING THE STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE AT CLAIBORNE ELEMENTARY SINCE THE 2018 SCHOOL YEAR.

UM, AT THIS TIME IN OUR VOLUNTEER PARTNERSHIP, THEY HAVE SERVED ABOUT SIX CLASSROOMS BECAUSE THEY ROTATE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL, UH, TO TWO DIFFERENT TEACHERS PER SCHOOL YEAR.

AND THEY VISIT THE SCHOOL BY MONTHLY TO DO A STORYTIME AND A CORRESPONDING ACTIVITY THAT THEY HAVE RESEARCHED AND COME UP WITH AND PROVIDED THE MATERIALS FOR.

UH, SO PRIOR TO COVID THEY WOULD VISIT AND DO THESE ACTIVITIES WITH THE STUDENTS.

UM, THEY WERE THE FIRST ORGANIZATION TO CONTACT US IN THE WAKE OF COVID TO, UM, SAY, YOU KNOW, W WHAT CAN WE CONTINUE TO DO TO SERVE, UM, AND CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF STILL SERVING VIRTUALLY.

SO THEY CONNECT WITH THE STUDENTS VIRTUALLY AND DELIVER THE MATERIALS IN ADVANCE SO THAT THEY CAN STILL BE HANDS-ON AND HAVE A FULL EXPERIENCE, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORIES THAT THEY, THEY, UH, PROVIDE.

UM, IN ADDITION TO GIFTING BOOKS, ONCE THEY TRANSITIONED TO ANOTHER CLASS, UM, THEY HAVE ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE MODEL THAT THEY CREATED WITH HOW THEY DELIVER THEIR SERVICES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, THEY'VE BEEN SO GENEROUS IN ALLOWING US TO MODEL AND RECORD, MAKE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO OTHER VOLUNTEER GROUPS THAT WANT TO CONTINUE TO SERVE, UM, DESPITE NOT BEING ABLE TO VISIT SCHOOLS IN THE SAME CAPACITY.

AND SO WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR THAT.

UH, WE ALSO HAD PUT TOGETHER, UH, RESOURCES THAT PARENTS AND TEACHERS ALIKE COULD USE AT HOME AND THEIR INFORMATION IS, UM, VERY ENGROSSED IN, IN THAT PACKAGE.

UM, ALSO THEY, UH, DONE BULLETIN BOARDS AT CEDAR CREST, SOUTHMORE ELEMENTARY FOR THE TEACHERS AND STAFF, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

UM, THAT'S JUST ONE LESS THING THAT THE TEACHERS AND STAFF HAD TO DO THAT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

IT WAS ABOUT 12 BULLETS AND BOARDS THAT THEY DECORATED FOR THE TEACHERS, SO THAT THEY COULD FOCUS ON, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DELIVER VIRTUAL SCHOOL, SCHOOL PROGRAMMING AND QUALITY SERVICES TO OUR STUDENTS.

UM, THEY, THEY'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH US FOR SUMMER PROGRAMS AND DOING SIMILAR ACTIVITIES, UH, WITH THAT STRUCTURE.

AND SO WE'RE JUST SO PROUD THAT THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN SO AVAILABLE TO US AND WILLING TO HELP IN EVERY WAY THAT THEY CAN.

UM, AND WE HAVE ASHLEY HERE TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH VIPS, AND WE'RE JUST SO EXCITED TO HAVE YOU GUYS, THIS, THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IS LONG OVERDUE, AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE THEM WITH US TODAY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, KAIA.

HI, EVERYBODY.

AND ASHLEY BERGMEYER, I'M A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AND I WORK FOR THE LSE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK.

I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR KAIA AND HER SUPPORT.

SHE'S BEEN SUCH AN INCREDIBLE TEAMMATE TO WORK WITH.

WE LOVE OUR PARTNERS AT VIPS.

UM, AND SO WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

WE'RE GRATEFUL TO ENGAGE, UM, WITH THE KIDS AT CLAYBORNE ELEMENTARY, IT'S REALLY BEEN AN ADDED JOY TO MY JOB.

SO IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.

AND I APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

ROLE THAT IT PLAYS IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND WELLBEING.

YES, MA'AM.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD AND THE SUPERINTENDENT, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT YOU THIS METAL AND JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE REALLY RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE, THE IMPORTANT

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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND KEEP GIVING US GOOD GRADUATES BECAUSE WE NEED THEM.

F1 UPDATE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, OUR SUPERINTENDENT RCS.

AND WE MOVE NOW TO, UH, THE INFORMATION SECTION OF OUR MEETINGS.

SO E ONE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT, YOU ALL HAVE THAT IN YOUR PACKET, E TWO PERSONNEL CHANGES, MOVE TO ITEM

[F. Update from Superintendent]

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TASMAN.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN GREAT SEASON AROUND GRADUATION.

SO, UH, BEFORE I GET TO THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE A SPECIAL GUESTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE WITH US TODAY, THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION, DR.

KAY BRUMBY'S HERE.

AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE AND INVITE DR.

BOLDLY TO SHARE SOME EXCITING NEWS ABOUT THE SUPER APP GRANT WITH YOU ALL DR.

BRUMLEY.

THANK YOU, DR.

NARCY HE'S PRESENT TIME AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

UM, AS, AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE FROM MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES, I KNOW THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE, UH, IN THE OPERATION OF A LARGE URBAN SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND THAT'S NOT LOST ON ME AS YOU MAKE IMPORTANT DECISIONS, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, UH, BEFORE I GO INTO THE, THE PURPOSE OF MY PRESENTATION, I WOULD BE REMISS IF I JUST DIDN'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO JUST TELL YOU HOW THANKFUL I AM OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR IN THE WORK THAT THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA HAS ACCOMPLISHED.

UH, AS I SHARED AT THE GROUNDBREAKING, UH, OF, OF YOUR FACILITY THE OTHER DAY WHEN I WAS IN ATTENDANCE SATURDAY MORNING, UM, I'LL SHARE THE SAME STORY AS, AS I LOOK ON THE TELEVISION.

AND, UH, AND I LOOKED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AT OTHER CITIES AND STATES, AND I, AND I SEE, UH, A REAL STRUGGLE, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO KEEP KIDS SAFE, HOW TO KEEP EMPLOYEES SAFE AND HOW TO STRING TOGETHER.

SOME FORM OF AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM.

I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT THAT'S NOT US, UH, BECAUSE IN OUR STATE, OUR TEACHERS, OUR LEADERS, OUR PARENTS, OUR STUDENTS, OUR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ALL WORKED TOGETHER TO TRY AND FIND A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD IN THIS STATE.

IN FACT, WE HAVE KEPT OUR KIDS SAFE, AND IN FACT, WE HAVE KEPT OUR EMPLOYEES SAFE, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.

UH, AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CALLS OVER THE COURSE OF YEARS, SPECIFICALLY, UH, DURING THE SUMMER, UH, TO POTENTIALLY NOT HAVE SCHOOLING OR MAYBE RETHINK SCHOOL AND BOARDS.

LIKE YOU HAD TO MAKE HARD DECISIONS, UH, ON, ON WHAT YOU MIGHT DO IN TERMS OF WHAT THE SCHOOL YEAR MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THAT I APPRECIATE THE STRESS THAT YOU WERE UNDER, THE CALLS THAT YOU RECEIVED, UH, BUT YOU TOOK ACTION TO MAKE SURE THAT KIDS, UH, AGAIN, AND EMPLOYEES WERE SAFE, UH, AND RECEIVED AN EDUCATION.

SO FOR THAT, UH, I AM VERY THANKFUL.

AND WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT GOING INTO THE YEAR AND UNPRECEDENTED YEAR A YEAR, LIKE NO OTHER A YEAR THAT NO ONE HAS EXPERIENCED AND, AND THINKING ABOUT, COULD WE PULL THAT OFF? AND THEN I SIT IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM HERE TONIGHT, AND I, I HEAR PRESENTATION AFTER PRESENTATION AROUND ART WINNERS AND SPORTS WINNERS.

IT, IT REALLY IS, UM, JUST SO AFFIRMING TO THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE TOGETHER AS AN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY.

AND I JUST CANNOT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU AS A BOARD, UH, APPRECIATING THE PRESSURE THAT YOU FACE AND HARD DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE.

AT THE NUMBERS JUST IN, IN EAST BATON ROUGE, THEN THE LAST TIME WE HAD STATE ASSESSMENT, A THIRD GRADE ELA WAS AROUND 42% MASTERY IN EIGHTH GRADE, ELA WAS AROUND 42% MASTERY.

AND SO I W I WANT TO OFFER THAT TO YOU TONIGHT.

UH, BUT MY PRIMARY REASON FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT IS JUST TO EXPLAIN A PROCESS THAT WE HAVE AT THE AGENCY.

UH, WE HAVE A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS AND IT'S, IT'S COMMONLY KNOWN AND, AND SYSTEMS AS OUR SUPER AT PROCESS.

AND SO THE SUPERETTE PROCESS TAKES A COMBINATION OF GRANTS, PUTS IT TOGETHER, AND IT ALLOWS SCHOOL SYSTEMS, UH, TO BUILD A PLAN AND APPLY FOR FUNDS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THIS PARTICULAR SYSTEM HAS, HAS DONE WELL, UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, FEW MONTHS UNDER LEADERSHIP OF DR.

NORTH CEASE AND, AND THE TEAM, UH, IS REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW TO ALIGN LOCAL PRIORITIES, UH, WITH STATE PRIORITIES.

UH, AND I THINK THAT'S ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT WITH ABR BEING THE CAPITOL CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM.

IT ALSO PUTS YOU IN A REALLY GOOD PLACE AND POSITION AS FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE INITIATIVES.

AND SO THE PLAN THAT THAT EVR, UH, SUBMITTED, UH, WAS HEAVILY WEIGHTED ON THIS IDEA OF, WE NEED A READING REVIVAL IN OUR STATE.

WE HAVE A LITERACY CRISIS IN OUR STATE, AND WE HAVE TO RETHINK THE WAY IN WHICH WE OFFER A SUPPORT STAR TEACHERS AND OUR LEADERS, AND CERTAINLY OUR KIDS, SO THAT WE CAN GET GREATER OUTCOMES FOR OUR KIDS IN TERMS OF LITERACY RIGHT NOW IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, ONLY 46% OF STUDENTS ARE ON MASTERY LEVEL CONTENT BY THE END OF THIRD GRADE ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS.

AND SO WE KNOW THAT THAT'S NOWHERE NEAR GOOD ENOUGH.

UH, WHENEVER I LOOKED

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SO EVEN HERE, UH, WE HAVE WORK TO DO.

AND, AND THAT'S WHY I'M THANKFUL FOR THE COMMITMENT THAT I'M SEEING FROM THE ADMINISTRATION, UH, TO, TO, TO REALLY TACKLE THE LITERACY ISSUE.

SOMEONE TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY THAT THAT LITERACY IS EASY.

LITERACY IS AN EASY THING.

UH, AND I APPRECIATED WHAT THE PERSON WAS SAYING, BUT IN FACT, IF LITERACY WAS AN EASY THING, WE WOULDN'T HAVE 42% OF OUR KIDS READING AT MASTERY LEVEL LITERACY IN FACT, IS A HARD THING TO IMPLEMENT.

IT'S AN HARD THING TO GET, RIGHT.

BUT I THINK WITH THE RIGHT STRATEGY, WE CAN DO IT.

AND SO WHENEVER I THOUGHT ABOUT THE EASY COMMENT, I ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT A COMMENT THAT I HEARD AROUND SOMEONE WHO SAID, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE JUST TAKE READING FOR GRANTED.

AND I THINK THAT TOO IS TRUE.

WE TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, AND WE DON'T THINK ABOUT THE SCIENCE OF READING, UH, THAT IS NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR KIDS CAN READ, UH, HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME THEY EXIT THIRD GRADE AND THEY'RE IN THEIR OWN GRADE LEVEL.

AND SO I'M HERE TO TONIGHT JUST TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION AROUND THE SUPERETTE PROCESS.

SO LAST YEAR IN THE SUPER PROCESS, WHENEVER EBR, UH, PRESENTED THEIR PLAN, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AWARDED ABOUT TWO, $3.6 MILLION IN COMPETITIVE FUNDS TO THE EBR PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND WITH THE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UH, THIS YEAR, IN FACT, UH, THAT WE HAVE BROUGHT TO OUR STATE BOARD AND THEY HAVE APPROVED, UH, BECAUSE OF THE, THE ALIGNMENT OF PRIORITY.

AND BECAUSE OF THE, THE FOCUS ON LITERACY THAT, THAT WE ALL CAN AGREE IS AS MUCH NEEDED WE'RE WE ARE AWARDING AS A STATE AND AS OUR STATE BOARD, UH, $6 MILLION IN COMPETITIVE FUNDS.

SO THE EBR PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, UH, AND MOST OF THAT MONEY IS DIRECTLY TOWARDS YOUR LITERACY EFFORT THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORWARD IN THAT PLAN.

SO THAT'S AN INCREASE OF OVER, OVER $3 MILLION, UH, AND, AND WITH THAT LEVEL OF MONEY, UH, AND, AND YOU ALL BEING, UH, THE CAPITOL CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM, I ALSO DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO YOU AND SAY, UH, HOW THANKFUL I AM, UH, THAT YOU ARE PLACING THAT EMPHASIS ON LITERACY, UH, AND ALSO EXTEND OUR SUPPORT AS AN AGENCY IN WHATEVER WAYS THAT WE CAN BE HELPFUL, UH, SO THAT THIS CAN BE A CITY WHERE EVERY KID READS ON GRADE LEVEL, BY THE TIME THEY IN THIRD GRADE OR THIRD GRADE.

AND I DON'T JUST SAY THAT AS A DREAM.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY THINK THAT IF WE PUT STRATEGY BEHIND IT, IF WE PUT RESOURCE BEHIND, IF WE PUT OUR CONVERSATION BEHIND IT, THEN, THEN WE CAN GET CLOSER TO THAT MARK.

AND SO, AS YOU HAVE THOSE, THOSE VERY TECHNICAL CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AS A BOARD MEMBERS, AND AS YOU HAVE THOSE VERY PASSIONATE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AROUND BOARD MEMBERS, AND SOMETIMES I REALIZE POLITICS CAN CREEP INTO THAT.

REMEMBER THAT RIGHT NOW, ONLY ABOUT 40% OF KIDS BY THE TIME THEY LEAVE, THIRD GRADE ARE MASTERING CONTENT AND ELA, AND WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.

AND SO TO WHATEVER DEGREE I CAN, I CAN SUPPORT THAT.

AND YOU, I WANT TO DO THAT.

AND I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO WASTE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, UH, DR.

NARCISSIST AND PRESENCE AT MINIMUM .

THANK YOU, DR.

BRUMLEY ANYTIME YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE US MONEY, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME BACK TO PRESENT.

UM, NOW WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT, UH, JUST THE MOVEMENT AND THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE ALSO EXCITED ABOUT, UM, OUR WORK AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD ON STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.

AND SO, UH, JUST SOME GREAT NEWS FOR US.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE BOARD PERSONALLY, UH, FOR, UH, GOING OUT WITH ME TO GRADUATIONS AND, UH, ENGAGING IN THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO NOT ONLY SIT AND ALSO LEARN, THIS IS MY FIRST GRADUATION.

SO THE EXCITEMENT HAS JUST BEEN THERE.

UM, I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF GRADUATIONS IN THE PETE MARY CENTER MYSELF EARLIER TODAY.

ME AND MS. COLLINS WERE AT BEL AIR THIS MORNING.

I MEAN, IT'S JUST REALLY BEEN AS GREAT.

LET'S JUST GIVE OUR COMMUNITY JUST A GREAT HAND, OUR PRINCIPALS FOR THE .

WE HAVE MANY MORE GRADUATIONS TO GO, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.

SO, UM, I KNOW THE, WE HAD A LITTLE RAIN ISSUE THE OTHER DAY, BUT WE'VE MOVED SOME GRADUATIONS EVEN TO SATURDAY AND TO SUNDAY.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO, TO SUPPORT THAT AS WE GO.

UM, SO LET ME JUST SAY A BIG CONGRATULATIONS GOES OUT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR GRADUATES FROM THE CLASS OF 2021 THIS YEAR, WE HAVE OVER 2020 STUDENTS THAT ARE GRADUATING FROM EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOLS.

THE CLASS OF 2021 HAS FACED MORE CHALLENGES THAN MOST OTHER CLASSES AHEAD OF THEM.

UH, THEY HAVE THRIVED THROUGH A GLOBAL PLAN DEMEC AND SHOWN TRUE RESILIENCY AND LEADERSHIP.

I PERSONALLY ENJOYED WATCHING OUR AMAZING SCHOLARS, RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS AND WALK ACROSS THE STAGE INTO THEIR BRIGHT FUTURES.

AND SO JUST AGAIN, LET'S JUST GIVE THEM A HAND, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CLASS OF 2021.

AND IF YOU CAN'T GET TO THE GRADUATION, I KNOW SOMETIMES TICKETS AND THOSE THINGS, YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR TWITTER.

UH, WE'VE TRIED TO EXPOSE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AROUND THE GRADUATE, BUT HE'S JUST BEEN A GREAT JOB.

AND, UH, KUDOS ALSO TO OUR SCHOOL LEADERS THAT HAVE LED THAT WORK WITH THEIR FACULTY AND STAFF.

UM, NEXT I HAVE IS VACCINATION EVENTS AS A PART OF OUR PARTNERSHIP

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WITH THE OFFICE OF MAYOR SHARON WESTERN BROOM, AND THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE OVER 250 VACCINES TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, UH, WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO RECEIVE IT AT THEIR SCHOOL SITES THROUGH OUR FREE VACCINATION EVENT.

UM, ALSO JUST WANTED TO CHIEF, UM, CHIEF TEFLON AM I PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECT TARLETON, UM, WHO HAS ALSO BEEN SUPPORTING US, UM, UM, OVER IN THE ST GEORGE'S AREA AS WELL.

UH, WHO'S BEEN DOING EVENTS, UM, UH, POPUPS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ALSO.

AND WE JUST APPRECIATE JUST ALL OF US COMING ACROSS THE CITY TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY HEALTHY.

UM, WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF EVERYONE.

UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, THE BOARD AND I, AS WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

UM, PRE-K EXPANSION, PRE-K ENROLLMENT IS OFF TO A STRONG START WITH A RECORD NUMBER OF FAMILIES, APPLYING FOR SPOTS IN OUR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION NETWORK.

WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SERVE AROUND 6,400, UH, UH, 6,400 STUDENTS THAT ARE THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLDS THIS YEAR.

LET'S GIVE THAT A HAND THAT'S, THAT'S AN INCREASE OF OVER 1000 CHILDREN.

UH, THERE ARE FEW SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE, BUT THE APPLICATION WINDOW IS GOING TO BE CLOSING SOON.

SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES TO APPLY, AND WE HAVE THE WEBSITE UP, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

IF YOU NEED US TO, TO COME TO YOUR HOME AND HELP YOU TO DO STUFF, ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN THINK OF, WE WILL MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, OUR LITTLE FOLKS INTO SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT AS WE KIND OF BUILD, UM, OUR CRADLE TO CAREER WORK, MOVING FORWARD, UH, SUMMER ENRICHMENT AFTER ANNOUNCING AN OPENING REGISTRATION FOR OUR FREE SUMMER ATHLETIC SKILLS AND ENRICHMENT CAMPS.

LAST WEEK, WE HAVE FILLED ALMOST EVERY SINGLE AVAILABLE SPOT.

YEAH, THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF SEATS STILL AVAILABLE AT SELECTED SITES SITES, BUT I'M PROUD TO SHARE THAT WE, UH, WE WILL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE OVER 600 SCHOLARS WITH FULL DAY, SUMMER ENRICHMENT AND FREE OF CHARGE THIS SUMMER.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD FOR HELPING TO SUPPORT WITH THAT WORK.

UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I WISH I CAN KEEP GOING.

I GOT SO MUCH MORE NEWS, UH, PRESIDENT TATLIN AND VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, BUT, UH, I KNOW WE, UH, HAVE, UH, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE TOO LONG HERE, BUT, UH, UH, I LOVE TO MAKE THESE ANNOUNCED, UH, THANK YOU.

THAT'S THE SUPERINTENDENTS.

GREAT.

G ONE FACILITIES PLAN UPDATE, MS. ANDERSON AND MR. CHESTER.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR A WHILE, SO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP GOING, GO RIGHT AHEAD NOW.

THANK YOU SUPERINTENDENT IN OUR SEAS, UH, WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM

[G. Facilities Plan Update]

YEAH, GO AHEAD, MR. GO AHEAD, MR. CHESTER AND, UM, MS. ANDERSON WALKS A WALK UP TO, UH, DISCUSS, JUST WANTED TO, UH, LET THE BOARD KNOW AS WELL AS THE COMMITTEE, REMEMBER THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS, UM, A, UM, FACILITIES, UH, PATH FORWARD PLAN THAT WE DISCUSSED, UM, IN THE BEGINNING.

AND WE'VE BEEN COLLECTING A LOT OF DATA TOWARDS THAT.

AND SO, UH, WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE ARE ON TRACK MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS THAT WORK.

AND, UH, UH, WE HOPE TO, UM, PRESENT TATLIN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP.

SO WE HAD TO TALK THROUGH WITH THAT AS WE CONNECT OUR BUDGET'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND FACILITIES PLAN AS A PATH FORWARD.

UM, AND SO MR. CHESTER AND MS. ANDERSON, WHO HAD BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY, UH, WILL PROVIDE SOME DATA AND CONTEXT AND AN UPDATE ON THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHESTER.

SUPERINTENDENT NAZIS, UM, PRESIDENT TADEMAN ICE PRESIDENT COLLINS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT IS INSPIRING TO HAVE JUST WITNESSED THE PERFORMANCES AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF SOME OF OUR STUDENTS, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS TRYING TO, WE ARE TRYING TO DRIVE TOWARD FOR ALL OF OUR STUDENTS.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BUILD UPON REALLY WHAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS A, A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF SCHOOLS ENROLLMENT AND THE FACILITIES, SO THAT THEY'RE NOT VIEWED SEPARATELY, BUT WE'RE VIEWING AT THEM FROM AN INTEGRATIVE STANDPOINT AS TO HOW THEY SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

AND THEY SUPPORT THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE AROUND OUR EDUCATION.

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ALL VERY MUCH AWARE.

WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING.

THAT EFFORT CONTINUES TOMORROW WITH A, A ALL DAY SESSION WITH MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD, A SENIOR CABINET, OTHER CABINET MEMBERS, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, STUDENTS, ET CETERA.

AND I THINK AS WE LOOK AT KIND OF THE TIMELINE THAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR THIS, WE SEEM TO BE ON TRACK WITH, UM, EACH OF THOSE EFFORTS THAT WE STATED, AND THAT YOU SEE THE FACILITIES PLANNING PIECE.

AND I KNOW MS. ANDERSON HAS BEEN WORKING MORE THAN JUST DILIGENTLY, UM, ANALYZING THIS AGGREGATING DATA AS WE'VE GONE FORWARD TO PROVIDE THIS BOARD WITH INFORMATION THAT WILL BE CRITICAL TO IT AS WE TRY TO CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR CHILDREN.

AND THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT PLANNING EFFORT IS AROUND OUR BUDGET AND A GENTLEMAN TO MY RIGHT, MR. GROCHET, UH, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, MS. LOPEZ HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING EXTREMELY HARD TO PRESENT THAT BUDGET TO THIS BOARD.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN A REQUIREMENT AND AN EXPECTATION OF MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD IS TO COME AWAY WITH A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ARE THE FACILITIES THAT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS.

WHAT ARE THEY? AND THIS IS JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT THAT I KNOW MS. ANDERSON IS DOING A MUCH MORE DEEP, UM, ANALYSIS OF THIS.

AND WE WILL ALSO BE ADDING SOME MORE SPECIFICITY TO A LOT OF THOSE, WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ACTUALLY MEAN, WHAT THE CONDITION OF THOSE PARTICULAR BUILDINGS ARE AS WELL AS THE LAND AND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITY IS FOR AT LEAST EXPLORING UTILIZATION OF SOME OF OUR LAND.

THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE NOT GOING TO BE SURPRISES TO PEOPLE.

WE'VE HAD THE DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY THAT I BELIEVE COVERED FROM 2018 THROUGH 2022.

OVERALL, OUR ENROLLMENT IS STEADY WITH THE SHIFTS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS SCHOOL TYPES THAT WE HAVE NO SURPRISE AGAIN, IN DISTRICTS WITH ENROLLMENT GROWTH MAGNET TYPE ONE, CHARTERS ARE THE DRIVER.

COOL.

I THINK WE GOT MORE TO DO HERE AS WE, UH, CONTINUE TO GATHER THE DATA AND, AND TO REALLY TRY AND MAKE, UM, SURE THAT NUMBERS CORRESPOND TO WHAT THE, THESE NUMBERS, THIS INFORMATION IS INDICATING AT THE BEGINNING.

ANOTHER THING THAT'S NOT A BIG SURPRISE.

MOST DBR STUDENTS DO NOT ATTEND A HIGHLY RATED SCHOOL.

IT'S JUST A FACT.

WE KNOW THEY, DON'T WHAT WE HAVE ARE ROCKETS OF EXCELLENCE.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S SOME OF WHAT YOU SAW THIS EVENING.

THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE POCKETS OF EQUITY EXCELLENCE.

A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WE LOOK AT THIS NEXT SLIDE, WE CAN POSSIBLY DISCUSS EXPANDING THOSE HIGHLY RATED SCHOOLS THAT ARE CLOSE TO HOME.

SOME OF THEM ARE MAGNET SCHOOLS, AND WE SAW A LOT OF THE MAGNET, BUT WE ALSO SAW RESULTS AND, AND CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER STUDENTS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ADD IS THE OPPORTUNITY.

IT'S WHY WE ARE HERE.

IT'S WHY WE WORK SO HARD.

MO WE GOT MORE STUDENTS ATTENDING D OR F SCHOOLS THAN WE DO A OR B SCHOOLS.

AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THE, THIS FACILITY STUDY IS GOING TO BRING OUT

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I'M SORRY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE MAJORITY OF HIGHLY RATED SCHOOLS FROM OUR INITIAL LOOK INTO THIS, MS. ANDERSON, THEY'RE CLUSTERED NEAR OR SOUTH OF CITY CENTER.

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO REALLY COME AWAY WITH A, WITH A SOLID UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACILITIES, WHAT THEIR CONDITIONS ARE, WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS FOR EXPANSION, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE.

AS WE CONTINUE TO DO GO FORWARD WITH THIS, THEN WE GET INTO THIS WHOLE AREA UTILIZATION UNDER UTILIZATION.

AND ONE OF THE AREAS THAT MS. ANDERSON WILL BE ELUCIDATING MUCH MORE IS WITH THE FACILITIES PLAN TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE UTILIZATION BY SCHOOLS IS LOOKING LIKE.

AND INITIAL LOOK AT THIS HAS IDENTIFIED ROUGHLY 12 SCHOOLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY OVER-UTILIZED.

AGAIN, IT'S NOT A SURPRISE THAT THEY ARE, I'M SURE THAT ANYONE THAT HAS A CHILD IS GOING TO WANT THEIR, HAVE THEIR CHILD INTO THE BEST SCHOOL THAT THERE IS OUT THERE THAT'S AVAILABLE.

BUT THAT MEANS THAT WE'VE GOT A, UM, A MUCH MORE SERIOUS DISCUSSION THAT HAS TO PLAY BECAUSE WHAT DO WE DO WITH THOSE SCHOOLS THAT CURRENTLY OVER-UTILIZED, AND WE CAN'T KIT ALL OF THE KIDS IN THERE, BUT WE ALSO GOT TO TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE THEN DEAL WITH THOSE SCHOOLS THAT ARE BEING, UH, UNDERUTILIZED.

ONCE AGAIN, THIS SLIDE JUST BASICALLY SAYS WHAT MOST SCHOOLS, WHICH ARE OVER 90% UTILIZED A, B AND C.

THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE.

IT'S NOT A SURPRISE AT ALL, BUT I THINK THAT WHAT THAT INFORMS US, AND AS WE GET MORE OF THE DATA TO DEAL WITH, HOW DO WE START TO ADDRESS THEN THOSE, THOSE SCHOOLS THAT AREN'T RATED THAT HIGH AND WHAT DO WE DO TO BUILD AND TO MOVE THEM.

UM, AND I THINK AT THAT REALLY IS WHERE THE WORK FOR THIS BOARD, THE WORK OF THIS SUPERINTENDENT'S LEADERSHIP TEAM, ALL THE ENGAGED STAKEHOLDERS LIES IS REALLY IN THAT AND TRYING TO ADDRESS AND TURN THAT AROUND.

WE GOT THE WHOLE AREA THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH WHERE, UM, FAMILIES ARE ZONED.

YOU CAN JUST SEE WHERE THEY ARE GOING.

IF IT'S THE A B SCHOOLS, YOU SEE, YOU GOT A 73%, 66%, BUT, BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE THING THAT, THAT, UM, THAT SPEAKS TO ME IS THAT EVEN THERE THE QUESTION THAT BEGS TO BE ANSWERED, WHY IS IT NOT EVEN HIGHER? OKAY.

SO WE CAN FEEL GOOD THAT WE HAVE THESE POCKETS OF EXCELLENCE.

AND WE HAVE THE SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS ARE PERFORMING WELL, AND PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARD AND, AND, AND WE CAN FEEL GOOD AND TAKE, TAKE AWAY SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

BUT IT'S REALLY DISTURBING WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF DNF SCHOOLS WE GOT, AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THE IMPACT THAT, THAT HAS ON THE FAMILIES THAT ARE ZONED IN THOSE AREAS.

CHOOSING NOT TO GO THERE.

IT'S JUST FACTS AGAIN, THIS SLIDE, I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR IT.

UM, PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES ARE HIGHER

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AT UNDERUTILIZED SCHOOL.

I MEAN, IT DOES MAKE SENSE.

YOU GOT, YOU GOT THE SAME COST, BUT THOSE COSTS ARE SPREAD OVER FEWER STUDENTS.

SO COSTS GET DRIVEN UP.

AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SCHOOL WITH 50% UTILIZATION, WHICH IS WHERE A LOT OF OUR DF SCHOOLS ARE LOCATED THAT IT'S ALMOST $2,500 MORE PER STUDENT THAN AT A SCHOOL WHERE YOU'VE GOT THAT HIGH 90% UTILIZATION.

RIGHT.

, I'M EXCITED, EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE, THE, THE, THE CHALLENGES IN FRONT OF US, I THINK ARE, HAVE A LOT OF AREAS IN WHICH WE HAVE TO FIND COMMONALITY.

WE GOT TO FIND COMMON GROUND TO DISCUSS THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR DISTRICT TO WHERE IT IS THAT WE FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE.

AND EVERY CHILD IN OUR DISTRICT HAS A RIGHT TO HAVE A SOLID EDUCATION.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S, IT'S, IT'S A NON-NEGOTIABLE, THAT'S WHERE I SEE IT, BASICALLY.

I THINK IF IT, AND, AND JUST KINDA SUMMARIZING, UM, WE'RE WANTING TO LOOK AT WHAT, HOW DO WE BRING WHAT IS WORKING BEST IN OUR SCHOOLS? HOW DO WE BRING THAT ACROSS THE ENTIRE PARISH? YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A CHALLENGE.

HOW DO YOU DO WHAT? YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT, AS I SAID, THEY'RE VOTING WITH THEIR FEET.

BUT WE HAVE TO TURN THAT TREND AROUND TO SAYING, HOW DO WE KEEP THOSE INDIVIDUAL STUDENTS? AND NOT ONLY HOW DO WE KEEP THEM, HOW DO WE ATTRACT BONDING TO THAT WHOLE ISSUE WITH PEOPLE VOTING WITH THE FEET AND THEN MAXIMIZE IT RESOURCES.

IF WE GOT HALF FIELD BUILDINGS THAT IS NOT FITTING INTO THE CONCEPT OF MAXIMIZING OUR FACILITIES, HOW DO WE GO FORWARD? I THINK WE GO FORWARD BY CONTINUING TO BUILD UPON THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN STARTED, MAINTAIN THE MOMENTUM TO CONTINUING TO DO THAT WORK, CONTINUE TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, CONTINUING DOWN THE PATH OF ENSURING THAT WE INVOLVE THE STAKEHOLDERS IN IT.

AND AS I SAID, TOMORROW IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF JUST TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD.

WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BROADER THAN JUST DOING WITH OUR FACILITIES.

BUT I THINK I WANTED TO, UH, KIND OF JUST POINT OUT WITH, UH, MS. ANDERSON, THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROVIDE A FULL AND COMPLETE FACILITIES STUDY AS THIS BOARD DIRECTED AND AS, UH, CONVERSATIONS WITH EACH OF YOU OVER THE PAST WEEK OR SO PRESENTED, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS AS MANY OF THOSE CONCERNS AS WE CAN.

THANK YOU, MS. COLLINS.

WELL AS OVER-UTILIZED, UH, TALK ABOUT WHERE THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WHERE A CERTAIN AREA MAY NEED TO GROW, WHERE THEY'RE, THAT, WHERE THAT GROWTH CAN TAKE PLACE.

UM, MR. CHESTER, I, I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, I WANT SOME CLARE, THE FRAMEWORK IS THROWING ME OFF.

AND SO CAN YOU GIVE ME SOME CLARITY AROUND THE PURPOSE OF THE FACILITY PLAN? THE PURPOSE OF WHAT A FACILITY PLAN? YES.

UNLESS MS. SANDERSON, SHE CAN SPEAK TO THAT.

SO I GUESS IT'S, UH, SEVERAL COMPONENTS.

SO THE FACILITIES PLAN IS ONE COMPONENT OF AN OVERALL, UH, STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN.

THE FACILITIES PLAN ITSELF IS TO HELP SHOW WHERE SITES AND SCHOOLS ARE UNDER UTILIZED, AS

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UM, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROPERTIES IN WHOLE, WHETHER IT'S A SCHOOL SITE OR NOT, AND HOW, AGAIN, IT GOES INTO UTILIZATION AND EFFICIENCIES FOR THAT, UM, AND THEN PROVIDING WHAT ARE POSSIBILITIES FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER ON HOW TO MAKE, UM, BETTER EFFICIENCIES? OKAY.

UM, THANK YOU.

WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS INFORMATION THAT YOU PRESENT, ARE WE PUTTING THE INFORMATION IN CONTEXT, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I SAY THIS WITH A FULL UNDERSTANDING BELIEF AND CONVICTION THAT THERE'S LOTS OF ROOM TO GROW, MAKING NO EXCUSES, ET CETERA.

HOWEVER, IT'S NO SECRET THAT SPS SCORES CORRELATE MOST CLOSELY THAN ANYTHING ELSE TO POVERTY.

SO IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT A MAP AND WE LOOK AT DOTS AND WE LOOK AT A VERSUS A, B VERSUS D F SCHOOLS IS AT OR SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE, BE IT CITY, EXCUSE ME.

AND SO Y I WILL NEVER MAKE ANY EXCUSES AND IT'S A WHOLE NOTHER CONVERSATION TO DIG DEEP INTO WHAT ACCOUNTABILITY SCORES AND OUR, MY OPINION BOGUS ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM IS.

I HOPE THAT AS WE HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, YES, SPS, UH, SCORES CAN SERVE AS SOME POINT OF REFERENCE, BUT IN CONTEXT, UM, WHEN WE SAY OVER UTILIZED, THAT'S A NEW TERM FOR ME, WHAT IS THAT? AND WHICH 12 SCHOOLS ARE WE SAYING OR OVER UTILIZED AND THEN SOME OF THIS.

ANSWER THAT FIRST, PLEASE.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT, UM, WHAT MAY BE OVER OR UNDER, IT'S TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ENROLLMENTS, AND THERE'S PRETTY MUCH A PERCENTAGE, AND I SHOULD HAVE THE FORMULA, BUT I DON'T.

UM, BUT THE, THE DISTRICT LETS US KNOW WHAT A FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OF A SCHOOL IS.

SO EVEN THOUGH IT MAY HAVE 20 CLASSROOMS JUST TO SERVICE OUT OF FUNCTIONALITY, UM, AND IF IT'S A MAGNET COMPONENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE CLASSROOMS AREN'T USED, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE DAY, YOU MAY HAVE SOME STAGNANT TIMES, BUT AT ANY RATE, THOSE PERCENTAGES ARE GIVEN TO US AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACTUALS OF, OF SPACE AND, UM, SPACES, AND THEN WHAT THOSE ENROLLMENTS ARE.

AND THAT PRETTY MUCH DICTATES WHETHER OR NOT IT IS OVER OR UNDER, UM, TEMPORARY FACILITIES ALSO PLAY A PART IN TODAY IN WHERE IF YOU ARE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PERMANENT STRUCTURES, BUT IF YOU HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT THAT ARE USING T BUILDINGS, UM, AS CLASSROOM SPACE, THEN DEL RAY, AND SOME OF MY SCHOOLS NEED TO COME OUT WITH SOME T BUILDINGS BECAUSE THEY OVER UTILIZE.

RIGHT? YES.

AND SO THEN IN THE UNDER, IT'S THE REVERSE, IF YOU HA YOU KNOW, YOU JUST, YOU HAVE MORE SPACE BECAUSE ENROLLMENT IS NOT THERE.

THE LINE'S NOT GETTING BLURRED, LIKE DOES A FACILITY PLAN COVER SO MUCH, AND THEN THE BROADER PICTURE IS THE FOCUS WITH THE MASTER PLAN.

I DON'T, I STILL STRUGGLE WITH USE OF THAT TERM, BUT I, YOU KNOW, YOU PICK AND CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES.

AIN'T GONE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION WHEN LOOKING AT THE SCHOOLS NORTH OF MID CITY AND TALKING ABOUT UNDER UTILIZATION, I HOPE TO, AGAIN, THAT WE PUT IT IN CONTEXT, A LOT OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE UNDER UTILIZED EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE THEY OVERSATURATED WITH CHARTERS IN THE SAME AREA.

AND SO I HOPE THAT WE MAKE SURE WE MAKE A NOTE OF THAT AND KEEP THAT IN MIND.

UM, DO WE WANT TO JUST SHUT HOURS DOWN AND LET THE CHARTERS OWN THE AREA? OR DO WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE OR WHAT HAVE YOU, I JUST HOPE THAT WE KEEP THAT IN MIND FACILITY PLAN VERSUS MASTER PLAN.

AND I WANT TO SAY, I DO APPRECIATE, UH, HERE, THAT THERE IS, UH, ANY INTENT TO AFTER WE GET PAST THIS FACILITIES, UH, FAT-BASED DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'LL START LOOKING AT A BROADER MASTER PLAN.

AND SO FOR THE SAKE OF CLARITY FOR MYSELF AND MAKING, FOR ME UNDERSTANDING THAT

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LIKE HOW MUCH CAN YOU CLARIFY FOR FACILITIES PLAN VERSUS MASTER PLAN? SO, YES, IN HOW I SEE IT, THE FACILITIES PLAN IS THAT STEP ONE, TO INTRODUCE THE CONVERSATION OF THE NEXT STEPS.

SO IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THAT INITIAL, UM, THE PLANNING EFFORTS, BUT THIS IS SOMEWHAT OF THAT STEP ONE, SO THAT, UM, YOU CAN BEGIN HAVING THE CONVERSATIONS OF WHETHER IT'S PROGRAMMATIC, UM, IDEAS, BUT HOW TO GROW.

WHAT'S WORKING AT CERTAIN SCHOOLS INTO OTHERS.

AND SO THAT'S IDENTIFYING WHERE YOU HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

LET ME ASK IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

I WAS SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT WORDS, WHERE DO THE OUTCOMES OF THE FACILITIES PLAN STOP IN THE MASTER PLAN BEGAN, ROUGHLY I KNOW IN TERMS OF CSR INVOLVEMENT OR WHATEVER, Y'ALL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK WITH US ON THIS OVERALL WORK.

AND SO, YEAH, I, I THINK THAT WHAT, WHAT THE, UM, CSRS WAS ENGAGED TO DO IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE WORKING ON AND, UM, EXPECT TO PRESENT TO THIS BOARD OVER THE NEXT, UM, FEW WEEKS.

I DON'T THINK THAT THERE IS A START STOP VISE COLLINS.

I THINK THAT WHAT THIS IS DESIGNED TO DO IS TO HELP PROVIDE JUST SOME CLARITY, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS THIS BOARD LOOKS AT HOW THEY ABOUT MAKING THOSE DETERMINATIONS ON ACTIONS.

THE ONGOING WORK WE HAVE THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTED OR WILL BE REFLECTED IN, UM, THIS PARTICULAR STUDY IS THE ONGOING WORK THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.

I THINK THAT THERE'S ALSO THAT FULL ASPECT.

WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT FACILITIES OF WHERE WE HAVE A, UM, UH, A LOT OF OUR SERVICES ARE CONTRACTED OUT.

AND SO IN CONCERT WITH THAT, WE'RE MOVING DOWN THE PATH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FULLY UNDERSTAND THE, WHAT E IS.

AND BECAUSE IT IS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION.

UM, MY CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER, MR. GROCHET, UM, HAS BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY TO, AGAIN, DIS-AGGREGATE WHAT SOME OF THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE OUT THERE, HOW ARE THEY PERFORMING? AND ARE WE GETTING WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR? SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S A STOP START WITH THIS, BUT, UH, THE WHOLE INTENT IS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH MEANINGFUL INFORMATION FOR THIS BOARD TO BE ABLE TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATIONS ON THE DISTRICT AS A WHOLE, AND TO DETERMINE HOW WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND THAT'S WHERE THAT WHOLE, THE STRATEGIC PLANNING COMES IN.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TAKING A LOT OF TIME OF A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE.

NOT ONLY IN THIS ROOM, BUT COMMUNITIES, AND WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD UPON WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO HAVE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SYSTEM, THE BEST DAMN SYSTEM THAT YOU CAN HAVE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DRIVE TOWARD.

THANK YOU, MR. CHESTER, LOOK, LET ME CLARIFY FOR YOU WHERE I'M COMING FROM WITH TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FACILITY PLAN VERSUS MASTER PLAN.

SOME OF IT IS ROOTED IN HAVING CONCERN AROUND THE WAY SOME STUFF IS BEING FRAMED DUE TO EXTERNAL POLITICS.

I'M QUITE SURE, AND I DO DILIGENCE AS A DISTRICT.

AND SO THEN MY MIND IS SAYING, WHAT IS THIS, WHAT IS THIS FACILITY PLANT? IS IT FACILITY PLAN? WHY ARE WE, YOU KNOW, ON THIS PARTICULAR, WHATEVER THAT'S CONCERNING ME OFF WE OUTSIDE OF THIS MEETING FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE THE BOTTOM LINE IS CSRS HAS GOT AN AGREED UPON AMOUNT FOR A FACILITIES PLAN.

AND

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WE SAID, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT FOR THIS CHICK FOR THE SAKE OF TIME, I WILL, YOU KNOW, I WILL, CAN WE TOUCH BASE AFTER THE MEETING? OH, WAIT.

SOME OF MY CONCERN PROBABLY BE, OH, DON, YOU TRIPPING BECAUSE YOU THINK THIS SOMETHING, I, THIS IS WHAT WE SAY WE WON'T TYPE.

AND, UH, AND SPEAKING FOR MS. ANDERSON, UM, WE'LL WELCOME HAVING THAT TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE MOMENT.

VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, MS. BERNARD, MS. ANDERSON, YOU REFERENCED THE FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY OF A SCHOOL IN THE PAST.

I'VE UNDERSTOOD THAT TO BE DIFFERENT DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAMMING IN THE SCHOOL.

SO, UM, IS IT DIFFERENT ON SOME CAMPUSES EVEN WHERE YOU HAVE MAYBE A GIFTED PROGRAM AND A ZONED PROGRAM ON THE SAME CAMPUS, MAYBE, OR A TALENTED PROGRAM AND A ZONED PROGRAM ON THE SAME CAMPUS? UM, SUCH THAT THE STUDENTS IN THIS, LIKE I'M THINKING OF GLASGOW, MR. GO DAY, UM, WHERE THERE'S A WING THAT'S PRIMARILY USED BY, UM, THE GIFTED AND GIFTED STUDENTS AND THEN OTHER PARTS OF THE SCHOOL THEY'RE PRIMARILY USED BY THE ZONE STUDENTS.

SO I WOULD THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THE PROGRAMMING, THERE ARE LIMITATIONS AS TO THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS, BECAUSE I KNOW THE CLASS SIZE VARIES FOR GIFTED.

AND THEN MAYBE ALSO MAGNET, I'VE HEARD SOMETHING AROUND IN THE EIGHTIES, EIGHTIES PERCENT, 88%, MAYBE IT'S TOPPING OUT LIKE, THAT'S THE HIGH END OF THE RANGE THAT WE DON'T REALLY WANT.

AND I KNOW THAT WE WANT TO BE A LITTLE FLEXIBLE THAT SOMETIMES WE MIGHT BE UNDER, SOMETIMES WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OVER, BUT IT'S NOT ONE NUMBER BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A RANGE.

RIGHT.

CORRECT.

AND THEN, UM, AND IT, IT VARIES EVEN THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE, AND HIGH, BUT YES, IT ALSO TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION MAGNET TRADITIONAL AS WELL, I GUESS.

AND THEN THE PROGRAMMING MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT, LIKE YOU MIGHT HAVE AN ARTS PROGRAM AND THAT MIGHT REQUIRE DIFFERENT TYPE OF SPACE AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN, UM, MS. COLLINS ASKED ABOUT THE 12 SCHOOLS THAT WERE OVER UTILIZED WAS THE WORD.

I THINK THAT YOU AND I D I DON'T HAVE THAT LIST HANDY.

WE DO HAVE THOSE, AND I CAN FOLLOW UP AND EMAIL THOSE SPECIFICALLY TO YOU.

I DID NOT BRING THEM WITH ME.

I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK.

TWO OF THE, TWO OF THE THREE SCHOOLS IN MY DISTRICT ARE MAYBE OVER UTILIZED.

ONE IS OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN, UM, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, THERE ARE THREE IN SOUTH BATON ROUGE BETWEEN MR. AND I, IS THAT RIGHT? IS IT THREE OR FOUR, FOUR, FOUR KENILWORTH? THAT'S RIGHT.

KENWORTH FOUR.

SO WE HAVE FOUR IN OUR, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHO CAME UP WITH THE LANGUAGE FAMILIES VOTING WITH THEIR FEET.

UM, I WOULD PREFER SOME OTHER WORDING ON THAT.

MAYBE IF YOU GUYS CAN GET WITH THE PR LADY OR SOMETHING, I DON'T LIKE THAT PHRASE AT ALL.

UM, IT'S SURE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH ANOTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT PEOPLE ARE DOING WITH THEIR PARTICULAR ACTION.

YES, SIR.

AND THEN SPS, MS. MS. COLLINS KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT, BUT, BUT SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORE DOESN'T SEEM RELEVANT IN THIS CONVERSATION.

TO ME, THEY ARE OUR STUDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORE IS ON THE CAMPUS.

AND I FRANKLY THINK IT IS INSULTING AND INAPPROPRIATE TO EVEN MENTION IT IN THE CONTEXT OF A FACILITIES ASSESSMENT, UM, BECAUSE THE SCORE AT A SCHOOL SHOULD NOT DICTATE THE CONDITION OF THE SCHOOL AT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE.

AND I SURE HOPE THAT WE ARE AVOIDING THE IMPLICATION OF THAT.

SO, UH, JUST, JUST MY, MY, MY THOUGHTS ON SPS IS NOT ASTHMA.

AS COLIN SAYS, THE STUDENTS ARE IN THE SCHOOL AND THEIR SCORES ARE WHAT THEY ARE.

AND THE FACULTIES IN, IN THERE IN THOSE STUDENTS ARE WORKING AS HARD AS THEY CAN.

AND, UM, I, I DON'T THINK IT BEARS ANY, IT'S BARELY RELEVANT IN, IN THIS, IN THIS CONVERSATION.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU, MS. BERNARD VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

UM, OUR ENROLLMENT IS REMAINING STEADY DUE TO MAGNET AND TYPE ONE CHARTERS.

ACTUALLY, SHE KIND OF, UH, I HAD A LITTLE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY IN THAT REGARD, BUT I LET THAT GO BECAUSE SHE MADE THE, THE, THE ULTIMATE POINT ON THE SPSS SCORES.

AND I JUST WANT TO JUST MENTION IN THE PRESENTATION, JUST TO, AGAIN, TO HELP US LOOK AT THIS IN CONTEXT, WHEN EARLIER YOU MENTIONED,

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I THINK WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, ESPECIALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF A FACILITY CONVERSATION.

UH, AND, AND, AND I SAY THIS NOT FROM A PLACE OF, WE TRADITIONAL VERSUS CHARTER FOR THE SAKE OF BEING DIVISIVE, BUT FOR THE REALITY THAT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER TYPE ONE CHARTER BUILDINGS, UH, IN TERMS OF THIS KIND OF CONVERSATION.

AND SO, AND THEN BUDGETARILY IN TERMS OF BUDGET THOUGH, THE OVERALL ENROLLMENT IN, YES, WE MIGHT BE THERE LAE, UH, MIGHT EVEN OUT BECAUSE OUR, OUR TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS ARE LOSING ENROLLMENT WHEN THEY GO INTO THOSE BUILDINGS.

AND SO IT'S NOT A TRUE PICTURE IF YOU WILL, IF WE SAY, AND I'M JUST LIFTING THIS UP, EVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT LANDSCAPE IS DIFFERENT.

I'M NOT SAYING IT AS A CRITICISM.

I'M JUST SAYING IT SPECIALLY FOR THE SAKE OF HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT FACILITIES, IF WE COULD JUST BE MINDFUL OF LOOKING OF HOW WE JUST DEAL WITH THE REALITY OF THE IMPACT, IF YOU WILL, OF THE TAIWAN CHARTERS ON THE CONVERSATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

CAN WE JUST CALL THEM AS THE BOARD IS CLEAR? THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE NOW TO H ONE REPORTS FROM BOARD APPOINTEES TO COMMITTEES SLASH AGENCIES.

DOES ANYONE HAVE A REPORT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SEEING NONE?

[I. Resolution Regarding "Teacher Appreciation Week"]

WE MOVE TO ITEM I CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MAY 3RD THROUGH THE SEVENTH TO 2021 AS TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK MOVED BY MR. LANA'S SECONDED BY MS. DYSON COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD SEEING NOT MISS THE LANTUS.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.

AND I'LL SPEAK REALLY, REALLY BRIEF.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, UH, I KNOW I PREACH, I TEACHERS WOULD DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THIS AFTER THE YEAR TO DATE WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH, UM, AND I AM HAPPY TO, UH, BE THE FIRST PERSON TO, UH, MAKE THE MOTION ON THIS.

TEACHERS DESERVE IT.

THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, MS. DICE.

AND, UM, I JUST, WE'RE NOT READING THE RESOLUTION, UM, TONIGHT AT THIS MEETING, BUT I READ IT, UM, AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING AT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

AND I JUST WANT ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS AND EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE ALL THE GOING FOR ALL THE EXTRA AND DOING EVERYTHING YOU COULD TO MAKE THIS YEAR, THE BEST IT COULD POSSIBLY BE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU, AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, SO THAT, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT READING THE RESOLUTION, BUT YOU CAN LOOK BACK AT OUR COMMITTEE OF THE HALL AND SEE AND READ IT FOR YOURSELVES, BUT WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. COLLINS, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

UH, I JUST WANT TO CHIME IN ON, UH, ON THE TEACHER'S APPRECIATION.

UH, WON'T SAY MUCH FOR THE SAKE OF TIME.

UH, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, UH, EDUCATORS, IF YOU LOOK ON MY CULTURE AND DIVERSITY, UH, YOU NOTICE THAT FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, UH, UH, I WANTED TO LIFT UP TEACHING TO TRANSGRESS BY BELL HOOKS.

I KNOW MANY EDUCATORS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE SPIRIT THAT THEY COME FROM IN TERMS OF ENGAGING THEIR STUDENTS AND TEACHING THEM TO BE CIVIC MINDED, CRITICAL THINKERS.

AND SO, UH, THAT IS MY HATS OFF TO TEACHERS.

I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT MY HEART AND MY SPIRIT IS WITH YOU, UH, YOU ALL ON THE FRONT LINES WITHOUT CHILDREN, AND WE CAN DO NONE OF THIS WORK WITHOUT YOU.

UH, TO WATCH THE EMOTIONAL AND, AND, UM, SOMETIMES PHYSICAL AND, UH, THE TOTAL THAT, THAT THE PRICE THAT TEACHERS PAY TO EDUCATE CHILDREN IS JUST, UH, I, I FEEL I'M HUMBLED TO EVEN SPEAK OF IT BECAUSE YOU KNOW, MY FAVORITE PERSON AS A TEACHER, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO IN THE CLASSROOM EVERY DAY AND DO THAT WORK.

THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

I'M SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

UH, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE BEFORE WE VOTE, SEEING NINE, UH, COME BACK TO THE BOARD AND I'LL HIT THE BUTTON FOR ME.

UM, MY WIFE HAS NOW RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER, BUT AFTER, UH, 33 YEARS OF WATCHING HER DEDICATE HER LIFE TO CHILDREN, NOT FOR MONEY AND NOT FOR ANY GLORY, BUT FOR THE LOVE OF WHAT SHE DID, HER FATHER WAS A TEACHER.

UH, IT WAS A VOCATION.

AND SO MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE MET ALONG THE PATH,

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AND SO, UH, FOR ALL THOSE TEACHERS OUT THERE, WE LOVE YOU.

WE APPRECIATE YOU, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND, AND ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DID DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND THIS JUST INCREDIBLE UNEXPECTED CRISIS THAT WE WENT THROUGH.

SO, UM, MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE, PLEASE VOTE? THE MOTION CARRIES.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS ITEM J ONE CONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING BUDGETS.

WE MOVE NOW TO, UH,

[J.1. Budgets: ESSER]

A S ARE TWO ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF 32 MILLION, $181,911 B ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF 28,000,900, $19,383.

I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. SECONDED BY MS. SQUARE JACKSON.

SEE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD AT THIS TIME.

I'LL GO TO THE AUDIENCE.

ANY COMMENTS OR, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? NOPE.

BACK TO THE BOARD MS. COLLINS, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

I'M SORRY.

NO PROBLEM.

UM, THIS IS ONE A NOTE, MY CONCERN, I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR, UM, AS I WENT THROUGH OUR, UH, AND THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH FOR FOLLOWING UP WITH THE INFORMATION THAT I NEEDED, UM, FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

UM, MY, UH, A COUPLE OF CONCERNS I HAVE IS THAT, UH, OF THE 24 OR SO ITEMS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS BUDGET, ABOUT HALF OF THEM OR NEW RECURRENT EXPENSES AT A TUNE OF ABOUT $20 MILLION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THAT BECAUSE, UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDED RESOLUTIONS ON HOW TO RESOLVE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AFTER THE, UH, ONE TIME MONEY RUNS OUT, BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE PUTTING US ON THE HOOK FOR FIGURING OUT HOW TO FIND 20 MILLION.

UM, NOW ALSO, CAN I GET SOME CLARITY? THERE ARE, UH, FIVE ITEMS THAT APPEAR TO BE A PROBABLE SHIFT IN FUNDING SOURCE TO THIS ONE TIME MONEY.

SO, UH, BUT BEFORE I MAKE THAT ASSUMPTION, LET ME GET CLARITY FOR THE CORE SUBJECT CURRICULUM SUPPLEMENTS OF $8.2 MILLION.

UM, THAT COMES ACROSS TO ME AS AN GENERALLY AN EXPENSE.

WE ALREADY ABSORBED IN THE GENERAL FUND, GENERALLY, AN EXPENSE THAT WE ALREADY REGULARLY, UH, HAVE.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS 8.2 MILLION IS THIS 8.2 MILLION NEW OR 8.2 MILLION SHIFT IN WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM THE PAY FOR IT.

SAME THING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT SUPPORTS OF 4.3 MILLION.

AND I JUST MENTIONED TO YOU ALL, BECAUSE IT'S JUST FIVE OF THEM.

THEN THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, UH, STUDENT DEVICES AND STUDENT, UH, CONNECTIVITY, WHICH IS THE TECHNOLOGY OF 1 MILLION, UH, DREAM BOX.

BUT WITH DREAM BOX, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO REPLACE IS REPLACING A

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SUCCESS MAKER.

AND SO THAT'S ALREADY SOMETHING THAT WE TEND TO, UH, WE'VE ALREADY REGULARLY BEEN EXPENDED MONEY FOR MY QUESTION IN PARTICULAR WITH DREAM BOX, IS, IS THERE A PRICE DIFFERENCE, PRICE DIFFERENCE? WELL, YEAH, PRICE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DREAM BOX EXPENSE AND SUCCESS MAKER EXPENSE.

LIKE IF WE WOULD STICK WITH SUCCESS MAKER, THEN THE ANNUAL RECURRENT EXPENSE WOULD BE WHAT VERSUS THE RECURRING EXPENSE WITH DREAM MAKER.

AND THEN LET ME, SO YOU, SO YOU WON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR ME TO, UH, AND THEN ANOTHER TECHNOLOGY PIECE FOR 800,000, I BELIEVE.

THAT'S IT.

DO YOU NEED ME LIKE, CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE WALKING UP.

YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT THOSE FIVE? OKAY.

SO THE FIRST ONE WAS IN S OR TO THE 8.2 MILLION? YES MA'AM.

SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING IF WE USE, LIKE, IF THIS, IF THIS GRANT MONEY, IF THE ESTHER WAS NOT HERE TODAY, WOULD THIS HAVE APPEARED IN, UH, IN OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET? YES MA'AM.

SAME THING.

IT WILL BE GENERAL AND FUN AND TITLE ONE AND COVER THE COST.

SO LET ME CLARIFY MY QUESTION AS WELL, INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING GENERAL FUND, OUR USUAL POTS OF MONEY, WOULD HE COUNT? OKAY.

SO I HAVE THIS GRANT MONEY WOULD NOT HERE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES FOR 4.3 MILLION.

WOULD THAT COME FROM OUR USUAL POTS OF MONEY? YES, MA'AM.

THAT WOULD COME FROM MY REDESIGN GRANT, WHICH WE APPLY FOR EVERY YEAR AND THAT GRANT WOULD COVER OUR ADDITIONAL, A POSITION SUCH AS LITERACY COACHES.

AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS? YES, MA'AM.

DO YOU HAPPEN? I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU OFF IF YOU DON'T KNOW, IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL, BUT DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW HOW MANY YEARS WE'VE BEEN GETTING IT? THE REDESIGN GRANT? YES.

MA'AM FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, THE ONE 95 WITH THE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, IF THIS ESSA WAS NOT HERE, IT WOULD GO IN OUR GENERAL FUND AND WE ALSO HAVE A BUDGET FOR IDA.

AND THEN THE STUDENT DEVICES AND STUDENT CONNECTIVITY HAVE 1 MILLION.

IS THAT IN THREE? UH, YES, SIR.

MA'AM.

WELL, I THINK 1 MILLION FOR STUDENT DEVICES.

YES MA'AM YES.

SO WITHOUT S OR THIS WOULD GO IN OUR TAX PLAN.

UH, UH, REDUCE THE TAX.

MA'AM PROP ONE, PROP ONE PROP, ONE IT'S, UH, ALLOCATED FOR DEVICES FOR STUDENTS REAL QUICK.

SINCE WE OWN THAT PAGE, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS CHARTER SCHOOLS 1.9 MILLION THAT'S PASSED THROUGH.

HAVE WE, WHAT W THEY HAVE RECEIVED THEIR ALLOCATION, BUT THE STATE HAS NOT GIVEN FULL APPROVAL OF THIS BUDGET YET.

SO ONCE THE STATE GIVES APPROVAL, THEN THEY CAN START SPENDING THEIR FUNDS.

AND THAT IS, THAT IS THERE, OR THEY DO A PORTION OF SR OR IS THIS THE PASS THROUGH MONEY FROM ED? FROM MFP EVERY YEAR? NO, MA'AM, THIS IS, UH, THEIR ALLOCATION, UH, BASED ON THE TOTAL ALLOCATION THAT THE STATE GAVE US, BUT ANSWER.

THAT'S WHAT I ASKED HER TOO.

ALREADY BE INCLUDING THIS IN OUR GENERAL YES.

AND THEN DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE NOTES ON THE DREAM BOX? THE COST OF SUCCESS MAKER VERSUS DREAM BOX? OKAY.

WE CAN COME BACK TO THAT IF, IF YOU GOT TO DIG, UM, AND THAT MIGHT BE, LET'S SEE.

AND THEN, SO THEN AS IT RELATES TO SHIFT IN FUNDING SOURCE, OH, THE TECHNOLOGY WAS THE LAST ONE.

THE SECOND TECHNOLOGY ALLOCATION, I GUESS, IS IN THREE OF 800,000.

IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF DIDN'T EXIST WHERE WE ARE, WE

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MA'AM.

THAT WOULD BE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THE PROPOSITION ONE STUFF.

I KNOW WE HAVE LIBERTY TO SOME EXTENT TO MOVE STUFF AROUND AND PROBLEM.

ONE, LIKE THE TAX PLAN WAS PASSED.

WE HAVE CERTAIN FACILITIES EARMARKED, UM, IN PROBLEM ONE, UH, WITH THE TAX PLAN, PROP ONE, WE CAN ONLY BUY DEVICES FOR STUDENTS.

SO THAT'S WHY IN THIS AREA OF TECHNOLOGY, THIS, THE GENERAL FUND WOULD PICK UP THIS, UM, AMOUNT.

UH, AND MS. UH, SUPERINTENDENT THERE, THE INT, SO THEN THAT FREES UP SOME MONEY AND PROP ONE SUPERINTENDENT TO IT.

WHAT'S THE INTENT WITH THE, INSTEAD OF PULLING FROM THE PROPOSITION.

IN THIS TECHNOLOGY, IN THIS SECTION OF TECHNOLOGY, IT'S FOR LIKE GO GUARDIAN HELPED ME OUT IT'S FOR US TO REMAIN, KEEP OUR EMAIL SYSTEMS SAFE, SECURE FOR STUDENTS.

MA'AM.

THIS IS WHAT THIS ALLOCATION IS.

SO WE HAVE A MILLION, AND THEN WE HAVE THE 800,000, THE 1 MILLION IS COM IS, IS SAVING MONEY FOR ONCE IT'S FOR DEVICES.

AND INSTEAD OF US USING A PROPOSITION ONE, WE'LL PULL IT OUT OF ESSENCE.

SO THEN THAT THEORETICALLY LEAVES US A MILLION THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PULL OUT OF.

PROBLEM.

ONE IS, AM I THINKING ABOUT THAT CORRECTLY? WELL, WHEN YEAH, WE ALLOCATED THIS 1 MILLION, SO WHEN WE NO LONGER HAVE THIS 1 MILLION, IT WILL COME FROM PROP ONE, THE TAX PLAN.

SO, OKAY.

IT WAS SOMETHING ELSE THAT I NOTICED COMING FROM PROBLEM ONE TOO.

UM, BUT LET ME MOVE TO THIS QUESTION.

ARE WE FACING SOME HELP? I I'M TRYING TO PROCESS, UM, IN TERMS OF SHIFTING THE FUNDING SOURCE OVERALL, NOT JUST TECHNOLOGY, BUT IF YOU CAN ANSWER THE TECHNOLOGY PIECE, THAT'S FINE.

IN TERMS OF SHIFTING, PULLING MONEY FROM THE, OUR USUAL FUNDS AND SAYING THESE USUAL RECURRENT FUNDS THAT WE USUALLY BUDGET.

NOW, WE WANT TO SAY $14 MILLION A DAY.

LET'S MOVE IT TO THIS ONE-TIME MONEY.

WHAT IS OUR INTENT WITH THAT IS THAT TO FREE UP 14 MILLION THAT WE, THAT WE CAN'T USE? LIKE, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND? LIKE, DID WE, WERE WE FACING A DEFICIT OF SOME SORT THAT, THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THAT I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHY WE SHIFTING THE FUNDING SOURCE? YES, SIR.

IT'S PRESIDENT COLLINS.

YEAH.

OUR GOAL HAS BEEN TO, UM, TRY TO MAXIMIZE OUR USE OF SOME OF THE FUNDS TO ACTUALLY FREE UP ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.

SO WE COULD DO THINGS SUCH AS, UM, NOT ONLY SUPPORT CHILDREN AND OUR TECHNOLOGY, BUT ALSO TO SAVE MONEY AS WELL.

AND SO, UM, US BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS FREES UP THE DOLLARS WE HAVE IN OUR GENERAL BUDGET AND THOSE SPACES.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THOSE DOLLARS IN THAT WAY.

UM, MS. JONES IS GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT TECHNOLOGY.

THANK YOU, MS. JONES.

SO THE 1 MILLION, UM, IN S OR TWO IS A RECURRING ON HOTSPOTS.

THE FIRST, UM, LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED CARES ACT MONEY THAT WE PURCHASED HOTSPOTS FOR STUDENTS FOR THE VIRTUAL LEARNING.

AND SO THAT 1 MILLION IS A, UM, A RENEWAL OF THOSE HOTSPOTS FOR NEXT YEAR.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THAT'S IT, UM, LIKE I SAID, MY PRIME, UH, ALGEBRA STRUGGLE WITH NEW RECURRENT EXPENSES, UM, TOTALING ABOUT 20 MILLION, UH, DAILY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GONNA FIND THE MONEY FROM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A CERTAIN, UH, AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT.

AND CARLIN'S MS. BERNARD, YOU GOOD? MS. COLLINS GOT ALL MY QUESTIONS.

THAT'S IT SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? UM, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE, SECRETARY, PLEASE

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CONDUCT A VOTE.

PLEASE VOTE.

CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE REVISED 20, 20, 2021 GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.

THE MOTION CARRIES NOW TO JAY TO

[J.2. Revised 2020-2021 General Fund Budget]

UH, MOVED BY MR. LANICE SECONDED BY MR. BALLOU.

I SEE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

SO WE'LL GO TO THE AUDIENCE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD BOARD PRESIDENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE ON THIS UNPRECEDENTED WEATHER DATE.

UM, AS IT RELATES TO OUR BUDGET, I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT ANYTHING DEALING WITH OUR BUDGET JUST YET UNTIL WE HAVE A COMPLETE TOTAL ITEMIZED DETAILED EXPENDITURE REPORT OF WHERE FUNDS GOING, HOW MUCH FUNDS WERE RECEIVED AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH THOSE FOUR.

I KNOW WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT THE S FOR FUNDING, BUT WE HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT WE WILL BE FACING FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR, AS IT RELATES TO COVID COVID HAS NOT BEEN ERADICATED.

SO YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS MY CHILD AND I, WHO CANNOT GET COVID VACCINES.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOL BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO BE SAFE.

IF WE'RE GOING TO RETURN BACK INTO THE BRICK AND MORTAR BUILDING.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED IN OUR GENERAL BUDGET.

UM, ANOTHER THING THAT'S CONSIDERED IN OUR GENERAL BUDGET IS FOOD EXTENDED SCHOOL YEAR, UM, IS ABOUT TO, UH, IS ABOUT TO START FUNDING.

WE DO NOT HAVE A REAL TRUE, UM, IDEOLOGY OR CONCEPT ON HOW WE FEED CHILDREN SUCH AS MINE THAT HAVE SEVERE FOOD ALLERGIES.

SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY NEED TO CONSIDER IN OUR BUDGET.

AND, UM, ALONG WITH THE SR FUNDING, BEFORE WE ACTUALLY TRY TO APPROVE ANYTHING OF THAT SORT, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO ACTUALLY BRING TOGETHER A, UM, A REAL NICE GROUP OF, UH, PARENTS, MAYBE SOME OF OUR BUSINESS, UM, BUSINESS COLLEAGUES AS WELL, THAT CAN ACTUALLY GIVE SOME REAL TRUE INPUT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR BUDGET, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE, UH, COURSES THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOULD ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT FOR.

I AM PROGRAMMING FOR CHILDREN, ALL CHILDREN, NOT JUST SOME, AND AS IT RELATES TO OUR RESOLUTION, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD APPRECIATE OUR EDUCATORS AND STAFF EVERY SINGLE DAY, NOT JUST ONE WEEK, UM, OUR MET MY CHILD WOULD NOT BE IN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IF IT WASN'T FOR OUR MEDICAL.

AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL AS ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT WE'RE SPENDING WHEN IT COMES TO CONTRACTS THAT WE SHOULD NOT BE LOOKING AT.

SO I THINK BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET, WE NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE A REAL TRUE PICTURE OF WHERE OUR FUNDING IS GOING.

UM, AND IF IT'S BEING SPENT WISELY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. SQUIRRLEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD BOARD IS CLEAR.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.

PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.

LET ME MOVE NOW

[J.3. Professional Services Contracts: Federal (ESSER)]

TO ITEM J THREE CONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE, OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND THE FOLLOWING A INSIGHT EDUCATION GROUP IN THE AMOUNT OF $189,750 TO ALIGN AND TO PROVIDE EMBEDDED SUPPORT TO FACILITY EDUCATOR GROWTH AND POSITIVELY IMPACT STUDENT GROWTH FUNDING SOURCE B T N T P, AND THE AMOUNT OF $16,211 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING SUPPORT THE BUILDING KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND MINDSETS AROUND STREET MINDSETS

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AROUND STRONG LITERACY AND INSTRUCTION.

JUNE 22ND, 2021 THROUGH JUNE 23RD, 2021 C T N T P IN THE AMOUNT OF $249,611 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO SUPPORT THE BUILDING KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND MINDSETS AROUND STRONG LITERACY AND INSTRUCTION FOR THE 2021 2022 YEAR FUNDING SOURCE ASSET THREE D RETHINK IN THE AMOUNT OF 175,000 TO PROVIDE FOR THE SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUNDING SOURCE ESSER THREE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. BALLOU SECONDED BY MR. BERNARD, MS. BERNARD, DR.

NARCISSE, HOW WOULD LIKE EACH CONTRACT TO HAVE AN EVALUATION OF THE SERVICES BUILT IN INPUTS, OUTPUTS OUTCOMES FOR EACH ITEM, JUST AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR OF THE CONTRACT? MAYBE WE CAN DO THAT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. BERNARD.

I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS AT THIS TIME.

SO WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE, ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM J THREE, GOOD EVENING.

AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE STAYED SEATED IN HERE, BUT THE SEATS ARE ALL RESERVED.

UM, I THANK YOU, MS. BERNARD, FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION AS SECOND, THAT ONE ALSO, I NOTICED THAT WE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF RESOURCES THAT OUR SCHOOLS USE, UM, CAN USE, BUT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE ALTEC CONTRACTS, RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.

AS YOU NOTICE ABOUT A SHIRT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EBR ACTUALLY OFFERS.

AND WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF OUR STAFF THAT IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND TRAINED.

AND THIS TRAINING IS OFFERED BY OUR VERY OWN PROGRAM AND SYSTEM THAT IS LOCATED OFF OF MAYFLOWER.

SO I THINK THAT RESTORATIVE PRACTICES SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ACTUALLY BE PUSHING THROUGH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS TRAINING FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF, SO THAT WE CAN KEEP CHILDREN FROM BEING PROPELLED INTO THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE.

UM, ADDITIONALLY LITERACY READING AND WRITING GO HAND IN HAND.

AND I HAVE NOT HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT WRITING, UM, SUCH AS TEACHING THE CHILDREN, HOW TO SIGN THEIR NAMES IN CURSIVE CURSING, CURSIVE WRITING HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH ERADICATED AND, AND NO LONGER EXISTS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF CHILDREN THAT DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THEIR OWN SIGNATURE.

MAYBE DR.

BARBARA LASHLEY COULD ACTUALLY TEACH US THAT SINCE SHE IS OUR CHIEF OF LITERACY, BUT I NOTICED A LOT OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE DEALING WITH LITERACY.

WHY WOULD WE HAVE ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS? THAT'S DEALING WITH SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE ON THE PAYROLL THAT SHOULD BE ACTUALLY ADDRESSING.

THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE HIRED THEM.

SO I'M ASKING THAT INSTEAD OF US DOING, ENTERING INTO ALL OF THESE CONTRACTS, FOR THINGS THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE ON OUR OWN, OUR PAYROLL TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS AND DO WHY DON'T WE USE THEM EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY AND USE THAT FUNDING ELSEWHERE BECAUSE AFTER ALL, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CHIEFS THAT CAN ACTUALLY TRAIN OUR STAFF OURSELF.

LET'S USE THAT MONEY WISELY AND TRAIN OUR STAFF OURSELF AND SPEND THAT MONEY ON OTHER THINGS SUCH AS BRINGING OUR BUILDINGS UP TO CODE WITH ADA.

THAT I, YOU KNOW, READ, I'M NOT NECESSARILY FAMILIAR WITH RETHINK, BUT I KNOW CASTLE WAS ANOTHER ONE THAT CAUSED A LOT OF CONCERN.

THANK YOU, MS. CORLEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE BACK TO THE BOARD? VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS? YES.

UH, REAL QUICK, UH, TO A BOARD MEMBER, UH, BERNARD'S UH, REQUEST.

I HAVE BEEN TALKING WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT IN MY BOY LEADERSHIP MEETINGS ABOUT US DOING A FULL WORKSHOP, UH, WITH A FULL BINDER ON THE VARIOUS CONTRACTS TO INCLUDE THINGS LIKE YOU MENTIONED AN N UH, BO A BOARD PRESIDENT TABLET AS WELL.

SO WE WORKING ON COMING UP WITH THAT, UH, IN A MORE FORMAL, UH, WAY ALSO JUST A QUICK MENTION ABOUT THE SEL, UH, IS A LEAD.

THERE ARE SEVERAL CONTRACTS WE HAVE PROPOSED BEFORE US.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OBSESSION IS WITH THE ACL CONTRACTS, BUT THESE

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THEY PROVIDED DIFFERENT PIECES TO A SYSTEM OF L WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY IN THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS ANOTHER PIECE THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT.

AND I'VE ALSO ACTUALLY ATTENDED TRAINING OF, UH, WHEN IT WAS HOSTED.

UH, THAT YEAR AT ARLINGTON IS RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.

WE HAVE LICENSED RESTORATIVE PRACTITIONERS IN THIS DISTRICT THAT ARE TRAINING OTHER EDUCATORS ON RESTORATIVE PRACTICES, BUT SEL IS MORE THAN RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.

SEL IS MORE THAN IT'S.

IT IS A, UH, FOR US TO IMPLEMENT IT WITH FIDELITY AND MAKE A TRUE DIFFERENCE IN NOT JUST BOYS AND GIRLS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR FEELINGS TODAY.

YOU KNOW, BOYS AND GIRLS LET'S JUST DO YOGA FOR CLASSROOMS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I HELP GIVE SOME SERVICES FOR FREE WITH YOGA, FOR CLASSROOMS, BUT A FULL COMPREHENSIVE SEL SYSTEM REQUIRES MORE THAN THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, HIS WHOLE LAB WE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THE OBSESSION IS WITH THE SEL PORT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY VOICE IS A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, BUT IZZY AIRPORT.

VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

UH, THE BOARD IS CLEAR.

UH, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE, PLEASE VOTE.

MS. DARSON.

DO YOU WANT TO VOTE? YEAH.

UM, WE'LL NOW MOVE TO WHAT? HOLD ON.

I'M SORRY.

GOOD.

WE MOVE NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA, MR. LANTIS.

UM, YOU SURE, JUST KIDDING.

UM,

[K. Consent Agenda]

$87,000 TO PROVIDE LPN NURSING SERVICES TURNER LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $621,000 TO PROVIDE LPN NURSING SERVICES, ADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS, AND SHERRY HOLLAND HOLLINS WORTH IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO PROVIDE US ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE SERVICES, AUDIO OPTICAL SERVICES OF AUSTIN INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $47,892 TO PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE TEACH TEXT TO SPEECH INTEGRATED LITERACY SOLUTION GI DOCTOR DOCTOR, BECAUSE SHONDA L WILLIAMS SUNDRY PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 TO PROVIDE APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS SERVICES.

THANK YOU, PRESIDENT DAMMIT, EVERYONE.

THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE TO BE APPROVED AS A PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED ON ONE MOTION.

THAT WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF ITEMS UNLESS A BOARD MEMBERS.

SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT, THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED AS AN ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE VOTE PROCEEDING.

THE LAST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA TO GRANTS CONSIDERATION TO THE FOLLOWING GRANTS, THE HARTFORD FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 TO PROVIDE DISTRICT FIRE SAFETY EDUCATION AND PROGRAMMING B U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, D E R A SCHOOL BUS REBATE, 2020 GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 TO REPLACE 10 OLDER MODEL BUSES TO REDUCE DIESEL EMISSIONS AND EXPOSURE IN EASTBOUND RIDGE PARISH, SEA PROJECT PROJECT LEAD THE WAY DOW SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 40, $40,000, $10,000 PER SCHOOL FOR FOUR SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE STEM TRAINING, PROJECT BASED LESSONS AND MATERIALS, THREE GRANTS JOBS FOR E S S STUDENTS INITIATIVE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF GRANT AGREEMENT BETWEEN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, AND LOUISIANA REHABILITATION SERVICES FOR JOBS FOR ESS STUDENTS INITIATIVE FUNDING SOURCE, LOUISIANA REHABILITATION SERVICES, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MOU CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING MOU BETWEEN EASTBOUND RIDGE PAIR OF SCHOOL SYSTEM AND BATON ROUGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO PROVIDE FIELD EXPERIENCE PLACEMENT FOR BRCC STUDENTS BY PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT SERVICES CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO RENEW THE FOLLOWING PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS BETWEEN EAST BAMBRIDGE PAIR OF SCHOOL SYSTEM AND THE FOLLOWING A, A NEW BEGINNING PERSONAL CARE LLC IN THE AMOUNT OF $90,000 TO PROVIDE LPN NURSING SERVICES, B PEDIATRIC SERVICES OF AMERICA, LLC.

AVONA HEALTHCARE IN THE AMOUNT OF 483,000 TO PROVIDE LPN NURSING SERVICES, CHASE HEALTH CARE IN THE AMOUNT OF

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THE LIGHTHOUSE OF THE BLIND IN NEW ORLEANS, INC IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO PROVIDE ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY SERVICES, FUNDING SOURCE ID A PART B PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, REAL GRANT CONSIDERATION OF THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE EAST BEVERAGE PAIR OF SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE FOLLOWING SMARTY PANTS, LLC, AND THE AMOUNT OF $108,925 TO PROVIDE TUTORING SERVICES, FUNDING SOURCE REAL TIME, EARLY ACCESS LITERACY, REAL GRANT CANOPY ED IN THE AMOUNT OF 100, $8,925 TO PROVIDE TUTORING SERVICES, FUNDING SOURCE REAL TIME, EARLY ACCESS TO LITERACY, REAL GRANT EBR, VIRTUAL SCHOOL GRADE LEVEL EXPANSION, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE EXPANSION OF EAST EBR VIRTUAL ACADEMY TO PROVIDE FOR THE GRADES PRE-K THROUGH 12TH CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS, CONSOLIDATION OF CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF CLAYBORNE ELEMENTARY AND HOW A PARK ELEMENTARY STUDENTS AT THE CLAIBORNE ELEMENTARY SITE FOR 2021, 2022 SCHOOL YEAR AND BOARD MEETING CALENDAR CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE EASTBOUND ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE FOR THE 2021, 2022 SCHOOL YEAR.

I SO MOVE.

SORRY.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURED ON 5G THAT IT WAS 60,000.

UM, AND, AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD SEEING NONE.

WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE ST.

COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

EXCUSE ME, ITEM.

THIS IS, OH, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S TRUE.

WHAT, WAIT, WAIT RIGHT THERE.

ANYBODY WISH TO PULL AN ITEM? SORRY.

UM, YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, I WOULD UM, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK I'LL JUST, UM, I'LL NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE JUST AS, OKAY.

WE'RE NOT STATING WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE PROVIDING, UM, LPN NURSING SERVICES FOR EVERY CHILD WITH A DISABILITY, HOW MANY NURSES ARE WE'RE ACTUALLY PROVIDING.

I APPRECIATE YOU LETTING US KNOW THAT.

UM, OKAY.

SORRY ABOUT THAT, MS. CORLEY, YOUR TIME, WE'LL START FROM THE BEGINNING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, FOR THIS CONSENT AGENDA, I NOTICED THAT NO ONE ACTUALLY PULLED ANY OF THE ITEMS MA'AM SO, UM, JUST REAL BRIEFLY, UM, I AM ALL IN SUPPORT FOR THE MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING, UM, IN REGARDS TO LRS, UM, BECAUSE OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE OFTEN FORGOTTEN ABOUT AND LRS PROVIDES FEDERAL FUNDING, FEDERAL FUNDING THAT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM DOES NOT HAVE TO SPEND.

THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING SO DILIGENTLY TO, UM, WORK WITH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND I HAVE TO THANK MR. ADAM SMITH AND DR.

ROBINSON FOR ACTUALLY, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING IN REGARDS TO OUR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, BUT THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, UM, THE ONES THAT I WOULD SPEAK AGAINST ALL OF THE CONTRACTS THAT DEALS WITH THE LPN NURSING SERVICES AND THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE

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UM, AND HOW WOULD THIS IMPACT US CONSIDERING THAT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE IS SUPPOSED TO BE OVER OUR MEDICAL.

WE ARE NOW MAKING OURSELVES A LEGALLY OBLIGATED, UM, AS, UH, AS THE OVERSEER OF THESE LPN HOME HEALTH CARE AGENCIES.

WHEN WE ALREADY HAVE A CONTRACT WITH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE TO ACTUALLY RUN OUR MEDICAL.

SO WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER, UM, HOW WE CAN FIND A REAL LISTIC OPTION TO MAKE ARE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR LADY OF THE LAKE AS OUR ACTUAL MEDICAL ENTITY THAT ACTUALLY OVERSEE AND GOVERN THESE LPS.

IF WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER INTO A CONTRACT, CAUSE THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN RIGHT NOW, EBR WOULD BE THE AGENCY THAT IS OVERSEEING THEM.

THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE AND CAN BE SUED.

UM, THE REAL GRANT I NOTICED THAT WE DID NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT TUTORING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, WHICH IS REQUIRED UNDER D A N S E S S A.

WE CANNOT OFFER TUTORING SERVICES FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE NOT DISABLED AND NOT OFFER THEM FOR CHILDREN THAT ARE DISABLED AS WELL.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OURSELVES INTO IS DISCRIMINATION.

UM, THE EBR VIRTUAL SCHOOL GRADE, UM, LEVEL EXPANSION, I WOULD, I WOULD REALLY TRULY APPROVE IT ONLY IF WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT IS FEASIBLY EXPLAINING HOW WE'RE GOING TO COVER THE EXPENSE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES WOULD BE ABLE TO REQUIRE EDUCATION THAT IS, UM, IN ACCORDANCE WITH FREE, APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION.

IF WE CANNOT DO THAT, THEN WE WILL HAVE A PROBLEM.

AND AS, AND LAST, BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST THE BOARD MEETING CALENDAR, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IF WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE IT, THAT WE CAN SAY THAT, THAT OUR DATES MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE CONSIDERING THE WEATHER OR CIRCUMSTANCES, BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE IT MORE FEASIBLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT I WAS, OUR CALENDAR IS VERY FLUID AND NOT PERMANENT.

THANK YOU, MS. .

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD, MR. LANDIS, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TAM.

AND I JUST WANTED TO JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING REAL BRIEFLY, UM, AS IT REGARDS, UH, THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS FOR THE REAL GRANT, UH, I DO AGREE THAT IT NEEDS TO COVER STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES, BUT I JUST WANT IT TO SPECIFY THAT IT IS ACTUALLY SPELLED OUT INSIDE OF THE CONTRACT THAT, UH, AND I'LL GO STRAIGHT TO IT THAT THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO ABIDE BY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990.

SO IT ACTUALLY IS STIPULATED INSIDE OF THE CONTRACT AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE OR THAT THEY ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, FOR THAT INFORMATION, MS. DYSON.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO ASK AGAIN, UM, ON THE BOARD, IT'S JUST THE BOARD MEETING CALENDAR THAT WE'RE APPROVING.

CORRECT.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S AS FLUID AS, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THE MS DAYS AND THAT KIND OF THING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

HAVE SOMEONE THAT IS ATTENDING THAT, UH, AND I APPRECIATE HIM DOING THAT.

YEAH.

THANK YOU, MS. DYSON, AND I MEAN, LOOK, WE ARE SUBJECT TO WEATHER AND, YOU KNOW, EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE MIGHT, THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES.

WE TRY TO STICK TO IT AS BEST WE CAN, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC KNOWS WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING IMPORTANT MATTERS AND THEY CAN BE HERE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS AND SO ON.

SO, BUT YES, MS. DYSON, I THINK IT'S GONNA, WE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S NEXT LOCUSTS AS A CADAS I MEAN, YOU KNOW, FLOODS, I DON'T KNOW.

SO WE ARE, WHEN YOU SAY FLUID, I KNOW IT WASN'T, UH, A LITTLE TWIST ON ALL THE WATER WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING.

SO, UH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, MS. WHERE JACKSON, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT TO ADMIN AND SPEAKING OF THE CALENDAR FOR THE BOARD MEETINGS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

IF, IF ALL OF THE PRINCIPALS ACROSS THE DISTRICT WOULD, WOULD GET THESE CALENDARS, UM, UH, ESPECIALLY TONIGHT I'M REALLY FEELING IT BECAUSE I WOULD BE AT MENTORSHIP TONIGHT'S GRADUATION, BUT THEY SCHEDULED THEIR GRADUATION ON A BOARD MEETING NIGHT.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT FOR US, IT'S FIRST AND THIRD THURSDAYS, BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, THEY'VE GOT OTHER LIVES AND, YOU KNOW, SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CALENDAR AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE.

THANKS.

THANK YOU MR. JACKSON, AND, UH, SUPERINTENDENT OR SO I'M SURE YOU CAN HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE BOARD IS WELL-REPRESENTED AT THAT GRADUATION BECAUSE MR. HOWARD IS THERE.

SO WE DO

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IT DOES MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT.

UM, SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE, PLEASE VOTE.

YOU WANT ME TO DO IT AGAIN? OR YOU WANT TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE, OR WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO? GOT IT.

OKAY, GREAT.

NEW BUSINESS L ONE, UM, CONSIDERATION REQUEST TO ISSUE AN RFQ, UH, TO SEEK PROPOSALS, TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE NEW SCHOOL IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF EAST BATON ROUGE, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVED BY MS. BERNARD AND SECONDED BY MS. DIASON ANY, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM A, TO

[L. RFQ-Architectural Design Consulting Services for South Baton Rouge Property]

AND JUST, UH, I GUESS I'LL JUST OFFER A LITTLE CLARIFICATION.

THIS IS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN LOOK AT THE PLAN SITE AND BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT WILL FIT, HOW IT WILL FIT AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE US AT LEAST A, UH, PRELIMINARY, UH, INDICATION OF, I MEAN, IT'S A LARGER PROJECT, BUT THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO MOVE IT, UM, AHEAD, BECAUSE WE NEED THAT ADVICE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SO, UH, JUST TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND AGAIN, APOLOGIZE FOR PUTTING IT IN NEW BUSINESS, BUT IT SORTA CAME UP RECENTLY AND WE HAD TO GET IT ON HERE.

SO, UH, SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEM L ONE, SEEING NINE BACK TO THE BOARD, SEEING NON MME SEEING NO, THE BOARD IS CLEAR.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE.

PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES.

GREAT.

BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT SIDE AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTY FOR BEING HERE.

HE IS MY RIGHT HAND, MAN.

HE LETS ME KNOW IF ANYBODY'S COMING.

UH, SO WHEN I SAY WE GO TO THE AUDIENCE, I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

UH, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOU.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR IT STAFF.

UH, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.

UH, ABSOLUTELY.

YOU SET UP A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE SET EVERY, UH, EVERY, UH, EVERY OTHER WEEK AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU DO.

WE KNOW IT'S NOT EASY AND WE THANK YOU.

AND THEN JUST LASTLY, BUT NOT LEASTLY, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, UH, CONGRATULATE TAYLOR GAST ON HER, UH, NEXT ENDEAVOR.

UH, I WATCHED HER COME INTO THIS DISTRICT WHILE I WAS ON THE BOARD AND DO A REALLY GREAT JOB AT REBUILDING OUR COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.

I KNOW SHE WILL BE VERY GOOD WHEREVER SHE GOES, AND I DOUBT IT'S THE LAST TIME I WILL WORK WITH HER BECAUSE I WILL TRY TO USE OUR IN MY BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WE'RE ALL BECAUSE I KNOW HOW GOOD SHE IS, BUT I WISH HER THE VERY BEST WE'RE GONNA MISS HER.

UH, WE JUST HOPE SHE'S NOT EVER TOO FAR AWAY.

WE CAN'T GET OUR, OUR, UH, OUR, OUR CLAWS INTO OURSELVES.

UH, JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HER.

SO, AND I WILL NOW, UH, GO

[M. Announcement of Meetings]

TO L I MEAN, I'M SORRY, UH, AM FROM MARK BALLOU, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETING.

UH, THERE WILL BE A BOARD RETREAT TO BE HELD ON MAY 21ST, 2021 AT 9:00 AM AT LSU PEABODY HALL, A BOARD WORKSHOP TO BE HELD ON JUNE 3RD, 2021 AT 5:00 PM AT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER, THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO BE HELD ON JUNE 3RD OF 2021, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE BOARD WORKSHOP AT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND A REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD JUNE 17TH, 2021 AT 5:00 PM AT THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

THANK YOU, MR. BALLOU.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, MR. LANDIS, THAT IS PERFECTLY FINE.

UH, PRESIDENT TEVIN, UH, FIRST OFF TO MS. TAYLOR GUEST, WE LOVE YOU.

YOU WILL BE MISSED AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEXT MOVE.

UH, I JUST WANT TO DO ONE LAST FINAL SENDOFF FOR

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OUR 2021 STUDENTS AND GRADUATES.

SO THE GRADUATES, YOU ALL HAVE HAD THE PROBABLY MOST DIFFICULT SCHOOL YEAR THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN BEFORE FROM THE FLOODS GOING BACK TO 2016, ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE, UH, GLOBAL PANDEMIC KNOWN AS, UH, CORONAVIRUS OR COVID-19.

SO BE GREAT.

CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU DO.

IT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL WATCHING YOU ALL DANCE ACROSS THAT STAGE TO GET YOUR CERTIFICATE OR DIPLOMA RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR FAMILY.

SO KUDOS TO YOU ALL BE GREAT AND REPRESENT EAST BARRON'S PAIR OF SCHOOL, SCHOOL SYSTEM TO THE BEST AND YOUR BRIGHTEST.