Mar 17, 2022 School Board

DISTRICT THREE, MR. HOWARD DISTRICT FOUR, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, YEA DISTRICT FIVE.

MS. WARD JACKSON.

NOW TO, UH, RECOGNITIONS, UH, D ONE RECOGNITION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH WRITING CONTEST WINNER, CAITLIN CREWS OF WEST STEEL METAL.

DISTRICT SIX.

MS. DYSON DISTRICT SEVEN, MR. MR. PRESIDENT.

WASN'T HERE AND IT'S OUR APPROVED.

WE MOVE

[D.1. Black History Month Writing Contest Winner]

MR. BRICK HOUSE.

GOOD EVENING, MR. PRESIDENT ATTACK, MAN, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, TWO BOARD MEMBERS COMMUNITY.

MR. REMEMBERS SCHOOL SYSTEM, EMPLOYEES AND PARENTS.

IT IS INDEED A PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU SIXTH GRADER, A SIXTH GRADE AT WESTDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE SPANISH IMMERSION I MS. KALEY CRUZ, THE SPANISH IMMERSION MAGNET STUDENT ENJOYS READING, PLAYING ON HER PHONE AND COMPETING IN GYMNASTICS WITH HER TEAMMATES FROM LA GOLD.

SHE'S HEADED TO THE GENETIC STATE DOMESTICS MEET ON THE 27TH OF MARCH.

HER TWO FAVORITE SUBJECTS IN SCHOOL ARE ENGLISH AND AQUAPONICS AQUAPONICS.

KATIE PARTICIPATED IN BLACK HISTORY MONTH, RIDING CONTEST OF WESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL IN FEBRUARY, HER AWARD WINNING PIECE AND TITLE MY WISH FOR A BETTER TOMORROW.

CAPTIVATED READERS WITH THE HOPE AND DREAM OF A YOUNG LADY WHO SEES RACIAL INJUSTICE AS CRUEL AND UNNECESSARY.

HER WORD SEEMED TO JUMP OFF THE PAGE AND GRABBED THE ATTENTION OF THE, IN THE HEART OF OTHERS.

KAYLA EXPRESSES HOW SHE CAN HAVE THE WORK AND ACHIEVE A BETTER TOMORROW THROUGH LOVE, RESPECT AT FIRMNESS.

EXCUSE ME.

IN FAIRNESS, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, WE'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MS. KALEY CRUMPS MY WISHES FOR A BETTER TOMORROW.

PERSONALLY, I'M NOT

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BLACK OR AFRICAN-AMERICAN, BUT I KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE IN FACT, SOME OF MY CLOSEST FRIENDS ARE BLACK.

I'VE NEVER BEEN THROUGH SHOVELS BECAUSE OF MY RACE, BUT I DO KNOW OF SEVEN PEOPLE WHO THAT THEY DESERVE AND STORIES OF COPS BEING AGAINST AFRICAN-AMERICANS.

I'VE HEARD OF PEOPLE BEING KILLED ON HER BECAUSE OF THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE CAN BE SO MEAN TO OTHER PEOPLE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL HUMAN.

WE ALL HAVE FEELINGS.

SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE.

PEOPLE OF ANY SHAPE, SIZE OF COLOR SHOULD BE TREATED EQUALLY.

JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DIFFERENT ORIGIN OR COLOR OF SKIN DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD BE TREATED IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

SO HOW DO WE CHANGE? WE CAN PUT OURSELVES IN THEIR SHOES.

WE CAN TREAT AFRICAN-AMERICANS THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD TREAT ANYONE ELSE WITH RESPECT AND LOVE.

I REALLY HOPE THAT THESE PEOPLE CHANGE.

THESE ARE MY WISHES FOR A BETTER TOMORROW REGULATIONS, KAYLEE, ON BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, THAT AS SUPERINTENDENT, I WANT TO GIVE YOU THIS MIDDLE METAL, CONTINUE WRITING WONDERFUL TALENT, NURTURE IT.

THANK YOU, DAWN.

[D.2. Mentor Teachers]

WE UH, TO ITEM D RECOGNITION OF EDR TEACHERS FOR COMPLETION OF THE LD DOE MENTOR AND TEACHER PROGRAM CERTIFICATION.

THIS HALL MY NAME IS SABRINA JACKSON.

I'M ONE OF THE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS AND THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

AND TONIGHT, WHEN WE DO RECOGNIZE AN ALBUM, LOUISIANA STATE CERTIFIED MENTORS.

SO THESE INDIVIDUALS CAN UTILIZE THAT KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO EFFECTIVELY COACH AND SUPPORT NEW TEACHERS AND RESIDENTS STUDENTS.

SO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WILL COME UP AS I CALLED THEIR NAMES, AMY SYLVESTER AND BROWNSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO NAVIA, SHAMBHALA, TARA HIGH SCHOOL, REBECCA HOLLOWAY, PARKOURS MIDDLE SCHOOL, TANA BOUDREAU, PINE FOREST, MIDDLE SCHOOL, NAVIA BUILT MCKINLEY MIDDLE MAGNET SCHOOL.

SO WE HAVE OTHERS THAT COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU LADIES, THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN HELPING OUR STUDENTS AND STRENGTHENING OUR FAMILIES IN THE DISTRICT.

YOUR WORK IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

WELL, YEAH.

WHICH ONE? THANK YOU.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL THAT COULD NOT MAKE IT TONIGHT.

IS CHRIS DIANA MORGAN FROM THE ONE CENTER CHIQUITA DAVIS, PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY EAST DENVER JOHNSON, HOLLAND ELEMENTARY.

CHARLOTTE DAVIS SEE DEPRESSED SOPHOMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, TIMOTHY SPRAWL WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL.

TRACY BOB UNIVERSITY TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SHAWANNA FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

ASHLEY MURPHY, LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.

I ALBERTA THOMAS CAPITOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND LISA STERLING NICHOLS SCOTTSDALE HIGH SCHOOL.

YEAH,

[D.3. Magnet Schools of America Awards]

WE'RE DOING THAT ITEM D THREE, A RECOGNITION AT EAST BATON

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ROUGE TIRE SCHOOL SYSTEMS, MAGNET SCHOOLS OF AMERICA AWARD WINNERS.

I, THERE YOU ARE.

I FIGURED YOU WERE COMING BACK.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

SO GOOD AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT TAM, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, SUPERINTENDENT NARCISSA MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE OUR MAGNET SCHOOLS IN AMERICA, 2022 MERIT AWARD WINNERS.

THESE SCHOOLS WERE RECOGNIZED AND SELECTED BASED ON EXEMPLARY COMMITMENT TO ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, CURRICULUM INNOVATION, DIVERSITY EFFORTS, SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTION, AND PARENT AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

SO BEGINNING WITH THE SCHOOLS OF THE STATION, BELFAIR MONTESSORI IS OUR FIRST AWARDING ACCEPTABLE ONE ON BEHALF OF PRINCIPAL JACKSON'S ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL, PAMELA DUNLAP, CLAUDIA BROWN.

NEXT BACKWARD SAN VISION FOR PERFORMERS, PRINCIPAL, DR.

LEWIS MOORE MEGA CYCLE, ALTERNATOR SYDNEY, A BEAR.

MAYBE I REMEMBER TORI IS OUR MED SCHOOL.

MAKE THE SITE COORDINATOR AND WE HAND MCKINLEY MIDDLE MAGNET, PRINCIPAL BACK THE TIME JULIANA ROWEN MADE THE SITE COORDINATOR, ELIZABETH THOMAS, WHAT LONG MIDDLE, BUT IT'S A LITTLE ROCK ROCKDALE BROWN MEGA SITE COORDINATOR, MINOR SPURLOCK.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE SCHOOLS OF DISTINCTION.

OUR NEXT GROUP OF AWARDEES ARE SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE.

THE DO FOX SCHOOL IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY PRINCIPAL AREA IN ST.

JULIAN MAGNUS.

I COORDINATED ON WHEELS.

WELL NEXT WESTFIELD ICE.

ALSO ONE IS WHAM .

APPRECIATE IT.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST BACKWARDS.

MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL NAME CAN LIKE THE SITE COORDINATOR, BRIDGET FORTENBERRY CHU.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE SCHOOLS OF EXCELLENCE BETWEEN 22

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BECAUSE NEXT.

WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE OUR NATIONAL MAGNET SCHOOL, SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR REGION FIVE, WHICH INCLUDES TEXAS, OF COURSE, LOUISIANA, COLORADO, MISSISSIPPI, NEW MEXICO, ARKANSAS, AND OKLAHOMA.

AND THIS AWARD GOES TO REAL CGL THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM .

SHE WILL LIE FOR NATIONAL WAR WITH SEVEN OTHER TEACHERS NATIONALLY FOR THE NATIONAL TEACHER YEAR AT THE CONFERENCE IN APRIL.

AND WITH THE ITEM NEED FOR RECOGNITION OF, UH, ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL COUNCILS OF THE YEAR AND A NEWCOMER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THIS CONCLUDES THE MERIT AWARDS FOR 2022.

THANK YOU, MS. PORTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[D.4. 2021-2022 Counselor of the Year]

IF YOU HEAR MS. FRASER, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT CATMAN, VICE-PRESIDENT COLLINS BOARD MEMBER THING, SUPERINTENDENT NORTH SEAS.

I AM TEAR THAT FERNANDEZ WHERE DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING, AND I'M HONORED THIS EVENING TO RECOGNIZE THE EAST BATON ROUGE CARE SCHOOL SYSTEM, 20 21 22 SCHOOL COUNSELORS OF THE YEAR.

THE NOMINATIONS ARE BROKEN INTO FOUR CATEGORIES, WHICH ARE ELEMENTARY COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR AND HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR.

AND ONE ADDED CATEGORY NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR FOR THE COUNSELOR WITH LESS THAN THREE YEARS AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

SO IT IS MY PLEASURE THAT I PRESENT TO YOU THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR.

IF YOU MISS LASHANDA DAVIS, WHERE I'M AWARE TO WITH ELEMENTARY, FOR WHAT IF DAVID HAS BEEN A SCHOOL COUNSELOR FOR FIVE YEARS AND EIGHT YEARS IN THE DISTRICT, HER CERTIFICATION INCLUDES SCHOOL COUNSELOR OR K THROUGH 12 READING SPECIALIST, ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, ONE THROUGH FIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PRE-K AND AFFILIATE MARKETER AND APP DEVELOPER.

I'M A SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, ALUMNI AND A MEMBER OF THE ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

SHE WAS RECOGNIZED MY AMAZON ASSOCIATES FOR HER AFFILIATE MARKETING SUCCESS.

LESHANNA CREATED EDUCATORS SUPPLIED PLUG A FACEBOOK GROUP WITH OVER 12,000 MEMBERS AND LAUNCHED A MOBILE APP TO HELP EDUCATORS LOCATE AFFORDABLE CLASSROOM SUPPLIES AMID THE GLOBAL PANDEMIC I PRESENT TO YOU.

Y'ALL MY FOOD COUNSELOR, MISS ALICIA DAVIS, OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELOR, THE AIR IN MS. SHANNON, ASHLEY JOHNSON, MS. ASHLEY JOHNSON IS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT BELFAIR MONTESSORI SCHOOL.

HOWEVER, HER ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, SHE IS ON AN ILT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TODAY, SO SHE COULD NOT BE HERE, BUT SHE DOES HAVE NINE YEARS AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR AND 19 YEARS IN THE SCHOOL

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DISTRICT.

HER CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDE SCHOOL COUNSELING AND MATHEMATICS SIX THROUGH 11.

SO WE LIKE TO SAY, SHE'S WATCHING CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. SHANNON, ASHLEY, JONATHAN BELFAIR, MONTESSORI SCHOOL.

NEXT I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE THEM, INTRODUCE OUR HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR.

MS. DANIELLE DUVALL, MS. DANIELLE DUVALL IS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT LIBERTY MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL.

SHE HAS BEEN A SCHOOL COUNSELOR FOR FIVE YEARS AND SHE HAS SERVED FIVE YEARS IN THE DISTRICT.

HER CERTIFICATIONS INCLUDE ANCILLARY SCHOOL COUNSELING CERTIFICATION, BOTH DEGREES EARNED AT SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, A BS IN PSYCHOLOGY AND A MASTER'S OF ARTS IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING.

IT IS M E.

IT IS IMMENSELY IMPORTANT TO HER TO BE AN EFFECTIVE COMPETENT SCHOOL COUNSELOR THAT IS BENEFICIAL TO THE WORLD WHEN HELPING INDIVIDUALS MAINTAIN A CLEAN GROWING STATE OF MIND AND MATRICULATE THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL WHILE WATCHING HER STUDENTS GROW AND DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.

CONGRATULATIONS MS. DUVALL AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST.

WE HAVE NEWCOMER COUNSELOR YEAR AND MS. KAYLA LEWIS, MS. KAYLA LEWIS IS A NEWCOMER SCHOOL COUNSELOR AT WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AS A SCHOOL COUNSELOR.

THIS IS HER BEARING FIRST YEAR, SO LIKE EIGHT MONTHS, SEVEN MONTHS.

AND SHE IS PHENOMENAL HER YEARS IN THE DISTRICT TOO.

SHE HOLDS NATIONAL CERTIFIED COUNSELOR AS A CERTIFICATION, AND SHE IS CERTIFIED IN CHEMISTRY, BIOLOGY AND ALGEBRA ONE, SORRY.

DON'T Y'ALL, CAN'T HAVE HER BACK.

I PRESENTED YOU OUR NEWCOMER COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR, MS. KAYLA LEWIS.

SO ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR SCHOOL COUNSELORS WILL NOW MOVE ON.

THEY HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR THE LOUISIANA COUNSELOR OF THE YEAR AWARD WITH BELL CA SO WE WILL JUST STAY TUNED AND WE WILL, UM, HOPEFULLY COME UP VICTORIOUS.

I WILL READ THE NEXT SIDE OF MAN.

UM, WE NOW MOVE TO ITEM D BY RECOGNITION OF SUNRISE FOR THE TARION'S WITH THE GOOD FELLOWS.

[D.5. Sunrise Rotarian's and Good Fellows-Good Samaritans Organization]

GOOD SAMARITAN ORGANIZATION PROVIDES CLOTHING BOOKS AND THE AGE, GENDER APPROPRIATE GUESTS FOR SELECTED 12 CHILDREN, 12 AND UNDER AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS DURING THE HOLIDAY.

MS. .

THANK YOU AGAIN.

UH, GETTING ONE AGAIN, WORK BY ATTACHMENT VICE-PRESIDENT COLLINS BOARD MEMBERS AND SUPERINTENDENT NORTHEAST.

I HAVE THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF RECOGNIZING THE SUMMARIZE ROTARIANS.

GOODFELLOWS GOOD SAMARITANS IN DECEMBER HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS AND FAMILIES THROUGHOUT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT RECEIVED CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO INCLUDE TOYS, BOOKS, AND WARMUPS FROM THE GOODFELLOWS GOOD SAMARITANS, GOOD FELLOWS, GOOD SAMARITANS HAVE PROVIDED THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES OF EAST BATON ROUGE CARE SCHOOL SYSTEM, CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

FOR MORE THAN 27 YEARS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUED GENEROSITY AND ACT OF KINDNESS.

UM, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MR. STEVE HUGIN AND MR. BARRY MEYER, MERCEDES, AND THE BOARD MEMBERS.

WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE RECOGNITION.

UM, WE'RE NOT THE ONES THAT REALLY NEED TO BE RECOGNIZED IN TEARS AND HER STAFF AND ALL THE COUNSELORS WHO HAVE HELPED US THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS WITH THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM SINCE THE MID SEVENTIES.

UM, WE'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE 1914 DOING THIS.

WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY EVERY

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CHILD IN THE SCHOOL WITH SOMETHING, BUT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR FUNDS THAT WE IN THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, WE'RE LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO, BUT WE THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

AND TRULY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR US.

WELL, JUST TO ADD TO WHAT STEVE SAID, UM, IT'S OUR PLEASURE, OUR DISTINCT PLEASURE TO SHARE THE JOY OF CHRISTMAS WITH THE KIDS.

AND WE UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THOSE KIDS THAT ARE THE MOST NEEDIEST IN ALL THE SCHOOLS AND IT'S THOSE COUNSELORS THAT HELP IDENTIFY THOSE KIDS AND IN A VERY MEANINGFUL WAY, IN A VERY SUBTLE WAY.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT MAJORITY OF CHRISTMAS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.

THANKS TO YOUR SUPPORT.

PRESIDENT'S VICE-PRESIDENT COLLINS.

THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.

[D.6. Geaux Chiro]

WE'VE MOVED OUT.

ITEM D SIX RECOGNITION OF GO CAIRO FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AT EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEMS, WELLNESS WARRIOR PROGRAM.

IT'S ALL.

WELL, RIGHT ON KEY.

I TRY MY BEST THEN AFTERNOON SLASH EVENING.

DOC, AND DARCY'S I HADN'T WRITTEN THIS TIME.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO CALL UP GO CAIRO, COP PRACTICE AND HELP.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I CAN HAVE A LITTLE SPIEL FIRST.

SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE FEEL APPRECIATED, RIGHT? IT MAKES THEM FEEL HAPPY, FEEL VALUED, AND IT DRIVES THEM TO DO THEIR BEST.

AND AS A FORM OF APPRECIATION EACH YEAR, GO CAIRO PROVIDE SCHOOLS WITH A FREE 10 MINUTE MASSAGE.

HOW DID THEY BEGIN TO ADMINISTRATIVE AND SCHOOL SITES DURING THEIR BREAK TIMES THROUGH THEIR PAMPER, A TEACHER PROGRAM, THIS SCHOOL YEAR GO CAIRO HAS TEAMED UP WITH EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES TO PROVIDE WELLNESS BREAKS FOR EACH ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES AT OUR DIFFERENT SITES.

THIS IS A TREMENDOUS WAY THAT GO CAIRO SHOWS MANY THINGS TO THE WORK THAT EMPLOYEES DO.

THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

HE'S BEEN WITH OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WE'RE HONORED TO THANK YOU, DR.

JOHNSON AND YOUR TEAM FOR PROVIDING WELLNESS THROUGHOUT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM AND SUPPORTING OUR EMPLOYEES.

UM, WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM ID SEVEN, UH, RECOGNITION OF PHIPPS PARTNERS IN EDUCATION FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH MS. SIMMONS, BUT YEAH.

THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[D.7. VIPS "Partners in Education"]

ALRIGHT.

SO I WAS GOING TO DO A PRESENTATION OF SUPERINTENDENTS.

HI, GREETINGS, EVERYONE ATTENDING BY PRESIDENT COLLINS, SUPERINTENDENT NARCISSISTS, AND ALL MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

UM, WE ARE PLEASED TO BE HERE ONCE AGAIN TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER PHENOMENAL PARTNERSHIP IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THERE WE ARE SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS AS AN EXEMPLARY PARTNERSHIP, AND I'M TELLING YOU WHY, BECAUSE, UM, WE SERVE IT'S BEDROOMS, PARENTS.

UM, IF YOU ARE READINESS HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE PRINCIPALS TO WANDA JACKSON.

UT-AUSTIN HERE AS WELL.

UM, IF ANYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THESE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS, A LOT OF TIMES THE STUDENT BODY FEELS, UH, DISCARDED OVERLOOKED.

UM, THIS IS A UNIQUE POPULATION OF STUDENTS.

AND IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING ABOUT VIPS, WE STRIVE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL ABOUT YOUR SPANISH PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

UM, SO THIS PARTNERSHIP IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

UM, WENT TO BED IS A VERY UNIQUE ORGANIZATION.

ALSO THEY'RE VERY GRASS ROOTS.

UM, THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE THESE STUDENTS ARE COMING FROM AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY COME FROM.

UM, THEY ARE FROM THE SAME NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST IN NEED IN BATON

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ROUGE, SPECIFICALLY SPATTER ROUGE.

AND SO THE RELIABILITY IS THERE WHEN THEY CONNECT WITH THE STUDENTS.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT SO MUCH WHEN THE INITIAL PARTNERSHIP INTRODUCTION, WE HAD A MEETING WITH MS AND MS. JOHNSON AND, AND, UH, THE, THE COMMUNICATION, THE CONNECTION WAS JUST HONESTLY VERY MAGICAL.

IT WAS A PERFECT FIT.

AND THAT IS OUR GOAL TO BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE SPANISH PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY WITH SUCH A UNIQUE SCHOOL AND A UNIQUE ORGANIZATION SUCH AS MEANT TO FIT.

AND WE WILL GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE A COUPLE OF WORDS.

SO WE DO HAVE, UM, MS. , UM, AND THEY'RE ON JACKSON AND TOMMY MANNING AND MR. WANDA, JACK JOHNSON, AS THE PRINCIPAL OF EBRA BUSINESS, GIVE THEM A HAND CLAP.

UM, BENSON SERVES PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY INITIATIVES, BUT THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO PARTNER WITH VIPS TO BRING THEIR SERVICES INTO THESE FAMILIES PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND THEY DO THAT THROUGH ACTIVE ACTIVITY AND THEY MENTOR AND HAVE A VERY PROFOUND CONVERSATIONS AND DIALOGUE WITH THE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO KEEP THEM MOVING.

AND THEY TIE IN LIFE LESSONS WITH THE ACTIVITIES THAT THEY BRING TO THE STUDENTS.

THEY ALSO DO THEIR OWN INITIATIVES.

UM, THEY JUST TAKE THE REINS AND DO THEIR THING.

THEY DID WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PARTY FOR THE STUDENTS.

AND AGAIN, THIS GROUP OF STUDENTS OFTEN FEEL DISCARDED BECAUSE THEY'RE AT AN ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL.

AND SO FOR THEM TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO DECIDES THAT THEY ARE STILL SPECIAL AND THEY DESERVE SOME SELLING, THE TORY MOMENTS IS JUST PHENOMENAL.

I CAN'T SPEAK ENOUGH ABOUT THEM CLEARLY.

UM, SO I WOULD LOVE FOR, UM, MENTAL FIT REPRESENTATIVES TO COME AND SAY A FEW WORDS, AND THEN MISS MS. JOHNSON.

YEAH, THEY TOOK ME TO KEEP ME SHOWING UP.

I'M GONNA KEEP IT SHUT UP.

HEY, HOW Y'ALL DOING TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY.

WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THIS.

I HAVE MY, MY BEST FRIEND AND BROTHER, TOMMY, MY WIFE TASHA, WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 20 YEARS.

UH, WE FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UM, THE PRINCIPAL OPEN UP THE HOMES AND GIVING US LEEWAY TO EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS NOW FOR, SINCE, UM, 2018.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

WE'RE MEANT TO FIT, UM, WITH THE MIND, BODY AND SOUL, THE YOUNG PERSON BEING EVERYTHING BEING HELD AND BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

AND WE TRY TO HIT EVERY ASPECT OF THE YOUNG PERSON, UM, LETTING THEM KNOW THEY'RE STILL WORTH, WHATEVER, WHATEVER, REGARDLESS OF WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT'S TAKING PLACE OR WHAT DECISION THEY MADE IN THEIR LIFE IS STILL DOESN'T DEFINE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BECAUSE WE'RE LIVING PROOF OF THAT.

WE'RE FROM THOSE SAME COMMUNITIES.

UH, WE ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL SEEN ALL OF THE TIRES.

WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THE KPN, I'M GOING TO SEE A WHOLE BUNCH OF TIRES.

THEY WAS PUT OUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

THAT'S ACTUALLY A LOT THAT WE ALL TAKE OUT.

WE PUT IT RIGHT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE COMMUNITY FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE TO DO.

THEY SAY, WE NEED TO FIND SOMETHING TO PUT IN THE BOOT, BUT IT WAS NOTHING TO DO.

SO HE AND I, WE WIND UP, WE WENT AND FOUND A WHOLE BUNCH OF TIMES IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE GOT KIDS TO ACTUALLY HELP CLEAN UP THE COMMUNITY WITH THE TIRES CAUSE ANYBODY BEEN TO 7 0 5, Y'ALL SEE TIRES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO TO GET THE TIRES.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GO-KART TRACK.

UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT WE BUILT FOR THE COMMANDERS, A GO-KART TRACK THERE, WE PUT A BOXING RING THERE CAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER INITIATIVE CALLED GUNS DOWN, GO ABOVE THAT WE DO WHERE WE USE LIFE SKILLS AND BOXING AND EVERYTHING AND COPE DIFFERENT COPING SKILLS.

SO WE DO THAT ON A LOT WHERE THEY CAN CALL US UP, COME AND PLAY BASKETBALL.

WE HAVE FLAG FOOTBALL AND JUST SOME THINGS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE ABLE TO BRING THAT TO THE SCHOOLS AS WELL.

AND WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND EVERYTHING.

AND WE DEFINITELY LOVE, UM, PRINCIPAL JOHNSON AND VIPS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE ALLOWED US TO DO.

WE LOVE Y'ALL.

AND THANK YOU ALL.

WAS THAT SHOWING ENOUGH? CAN I HAVE MS. JOHNSON TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS ALSO, WE CAN'T EVEN PLACE THEM AT ANY OTHER SCHOOLS BECAUSE ED ALREADY OWNS THEM.

THEY COME EVERY WEEK FAITHFULLY.

UM, ONE OF MY MOST CONSISTENT AND STRONGEST PARTNERSHIPS.

MR. GOOD.

OH, GOOD EVENING.

I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS SHORT, UM, MS. SIMMONS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

UM, I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET A FIBS PARTNER FOR YEARS.

UM, AND SO WHEN THEY ENTERED MY BUILDING, I WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE.

I WAS LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS MEETING AND THEY'RE GOING TO TURN IT DOWN.

UM, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN.

MY KIDS, THEY COME EVERY THURSDAY.

UM, MY KIDS, UM, WE HAVE TO SEPARATE THEM INTO AN AFP ROTATION.

UM, AND JUST TODAY, UM, WHEN THEY HAVE VEINS ARE BEING CALLED, THEY COME RUNNING TO THE GYM IS IN MY TIME.

I DIDN'T HEAR MY NAME BEING CALLED AND I'M JUST LIKE, WAIT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR TURN.

UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH MR. JACKSON AND MR. MANNING, YOU HAVE REALLY TOUCHED THE LIVES OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE AT MY SCHOOL.

UM, YOUR PRESENCE, EVERY THURSDAY IS PHENOMENAL.

UM,

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AND SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY CART, AS WELL AS FOR MY STUDENTS.

UM, YOU'RE A POSITIVE ROLE MODEL AND I CAN, I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS PARTNERSHIP.

SO, UM, THANK YOU.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, THE SUPERINTENDENT, THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

THEY, UH, OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SPIRIT THAT YOU SHOW THAT'S WHAT REALLY HELPS US SET US APART.

AND YOU'RE HANDLING AND WORKING WITH THE KIDS WHO HAVE THE MOST NEEDS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU STEPPING UP FROM THE COMMUNITY TO HELP US IN THE STAFF.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TO ITEM D EIGHT CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING MARCH, 2022 AS ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

WE MOVED NOW

[D.8. Resolution "Art in our Schools"]

MR. LAST, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT 10 EASTBOUND OR SQUARE SCHOOL SYSTEM PROCLAMATION AND SUPPORTIVE ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH.

WHEREAS MARCH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED THE NATIONAL DANCE EDUCATION ORGANIZATION, DANCE IN OUR SCHOOLS BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MUSIC EDUCATION, AS MUSIC IN OUR SCHOOLS, BY THE NATIONAL THEATER ASSOCIATION, AS THEATER IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH AND BY THE COUNCIL FOR ARTS EDUCATION AS YOUTH ART MONTH.

AND WHEREAS ARTS EDUCATION AND SPANISH PAIR OF SCHOOLS INCLUDES FOUR SEPARATE AND DISTINCT DISCIPLINES, DANCE, MUSIC, THEATER, ARTS, AND VISUAL ARTS EACH WITH HIS OWN BODY OF KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS.

WHEREAS THE ARTS HAVE BEEN PART OF LA HAVE BEEN A PART OF LIFE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING ART IN SEVERAL PART OF HUMAN JOURNEY, DESCRIBING, DEFINING, AND DEEPENING THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

AND WHEREAS THE ARTS ARE EVERYWHERE IN OUR LIVES, ADDING DEPTH AND DIMENSION TO THE ENVIRONMENT WE LIVE IN AND SHAPING OUR EXPERIENCE DAILY.

AND WHEREAS STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN ARTS EDUCATION COURSE HAS BENEFIT FROM THE SKILLS AND MEMPHIS DEVELOP THROUGH THE ARTS AND APPLY THOSE SKILLS IN A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES AND SETTINGS, NO MATTER THEIR INTENT INTENDED CAREER PATH.

AND WHEREAS ARTS EDUCATION CONTRIBUTES TO STUDENT'S DEVELOPMENT THROUGH HEIGHTENED SKILLS AND LISTENING, UNDERSTANDING, GIVING EXPERIENCES, CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING, ADAPTING TO AND RESPECTING OTHERS, DIVERSE WAYS OF THINKING, COMMUNICATING EFFECTIVELY AS, AS WELL AS ANALYZING NUMBER WITH COMMUNICATION, READING SELF-EXPRESSION IMAGINATION OF HUMAN KIND AND CREATIVITY, AND WHEREAS ARTS EDUCATION, INNOVATIVELY IGNITES AND ENGAGES LEARNERS PERSONALLY AND ENHANCES THE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL MORALE AS WELL AS THE QUALITY OF ALL STUDENTS AND ALL SCHOOL CULTURE CULTURE IS BY HELPING DEVELOP SELF-CONFIDENCE BOOSTING SELF-RELIANCE AND INCREASE EMPATHY AND COMPASSION TOWARDS ONESELF AND OTHERS ANYWHERE.

AS FAR AS EDUCATION IS, IS ESSENTIAL FOR, FOR STUDENTS THAT EBR AS PART OF A WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION.

NOW, THEREFORE BE RESOLVED.

THE EAST BEVERAGE PARENT SCHOOL BOARD DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MARCH, 2022 X ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH AND URGES ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE EVERY DAY.

BUT ESPECIALLY IN MARCH, THE ARTS EDUCATION IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF EVERY STUDENT'S EDUCATION EAST BEVERAGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM ISO, UM, MOVED BY MR. SECONDED BY MR. .

UM, MS. COLLINS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I ESPECIALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THIS RESOLUTION IN HIS RECOGNITION.

I MEAN, PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT IT'S THE READ THE POWER OR IT'S IN SCHOOLS.

THERE'S A BOOK I READ CALLED THE ORIGINALS BY ADAM GRANT AND HE HAD DONE RESEARCH ON NOBEL PRIZE, WINNING SCIENTISTS AND AMA LAST THEIR EXPOSURE ON PARTICIPATION, RARELY IN THE ARTS.

AND YOU COULD SEE A STRONG SHELBY, VERY STRONG CORRELATION IN THE LIKELIHOOD OF A SCIENTIST BEING A NOBEL PRIZE, WINNING SCIENTISTS BASED ON NOT JUST THEIR, THEY DID OR EVEN WHAT TYPE OF ART THEY PARTICIPATED IN.

AND SO WE NEED MORE ARTS IN OUR SCHOOLS.

IT IMPACTS JUST THE CREATIVITY, BUT WE TRANSLATE

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INTO THE ACADEMIC GAINS AS WELL.

AND SO, UM, IT'S ESPECIALLY APPRECIATIVE OF US RECOGNIZING OUR WHITES IN ART SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH KIDS AND I, YOU KNOW, IT'S WONDERFUL WHEN YOU CAN SEE OTHER ARTS MAKES OTHER PARTS OF THEIR LIVES, JUST LINE UP, YOU KNOW, UH, THE WAY THAT MUSIC ENHANCES MATH.

AND THERE'S JUST SO MANY THINGS THAT, THAT WE SORT OF TAKE FOR GRANTED.

AND, UH, IT REALLY DOES HELP IMPROVE OUR CHILDREN AND HELP THEM TO BECOME VERY COMFORTABLE IN THEIR OWN SKIN.

AND THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UM, I, UM, I JUST WANNA TELL ALL THE ARTISTS HOW MUCH I JUST LOVE YOUR, I WISH I HAD THE TALENT MYSELF.

YOU SQUARE JACKSON.

SEE YOU OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

I WOULD GO TO THE AUDIENCE.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON RESOLUTION, SEEING ON BACK TO THE BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE BOAT.

UM, I'M GONNA DO A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

WE DIDN'T GET A PICTURE WITH MR. GO OVER THERE AND HE DID THAT.

MOVED DOWN TO ITEM E ONE E AND PROBATION ONLY EAT ONE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT PERSONNEL CHANGES TO, AND I'M THREE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, MONTHLY REPORT.

I'M SORRY.

SO YOU GOT TRIPLE RECOGNITION, BUT REALLY THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

SORRY.

WE MISSED SHIT AT FIRST.

UM, WE

[E.1. - E.3.]

SEEING YOUR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD

[F.1. Update from Superintendent]

WE MOVED TO.

I AM AFTER ONE UPDATE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT, DR.

NARCISE THANK YOU, PRESIDENT SIDE.

AND THEN, UH, RIGHT BEFORE I START, I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO A BOARD MEMBER, HOWARD, UH, JUST FOR A RECOGNITION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SOMETIMES YOU SIT DOWN AND THIS WILL BE BRIEF, BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE THE MEMBERS OF THE VETERANS, ALUMNI AND DELTA CHAPTER TO STAND UP, UH, THEIR RECOGNITION.

SO TODAY IS, UM, SO AS THE DAY IS GOING TO BATTERS PANEL, ANY COUNCIL, ANY OF THESE BINDERS PAIR OF SCHOOL BOARD, WE WENT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR JOINING US TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK THROUGHOUT OUR COLLECTIVE COMMUNITY.

WE HOPE THAT TODAY CREATES MOMENTUM FOR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ADVANCEMENT.

I'M GOING TO BE OUR STUDENTS.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE REPRESENTATION MATTERS AND WE DON'T.

THERE ARE MANY OF OUR STUDENTS THAT ASPIRE TO, TO BE HERE.

MOST OF OUR COLLECTIVE ORGANIZATION I'M COUNCIL INCORPORATED REPRESENTS HISTORICALLY BLACK GREEK ORGANIZATIONS AND IT'S COMPOSED OF INCORPORATED ALFALFA ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED, ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY INCORPORATED, OMEGA PSI PHI FRATERNITY INCORPORATED, DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY INCORPORATED FIVE SIGMA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED, ZETA PHI BETA SORORITY INCORPORATED.

SIDNEY INCORPORATED FIVE BETA FRATERNITY INCORPORATED.

THEY PAC PROMOTES INTERACTION THROUGH PHONES, MEETINGS, AND OTHER MEDIUMS FOR THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND ENGAGES IN CORE COOPERATIVE PROGRAMMING AND INITIATIVES THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND FUNCTIONS.

SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR THIS MEETING.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THIS WILL BE A CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP ON THE COLLABORATION.

EASTBOUND WAS PARIS AS A MEMBER OF THE GREATEST FRATERNITY, MAN.

UH, GREAT TO SEE, UH, LETTER ORGANIZATIONS COMING TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND TRYING TO CONTINUE TO DO WHAT OUR FOUNDERS WANT ALL OF US TO DO AND THROUGH INITIATIVES, ESPECIALLY THROUGH EDUCATION.

SO WE HOPE THAT THIS CREATES THE MOMENTUM FOR US TO CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A COLLECTIVE PARTNER.

DR.

MARCY'S AS A BOARD MEMBER.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF YOU DON'T PART OF THE PANEL AND COUNCIL, YOU AND I HAVE TO WORK WITH YOU TO GIVE YOU WILL BE JUST ALL STAMPS OR MAKING RECOGNIZE IT WAS JUST GETTING THEM ALL AGREE.

I THINK Y'ALL WANNA TAKE A PICTURE.

WE COULD COME ON AND JUST SAY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AS YOU GUYS COME UP.

UM, BECAUSE IT TAKES A, UM, MANY PEOPLE DON'T SEE.

I TELL FOLKS I MAY BE THE SUPERINTENDENT, BUT IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO THIS WORK.

AND, UH, SINCE I HAVE ARRIVED AS SUPERINTENDENT, I JUST HAVE BEEN VERY APPRECIATIVE ABOUT ALL THE COMMUNITY WORK THAT THIS GROUP HAS DONE.

UH, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE, A PART OF THE GROUP THAT ARE NOT HERE, BUT,

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UH, IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE A PART OF A VILLAGE THAT'S WORKING IN SUPPORT KIDS LET'S THINK SO, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.

UM, ONCE YOU SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS ADELINA, WESTDALE HEIGHTS, ACADEMIC MAGNET, UH, OUT OF THE 21 STUDENTS OF THE YEAR, FINALIST SILICON FROM ACROSS THE STATE, UH, THE 21 STUDENTS SELECTED INCLUDING ONE ELEMENTARY ELEMENTARY, THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL THE FINALS WILL PARTICIPATE IN AN AWARD CEREMONY ON APRIL 13 WHEN THE WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED FOR EACH GRADE LEVEL, SIMILAR SELECTED BASED ON ACADEMIC, BUT SHE DIDN'T HAVE LEANER SHOULD HAVE SKILLS, CHARACTER, AND SERVICES TO SCHOOLS AND CONVENIENCE.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, TO EILEEN TO TREE WHERE IT'S SHOWING THE POWER OF YOU FOR MAKING IT THIS FAR.

LET'S GIVE HER A HAND THANKS TO A GENEROUS DONATION FROM THE CHARLES LAVAR FAMILY FOUNDATION AND TO OUR FEMALE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR SPRING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING FOR ALL PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT SPECIALISTS.

ON MARCH 22, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WILL BE HOSTING AN OPT-IN CAMPAIGN FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR THE 2022, 2023 SCHOOL YEAR THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF MARCH TO EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY SERVE ALL OF OUR FAMILIES.

WE WERE ASKING THEM TO GET OKAY IF THEIR CHILDREN, RUBY, OUR DISTRICT PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION.

NEXT SCHOOL YEAR, WE'LL BE SENDING POSTCARDS TO FAMILIES, DOUBLE CHECKING OUR WRITER, A WRITER ROSTERS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW UP WITH FAMILIES, BE IN TEXTS AND CALLS AND SURE WE CAN REACH EVERY FAMILY.

PLEASE VISIT EBR SCHOOLS.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION ON FRIDAY, MARCH 25TH AND SATURDAY, MARCH 26, PARKING MEDICAL ACADEMY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BATTEN'S GENERAL HOSPITAL, JUNE DATE AT THE PARK EXPLORING THE WORLD OF MEDICINE, STUDENT AND PARENT FAIRS.

THE GOAL OF THIS EVENT IS TO PROMOTE UPCOMING FOCUS CHOICE SCHOOL PROGRAM THAT WILL BEGIN IN AUGUST, 2022 ON FRIDAY.

STUDENTS AT PARK WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ROTATE THE INTERACTIVE STATIONS WHERE THEY WILL BUILD THEM WHILE HARD MAGIC.

EACH OTHER'S HEART ARE MADE, EXPLORE CAREERS IN HEALTHCARE AND OBSERVED MODELS OF THE HEART LUNGS, EARS, EYES, AND MORE ON SATURDAY PARENTS AND THE COMMUNITY ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE EVENT AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AS WELL AS ENGAGING INTERACTIVE STATIONS FOCUSED ON FITNESS, NUTRITION, EMERGENCY MEDICINE, AND KIDS PHYSICALS DURING WORK, THEN BATMAN GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER WILL ALSO PROMOTE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS AND IN GUARDIANS EACH YEAR, THE MENTORING MATTERS.

NEW TEACHER INDUCTION PROGRAM CELEBRATES THE DILIGENCE OF MENTORS THROUGHOUT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT.

THESE ARE MENTORS THAT HAS EXEMPT THAT EXEMPLIFIED OUTSTANDING SUPPORT TO NEW TEACHERS.

ONE ON THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS YEAR, THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCE AND SUPPORT PROGRAMS AND RETENTION HAD A TOTAL OF 13 MEMBERS TO BE NOMINATED FOR THIS HONOR RECOGNITION, A MENTOR FOR EACH SCHOOL LEVEL WHO WAS CHOSEN FROM THE ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

BUT FOLLOWING TEACHERS FOR THE MENTORING MATTERS INDUCTION OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ELIZABETH COLLIGAN FROM MAGNOLIA WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL, BRITNEY FROM SHERWIN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FOR HIGH SCHOOL, RASHADA JENKINS FROM MCKINLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

IN ADDITION TO THE MENTORING MATTERS INDUCTION LEADER OF THE YEAR AWARD.

WE'RE ALSO CELEBRATING THE WORK OF OUR FIRST YEAR TEACHERS.

THESE TEACHERS HAVE DEMONSTRATED TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GROWTH IN THE TEACHING PROCESS AND ILLUSTRATE THE ABILITY TO SHARE THEIR CONTENT EFFECTIVELY.

AMONG STUDENTS.

THE TEACHERS ALSO HAD AN EXEMPLIFY GREAT COLLABORATION WITH COLLINS AND FAMILIES WHILE PLANNING AND

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AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS WITH THEM AT A SCHOOL THIS YEAR, THE OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES SUPPORT PROGRAMS OR RETENTION HAD A TOTAL OF 38.

YOU DIDN'T WANT TEACHERS TO BE NOT READY FOR THIS HONORABLE RECOGNITION.

AND NEW TEACHER FROM EACH SCHOOL LEVEL WAS SHOWING UP FROM THE ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

THE FOLLOWING TEACHERS FOR THE MENTORING MATTERS TEACHERS OF THE YEAR WHEN IT WAS OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS SARAH MIZELLE FROM HER HOOKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JUST SEEING THEM WEARING COLBERT COLBERT FROM JEFFERSON TERRACE ACADEMY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, TONY WILLIAMS FROM SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FROM HIGH SCHOOL FROM BATON ROUGE, MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL LAST BUT NOT LEAST AS A PART OF OUR ONGOING COMMITTEES FOR RECRUITING AND RETAINING TOP 10, WE'LL BE HOSTING OUR SPRING RECRUITING EVENT AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL ON APRIL THE SECOND FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM, WE'LL BE HIRING FOR ALL POSITIONS.

AND WE INVITE ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH US TO COME LEARN AND WIN MORE, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE MULTIPLE MULTIPLE PARTNERS WE HAD IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE CREDIT THAT HELP OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WORK WITHOUT OUR PARTNERS.

WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS VILLAGE OF STUDENTS AT TIMES.

PEOPLE ONLY SEE THE INTERNAL FOLKS ARE IN THE SYSTEM, BUT WE HAVE MULTIPLE PARTNERS FROM EACH OF OUR REGIONS.

WE JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE LET'S JUST GIVE THEM A HAND.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR AND OUR CCE.

WE'VE MOVED

[G.1. Board Appointees]

NOW TO ITEM G ONE BOARD APPOINTEES FROM AGENCIES, COMMITTEES, ANYBODY WISH TO MAKE A REPORT? WELL, I JUST WANT TO LET ALL OF OUR, UM, EDUCATORS WHO ARE AT HOME VIEWING THAT BREAKFAST BEGINNING TO RECRUIT FOR THE SUMMER CAMPS, UM, AND MANY EDUCATORS STAFF, THOSE CAMPS, AND IT'S A GREAT SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO APPLY FOR THOSE JOBS ONLINE@BRENT.ORG.

PD OR, WELL, WE'RE CALLING THE INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM BECAUSE THEY'RE OFTEN THEY'RE WELCOMED IN BY OTHER MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY, BUT REALLY THE PRINCIPLES, I MEAN, SURFACE.

THANK YOU, MS. BERNARD.

UH, SEE NO OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WISHING

[H.1. 2022-2023 School Year Calendar]

TO SPEAK.

WE MOVED NOW TO IMH ONE CONSIDERATION, A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE 20 22, 20 23 SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR.

DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. SECONDED BY MR. BALLOU.

SO NO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE APPROVAL OF THE 20, 20 TO 2023 CALENDAR SEEING NINE BACK TO THE UP MS. DYSON? YES.

UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CALENDAR.

UM, I JUST FIRST WANTED TO, UM, ASK WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED SINCE THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

UM, AS PER YOUR REQUEST, WE DID CONDUCT THE NORMAL REVIEW SUBMITTING TO THE LEADERSHIP OF ALL THE SCHOOLS, THE REQUEST FOR, FOR THOSE WHO WILLIAM COMMENT ON CALENDAR COMMITTEE AS NORMAL.

SO THEY SUBMITTED THOSE NAMES, SUBMIT A COPY OF THE CALENDAR, AS WELL AS THE FORBID QUESTIONS TO THEM.

AND, UM, WE ALSO PRESENTED TO THE PRINCIPAL TEACHER AND PARENT ADVISORY COUNCILS AND SOLICITED THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL.

UM, 85% OF THE RESPONDENTS WERE IN FAVOR OF THE CALENDAR AS PROPOSED.

THE ONE ADDITION THAT WE DID KNOW TRY ALL OF THEM THAT WOULD BE MADE WILL BE THE ADDITION OF THE FAITH ASSESSMENT DATES.

IT WAS RELEASED AFTER WE SUBMITTED THE CALENDAR FOR, UM, APPROVAL.

IT WAS JUST RELEASED LAST WEEK.

SO WE'LL BE ADDING THOSE AS PER THE FAITH CALENDAR FOR ASSESSMENTS FOR NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

UM, ALSO LET ME GET BACK TO IT.

UM, I WANTED TO, I'M SORRY.

I WANTED TO ASK SPECIFICALLY, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T SAY IS SO IN JULY, I'M LOOKING AT THE CALENDAR NOW AND, UM, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, SO IT SAYS CERTIFIED CERTIFIED EMPLOYEES RETURN ON THE LEFT MONTH AND MONTH ON THE DIFFERENT DATES, PORT EMPLOYEES RETURN.

AND THEN IT SAID INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM, IS IT, AND IS THAT A RETURN? OKAY, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY PBC

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SO IT'S JUST THAT THEY'RE DOING IT IN SERVICE THAT THEIR 12 MONTH EMPLOYEES SAID, UM, THEY WOULD, WHAT WOULD THOSE BE? THE DAYS THEY COME BACK? IT'S NOT A RETURN FOR THEM.

IT WASN'T THE NOTIFICATION OF WHEN IT WAS ALL RIGHT.

AND, UM, WE, WHAT, WHAT DATES ARE THE TESTING DATES NOW THAT ARE BEING, THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDED IT'S MULTIPLE DAYS.

LIKE THERE'S A, PRE-K THROUGH THREE LITERACY ASSESSMENTS ARE DONE IN OCTOBER THAT ARE DUE BY THE 31ST.

THEN THERE'S THE WINDOW FOR LATE 20 TWENTY-FIVE FOR ELEMENTARY AND THE WINDOW FOR HIGH SCHOOL ACT, AS WELL AS THE HIGH SCHOOL LEAD.

UH, THOSE WILL BE EITHER IN MULTIPLE MONTHS AND THEY'LL BE ADDED TO THOSE MONTHS.

I JUST WAS PARTICULARLY CURIOUS AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO NAVIGATE THE TESTING THAT'S DONE IN APRIL AROUND OUR BREAK.

AND ARE WE GOING TO TEST PRIOR TO BREAKING OR DO THEY COME BACK THE VERY FIRST DAY AFTER A BREAK AND HAVE TO BE TESTING? THAT IS A LITTLE WORRISOME, SO SCHOOLS, SO THE SAME, HERE'S AN ASSESSMENT WINDOW.

AND SO WHEN WE WORK WITH SCHOOLS TO, UM, ESTABLISH A TESTING PLAN AND ABLE TO TURN MY MOVING APPROPRIATELY TO START THE TESTING WITH THE GUIDANCE FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE.

SO SOME SCHOOLS WILL, MAY START ON THAT DAY, BUT MOST OF THEM START AFTER THAT, BUT THE TESTING WINDOW IS DEFINED BY THE STATE AND THE SCHOOLS THEMSELVES DETERMINED BASED ON THEIR POPULATION AND NUMBERS TESTS THAT HAVE TO BE ADMINISTERED.

THAT MIDDLE NAME WON'T BE A PROBLEM TO BEGIN THE TASK.

CAUSE IT'S JUST ALWAYS BEEN WORRISOME ON THAT DAY AFTER BEING OFFERED SIX DAYS OF SCHOOL AND THEN GETTING BACK INTO THE ROUTINE OR BEING OVERTIRED FROM TRAVEL OR WHATEVER, AND THEN BAM YOU'RE TESTING.

AND SO, UM, ONE THING THAT I KNOW CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM IS KIND OF THAT REVEALING ON JUST THE TESTING SKILLS AND I THINK THAT'S SO IMPORTANT TO REVIEW WITH THEM.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR EXTENDED WORK ON THIS, THROUGH THIS TWO WEEK PERIOD.

THANK YOU, MR. HARRISON, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

THIS ONE WAS SEEN THERE WHILE I WILL GO AHEAD AND INVOLVE WHEN THIS CALENDAR PERSON IS MORE THOUGHT OUT.

UM, I DO STILL HAVE CONCERN AROUND TEACHERS NOT HAVING A PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCE TAB CALLED OUT IN THE CANON.

JUST WANNA RAISE THAT UP AND HOPEFULLY SHE GIVE HER MUCH.

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

VICE-PRESIDENT CARLA.

AND IT'S THE BOARD IS CLEAR.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.

YEAH, I DIDN'T MISS APPROVED.

[I. Consent Agenda]

LOSS TITLE THREE SET ASIDE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 TO PROVIDE ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS, EA HOMELESS ARP, ONE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF 163,131 TO IMPLEMENT INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES IN THE CLASSROOM AF HOMELESS ARP TO GRANT ANY AMOUNT OF $556,117 AND TO IMPLEMENT INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES IN THE CLASSROOM, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, EXEMPLARY CUSTOMER SERVICE, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, AND EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT FOR MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BACKWARDS GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER, CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND THE BACKERS GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER TO PROVIDE A SCHOOL HEALTH CLINIC AT CLAIBORNE ELEMENTARY, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, FUNDING SOURCE, NOT APPLICABLE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER, CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE EASTBOUND RACE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER TO SUPPORT COVID 19 TESTING, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, FUNDING SOURCE, NOT APPLICABLE SIX PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CONTRACTS, RENEWALS CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A AMPLIFY IN THE AMOUNT OF $22,200 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT STATE MANDATED LITERACY, SCREENERS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE ACTION TO BE A NET IN THE AMOUNT OF $115,794 TO PROVIDE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS FOR THE, FOR GRADES NINE THROUGH 11 STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE GENERAL FUND.

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

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF ITEMS UNLESS THEY BOARD MEMBERS.

SO REQUESTS IN WHICH HE HAD 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 BID FREEZER SOUTHEAST MIDDLE CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR APPROVAL TO BE IN FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A 253 SQUARE FOOT WALK-IN FREEZER UNIT AT SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, FUNDING SOURCE, CHILD NUTRITION, PROGRAM THREE GRANTS, FEDERAL CONSIDERATION OF THE REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING GRANTS.

A INCENTIVE, CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS GRANT, AND THE AMOUNT OF $4,102,672 TO SUPPORT LEARNING LOSS, THE SCHOOL CHOICE, CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE AND RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 TO FUND DATA-DRIVEN INITIATIVES TO SUPPORT LEARNING LOSS S THREE INCENTIVE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAYING GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,791,092 TO FUND DATA-DRIVEN INCENTIVES TO SUPPORT BLARING

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SEE AN AMEN IN THE AMOUNT OF $390,492 AND 24 CENTS TO PROVIDE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS FOR GRADES THREE TO EIGHT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE, FEDERAL FUNDS, REDESIGNED GRANT, AND OUR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE FINE D ELIMINATE IN THE AMOUNT OF $199,018 TO PROVIDE VIRTUAL MANAGEMENT TO, TO HOUSE DATA, TO TEACH ALIGNMENT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE S OR TO ACTION TIG SEVEN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT CONSIDERATION OF REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND SCHOOL LEADERSHIP CENTER OF GREATER NEW ORLEANS IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,400 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR THE DIOCESE OF BATON ROUGE, CATHOLIC SCHOOLS, FUNDING SOURCE, TITLE TWO NONPUBLIC, A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT COMPENSATION COMPENSATION PLAN, STUDY CONSIDERATION REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND SSA CONSULTANTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $88,948 TO PROVIDE FOR A COMPENSATION STUDY.

SHE TEACH YOU THE ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FUNDING SOURCE S HER THIRD NUMBER NINE, RFQ ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSULTING SERVICES FROM BROWN STEEL AT ALMA ELEMENTARY AND THE CONSIDERATION REQUESTS AUTHORIZING STAFF TO BE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS TO SEEK PROPOSALS, TO PROVIDE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CONSULTING SERVICES FOR THE KNEE BROWNS VEHICLES, ELLA HENRY SCHOOL, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FUNDING SOURCE TAX PLAN, PHASE FOUR, 10 RFP TRANSPORTATION SOFTWARE CONSIDERATION REQUESTS FOR THE ARTHUR RACE AUTHORIZATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND STAFF TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR A COMPREHENSIVE TRANSPORTATION SOFTWARE PACKAGE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TRANS PROTECTION DEPARTMENT, THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, THE PURCHASING DEPARTMENT, AND THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT PROPOSED SOFTWARE PROVIDES EFFICIENT INTERFACES WITH NEW SYSTEM-WIDE SOFTWARE ANTICIPATED TO BE INSTALLED IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, SHE TAKE, TAKE ALIGNMENT, OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE, FUNDING SOURCE, AND GENERAL FUND NUMBER 11 SEVEN PART-TIME RATE INCREASE CONSIDERATION REQUEST TO AMEND THAT SUMMER 2022 SALARY SCHEDULE

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TILL YOU PROVE A 40% INCREASE IN COMPENSATION OF SPECIFIED SUMMER PART-TIME EMPLOYEES, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, EXEMPLARY CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FUNDING SOURCE GENERAL FUND AND GRANTS.

THE LITIGATION CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM GWEN SALMON, GENERAL CONSOLE EAST BATON ROUGE, PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD IN THE MATTER OF HENRY C. BROWN JR VERSUS CONDI THEA THOMAS IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD DOCKET NUMBER 69 5 0 0 SECTION 24 19TH JUDICIAL COURT, JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT PARISH EAST BATON ROUGE, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND TO PROVIDE OR RELATED MATTERS.

I SEWED MOVED BY MR. GOODAY SECONDED BY MS. BERNARD.

ANYBODY WISH TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ONE, SIX, ANY, UH, OTHER, UH, BOARD MEMBERS WANT TO BOOK ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO WE'RE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS NUMBER SIX, SEE NO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

IT WAS THE AUDIENCE, ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS SIX, MS. WADE JACKSON, I MEAN, SORRY, BACK TO THE BOARDINGS WHERE JACKSON, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT 10.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ON HERE, THE, UH, TRANSPORTATION SOFTWARE.

I JUST APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE BOARD, UH, PASSING THIS ITEM BECAUSE THIS NEW RFP RFQ FOR THIS SOFTWARE WOULD, IF WE GET THE SOFTWARE WOULD HELP INTERFACE SO MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN, AND IT WOULD BE SUCH A SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS OR RETIREMENT.

AND, UH, SPEAKING OF TIME, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SHORTEN SOME TIME ON SOME BUSES AND POTENTIALLY ALLOW A LITTLE MORE SLEEP TIME FOR STUDENTS WHICH WILL PAY OFF IN TEST SCORES AND THE DISCIPLINE ISSUES.

AND IT MAY ALSO GET US ONE STEP CLOSER TO THAT.

LATER START TIMES TO THE LATER START TIMES ACROSS THE DISTRICT, UM, TO GET CLOSER TO STUDENTS, TO GET CLOSER, TO HAVING STUDENTS BE ABLE TO SLEEP A LITTLE LONGER, PERFORM BETTER AND HAVE THEIR BODY CLASS MATCH A LOT BETTER THAN, UH, STARTING AT AT SEVEN.

SO EVERY LITTLE BIT OF THIS COUNTS.

AND, UM, I'M ALSO SUGGESTING THAT, UH, THE, THE VAST AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE HIM ALL THE TIME OR THAT WE WOULD EARMARK THAT FOR, UM, FUNDING FOR MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS ACROSS THE DISTRICT THAT WE JUST DON'T HAVE A MAINTENANCE BUDGET FOR.

SO I'M HOPING THAT THE CDS COULD GO BACK TO THEIR DEPARTMENT AND HELP TO FUND THE MANY THINGS THAT WE NEEDED OUR SCHOOLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT COVERED.

THANKS.

THANK YOU, MS. SQUARE JACKSON, THE BOARD IS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUS SIX.

UM, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.

[I.6. Professional Services Contracts Renewals]

ANY AMOUNT OF $199,018 TO PROVIDE FOR, TO PROVIDE A VIRTUAL MANAGEMENT TOOL TO HOUSE DATA, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE, ESTHER, TO ACTION TO DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. LANA.

WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM SIX CONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS BETWEEN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A I'LL PROVIDE YOU AN EMAIL WITH $22,000 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT STATE MANDATE MANDATED LITERACY, SCREENERS, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, FUNDING SOURCE S OR TWO ACTION, ONE B A NINE, AND THE AMOUNT OF $115,794 TO PROVIDE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS FOR GRADES NINE THROUGH 11 STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT FUNDING SOURCE GENERAL FUND C A MAT IN THE AMOUNT OF $390,492 AND 24 CENTS TO PROVIDE BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS FOR GRADES THREE THROUGH EIGHT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT, ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, AND FUNDING SOURCE, FEDERAL FUNDS, REDESIGN GRANT OR EDUCATIONAL.

ACCIDENT'S FINE.

SEE, ELIMINATE

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SECOND ABOUT MR. SEE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD, UM, GOING TO THE AUDIENCE, ANY QUESTION, I MEAN, OUR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD ON ITEM SIX OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS JAMES FINNEY.

I TRUST BEFORE YOU APPROVE THIS, BUT YOU ALL SEE THE FISCAL NOTE AND YOU HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH MONEY IS SPENT AND HOW MUCH REMAINS.

RESPONSES PRIOR TO MY RECOMMENDATION, EXCUSE ME.

THANK YOU, DR.

FENNY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT

[J.1. Charter School Application: Louisiana Rebirth Blended Learning Academy]

AGENDA.

WE BE TO, UM, I HAVE J WINE UNDER NEW BUSINESS DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF THE LOUISIANA REBIRTH BLENDED LEARNING ACADEMY, CHARTER APPLICATION, AND DEBATED MATTERS.

MS. BUNCHY, PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, SCHOOL, BOARD MEMBERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AS WELL AS SCHOOL SYSTEM, EMPLOYEES AND PARENTS, UM, GIVING ME, AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE MS. KATIE BLOTCHY, OUR THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR FOR THIS YEAR'S CHARTER APPLICATION CYCLE, MS. YOU WORKED FOR THE EASTBOUND ROUGE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR 42 YEARS, AND IT HAS SERVED AS A DISTRICT THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR.

FOR THE MANY YEARS AFTER THAT, SHE WILL GO OVER HER QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION AND HER EVALUATION METHODS DURING HER PRESENTATION.

THE DISTRICT ONLY RECEIVED ONE APPLICATION DURING THIS, UH, DURING THIS CYCLE.

AND THIS BLOCKCHAIN WILL EXPLAIN AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU MR. BURKE HOUSE AND GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT TAP MEN AND VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND DR.

NARCIS I'M KATIE BLUSHY.

AND I'M PLEASED TO SERVE AS YOUR THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR.

I WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A CAREER THAT SPANNED 42 YEARS IN EDUCATION WITH MANY VARIED EXPERIENCES.

I WAS A TEACHER AT PRESCOTT MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SYSTEM PRINCIPAL, A PRINCIPAL AT A STREAM OF A MAGNET SCHOOL AND A CAPITOL MIDDLE SCHOOL AND A CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR IN CHARGE OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

THIS IS MY SIXTH YEAR AS ABRS THIRD PARTY EVALUATOR.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE LET'S BEGIN BY TALKING ABOUT THE PROCESS I'VE USED TO EVALUATE THE APPLICATIONS.

THE PROCESS IS VERY IMPORTANT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IN ORDER TO BE FAIR TO EACH APPLICANT.

AND IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH BULLETIN 1 26, THE EVALUATION ITSELF CONSISTS OF THE APPLICATION REVIEW USING THE RUBRIC DESIGNED BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

HE INTERFERED IN THE INTERVIEW RESPONSES AND THE APPLICATION AND INTERVIEW PROCESS.

THE TEAM LOOKED AT FOUR MAJOR AREAS ON THE RUBRIC FOR EXPERIENCED OPERATORS, EXECUTIVE SUMMARY, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM, AND CAPACITY, ORGANIZATIONAL PLANNING, CAPACITY AND FINANCIAL PLANNING CAPACITY.

ACCORDING TO THE LDL E APPLICANT GROUPS MUST MEET ALL CATEGORIES STANDARDS.

THAT'S 100% FOR THE EVALUATING TO ADVISE THAT THE SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE CHARTER APPLICANT GROUP.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE HE'D BE ALL RECEIVED ONE CHARTER SCHOOL APPLICATION FROM THE COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR APPRENTICESHIP LEARNING, WHICH IS AN EXPERIENCED OPERATOR.

I'D READ IT THOROUGHLY.

THE CHARTER SUPPORT TEAM SELECTED AND SCHEDULED THE INTERVIEW.

THE INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED ON FEBRUARY 21ST AND IT LASTED ABOUT AN HOUR.

IT CONSISTED OF 20 MINUTES FOR THE APPLICANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND 40 MINUTES FOR THE EBR INTERVIEW TEAM TO ASK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.

YEAH, BUT KIM WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THE TEAM'S QUESTIONS AND CLARIFY

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AS STATED IN BULLETIN 1 26, THE FINAL EVALUATION AND CORRESPONDING RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE PUBLIC FIVE BUSINESS DAYS PRIOR TO THE BOARD MEETING, THE INTERVIEW TEAM HAD THE CHARTER APPLICATION RUBRIC ADAPTED FROM THE LDL TO GUIDE THE QUESTIONING.

AFTER THE INTERVIEW, I CAN POP COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION AND THE RUBRIC INTO THE EVALUATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE CHARTER SCHOOL INTERVIEWED CHAIN CONSISTED OF KIMBERLY WOODROW, ANDREA KELLY LOPEZ, BIANCA BRUMFIELD WILLIAMS CAUSE SHAUNA BRIDGES, ERICA JONES, AMY NORSWORTHY AND YOU PAN AND DR.

DACEY SLANG.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TEAM HAD EXPERTISE IN CHARTER SCHOOLS, CURRICULUM, AND INSTRUCTION, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE TO THE INTERVIEW TEAM.

I'D SAY I'D LIKE TO SAY MANY THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THIS VERY IMPORTANT TASK.

AND ALSO DR.

NARCIS THANK YOU TO YOUR STAFF FOR THEIR HEALTH, THE SPECIFIC SPECIAL AMOUNT OF BARNES PEGULA DAY AND MICHAEL DEZ ACT NEXT FIVE, PLEASE, IN KEEPING WITH THE THEME OF PROCESS, I WANT TO ASSURE THE BOARD THAT THE EVALUATION WAS HANDLED WITH INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM AS UNBIASED AND AS KNOWLEDGEABLE AS I KNOW HOW TO BE.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE APPLICANTS CC.

THEY WERE VERY PROFESSIONAL, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, SUBMITTED THE INFORMATION IN A TIMELY FASHION NEXT.

SO PRESENTATION, UH, PRECEDENT TAP.

AND IF IT PLEASES THE BOARD PRESENT BY EVALUATION FOR THE APPLICANT, WITH THE SUMMARY DISPLAYED ON THE POWERPOINT, THE APPLICANT IS LOUISIANA REBIRTH BLENDED LEARNING ACADEMY.

THE HOME DISTRICT IS ADR.

THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A TYPE ONE CHARTER, BUT SEEKS A TYPE TWO CHARTER.

ACCORDING TO BULLETIN 1 26, THE APPLICANT MUST SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR A TYPE ONE OR CHARTER TO THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD BE DENIED AS EVIDENCED BY A MOTION OR RESOLUTION OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD, AND THEN SUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION TO BESSIE AS A TYPE TWO CHARTER.

THEREFORE THE DISTRICT SERVED WOULD BE STATEWIDE.

THE PROPOSED OPENING IS 2020 3, 24.

GRAY CONFIGURATION OF START IS NINE THROUGH 12 GRADE CONFIGURATION AND SCALE IS NOT FOR 12 ENROLLMENT.

AND START IS PREDICTED AT 250 STUDENTS AND ENROLLMENT AT SCALE IS 518 STUDENTS.

THE MISSION OF LOUISIANA REBIRTH ACADEMY IS TO PROVIDE THE INDIVIDUALIZED SUPPORT ADJUDICATED YOUTH DESERVE IN ORDER TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND GO ON TO CONTRIBUTE, TO CREATE A MORE PROSPEROUS SOCIETY.

CECIL IS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL CHARTER NETWORKS AND HE SPENT WHICH PARISH THEY PRESENTLY OPERATE FOUR SCHOOLS, CECIL ELEMENTARY, WHICH OPENED IN 2020 SEESAW MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH AN SPS HAS 74.7, WHICH IS THREE TENTHS OF A POINT FROM A BEAN MADISON PREP WITH AN SPS OF 89 85 0.9, WHICH IS A B LOUISIANA VIRTUAL ACADEMY WITH AN SPS 56.3, WHICH IS A D HOWEVER LOUISIANA VIRTUAL ACADEMY OUTPERFORMS TWO OTHER VIRTUAL SCHOOLS IN THE STATE WHO HAVE FEWER DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IN 2016 MADISON PREFACE NAMED THE BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF NOTE IS THAT SEESAW EDUCATES APPROXIMATELY 74% DISADVANTAGED YOUTH.

THE PROPOSED SCHOOL ADDRESSES THREE KEY NEEDS FOR THE STUDENTS.

THEY PLAN TO SERVE ACADEMIC ACCELERATION, SOCIAL, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION BECAUSE OF CCL SUCCESSFUL TRACK RECORD IN ABR.

AND WHILE THE PROPOSED SCHOOL WOULD BE AN ASSET EBR.

AND WITH THE PERMISSION OF MR. DHAWAN JOHNSON, MR. LAMONT COLE, AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, I RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DENY THIS APPLICATION.

SO THEN CCL MAY APPLY TO BESSIE FOR A TIED TO CHARTER AND SERVE THE NEEDS OF STUDENTS ACROSS LOUISIANA.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THANK YOU, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, SO I NEED A MOTION FROM THE BOARD MS. JACKSON, WHICH MOTION TO DENY TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SEE NO COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

AND MR. ATLANTA, SECOND STAT,

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ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THE MOTION TO DENY THE CHARTER APPLICATION? SEE NONE BACK TO THE BOARD.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE ON THE MOTION TO DENY THE CHARTER APPLICATION.

[J.2. Litigation]

WE MOVED OUT I AND J TO CONSIDERATION REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION FROM WIND SHAMBLIN GENERAL COUNCIL E EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE MATTER OF IDL QUARTERLY, THE DOWNLOAD QUARTERLY VERSUS EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD DOCKET 20 TRIPLE 0 22, DISTRICT FIVE.

DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY MR. SECONDED BY UNDERSTOOD THE LU SEEING NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THIS ITEM? GOOD.

ANYTHING GOT ANYTHING THAT WAS IN HERE VERY MUCH HERE TONIGHT? LITIGATION, WE SHOULD ACTUALLY GO WITH MS. CORTLAND.

WAS SHE ASKING FOR? I THINK IT IS VERY IRONIC, MS. COLON TOO, JUST LIKE ME, BUT THERE IS NO RELATION JUST FOR THE RECORD.

SO YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST EVERY SINGLE TIME.

I'M OUR A SCHOOL SYSTEM, BECAUSE WE ARE HERE TO ALLOW AND NOT ALWAYS OFFER A WONDERFUL OLIVE BRANCH TO HELP OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, EVEN THOUGH IT IS ALWAYS BROKEN AND I'M NEVER WRINKLING, BUT I DEFINITELY MADE SURE I WAS PLAYING TODAY IS GOING THIS BIRTHDAY OR THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM NOT BE FACING LITIGATION OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

SO PLEASE HONOR MY SCHOOL AND THIS REQUEST AND FOR PAY HER, PAY HER THE ONE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY, NOT ME, BUT WHEN MINE COME FORWARD, I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT SPEAK.

AND MY CHILD ACTUALLY THINK ABOUT HOW YOU SHOULD PREGNANT TOO.

AND FOR THE RECORD, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE RECORDS REQUEST I REQUESTED AND WHAT WAS PUT ON IN DOCUMENT, THANK YOU, MS. CORLEY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, SEEING NONE BACK TO THE BOARD, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE, PLEASE.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

[J.3. Resolution: Adjusted Millage Rates]

WE MOVE NOW TO ITEM J THREE CONSIDERATION OF AND ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION TO ADJUST MILLAGE RATES, YOUR TAX YEAR 2022.

UM, MR. HOWARD, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO READ IT.

HUH? WE RESOLVED THAT BY THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD OR THEIR PARISH SHOULD BE SPENDING ROUGE LOUISIANA IN A PUBLIC MEETING HELD TODAY ON MARCH 17TH, 2022, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS, LAW AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE SEVEN, SECTION 23 SEAT, BUT THE LADIES HAVE A CONSTITUTION AND REVISED STATUTE, 47, 17 OR FIVE B.

THEN THE PROBLEM THAT ADJUSTED MILLAGE RATES BY INDIAN, THEY ARE HERE BY 11.

EXCUSE ME, UPON THE DOLLAR OF THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF ALL PROPERTIES, SUBJECT TO ADD OUR OWN TAXATION WITHIN SAY PARISH FOR THE YEAR 2022.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF RAISING REVENUE EIGHT FOR GENERAL CONSTITUTIONAL TAX 4.98 MILLS SPECIAL MAINTENANCE TAX AUTHORIZED THROUGH 20 26, 12 0.99 MEALS.

SPECIAL TAX ADDITIONAL AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED 2023 YEAR OLD 6.17 MEALS, SPECIAL TAX ADDITIONAL TEACHERS AUTHORIZED IN 2024 ROW 2.64 MEALS, SPECIAL TAX, EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

OTHERWISE THROUGH 2024 ROW 1.77

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MEALS, SPECIAL TAX EMPLOYEES, SALARIES AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED THROUGH 20 20 81, 1 6 0.78 MEALS, SPECIAL TAX REPLACING REDUCED STATE AND LOCAL RECEIPTS.

OTHERWISE THROUGH 2027 ROW 4.73 MEALS, SPECIAL TAX EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

OTHERWISE WHO TOLD ME 26 ROW 5.69 MEALS, SPECIAL TAX EMPLOYEE SALARY, EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

OTHERWISE THROUGH 2023 ROW 6.82 MEALS WITH A TOTAL OF 40.57 MEALS OR B 80 APB, SPECIAL TAX SUPPORT, 88 ABB.

OTHERWISE TO 2020 6.68 MEALS WAS AN UPDATED TOLD ON 41.2, FIVE MINUTES BEING RIPPED BY THE, WITH ALL THAT THEY ASSESSED UP THE PARIS OF THE EAST.

BATON ROUGE SHALL EXTEND UPON THE ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE YEAR 2022 TAXES HERE IN LEBANON, THE TACTICAL ACTIVE, SAFE HARRY SHELL COLLECT AND REMIT THE SAID TACK AUTHORITY.

AND ACCORDING TO A LAW, THE BOARD RESOLUTION WAS READY TO FALL AND THE ROLE WAS CALLED ON THE ADOPTION THEREOF AND THE RESOLUTION WAS ADOPTED.

THE FOLLOWING VOTES.

I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE PORTLAND IS A TRUE, AN EXACT COPY OF THE RESOLUTION HAPPENED AT THE MEETING HELD TODAY, MARCH 17TH, 2022.

I WISH WE HAD A QUORUM WAS PRESENT AND VOTING BOUNDARIES IN LOUISIANA.

THIS THE 17TH OF MARCH, 2022.

MOVED BY MR. HOWARD, SECONDED BY MR. LANDIS.

SEE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, THE BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON J THREE C NINE BACK TO THE BOARD SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE.

PLEASE VOTE THE MOTION CARRIES

[J.4. Resolution: Roll Forward Millage]

YOU TO AID THEM AND SHAVE FOR CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION TO SET FORTH THE ADJUSTED MILLAGE RATE AFTER REASSESSMENT AND ROLL FORWARD THE MILLAGE TO REACH NOT TO EXCEED PRIOR YEARS MAXIMUM MILLAGE FOR THE TAX YEAR 2022.

MR. HARWOOD, YOU'RE UP AGAIN? THANK YOU.

BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT.

EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, OR THE SPANISH PARISH, LOUISIANA AND PUBLIC MEETING HELD TODAY ON MARCH 17TH, 2022, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW AND ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLE SEVEN, SECTION 23 C THE CONSTITUTION, THE REVISED STATUTE, 47 1 7 2 1 5 B THAT THE TAX INDUSTRY WILL BE TO INCREASE THE MILLAGE, BUT NOT IN THE EXCESS OF PRIOR YEARS.

MAXIMUM RATES ON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTIES SHOWN IN THE OFFICIAL ASSESSMENT WRONG FOR THE YEAR 2020, AND ONE COLLECTED THE REVENUES FROM SAN TAXES SHALL BE USED ONLY FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSES FOR WHICH TAXES HAVE BEEN LEVY SAY MILITARIES ARE FOR GENERAL FUND CONSTITUTIONAL TAX.

THE ADJUSTED RATE IS 4.9 20 MILS, 2002 LEBANESE 5.25 MEALS, ESPECIALLY MINUS TAX AUTHORIZED THROUGH 2026 WORLD ADJUSTED RATE 0.9, NINE MONTHS LEVY RATE 1.2 OR FOUR MEALS.

THE SPECIAL TAX ADDITIONAL AID TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED IN 2023 ROW 6.17 MEALS WITH THE ADJUSTED WAY THAT LET ME WRITE FOR 2022 IS 6.50 MEALS.

THE SPECIAL TAX FOR ADDITIONAL TEACHERS AUTHORIZED IN 2024 ROW.

THE ADJUSTED RATE IS 2.64 MEALS.

THE LEMONY RATE IS 2.7, EIGHT YEARS SPECIAL TAX EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

THE AUTHORIZED, EXCUSE ME, AUTHORIZED YOU ADJUSTED RATE IS 1.77 MILLS 11 RATE IS 1.8, SIX MEALS, SPECIAL TAX EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

OTHERWISE WORLD 2020 AUTHORIZED THROUGH 2028 ROLE THE ADJUSTED RATE, THE 6.78 MILS TO LET ME RATE IS 7.14 MILS SPECIAL TAX REDUCE REPLACING THE NEW STATE AND LOCAL RECEIPTS.

ALTHOUGH ASKED IN 2027 ROW, THE ADJUSTED RATE IS 4.7 AND GREENVILLE'S LEVY RATE IS 4.9, EIGHT MINUTES, SPECIAL TAX EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS OTHERWISE TO THE 2026 WORLD.

THE ADJUSTED RATE IS 5.69 YEARS.

THEN LET ME WAIT, IS 5.99 MILLS SPECIAL TAX EMPLOYEE SALARIES AND BENEFITS, SALARIES AND BENEFITS AUTHORIZED THROUGH 2023.

THE ADJUSTED RATE IS 6.2 MILS.

THE LEVY RATE IS 7.19.

THE TOTAL FULLY ADJUSTED RATE IS 40.57 MEALS TO TOTAL FOR THEM.

LET ME RATE THIS 42.713 MEALS RESOLUTION TO CONTINUE TO FOR ADA SPECIAL TAX TO MAYBE APB OTHERWISE TO 2026, BUT JUST THE WAY THE SPONSOR IS EIGHT YEARS.

THE, LET ME READ THIS 1 72 MEALS ADJUSTED TOTAL, OR THE ADJUSTED RATE IS 41.25 MILS FOR THE LEVY RATE IS 43.45.

IT WAS PROBABLY WAS ALL GONNA BE ASSESSED ON THE PARENTS THAT WE SPENT.

SO STAND UP ON THE ASSESSMENT ROLE FOR THE 2020 FOR THE YEAR 2022, THE TAX HEARING LEVEE AND THE TEXTBOOKS ARE OF SATAN PARISH

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SHALL COLLECT THE REBATE THE SAME TO SAY A TAXING AUTHORITY.

AND ACCORDING TO LAW, THE FOURTH ONE RESOLUTION WAS WINNING.

THE ROLE WAS CALLING IN ADOPTION HERO AND THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY NO LESS THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE TAXING AUTHORITY, BUILDING PAPER BUCKET IN FAVOR AS REQUIRED BY ARTICLE SEVEN, SECTION 23, SEE OTHER ONES.

HE HAD A CONSTITUTION AND REVISED STATUTE, 47 AND 17.0 5 47 17 0 5 B THE BOLTS WHERE I HEAR ABOUT 75 THAT BEFORE GUARDING FOREGOING IS A TRUE AND EXACT COPY OF THE RESOLUTION.

I THOUGHT THAT THE MEALS A DAY ON MARCH 17TH, 2022, AT WHICH YOU NEEDED AT LEAST TWO BIRDS, I DONE TOLD THEM I WAS SHIP WHAT'S PRESENT IN BOLTON BATTERY'S LOUISIANA THIS DAY, 17 DAYS OFF MARCH, 2022.

SO MOVED, MOVED BY MR. HOWARD, SECONDED BY MR. GO DATE.

SO YOU NEW QUESTIONS OR COM THE GENERAL COUNSEL AND THE RESOLUTION READS THE ROLE WAS ALL DESIRED ELECTRONIC, RATHER THAN TAKE THAT, OR DO WE ACTUALLY NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL? AND THIS DOES REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY, WHICH IS A TWO THIRDS FOR NO, WE'RE FINE.

SO THANK YOU, MR. GOOD.

UM, SEE NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? SEE NINE BACK TO THE BOARD.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLE DISTRICT MR. BLUE.

DISTRICT TO MR. ALAS DISTRICT THREE.

MR. HOWARD.

TO ITEM J FIVE, SORRY, DISCUSSION, CONSENT DISCUSSION, AND CONSIDERATION OF THE REMOVAL FROM CONSIDERATION OF ANY OF THE 19 MAP PLANS HAD FAILED TO MEET THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA.

DISTRICT FOUR.

VICE-PRESIDENT I CALL US DISTRICT FIVE.

MS. WHERE? JACKSON? YES.

MR. DISTRICT DISTRICT NOW WAS PRESIDENT OF THAT MOTION.

CARRIES MOTION CARRIES NOW TO I M YEAH.

DID YOU MOVE DOWN

[J.5. Redistricting: Map Selection]

A ALL ELECTION DISTRICTS MUST HAVE A POPULATION WITHIN 5% ABOVE OR BELOW THE IDEAL POPULATION AND B THE NUMBER OF MAJORITY WHITE VOTING AGE DISTRICTS MUST NOT EXCEED THE NUMBER OF MAJORITY BLACK VOTING AGE DISTRICTS, MS. COLLINS EMOTION FIRST AND SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY MR. HOWARD.

WERE PUT INTO CONSIDERATION EARLIER THIS MONTH.

MS. COLLINS, VICE PRESIDENT CALLS.

UH, SO AFTER RECEIVING LOTS OF FEEDBACK FROM, UH, CONSTITUENTS, UH, AND, AND, UH, AFTER THE PREVIOUS PUBLICATION OF MAPS AND WHICH I DID INITIALLY SAY, OKAY, NICE.

YOU KNOW, TRANSPARENCY, PUT THEM ALL OUT THERE.

I DID GET SUFFICIENT FEEDBACK FROM CONSTITUENTS WITH CONCERN ABOUT PASTURE IN ROUTES THAT REALLY WOULD NEED TO BE LAWFUL, UH, AS WE WOULD CONSIDER THEM.

SO THIS IS ONLY TO SAY, HEY, LET'S GO OUT HERE AND LET THE, WHEN I REALLY CONSIDERING ANY MAPS THAT THAT MIGHT NOT BE NOVEL.

AND SO THAT'S BEST THE ONLY NGO OF THIS, UM, MOTION IS TO GET US DOWN TO MAPS.

THAT WOULD BE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING SORT OF BAIT, BUT WE WON'T BE CONFUSED.

AND THE, THIS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD, ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE UH, ABBESS, THE PANELS WILL BE CIRCULATED TO EACH OF YOU.

I HAVE ON THIS SPREADSHEET, FRONT OF YOU, A SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE 19 MAPS THAT

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UM, THE ORDER I CHOSE IS MINE.

SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN PUT THESE IN WHATEVER ORDER YOU LIKE, UM, ON THE LEFT OR THE LEFT OF SOME OTHER THINGS.

I LIST THE SMALLEST POPULATION IN EACH OF THE PROPOSED DISTRICTS FOR EACH PLAN AND THE LARGEST POPULATION.

AND NOTE THE DIFFERENCE ANYWHERE FROM 1,195 TO SOMEWHAT OVER 4,000 AND COMPARE THAT TO THE IDEAL POPULATION, WHICH IS THE TOTAL POPULATION OF 387,014, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS.

AND WHAT I HIGHLIGHTED ARE THOSE THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EMOTION WOULD ELIMINATE.

AND THOSE THAT THOSE ARE THOSE THAT EXCEED 10% OF THE IDEAL POPULATION AS THE AMOUNT UNDER POPULATED OR OVERPOPULATED.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE USING FULL CENSUS BLOCKS TO GET EXACTLY THE SAME POPULATION, BUT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STATUTES AND, UM, TRADITION SUGGESTS THE 10% IS A NICE, UM, MAXIMUM TOLERABLE AMOUNT.

AND IN FACT, THE CLOSER THEY ARE IN POPULATION AS POSSIBLE, THE MORE HE RESPECTS THE NOTION OF ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE IN THE CENTER, UM, BLOCK WITH THE HEAVY OUTLINE AROUND IT.

I JUST COUNTED HOW MANY MAJORITY WHITE DISTRICTS THERE WERE IN EACH PLAN AND HOW MANY MAJORITY BLACK DISTRICTS THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT CAN BE DEFINED.

I CHOSE FROM MR. HEFNER'S, UM, TABULATIONS, THE PERCENT OF THE VOTING AGE POPULATION THAT HE IDENTIFIED AS WHITE VERSUS WHAT HE IDENTIFIED AS BLACK.

AND I BELIEVE IN BOTH CASES THAT INCLUDES HISPANICS AND INCLUDES ONLY SINGLE RACE OF EACH.

AND WHAT I BELIEVE MS. COLLINS, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS MOTION WOULD ELIMINATE IS THOSE WERE DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MORE BLACK RESIDENTS OF THIS SCHOOL DISTRICT THAN WHITES.

THERE ARE A MAJORITY OF DISTRICTS PROPOSED THAT WOULD HAVE A WHITE MAJORITY.

AND THEN, UM, OVER ON THE RIGHT, NOT PARTICULARLY GERMANE TO THE MOTION IS A TABULATION OF SEVERAL COMMON COMPACT.

THIS FAILURES INDICATING WITHOUT SHADING, THOSE THAT ARE QUITE COMPACT AND THE ONES WITH SHADING ARE NOT ESPECIALLY COMPACT RELATIVE TO THE OTHERS.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, BUT I ONLY HAVE FIVE SECONDS LEFT.

WE DR.

PENNY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? OKAY, GOOD EVENING.

TONYA DIAMOND.

UM, TWO KIDS IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOLS.

I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THIS AND EXPLAIN IT AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND AT HOME LISTENING UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A CONCERN HERE THAT SOME OF THE MAPS WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION TWO OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

AND SO CERTAINLY IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE MUCH SENSE TO RECOMMEND THAT THEY SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THOSE MAPS.

IF THEY REALLY SHOULDN'T BE ONES THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER ADOPTING.

AND SO WE'RE GOING DOWN THE LIST AND ELIMINATING THOSE I THINK IS REALLY A PRUDENT MEASURE, AND I HOPE YOU'LL SUPPORT IT, UM, WITHOUT ANY HESITATION.

AND THANK YOU FOR INTRODUCING GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS.

CAUSE SEE ALL AGAIN.

UH, I JUST HAVE ONE THING TO SAY ABOUT THIS REDISTRICTING DYNAMIC.

UM, I LOVE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TWO GRADE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS IN MS. WARD JACKSON AND MR. GOLDIE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF MCKINLEY.

HOWEVER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US BE ABLE TO BE REPRESENTED LIKE IN A WAY WHERE MCKINLEY IS SITUATED IN A DISTRICT THAT IS REPRESENTED BY THE PEOPLE BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY LIKE A CONTEMPLATE RIGHT NOW.

SO I'LL HAVE YOU DRAW THOSE LINES.

CAN WE GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF, APPRECIATE IT.

UH, SUPPORTS, WE MUST ENSURE THAT ABIDES BY THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES AND ENCOURAGING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THIS MEASURE, ACCURATE MAP BASED ON POPULATION.

UM, SCALE-UP HOMES, THE, UH, CHAPTER ORGANIZED FOR UP LOUISIANA, UH, APPARENTLY WANT TO STEP UP.

LOUISIANA FINDS THAT DURING THIS REDISTRICTING SESSION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY AS AN URGE, AND THEN TO FULFILL THESE VALUES THAT STEP UP, BUT OUR COMMUNITY,

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I JUST PLAY AROUND WITH THE BLACK AND CONSIDERS THE HISTORICAL BARRIERS BLACK CITIZENS HAVE HAD IN TERMS OF REPRESENTATION CAN BE ONLY NUMBER TWO AND ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE POPULATION DEVIATION SO THAT THE REPRESENTATION CAN BE AS CLOSE TO THE IDEA AS POSSIBLE.

WE FIND OUT THE BEST POPULATION DEVIATION IS 5%, FIVE PERCENTAGE POINTS PLUS OR MINUS THE IDEA OF POPULATION.

AND NUMBER THREE, THAT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOL BOARD ROOMS IS RAISED IN AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT TO REFLECT THE GOVERNANCE OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND CONSTITUENTS IN OUR SERVE.

WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT MEASURE AND TO CONSIDER THIS PRINCIPLE SET UP THE WRONG DISTRICT IN THE PROCESS CAN BE AS FAIR REPRESENTATIVE AND EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE.

HELLO, I'M HERALDED CAITLIN JOSHUA POWER COALITION FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE.

UM, SO WE WILL BE SUBMITTING A, UM, A STATEMENT OR ANALYSIS BY GEOGRAPHIC, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC, UM, DESIGNER, TONY FAIRFAX.

UM, ANTHONY FAIRFAX IS A GEO DEMOGRAPHIC WILL CONSULTANT IN PRESIDENCY OF THE CENSUS CHANNEL.

UM, SINCE THE EARLY 1990S, FAIRFAX HAS PROVIDED DEMOGRAPHIC AND MAPPING SERVICES WITH A CONCENTRATION ON CENSUS DATA AND REDISTRICTING.

UM, HE HAS BEEN RETAINED BY THE POWER COALITION FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE AS PROVIDED A PRETTY THOROUGH ANALYSIS OF ALL 19 MAPS.

AND SO I WILL PROPERLY EMAIL EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, HIS ANALYSIS, BUT ALSO CAN PROVIDE A HARD COPY.

JUST WANT IT TO READ A FEW THINGS FROM HERE.

UM, THE DOCUMENT COMPARES EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH, LOUISIANA PROPOSED DISTRICT PLANS.

PLUS THE CURRENT PLAN USING MULTIPLE REDISTRICTING CRITERIA.

THE ANALYSIS USES THE EBR SCHOOL BOARD REDISTRICTING CRITERIA FOR COMPARISON, INCLUDING CONTIGUITY, ONE PERSON, ONE VOTER COMPACTNESS PRESERVATION OF COMMUNITIES OF ENTRANCE USING CITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS PRESERVATION.

OF COURSE, OF PRIOR DISTRICT PROTECTION OF INCUMBENTS, STATE TIMELINES, STATE LAWS, GOVERNING PRECINCTS PRECINCT SPLITS, USE OF PHYSICAL BOUNDARIES.

AND SINCE THIS TABULATION AND BOX COMPONENT, IT ALSO HAS COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION TWO OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT JUST WANTED TO SKIP ALONG TO HIS FINEST FINAL SUMMARY, CAUSE IT IS PRETTY LENGTHY.

UM, AFTER REVIEWING THE FINAL OPINION CHOICES USING THE BEST CRITERIA, AND THAT'S THE 2015 AND THE WHERE COMMONS 11, WHERE THE TOP TWO PLANS, THESE PLANS HAD SIX, FIVE AND FOUR OUT OF 10 BEST CRITERIA TOTALS, RESPECTIVELY.

EACH OF THESE PLANS PERFORMED BETTER OVERALL THAN ANY OF THE OTHER 17 PLANS THAT WERE ANALYZED.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER PLANS INCLUDED AFTER THE CRITERIA ELIMINATION PROCESS.

THESE PLANS CONSISTENT THE FOLLOWING THING, 11 20 12, 20 13 AND 2014.

FINALLY, IN ORDER TO CHOOSE THE PLAN, THE FINAL LAND, THE ULTIMATE CRITERIA, AND WE'D BE DETERMINING THE ACCEPTANCE NUMBER OF DISTRICTS THAT THE EDR SCHOOL BOARD DESIRES.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SUBMIT THIS INTO THE RECORD AND SEND IT TO Y'ALL HI, COLIN KESSEL UP TO KIDS IN THE DISTRICT, UM, BROUGHT A BUNCH OF PRINTED.

UM, THIS IS A GREAT ITEM, A NUMBER OF THESE, WE WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS THAT I HOPE YOU ALL TAKE THE TIME TO LOOK AT A FAMOUS MATH BECAUSE I'M SURE HE DID GOOD MATH.

UM, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THESE THAT ARE LISTED ON PUBLIC PLANS OR AT LEAST THREE OF THESE, I KNOW A BOARD MEMBER BELLO HAD SAID THAT HE SUBMITTED THREE OF THEM.

IF WE GET THAT AMENDED ON THE WEBSITE.

SO THAT THING OUT OF THOSE REPORTS SUBMITTED AND NOT PUBLIC SUBMITTED.

AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THEM HAS PUBLIC PLAN 20, WHICH IS ONE THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BEING REMOVED.

UM, SINCE IT DOESN'T HAVE A GOOD, UM, DIFFERENCE OF DISTRICTS.

UM, AND THEN, UH, I SUPPORT THE ONES THAT I LIKED THE MOST WERE THE, UH, COLLINS AND WHERE JACKSON AND THE FINNEY, UH, 15 BOTH OF WHICH WOULD PUT ME IN YOUR DISTRICT.

MR. BELL.

GOOD EVENING, JENNIFER HARDING, DISTRICT FIVE.

COULD YOU BE CATHERINE CARMICHAEL DISTRICT SEVEN AND HAVE THREE CHILDREN IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS FOR ACKNOWLEDGING THE CONSTITUENTS THAT SHE'S HEARING FROM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER READ THE WISDOM OF CROWDS, BUT A CROWD OF PEOPLE IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL.

IT IS A BOOK, NOT A KINDLE, BUT A REAL BOOK.

IF YOU REMEMBER WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE, DID YOU JUST CALL ONE PERSON? NO, THAT WAS THE WISDOM OF A LOT OF

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PEOPLE.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT THE NINE OF YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND YOUR VOTERS.

I COUNTED THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ONLINE AND THERE'S MORE THAN A HUNDRED OF THEM ASKING FOR A CERTAIN MAP.

AND I ASKED TO REMOVE THE SPAN.

I ASKED THE DISTRICT TO REMOVE THE SPAN FROM THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ONLINE.

SO I SUPPORT THE MOTION TO LET'S WHITTLE DOWN FROM 19.

IF I'M GOING TO MAKE A PURCHASE OR MAKE A DECISION, I DON'T START, IT MAY GET AHEAD OF 19, BUT THEN I GET IT SMALLER.

BUT 19 IS WAY TOO MANY NAPS FOR OUR PUBLIC TO DEAL WITH.

AND I'M SORRY THAT WE HAD TO SPEND DISTRICT MONEY ON THE ADVOCATE NEWSPAPER TO PRINT ALL THOSE COLORED MAPS.

I'D LIKE TO KNOW THE COST OF PRINTING FOR ALL 19 OF THOSE MAPS.

SO THANK YOU.

UM, I'M ACTUALLY HERE TONIGHT.

UH, NORMALLY I AM A PARENT OF A STUDENT IN NEW YORK SCHOOLS, BUT I AM HERE AS THE PRESIDENT OF PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL NETWORK, UH, REX RHODES ORGANIZATION.

THAT'S BEEN HELPING TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING.

UM, WE DEFINITELY DO SUPPORT WINNOWING DOWN THESE MAPS AND APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE ITEM FROM MS. COLLINS.

UM, THE CRITERIA THAT'S BEEN PUT FORWARD FOR THAT PROCESS.

UM, I JUST REALLY WANT TO LIFT UP THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD NO PUBLIC DEBATE ON MY BOARD MEMBERS ON ANY SINGLE MAP.

IT'S GREAT TO ONE OF THEM DOWN.

I THINK THE CRITERIA IS AWESOME.

UM, IT'S REALLY, UM, IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT MS. JACKSON AND MS. COLLINS HAVE BEEN BOLD ENOUGH TO PUT THEIR NAMES ON A PLAN.

UM, AND WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO'VE BEEN ENOUGH TO PUT THEIR NAMES ON A PLAN, BUT THE REMAINING PLANS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LEFT AFTER IF THIS PROCESS IS ADOPTED, UM, IT, IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHY WHAT'S YOUR THINKING IS WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S YOUR VALUING, WHAT PROCESS, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT WHEN YOU MAKE THAT FINAL DECISION? BECAUSE ALL OF THESE MAPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LEFT OVER ARE GOING TO MEET THIS SET OF CRITERIA, WHICH ARE GREAT.

SO THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS BASED ON SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE SUBJECTIVE, MAYBE, UM, YOU KNOW, A MATTER OF, OF, OF YOUR OWN OPINION.

UM, AND SO THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

AND I REALLY THINK IT'S A PROBLEM.

IF YOU WAIT UNTIL THE DATE OF THE VOTE TO REVEAL THAT INFORMATION, IT DOES NOT GIVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF TIME TO DIGEST YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS AND PROVIDE YOU WITH FEEDBACK THAT YOU WOULD HAVE TIME TO DIGEST AND UNDERSTAND.

UM, THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY CONFUSING.

UH, IT'S, IT'S GONE, UH, IN A VERY STRANGE WAY FROM THE BEGINNING.

AND, UM, I, I THINK THAT YOU'RE ONLY BEING HELD BACK BY, UM, YOUR OWN YOU'RE YOU'RE, YOU'RE SETTING YOUR OWN RULES, AND YOU'RE ONLY BOUND BY THE RULES THAT YOU SET YOURSELF.

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO ADD MORE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO THE PROCESS, EVEN AT THIS MOMENT STILL.

SO YOU DO HAVE THE POWER TO DO THAT, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, MICHAEL PLAYING HAND AND STATE CONFERENCE PRESIDENT.

DO IT SHORTER THAT YOU WILL SEE THE NAACP ONE MORE TIME.

UH, PRESENT TENSE AND COLLINS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY.

I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN IT WAS SO TALENTED THAT WE HAD NO TRUST IN THE PROCESS AT ALL, IT WAS DONE BEHIND BACK DOOR DEALING, AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHERE SOMEBODY STOPS AROUND THE SIDE ROAD, JUMPED IN THE CAR AND BROUGHT THEM TO A, AT THAT KIND OF STUFF, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO COME HERE TODAY AND SEE ALICIA PUB PUBLISHED MAPS.

YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT IF YOU PROBABLY SUBMITTED MAPS, NOBODY WAS LOOKING AT IT AND BEING THERE TO MOTION BY, UH, VICE-PRESIDENT COTTAGE TO WHITTLE THAT DOWN.

THAT'S GREAT.

THE PUBLIC NEEDS THAT IF YOU CANNOT KITCHEN TOO IMPORTANT.

AND MY SON WENT TO SCHOOL HERE.

MY WIFE WENT TO SCHOOL WITH A DVR.

SO WE VALUED EDUCATION.

I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME OF ALL THE FIGHTING THAT WE DO, WE SHOULD FIGHT THE HARDEST FOR EDUCATING OUR KIDS AND TO SEE THAT WE HAVE PERSONS REALLY, UH, BRINGING FORTH IDEAS, GREAT IDEAS, AND BEING TRANSPARENT.

SO DON'T LET THIS STAY STOP YOU FROM BEING TRANSPARENT, BECAUSE I OF TAKE THE APPLAUD YOU ALL, BECAUSE IF I CAN COME AND FIGHT YOU OFF, I CAN ALSO APPLY JUNK, BUT I'M GONNA LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

WE PREPARED TO SUIT.

WE MET UP THERE FROM DAY ONE TO FILE A LAWSUIT, WHICH WOULD BE CONSTANTLY, RIGHT.

WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE DOLLARS THAT WE WOULD BE SPENDING LITIGATE AND PUT IT TOWARD EDUCATING OUR KIDS BECAUSE THE FUTURE IS NOT GOING TO WAIT FOR THEM.

THEY NEED TO BE READ.

I BRAG ABOUT NBR ALL THE TIME, BECAUSE I KNOW IT.

I KNOW WHAT IT CAN DO.

LET'S

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HI, FAIRLY JACKSON DISTRICT FIVE.

UM, I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING THIS CONVERSATION TODAY.

IT'S BEEN MONTHS THAT WE'VE BEEN MANY OF US HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MAPS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO IT WITH YOU ALL AS A BOARD.

SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF.

UM, YOU KNOW, MR. SHAMBLIN, AMY, APRIL, EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING EMAILS.

UM, MR. BALLOU, I MAY NOT AGREE WITH YOUR MAPS, BUT YOU'VE OWNED THEM.

AND WHILE I DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY PASS THE VAPING RIGHTS ACT, YOU OWNED THEM AND YOU DID THE WORK, UH, MS. BERNARD, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THESE PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS.

THANK YOU, MS. COLLINS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

THE OUTPUT AND THIS MOTION, I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.

MR. TOPMAN.

I SEEN HIM IN ALMOST ALL OF THESE PUBLIC INPUT SESSIONS.

MS. DIASEND.

YOU'VE BEEN THERE TOO.

THANK YOU, MS. WHERE COLLINS.

AS MY REPRESENTATIVE.

I CAN, I, I'M SORRY.

I BUG YOU SO MUCH, MR. DON'T REALLY KNOW YOU HADN'T SEEN HIM IN MANY THINGS, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. HOWARD, SAME THING.

UM, AND I'LL END WITH MR. LANA'S AND THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO SAY.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

YOU, YOU INDICATED A SHIFT OF POWER AND THAT IT'S NOT JUST A, IT'S A SHIFT OF POWER, BUT IT'S A SHIFT OF POPULATION.

AND WE HAVE TO OWN THAT.

WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS DISTRICT IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE.

WE HAVE TO REPRESENT THIS DISTRICT.

WE HAVE TO REPRESENT IT WELL, AND IT'S NOT JUST, I'M SORRY.

I KNOW WE GO BY DOJ BLACK AND I KNOW WE GO BY, YOU KNOW, VOTING POPULATION LIFE.

WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE KIDS AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT REPRESENTED IN THE POPULATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WE HAVE GOT TO LOOK AT WHO WE'RE SERVING.

AND SO WHEN YOU SAID AT THE LAST MEETING THAT YOU WILL NOT SUPPORT ANY MAP THAT NOT THAT STARTED AT ONE MINUTE, THAT DID NOT REPRESENT THAT.

I SUPPORT YOU.

I THINK MANY PEOPLE SUPPORT YOU AND NOT.

AND I THINK THIS MOTION SUPPORTS THAT.

SO I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO HEAR FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS, YOUR FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, AND RECOGNIZE WHAT THIS DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT SHOULD BE REPRESENTED.

SO THANK YOU ALL, APPRECIATE THE WORK.

GLAD WE'RE FINALLY HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, SEEING THEM BACK TO THE BOARD MR. BALLOU, PRESENT, TAPPING.

UM, I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD BE FOLLOWING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT SPECIFICALLY, SECTION TWO.

UM, AND THE REASON I DON'T BE VOTING FOR THIS, UH, MOTION DOES THAT, I THINK WE SHOULD GET TENURE TO USE THE DEFINITION OF BLANK USED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, UH, WHICH THIS, UH, MOTION DOES NOT DO.

UM, AND ALSO I'LL JUST ADD, UH, AGAIN, THE, THE THREE PLANS THAT I SUBMITTED WERE PLANS 1220 AND 22.

THANK YOU, MR. BALLOU, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

IF I COULD JUST GET SOME CLARITY AROUND WHAT THE MOTION DOES THAT DOES NOT ABIDE BY THE, UH, WALMART HELPED ME UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IN COLLEAGUE ON THE DEFINITION OF BLACK.

UH, THIS CHANGES IT TO, UH, JUST THE EIGHT, UH, VOTING AGE POPULATION, 18 PLUS, WHICH IS NOT WHAT, UH, SAYS THE GUIDANCE WE HAVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, SO MANY LIVE.

ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S SUFFICIENT FOR ME TO ANSWER.

TALKING ABOUT SEATS AND WHERE DID THOSE SEATS HAVE? ONLY ONE POINT OF CLARITY.

VICE COLLEGE, MR. AND JUST TO CLEAR UP ANY CONFUSION BY THE PUBLIC, I SUBMITTED PLAN X ONE, AND I GAVE MY PERMISSION TO USE MY NAME ON THAT PLAN WEEKS AND WEEKS AND WEEKS AGO.

UM, NOT THAT I THINK THAT PLAN WILL BE ACCEPTED BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

JUST SEE HOW IT WORKED AND SEE HOW IT CAME OUT AND IT'S IN THE MIX, BUT, UH, I HAD NOTHING TO HIDE, HIDING MY NAME FROM THAT PLAN.

THANK YOU, MR. AND MR. LAMPS.

THANK YOU PRESIDENT 10, BUT I JUST NEED SOME CLARITY.

UH, I'M LOOKING AT DISTRICT PERCENTAGE 18.

PLUS WHEN I'M LOOKING AT WHITE VERSUS BLACK, ARE WE

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YOU TALKING TO ME, THE DISTRICT COMES TO OUR DISTRICT SEES AND THE WAY THEY'RE GOING TO LEAN SUCH AS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHEN I'M LOOKING AT LET'S TAKE BEANIE 15 AND I SEE WHITE BIRTH AND BIRTH WHITE VERSUS BLACK.

ARE WE SAYING IT'S GOING TO BE SEVEN, UH, WHITE SEATS VERSUS SEVEN BLACK SEAT.

SO THAT DEFINITELY CHANGED, BUT I JUST SAID THE, BUT BE CLEAR, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THIS, NOT NECESSARILY THE WHOLE SEATS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, FEIGNING 15, AND WHAT POINT 15 TOTAL SEATS SEVEN, WAIT, SEVEN BLACK.

AND IT'S JUST LEAVING IT ON THE TABLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A VIOLATION OF THE VOTING RIGHTS SAID, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT SAYING THIS ONE, WE ROLLED OVER IT.

IT'S JUST, OKAY.

THIS IS NOT A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE BR A AND SO SEATS 15.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, PHOENIX, 15 MEMBER PLAN HAS 15 SEATS, SEVEN BLACK MAJORITY, SEVEN WHITE MAJORITY, SEVEN BLIND MAJORITY, AND THEN A, FOR LACK OF A BETTER LEGAL TERM TULSA DISTRICT.

WE SH THE DETAILS ON THAT NECESSARILY ON THIS CHART, BUT IT JUST BEING CLEAR THAT IN TERMS OF THE MAJORITY WHITE AND MAJORITY BLACK SEAT CLARA, IT DOES, BUT I'LL BE HONEST AND VINCE A TAD BIT CONFUSING FOR ME TO KEEP UP WITH.

I KNOW IT HAS TO BE CONFUSING FOR ANYONE THAT'S IN THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THIS.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY, I HAVE TO AGREE.

WE DEFINITELY NEED MORE CONVERSATION AROUND THIS.

LET'S SAY WHAT THOSE TOSS UP DITCHES ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE HANDS RIGHT NOW IS WHERE TO TALK TO THE DISTRICT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE HOW MANY BOATS ARE GOING TO BE INSIDE OF IT.

AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE THE PERCENTAGE OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS.

SO IF THAT CONVERSATION ISN'T HAPPENING, THEN WE NEED TO GO BACK.

OKAY? AND SO THIS MOTION DOES NOT STOP THAT CONVERSATION.

IT LEAVES BED ON THE TABLE TO SAY, HEY, WHAT DOES THAT ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE? IT LEAVES THE 14, 13, 12, 11, WHERE I WAS 11 AND A HALF.

AND THE PLAYER SEES ALL I TELL YOU TO SAY, WHAT DOES ALL WORK, DO ALL THE DETAILS LOOK LIKE, BUT IT TAKES OFF THE TABLE.

ONES THAT WE, WE KNOW THE BRA WOULD NOT APPROVE OF THREE BLACK DISTRICTS VERSUS FIVE WHITE DISTRICTS.

YOU KNOW, THIS JUST TAKING THE IVS VIOLATIONS OFF THE TABLE.

SO BEAR, UH, AND I DOUBT, UH, YOU KNOW WHAT? PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN EXPLORING VARIOUS OPTIONS JUST AS BORING.

AND MY GOAL, THEY STAYED IN.

I DOUBT SERIOUSLY, ANY BOARD MEMBER WANT TO GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF FACT BOARD MEMBER, BUT LOU STATED HE HAS NO INTEREST IN VIOLATING THE VRA.

UM, AND SO THIS IS JUST TAKING THOSE OFF THE TABLE THAT WOULD VIOLATE JUST AS I GLOSS OVER, I WOULD ABSOLUTELY ADVISE THAT HE'D BE AN RA AND SOMEBODY WHO LET'S HAVE LONGER CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE OTHERS.

THAT'S ALL HE'S DOING.

LET'S GIVE GUIDANCE AND RESTORE PUBLIC TRUST.

THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT 10.

YOU KNOW, THE BOARD HAS BEEN RELATIVELY SILENT ON MAPS, ELECTIONS AND, UH, OUR PUBLIC AND TRUSTED US WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY TO NARROW DOWN THE SELECT STUDENTS TO JUST A FEW THAT ARE LAST TIME, WE WENT THROUGH A REDISTRICTING CYCLE.

WE HAD MAYBE SIX, MAYBE SIX MONTHS.

AND, UH, SOME OF US THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS TOO MANY.

AND I BELIEVE OUR DEMOGRAPHERS GOAL WAS TO, WAS TO GET US DOWN TO ONE THROUGH SEVERAL REVISIONS.

AND WE ENDED UP PUBLISHING AT LEAST 19.

I THINK THAT WAS THE WRONG THING TO DO.

AND IT WAS IRRESPONSIBLE EXPECTING PEOPLE TO WEED THROUGH ALL OF THOSE MAPS WITH NO IDEA WHAT THE BOARD BELIEVES ARE TRUE.

CONTENDERS IS WRONG.

WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO RIGHT THAT WRONG AND GIVE GUIDANCE.

AS WE HAVE IN THE PAST.

PEOPLE SEEM TO THINK OUR GOAL IS TO CONFUSE THEM AND TO HIDE OUR HANDS.

WHEN WE HIRE AN ARCHITECT TO DESIGN A BUILDING, WE DON'T EXPECT 90 PLANS FOR US OR THE PUBLIC TO CONSIDER.

SO WHY WOULDN'T WE LOWER OUR STANDARDS HERE FOR SUCH AN IMPORTANT JOB AS THIS

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WE SWEAR JACKSON, MR. HOWARD BACK.

UH, THANK YOU BROTHER.

THE 10 MINUTE, I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR UP A COUPLE OF THE COMMENTS MEAT.

ARE WE GOING IN THE BOYS PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS? UM, THERE IS A PLAN, UM, THAT HAS CERTAIN BOARD MEMBERS DECIDE TO PUT THEIR NAME ON CERTAIN OR WHATEVER.

UM, I HAVE BEEN VERY DILIGENT AND WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO GET POINTS ACROSS.

I HAVEN'T BEEN DILIGENT IN WORKING WITH MY COLLEAGUES TO TELL ABOUT MY PREFERENCE.

SO JUST BECAUSE MY NAME IS NOT LISTED AS A HOWARD PLAN DOES NOT MEAN I'VE HAD A HANDS OFF APPROACH, USE THE WORD JACKSON, MS. COLLINS AND I, AS IN FACT, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS TOGETHER, UM, WORKING TOGETHER.

SO I JUST WANT TO CLEAR UP ANY MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT BOARDS, QUOTE, UNQUOTE, BEING SILENT, JUST BECAUSE OUR NAMES ARE NOT LISTING ON A PLANE.

SIX DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF A PROCESS TO ADOPT AND PUBLISH A SINGLE REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR RATE TO RE LATER RATIFICATION AND RELATED MATTERS.

THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD.

I'M GOING TO SPEAK NOW.

UM, I, UM, DON'T DISAGREE WITH A AND B BEACH B IS A LITTLE CONFUSING TO ME BECAUSE WHAT DOES THAT TOSS UP DISTRICT LOOK LIKE? IT'S NOT, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE DISTRICT.

THAT'S EXACTLY 50, 50 OR 48 48.

AND SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS THEN? AND SO THAT, THAT STRUGGLES, I STRUGGLED WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT I WOULD TELL YOU THAT I, THE CONCEPT THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT WHEN MY COLLEAGUES HAVE TALKED ABOUT ME, YOU KNOW, WITH ME ABOUT IT AND BY THE WAY, FOR THE GROUP FOR THE RECORD, UM, I HA I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT CHURCH AND MY COMMUNITY EVENTS, CLUBS.

I BELONG TO THE, ALL THE FEEDBACK I GET IS NOT JUST IN THIS ROOM.

I AM VERY ACTIVE IN MY COMMUNITY.

I'M VERY ACTIVE IN MY CHURCH, VOLUNTEER WORK.

I'VE WORKED IN A JOB WHERE I HAVE A, I WORK IN A JOB WHERE I HAVE A LOT OF CONTACTS.

SO I HEAR FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND, AND, UH, AND SO, BUT YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS, IS WHEN HE, WHEN HE GETS DOWN TO IT, I'M NOT VOTING FOR THIS.

I'M GOING TO NOW ON THE MAP, STAND ON THE 30TH.

UM, AND SO I APPRECIATE AND RESPECT VICE-PRESIDENT COLLEGE BRINGING THIS FORWARD.

UM, AND I DON'T PLAN TO VOTE FOR HIM HIMSELF.

UM, THE BOARD IS CLEAR, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CONDUCT A BOAT.

THE MOTION FAILS.

WE MOVED TO ITEM J

[J.6. Redistricting: Process]

MS. COLLINS, YOU WISH TO MAKE A MOTION MOVED BY VICE-PRESIDENT COLLINS, SECONDED BY MS. SQUARED.

JACKSON, DO YOU LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS? SO NO PROBLEM.

SO THIS, UM, AND I LED, UH, MY PROFESSOR, MY AMAZING PROFESSOR UNDER A PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, ERNEST JOHNSON WEEK.

UM, HE'S HE STAYED HERE.

WELL, SO, UH, IN THE STEAD OF MY AMAZING PROFESSOR, ONE OF MY, UH, MEET MY AMAZING COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, UM, MIKE MCLENEHAN EXPLAIN, UH, THE NATURE OF THIS REQUEST AGAIN, WAS, CAME AT THE HANDS OF, UH, CONSTITUENTS AND THOSE THAT WERE CONCERNED AROUND WITH, UH, STATUTORY INTERPRETATION, IT JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE IN, ON A MOVING FORWARD.

AND SO, UM, AT THE TIME I PROBABLY COME, BEEN OUT, LET HIM GO INTO MORE DETAIL.

AND THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, UH, GOVERNED BY RULES AND REGS, THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE SCHOOL SYSTEM IS.

THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

AND I BELIEVE WE ARE IN THAT KEY, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT, EIGHT COMMENTS ON ITEM J SIX FROM THE PUBLIC GOOD AFTERNOON.

AGAIN, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS THEN THAT CONSIDERS NOT ONLY EDUCATING OUR KIDS, BUT THE PROCESS THAT WE USE TO GET THOSE THAT REPRESENT THAT COMMUNITY IN BRINGING THEM BACK AND BRING ABOUT CHANGE OF A GOOD RULES AND REGULATIONS TO EDUCATE OUR KIDS

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AND SO WE HAVE, WE ARE OF THE OPINION THAT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM DID NOT PROPERLY, UH, UH, PUT OUT, UH, THE, THE MAPS AND THE WORDING THAT GO ALONG WITH THE MAPS, TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE MAP STAND FOR.

I THINK ONE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS MENTIONED THAT TOO, IS THAT, UH, WHAT WE DID WAS THAT WE PUBLISHED MAPS 19 MAPS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST PUBLISH THE MAPS AND PUT COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THE MAPS ARE DOING.

SO TO, TO THE, UH, COMMON ORDINARY CITIZEN THAT DON'T HAVE THAT MAY HAVE, UH, AS, UH, MR. STATED MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE, GREECE IS STILL CONFUSED.

THE LAW IS CLEAR THAT YOU MUST PUBLISH AND COME IN AT THE SAME TIME, YOU CAN'T PUBLISH IN SOMETIME, BUT LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED HERE.

YOU PUBLISH IN AFRICA AND THEY PUT COMING SOMEWHERE ELSE DOWN THE LINE, THEY MUST BE BESIDE ONE ANOTHER.

SO AS I, WHEN I PICK UP THE MAP AND WITH THE COMMENTS, I CAN DO THAT AND THEY CAN TELL THEM THE DECISION, WHAT Y'ALL ARE DOING.

IT'S CONFUSING.

IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT ALIGN WITH WHAT THE LAW.

AND WE JUST ASK YOU TO, TO, UH, TO ABIDE BY THE, WITHOUT A REVISED STATUTE, 17 COLON 58.2, IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT NOW HOW THIS BODY SHOULD PUBLISH IS RIDICULOUS.

GETTING MAPS, FAIL, FAILURE TO DO THAT WOULD WIND UP IN COSTLY LITIGATION.

IT'S TOO IMPORTANT FOR US TO GET IT RIGHT.

AND SO WE HAVE A, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST LAWYERS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD IS MY FRIEND GRAND CHAMPION.

I PROUD OF SCHOOL.

NO, I'M JUST JOKING.

IT'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE, BUT I WOULDN'T SAY TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO RELY ON THOSE.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT CONFUSED, CONTACT DR.

JOHNSON CONTACT MYSELF AND OTHERS WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPENING TO GET YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.

BUT AS, AS IT HAS BEEN DONE, NOW, IT FAILS TO MEET THE, UH, THE STATUTORY LANGUAGE AND STATUTORY GUIDELINES.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, YOU RUN ACROSS YOU, YOU RUN THE SCHOOL SYSTEM UPON A PROBLEM, CAUSE THEN YOU GET THE WORK DONE.

AND THOSE OF US THAT WATCH FOR THAT KIND OF STUFF, WE WERE PREEMPTED BY FILING SOME TYPE OF LEGAL CHALLENGE TO IT.

AND SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT THAT EVEN DELAYS BECAUSE IT CAME OUT OF KIDS AND PUTTING PEOPLE IN PLACE THAT WOULD REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY THAT'S EDUCATING OUR KIDS IS TOO IMPORTANT.

SO I WANT YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, CONSIDER WHAT I CAN SAY, BECAUSE I SAID, HEY, I SAID, THEY LET HER OUTLINE.

AND WHAT I JUST SAID, PLAIN LANGUAGE THAT YOU ALL CAN UNDERSTAND.

IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, CONTACT ME OR CONTACT MY FRIEND, DR.

JAMES SPINNING.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU.

THE OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE, KEVIN CARMICHAEL, DISTRICT SEVEN FREE CHILDREN IN THE DISTRICT.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, WE'RE GOING TO CARRY THE 19 MAPS FORWARD.

IS THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

SO MY DAUGHTER'S ON THE SWIM TEAM AND WHEN THERE'S A SWIMMING, THERE'S 600 KIDS, SWIM, SWIMMING, AND SWIMMING.

AND THEN THOSE KIDS THAT MAKE THE FINALS, THERE MAY BE 100 KIDS THAT MAY GET INTO MIXED, UH, FINANCE.

AND THEN THE FACT IS KIDS.

THERE'S 30 KIDS, AND THEN THERE'S 10 KIDS IN THE FINALS.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST WE DO THAT WITH THE MAPS.

WE HAVE 19 MAPS NOW, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE TOP THREE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE TOP SIX.

I MEAN, EVERY OTHER PLACE CAN DECIDE, YOU KNOW, A DOWN, YOU WHITTLE IT DOWN.

SO NOW THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO THINK WE'VE BEEN SITTING, SITTING ON OUR HANDS FOR WEEKS.

IT IS SO FRUSTRATING.

THIS IS LIKE MY THIRD JOB MANAGING THE SCHOOL BOARD.

HI, FAIRLY JACKSON DISTRICT FIVE.

I THINK I'M CONFUSED.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE COMMENTING ON? AND THE MOTION IS, CAN YOU READ IT AGAIN BEFORE I CAN I RECLAIM MY TIME SINCE I'M ASKING YOU FOR THE PAPER, THESE ARE QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS.

IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO ANSWER IT, YOU CAN, BUT YOU CAN.

I WOULD JUST, YOU CAN GET RID OF THE TIME TO MAKE OUR COMMENTS.

SO IF WE ARE ACTUALLY COMMENTING ONE, WHETHER OR NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 19 MAPS, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THE, THE COMMENTS THAT, UH, MR. MCCLANAHAN MADE WERE VERY PERTINENT.

UM, I WILL SAY I HAVE BEEN UP THE PAPER THE DAY THAT THE MAPS WERE PUBLISHED.

THERE WERE 19 MAPS.

THERE WAS NO CONTEXT.

THERE WAS NOTHING, IT WAS 19 MINUTES.

THEY WERE VERY PRETTY, YOU ALL SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING TO TELL ME IF I HADN'T BEEN FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS, WHAT THESE MAPS WERE ABOUT.

THEY WERE NOT DE UNTANGLES.

ALL OF THE MAPS WERE DIFFERENT.

THEY HAD DIFFERENT DATA TABLES AND IT WAS CONFUSING.

UM, THAT DOESN'T MAKE A STATUTE.

YOU HAVE A CLEAR STATUTE AND I'M SORRY, AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED THE NEXT DAY DOES NOT SATISFY

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THAT STATUTE.

UM, WE ALSO ITS PLAN IN THE STATUTE NOT PLANS.

UH, SO WHEN WE DO DECIDE TO WHITTLE IT DOWN FROM 19 TO MAYBE SIX TO MAYBE SOMETHING, ONCE YOU DECIDE THAT PLAN TO BE ADOPTED, THEN YOU NEED TO PUBLISH THAT PLAN.

THAT'S WHAT THE STATUTE SAYS.

IT SAYS PLAN AND THE PUBLIC HAS 20 DAYS TO REVIEW THAT PLAN AND THINK ABOUT HOW THAT IMPACTS THEM FOR 10 YEARS, 10 YEARS, THIS IS A DECADE IMPACT.

DO NOT RUSH THIS.

YOU HAD MONTHS TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND YOU'RE HAVING IT TONIGHT.

IT'S TIME FOR YOU ACTUALLY TO TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, BE THOUGHTFUL AND DO IT IN THE RIGHT WAY.

HI, TANYA.

AND IN DISTRICT SEVEN, YOUR KIDS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND I'M GOING TO READ THE STATUTE FIRST, LET ME THING, UM, VICE PRESIDENT, DON COLLINS FOR INTRODUCING THIS MOTION AND TO CLARIFY EVERYONE, IT DELINEATES A PROCESS TO ARRIVE AT A SINGLE MAP.

UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT Y'ALL FORWARDED ALL 19 MAPS THAT WE ON THE 30TH, YOU WOULD ARRIVE CHOOSE ONE MAP FROM THOSE 19, AND THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN BE SUBJECTED TO A PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS TO ALLOW FOR, UM, THAT CAREFUL INSPECTION AND CONSIDERATION.

AND TO HEAR YOUR ARGUMENTS IN DEFENSE OF THE MAP, THAT'S RECOMMENDED BY A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD.

SO I'M GOING TO ADD, PEOPLE HAVE ALLUDED TO THE CONFUSION THAT'S BEEN CREATED.

I'M GOING TO READ THE STATUTE JUST AS QUICKLY AS I CAN.

UM, IT IS A REVISED STATUTE, 1758 TO, UH, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD REAPPORTIONMENT ELECTION DISTRICTS TERMS PRIOR TO FINAL ADOPTION OF THE APPORTIONMENT PLAN REQUIRED ABOVE OR ANY FUTURE ALTERATION CHANGE A REARRANGEMENT OF SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DISTRICTS THAT EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD SHOWERED, OR A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED PLAN, ALTERATION CHANGE OR REARRANGEMENT, AND SHALL CAUSE TO BE PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED WITHIN THE PARISH AT LEAST 20 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF SUCH HEARING THE TIME AND PLACE.

THERE ARE A GENERAL SUMMARY AND MAP OF THE PROPOSED PLAN AND THE TIMES AND PLACES WERE COPIES OF THE PROPOSED PLAN ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.

AND SO CERTAINLY I REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS, WILLINGNESS TO DELINEATE A PROCESS TO HELP THIS BOARD ARRIVE AT THE SELECTION OF THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SEMEN PLAN, AND THEN OUTLINE THE PROCESS THAT WILL ALIGN IT WITH THE PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS PROVIDED BY STATUTE SO THAT YOU CAN, UM, RATIFY IT AT A MEETING.

I THINK MAY 5TH IS THE PROPOSED DATE FOR THAT SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE FINAL RATIFICATION.

AND SO I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THIS.

I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD ALSO CORRECT THE ERROR OF PUBLISHING 19 MAPS WITHOUT ANY GENERAL SUMMARY AS REQUIRED BY STATUTE.

UM, AND THE DATE PUBLIC, THE DATE OF THE MEETING AT WHICH IT WOULD BE RATIFIED.

ALL OF THAT IS REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO BE PUBLISHED WITH THE MAPS AND THE PAPER.

AND SO YOU CAN SORT OF KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, RIGHT? YOU WIN AT THE TENT AND MAPS DOWN ON MAY, MARCH.

NO, EXCUSE ME, MARCH 30TH, THE BOARD RECOMMENDS ONE MAP.

YOU READ DO THE PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS.

SO THAT MAY FIT THE BOARD.

THEN RATIFIES THAT NOW AFTER THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLIC TESTIMONY, UM, I HOPE YOU'LL DO IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WAS WAITING TO MAKE SURE I HAD YOUR ATTENTION.

I WOULD WAVE YOU WILL MS. JACKSON AND APOLOGIZE BECAUSE I THINK HER CONFUSION AS TO WHAT THE MOTION IS, WAS ENTIRELY APPROPRIATE AND REASONABLE.

AND FOR YOU TO USE YOUR POSITION OF POWER UP THERE AND INSIST THAT WE IN THE PUBLIC ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK YOU IN POSITIONS OF POWER QUESTIONS WAS A REALLY JERK MOVE.

FURTHERMORE, I'M NOT SURE IN YOUR LAST VOTE, YOU FOLLOWED OPEN MEETINGS LAW BECAUSE I'M OLD AND IT'S A LONG WAYS TO THE SCREEN.

AND I DON'T WANT TO WAIT FOR CHARLES LOU ARTICLE TO SEE IF THIS WAS YET ANOTHER FIVE, FOUR VOTE ALONG RACIAL AND PARTY LINES AGAINST PROGRESS.

SO EVEN THOUGH YOU INSIST, YOU'RE NOT HERE TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS OR CLEARLY TO SERVE THE PUBLIC, UNLESS IT IS TO YOUR CONVENIENCE, I WOULD INVITE YOU TO AT LEAST PUT ON THE SCREEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING ON THE YOUTUBE FEED THE RESULTS OF THE LAST VOTE.

SO WE CAN SEE WHO VOTED FOR A REASONABLE PROCESS AND WHO VOTED FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS OF CONFUSION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

[02:15:07]

HOLD ON.

I'M CALLING KISSELL.

I HAVE, 'EM PULLED UP HERE AS A MEMO THAT IS, UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM, AND I THINK YOU SHOULD APPROVE IT AS IT IS A REASONABLE PROCESS TO WHITTLE DOWN FROM 19 MAPS TO ULTIMATELY ONE.

UM, IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO DO IT THIS WAY RATHER THAN YOU GUYS DOING IT A FREE-FOR-ALL.

UM, SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO IMPROVE THIS.

UM, I'M SEEKING NOW AS PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL NETWORK OF BATON ROUGE.

I DON'T REALLY RUN OUR VOTER GUIDE WEBSITE, THE, OR BOATS.ORG.

UM, BUT FOR THIS ITEM, WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OUR SUPPORT IN ORDER TO FIND THE INFORMATION ON HOW THIS PROCESS WILL TAKE PLACE.

RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE TO GO TO BOARD DOCS, GO TO THIS MEETING, GO TO J SIX AND DOWNLOAD A PDF THAT INFORMATION IF APPROVED TO NEEDS TO BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THE MEETING WHERE YOU DECIDED THE MAPS, YOU KNOW HOW NEW WE'LL HAVE, EVERYONE WILL BE ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS OUT.

WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS, WE ALL ARE TRAINED, BUT WE WILL MAKE GRAPHICS FOR YOU.

WE WILL PUBLISH US FOR YOU BECAUSE THIS PROCESS HAS TO BE TRANSPARENT FOR EVERYONE.

AND EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET FROM 19 MAPS THAT YOU JUST APPROVED TO WHITE MAP.

SHAPE FILES FOR IT IN YOUR DISTRICTS ARE RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE PRIOR TO 4:30 PM, FOUR WEEKS PRIOR TO THE DATE AND THE QUALIFYING PERIOD OPENS.

HELLO AGAIN, I'M JENNIFER HARDING, DISTRICT FIVE.

THIS TIME SPEAKING AS MYSELF, A PARENT.

UM, I WANTED TO APOLOGIZE TO MR. HOWARD.

UM, ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THAT WE'RE NOT MIND READERS.

AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT OUT LOUD BECAUSE HAD I NOT BEEN IN THE ROOM TONIGHT? I WOULDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WORKED ON THAT MAP, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE MY FAVORITE MAP.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THAT MAP.

THEY WERE COLLINS, 11 MAP IS AWESOME AND I REALLY HOPE IT MAKES IT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

UM, OKAY.

SO, UM, HAVING SAID THAT THOUGH, UM, I JUST FEEL LIKE I ALSO HAVE TO RESPOND TO YOU MR. TAPPIN, BECAUSE, UM, THERE HAS BEEN A PROCESS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAD HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WHERE THE PUBLIC HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, ACCORDING TO YOU, AN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND PARTICIPATE AND MAKE THEIR OPINIONS KNOWN.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ONLINE COMMENT FORM WHERE IF PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS WHERE WE CAN ALL SEE HOW THEY FEEL, THEY CAN AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THAT, THEY CAN ALSO COMMENT EVERY TIME ONE OF THESE ITEMS COMES UP TO THE BOARD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AT THE CLUBS THAT YOU GO TO, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO GO TO PUBLIC MEETINGS, TO SHOW UP TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SCHOOLS THAT OUR CHILDREN GO TO OUR VOICES MATTER, WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK.

IN FACT, I WOULD SAY THAT MANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE DONE MORE WORK ON THIS REDISTRICTING PROCESS THAN SOME BOARD MEMBERS.

SO I TAKE OFFENSE TO YOU TRYING TO SAY THAT OUR VOICES ARE NOT IMPORTANT IN THIS PROCESS.

AND I THINK THAT NEEDED TO BE SAID, UM, KAYLA JOSHUA POWER COALITION FOR EQUITY AND JUSTICE.

I'M ALSO DO MAJORITY OF MY ORGANIZING WORK WITH PSA AND OCP LIST IS KIND OF LONG.

YOU KIND OF CREATE A COALITION OF FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN THIS PROCESS ARE REALLY DOING THE WORK TO SIT IN THEIR COMMENTS AND BE, UM, TRANSPARENT ABOUT THEIR FEELING.

UM, SO WE CONSULTED WITH A FEW OF THE GROUP MEMBERS AS WELL.

SOME OF THE ATTORNEYS THAT WE WORK WITH AND WE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK AROUND THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEM, AND WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH IT.

I THINK I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYONE.

WHEN I SAY THAT, UM, THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD DELAY A FINAL VOTE ON ANY NEW OAK REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, UNTIL THE MAPS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD ACTUALLY PLANS TO CONSIDER AND VOTE ON ARE PROPERLY PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE, 1758 TO WHICH TANYA WENT IN ON, UM, WHICH GOVERNS THE PUBLICATION REQUIREMENTS, UH, DD SCHOOL EASTBOUND, WHICH PAIR SCHOOL BOARD MUST UNDERTAKE THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE BOARD.

ACCORDINGLY THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOULD NOT TAKE A VOTE ON ANY OF THE 19 MAPS UNTIL 20 DAYS AFTER ALL 19 MAPS ARE PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS STATUTE, JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT CENSUS DATA, BLACK VOTERS OCCUPIED THE LARGEST SHARE OVER 43% OF THE VOTING AGE POPULATION IN EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH AND BLACK CHILDREN REPRESENTED A SUPER MAJORITY OF THE STUDENT POPULATION SERVED BY THAT SCHOOL BOARD UNDER MOST OF THE 19, MOST OF THE 19 PROPOSED PLANS BY THE SCHOOL BOARD, BLACK VOTERS IN THEIR INTERESTS WOULD REMAIN UNDER REPRESENTED AND OF THE SCHOOL BOARD.

LET ME SEE, IN A STATUTE 18 1 9 4, 5 SETS OUT BEING NO RIDESHARING PLANS SHOULD SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED UNLESS THE SHAPE

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THIS REQUIRES A SCHOOL BOARD TO SUBMIT A FINALIZED, A MAP TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE AT LEAST ONE MONTH PRIOR TO BE QUALIFIED DATE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH IS JUNE 21ST TO REITERATE, UM, LOUISIANA REVISED STATUTE 17 58 2 REQUIRES THE SCHOOL BOARD TO BE ELECTED FROM THESE SINGLE MEMBER DISTRICTS AND REQUIRED ALL ELECTIONS OCCURRING AFTER 1982, THE BOARD TO TAKE A CERTAIN ACTION TO ENSURE PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND INPUT INTO THE REAPPORTIONMENT OF THE BOARD SEATS.

AND I DON'T NEED TO GO ON ABOUT THAT STATUTE, BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT SINCE WE DISCUSSED HOW IN THE NEWSPAPER, IT WAS JUST PHOTOS, BUT THAT'S NOT REAL TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS.

AND I DO THINK WE NEED TO REVISE THAT PROCESS IN ORDER TO CONSIDER IT TRUE TRANSPARENCY FOR FOLKS TO UNDERSTAND THEY DEAL GOOD AFTERNOON.

THIS IS A RATHER HOT TOPIC.

SO ON A SERIOUS NOTE, WE HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY CLEAR AND DEFINITIVE ABOUT THE PROCESS.

I HAVEN'T TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE MEETINGS.

IN FACT, I EVEN NEXT QUESTION.

SO I HAVE DEMOGRAPHER THAT SIR.

UM, AND IT WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD PREVIOUS BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE PRESENT THAT NEXT QUESTIONS THAT THE DEMOGRAPHER COULD NOT ANSWER EITHER MAY MAKE.

THE PROBLEM IS THE DEMOGRAPHER, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AND LIKE ENSURE THAT WE DO THINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW.

MANY SPEAKERS BEFORE ME WOULD HAVE STATED THAT'S EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC, BUT IT OPENS US UP TO IMMIGRATION WHERE EVERY STUDENT EVERY DAY WILL NOT HAVE THE FUNDING NEEDED FOR AN EDUCATION.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE THINK ABOUT THAT.

CAUSE THE CHILDREN IS WHO WAS GOING TO BE INFECTED, AFFECTED AND IMPACTED THE MOST NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, CAN BE AFFECTED TOO, BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THAT YOU WON'T GET THE VOTES OF THE CONSTITUENTS TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN SEATED ON THE BOARD.

AND THEN ALSO IS IMPORTANT.

UM, DO ENJOY EACH AND EVERY BOARD MEMBER'S PHONE COMPANY AND THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE WITH YOU.

BUT I ALSO THINK THAT THE CHILDREN IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE GOAL AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AND LISTENING TO WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO SAY IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

SO I DO THINK THAT ONE, WE SHOULD ACTUALLY HAVE REAL CLUE, CLEAR DEFINITIVE PROCESSES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PUBLISHED ON WORD DOCS AS WELL.

THE SAME, THAT NOAH'S PAPER NUMBER TWO, THAT WE KNEW ABOUT SOME MORE OPPORTUNITIES.

ONCE WE HAVE BROKEN DOWN THE NUMBER FROM 19 TO MAYBE 10 TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN ON THOSE TEAMS, THEN FROM THERE DROP DOWN TO PI BEFORE WE GO TO THE MORNING AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO GIVE THEIR COMMENT ON BED.

THEN FINALLY ONE, THIS IS SHOWING CLEAR TRANSPARENCY, BUT IT DIDN'T EVEN SHOWING THE PUBLIC THAT THEIR VOICE IS REALLY TRULY MATTER.

AND IF YOU NOTICE, I AM VERY CALM ABOUT IT BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING FROM MY HEART AND FROM MY CHILD'S HEART, BECAUSE THIS IS WHO WE IMPACT AND WE AFFECT THE MOST THE CHILDREN.

UH, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE THAT I DID NOT, UH, UH, CORRECT OR, UH, EXPLAIN, MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR TO COLLEAGUE BALLOU AND THE PREVIOUS MOTION ABOUT, UH, VOTING AGE POPULATION BLACK.

BACK IN ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE IRS.

SO YOU GOT BACK TO THE BOARD ATTORNEY, SHANNON, LIKE YOU ESTABLISH THOUGH, NOT A BOARD MEMBER.

I AM SENSITIVE TO FEEDBACK AND INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC.

I'M A PUBLIC SERVANT.

SO I SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT THIS JUST PRIOR TO THE MEETING I AM GOING TO RECOMMEND IS GENERAL COUNSEL THAT THE BOARD, UH, AT ITS NEXT MEETING OR AT THE MARCH 30TH MEETING SELECT ONE MAP THAT WE THEN PUBLISH GOING FORWARD, FALL RATIFICATION AND WE'LL FILE THE 20 DAY RULE.

UM, I'M GOING TO CLARIFY THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE LAW AND I'M GOING TO SAY FOR THE RECORD THAT THIS PROCESS WAS DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAD FULL ACCESS TO THE INNER WORKINGS OF HOW THE MAPS WERE PUT OUT THERE AND WHAT WAS AVAILABLE AND WHAT THE OPTIONS WERE.

UM, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO SAY THAT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT SAID FROM MY SEAT, I AM GOING TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE PUBLIC.

UM, I DON'T THINK WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

THERE'LL BE A RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNCIL.

IT WON'T AFFECT THE SCHEDULE EXCEPT THAT IT WILL ADD 20 DAYS ON TO THE CURRENT SCHEDULE BEFORE FINAL RATIFICATION.

SO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR GOING FORWARD AND I'LL UM, I'LL LET YOU GO NEXT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

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THAT IS, UH, THAT IS US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE GUIDANCE.

AND SO IT'S PRESENTED ON THE BACK ON THE MATERIAL THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS SHARED DISTRICT'S PERCENT, 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER IS THE SAME AS VOTING AGE BLACKS.

SO THAT INFORMATION IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF A DOJ GUIDANCE.

ADDITIONALLY, WHILE I'M ON DOJ GUIDANCE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO LIFT UP AS HAS BEEN LIFTED UP BEFORE, UH, AND SH AND APPARENTLY NEEDS TO CONTINUE BE BEING LIFTED UP THAT, UH, DOJ GUIDANCE AS MENTIONED BY OUR CONSULTANT HEFNER, IS THAT THE DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, THE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO VIEW THE DEMOGRAPHICS IS SINGLE RACE, WHITE, NOT INCLUDING HISPANICS, ANY REPORT BLACK, AND AS IT RELATES TO HISPANICS FURTHER HISPANICS, ACCORDING TO DOJ GUIDANCE, IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO ADD A RACE IDENTIFICATION, THEN WITH, WITH A MINORITY GROUP IN PARTICULAR, THEN THEY ARE COUNTED WITH THAT MINORITY GROUP, NOT WITH SINGLE RACE WHITE RIGHT NOW, OUR BACKUP MATERIALS, WHAT WE HAVE ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE AND THE WAY WE'RE VIEWING OUR MAPS IS NOT ACCURATE.

ACCORDING TO THE DOJ GUIDANCE, WHICH DURING OUR LAST BOARD A WORKSHOP ON REDISTRICT IN HEFNER SAID HIMSELF, HE WOULD MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR AND LINED UP WITH DOJ GUIDANCE AND THAT, SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, MS. WADE JACKSON.

VICE-PRESIDENT COLUMN.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THANK YOU, MR. SHAMBLIN.

OH, YOU DID MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR HERE THAT WE WOULD BE PUBLISHING THIS MAP ONCE WE COME UP WITH THIS, ONCE WE DECIDE ON THE MAP ON THE 30TH.

CORRECT.

RIGHT.

AND, UM, I THINK RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.

UH, I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING AND SO MANY THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN QUESTIONABLE.

I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE US, UH, DO WHAT WE CAN TO SORT OF FIX IT, YOU KNOW, GET ON TRACK, MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS.

I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN VIOLATION OF THAT STATUTE.

IF THAT'S ALL IT TAKES FOR US TO DO IS, UH, SIMPLY PUBLISH THAT THE WAY THAT IT SHOULD BE.

AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT HAVING SOME GUIDANCE ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO SELECT THAT WOULD BE, UM, A POSITIVE THING FOR THE PUBLIC TO, UH, TO SEE US DO THIS EVENING.

SO, UH, I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT, UH, THAT MAY BE IS THE, UH, THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE WILL NARROW DOWN TO THAT ONE.

UM, BECAUSE ON THE 30TH, WE WILL BE CHOOSING ONE, NOT 10 WOULD NOT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN, BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY DECIDED IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM THAT WE ARE STILL GOING TO STICK WITH THE 19.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO NARROW DOWN ANYTHING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

MOVE NOW TO ITEM K ONE REDISTRICTING UPDATE IS MR. HAFFNER ON THE LINE.

MS. SQUARE JACKSON BOARD IS CLEAR.

THE MOTION IS A DISCUSSION CONSIDERATION OF ADOPT AND PUBLISH A SINGLE REDISTRICTING PLAN FOR LATER RATIFICATION IN RELATED MATTERS.

UM, MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE OPEN THE MACHINE, PLEASE VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

[K.1. Redistricting Update]

I'M HERE,

[02:30:04]

UH, HAVING ISSUED A MEMO ON THE, LET ME GET RID OF THE SECTOR.

IF I CAN, I'M GETTING SOME FEEDBACK.

UH, I ISSUED A MEMO, A RESPONSE TO SOME, UH, REQUEST FOR SOME INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED.

IT RECAPPED A LOT OF THE TERMINOLOGY THAT WE USE IN REDISTRICTING.

UH, SOME OF WHICH HAVE BEEN, UH, USED IN THE, UH, PAST MEETINGS, UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MEANING.

PERHAPS AT THIS POINT, MAYBE IT HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE BEARING.

SO I WENT AHEAD AND RECAP THAT, UH, ALSO I DID AN ANALYSIS OF THE VARIOUS PLANS, JUST A HIGH LEVEL ANALYSIS, THE ONES THAT I'VE DONE, YOU'VE GENERALLY GOTTEN MEMOS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS I GO ON A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL BECAUSE I OFFER THOSE AND I KNOW WHAT THE OBJECTIVES ARE, UH, WITH REGARDS TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO, UH, ATTAIN SOME OF THE OTHERS.

I'M NOT THE AUTHOR.

SO I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THE FINER DETAILS, BUT I CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF THE HIGHER LEVEL STUFF AS TO SOME OF THE MORE PERTINENT REDISTRICTING CRITERIA.

SO I HAVE THAT IN THE MEMO AND THE INTEREST OF TIME.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HAVE ME GO THROUGH THAT.

I WILL BE POSTING IT UP ON MY FLOWER FOLDER.

AND I'M QUITE CERTAIN THAT THE DISTRICT WILL ALSO BE POSTING THAT ON THE WEBSITE TO GO WITH IT BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.

UH, BUT THE MAIN THING, I THINK THE TAKEAWAY ON THIS IS THAT THE PRIMARY CRITERIA FOR THE BOARD IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY PLAN THAT THEY ADOPT, WHICHEVER ONE IT IS, UH, DOES NOT DO ANYTHING TO DIMINISH MINORITY REPRESENTATION FROM WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.

IT'S WHAT WE CALL THE BENCHMARK, UH, WHEN WE USED TO HAVE SECTION FIVE PRE-CLEARANCE AND ALSO WHEN WE DO THESE IN COURT, THEY ALWAYS LOOK AT WHAT YOUR CURRENT DISTRICTS ARE WITH THE NEW POPULATION.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A PLAN.

THAT'S GOING TO DIMINISH THAT IF YOU CAN IMPROVE IT, THAT'S FINE, BUT DON'T DIMINISH IT.

NOW, MOST OF THESE PLANS THINK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE, WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

SOME DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB THAN OTHERS, BUT, UH, UH, THAT IN, IN LARGE IS THE PRIMARY THING THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WITH REGARDS TO THE BOARD AFTER THAT, IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF HOW WELL DOES THE PLAN REPRESENT THE VARIOUS AREAS OF THE PARISH OR THE DISTRICT, UH, ARE THEY, ARE THEY REPRESENTING GROUPS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIKE INTERESTS? THAT'S OUR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ALSO NEED TO BE CONSIDERED AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE PLANS THAT HOPEFULLY THE INFORMATION THAT I'VE PROVIDED WILL HELP YOU ANALYZE IT, WHITTLE IT DOWN.

I KNOW WE HAVE A PUBLIC INPUT SESSION COMING UP ON THE 26TH.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT TO THE EXTENT THAT I CAN.

UM, AND I'LL TRY TO LEAVE NO QUESTIONS UNANSWERED.

I WAS NOT AWARE THAT I HAD NOT ANSWERED SOME QUESTIONS.

AND IF I, IF THAT IS THE CASE, AND I CERTAINLY APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, UH, I WILL DO MY BEST, UH, IN THE FUTURE.

BUT, UM, I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE RIGHT NOW, BUT I HAVE TO SAY THE PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEMS PRETTY MUCH JUST BRING US UP TO DATE WHERE WE ARE WITH REGARDS TO THE PROCESS.

UH, YES, IT IS A LITTLE UNWIELDY BEING 19.

I'M USED TO MORE LIKE ONE OR TWO PLANTS, BUT IT'S ALSO, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE BOARD'S PURE PURVIEW AND HOW THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD ON IT.

SO I, I RESPECT THAT PROCESS.

THANK YOU, MR. HAFFNER, MS. WHERE JACKSON, THANK YOU, MR. HEFNER.

UM, IN ONE OF MY REQUESTS WAS THAT YOU WOULD, UH, JUST GO OVER, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PLANS THAT AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WERE, WERE PUT ON THE TABLE, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY GET TO SEE, UM, ANY PRESENTATION ON THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY, UH, UH, KIND OF LOST IN THE PLANS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS EIGHT AND NINE OR, UH, COULD YOU MAKE COMMENTS ON, ON THOSE IN PARTICULAR? SURE.

I SENT YOU A MEMO OUT WITH REGARDS TO PLAN SEVEN, UM, PLAN EIGHT AND NINE WERE DERIVATIVES FARM PLAN SEVEN, UH, PLAN EIGHT MADE A MINOR MODIFICATION TO SEVEN BY SHIFTING TO PRECINCTS BETWEEN DISTRICT SIX AND NINE AND TWO BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A SPLIT PRECINCT BETWEEN DISTRICTS FIVE AND SEVEN TO BALANCE THAT OUT.

UH, IT HAD A PRETTY NOMINAL EFFECT WITH REGARDS TO THE OVERALL DEMOGRAPHICS, UH, PLAN NINE TO PLAN A, IT MADE ANOTHER MINOR MODIFICATION BY SPLITTING PRECINCT 3 21 BETWEEN DISTRICTS.

WE WANTED SIX THAT SLIGHTLY LOWERED THE DB, UH, THE BLACK PERCENTAGES IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT IT INCREASED THE DEVIATIONS IN DISTRICT SIX TO, UH, PLUS 6% OTHER THAN THAT'S THE SAME AS HATE.

IS THERE ANYTHING MORE

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YOU CAN SHARE ABOUT THE MEMO, UH, THAT YOU SENT OUT? UM, WAS IT TODAY THAT YOU SENT THAT OR? UH, YES, I HAD PREPARED IT YESTERDAY AND I BELIEVE IT WAS SENT TO Y'ALL TODAY.

SEEING THAT, UH, ONE MORE.

CAN YOU SHARE OF THAT'S THAT'S IN THAT MEMO WITH REGARDS TO THE PLAN? YES.

UH, WITH REGARDS TO THE PUBLIC PLANS, THOSE WERE ALL DEVELOPED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF X ONE.

THEY WERE DEVELOPED AFTER THE LAST PUBLIC WORKSHOP.

UH, I CALL THEM PUBLIC PLANS CAUSE THEY WERE, THEY WERE DEVELOPED USING THE PUBLIC MAPTITUDE ONLINE FOR REDISTRICTING PORTAL.

THAT'S WHY THEY WERE LABELED AS PUBLIC.

UH, THEY DIDN'T COME THROUGH ME.

I WAS TRYING TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM THAT.

UH, ALL THE PLANS WERE PRETTY MUCH RELATED.

I'M GOING TO SET ASIDE ACTUALLY ONE, CAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF AN EXPERIMENTAL PLAN.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT PLAN 12, WHICH, UH, MR. BLUE PUT TOGETHER, UH, IT MAINTAINS THE STATUS QUO WITH FOUR MAJORITY BLACK DISTRICTS DEVIATIONS ALL WITHIN PLUS OR MINUS 5%.

UH, 12 WAS KIND OF THE PARENT PLAN FOR 2022 AND PLAN 10, UH, PLAN WANTING WHICH SOME DISTRICTS AROUND.

UM, IT'S AN PRECINCTS AROUND BETWEEN 1, 2, 3, 4, AND DISTRICT FIVE.

THOSE, THOSE WERE HAD SOME LITTLE ADJUSTMENTS FROM 12, UH, INCREASED THE MINORITY PERCENTAGES IN DISTRICTS FOUR AND FIVE WITH THOSE CHANGES AND CHANGES OVERALL BETWEEN TWO AND THREE AND FIVE, THOSE DISTRICTS WERE VERY MINOR AND MOSTLY WERE TO BALANCE OUT THE DEVIATIONS AND CONVERTS WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME DISTRICTS.

ALL OF THE PLANS WERE WITHIN THE STATE STATUTES ON PRECINCT SPLITS 22 THEN MADE AN ADDITIONAL CHANGE FROM 21 AND IT SWAPPED TO A PRECINCT CHANGE BETWEEN DISTRICTS ONE IN SIX, UH, THREE 10 WAS ADDED TO DISTRICT ONE AND PRECINCT 3 59.

WAS THAT AT THE DISTRICT SIX AND THEN 3 28 IS SPLIT BETWEEN DISTRICTS.

WE WANTED FOR A LITTLE VARIATION, BUT OVERALL THE PARENT PLAN, THE MAIN PLAN IS 12 AND THESE ARE WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TO BE MINOR OR EVEN TWEAKS.

SO THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE THE PUBLIC PLANS.

UH, ANY PLANS HAVE BEEN OUT IN CIRCULATION FOR AWHILE.

SO HE'S ADDRESSED THOSE AT SEVERAL OTHER PUBLIC INPUT WORKSHOPS AND HAVE BROUGHT HIS MAPS, WHICH I APPRECIATE.

UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE 11 MEMBER PLAN THAT WAS PUT FORWARD BY, UH, UH, W W WAS LABELED TO ME AS THE, WHERE COLUMNS PLAN, UH, THAT PRAYED AT SIX MAJORITY BLACK SEATS FOR AN 11 MEMBER MEMBERSHIP, ALL OF THE RANGES WORTH THAN THE PLUS AND MINUS 5% RANGE.

THE PRECINCT SPLITS WERE ALL WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE STATUTE.

UH, SO THAT'S A GOOD PLAN FOUR MONTHS AGO WITH 11 THAT'S.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT PLAN WHATSOEVER.

I DON'T SEE ANY FATAL FLAWS WITH REGARDS TO IT.

IT JUST REALLY MORE OF A MATTER OF THE BOARD'S PREFERENCE WITH REGARDS TO WHAT I CALL SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING, SINCE JANUARY 5TH IS PROPORTIONALITY.

I BELIEVE A FAIR AND BALANCED PLAN SHOULD HAVE THE BOARD REPRESENTS THE, UH, THE MINORITY PERCENTAGE, THE BLACK PERCENTAGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE DISTRICT, UH, THERE, THE PROTECTED CLASS, WHICH I DEFINED IN MY MEMO AS THEY BEING SUFFICIENTLY NUMEROUS ENOUGH AND COMPACT ENOUGH TO GRADE THEIR OWN DISTRICT.

SO THEY BECOME THE PROTECTED CLASS.

UH, THEY HAVE TO MAKE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE ANY PLAN HAS THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO ELECT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES ON THAT BOARD TO REFLECT, TO REFLECT WHAT THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR INTERESTS ARE.

AND TO ME, THE PROPORTION WORKS OUT TO BE EVENLY SPLIT FOR FOUR AND A HALF, UH, FOUR BLACK FLAG WHITE, AND THEN NFI.

THE LAST SEAT IS A SWING DISTRICT OR A TOSS-UP DISTRICT.

THE VOTERS ARE GENERALLY GOING TO DECIDE WHO REPRESENTS THEM IN THAT DISTRICT, UH, THAT REALLY REFLECTS THE OVERALL PLURALITY BETWEEN BLACKS AND WHITES IN THE PARISH AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROPORTIONALITY, UH, WHAT, WHAT NUMBERS ARE YOU, ARE YOU USING? WHICH CATEGORY OF, UM, WHAT ARE THEY CALLING OUT THE, THE, AT THE VERY TOP OF YOUR DEMOGRAPHICS CHARTS YOU'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT DIFFERENT KINDS OF CATEGORIES.

WHICH ONES DO YOU USE TO LOOK AT PROPORTIONALITY? ORIGINALLY? I USED ANY PART BLACK BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF US AROUND THE STATE ARE USING IT AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE USING NOW.

UH, IT'S BEEN ADOPTED BY THE COURTS, UH, WITH REGARDS TO VOTING RIGHTS CASES.

UH, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE WITH IT, BUT THE ACTUAL TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR, UM, FROM THE DOJ HAS BEEN CONSISTENT SINCE 1999, UH, ACTUALLY ACTIONS

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TO BACK THAT UP SINCE 2001, SINCE IT STARTED COLLECTING THE MULTI-RACIAL DATA.

UH, AND THAT IS THAT YOU HAVE THE, UH, IN, AS IT APPLIES HERE, YOU HAVE EVERY ONE ON THAT ANSWER, BLACK AS A SINGLE RACE ADDED TO EVERYONE THAT, THAT CHECKED OFF, THAT THEY WERE MIXED RACE, BLACK AND WHITE.

YOU ADD THOSE TWO TOGETHER.

THAT CREATES WHAT YOU CALL THE DOJ BLACK.

THE GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SAYS DO NOT INCLUDE THE HISPANIC.

THEY CONSIDER HISPANICS AS A SEPARATE ETHNIC CATEGORY.

SO THEY'RE CLEARLY SAY THAT HE'D BE NON HISPANIC, DOJ BLACK.

THAT WAS THE DEFINITION, UH, BY EITHER OF THE, YOU STILL ENDED UP WITH ABOUT A 4.2 SEATS OUT OF THE NINE.

IF YOU USE THE DOJ BLACK, YOU USE 4.3 SEATS.

IF YOU PROPORTIONALITY, IF YOU USE ANY PART BLACK, I USED IT ANY PART BLACK INITIALLY, BECAUSE IT GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN EDGE, A LITTLE BIT MORE FAVORABLE CALCULATION, BUT YOU ONLY HAVE A LITTLE OVER 4,000 PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOJ BLACK AND THE, UH, ANY PART BLACK.

AND THAT IS ALMOST STATISTICALLY AS INSIGNIFICANT.

IT'S NOT ENOUGH OF A DIFF DIFFERENT SIDE OF, UH, 300,000 PEOPLE TO MAKE IT, TO MAKE ANY MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE.

SO UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE USING EITHER ANY, ANY PART BLACK, WHAT'S THE OTHER, HOW DO YOU CATEGORIZE THE OTHER, UH, RACE? ALL YOU LOOK AT IT AS YOU PROTECT IT, RIGHT? SO EVERYBODY ELSE IS JUST, THEY'RE ALL LUMPED IN TO NON-BLACK BLACK NON-MIGRATORY BLOCK.

YOU DON'T BREAK OUT ALL THE OTHERS.

WE DO, WE DO THE SINGLE RACE.

WHITE IS THE PARA CENTER, BUT THE MAIN THING THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON ON THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT MINORITIES HAVE ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION AND THAT THEY MAINTAIN THEIR, THEIR, UH, THEIR VOTING STRENGTHS.

SO IT IT'S ALL CENTERED AROUND THE PROTECTED CLASS.

SO WHATEVER IT HAPPENS TO BE IN THAT JURISDICTION OR THAT STATE.

SO IS IT SINGLE RACE, WHITE AND ANY PART BLACK? WELL, ACTUALLY WE'RE, WE'RE USING THE STRICT DOJ GUIDELINES FOR THESE CATEGORIES, WHICH IS A DOJ BLOCK BLOCK.

IS IT SINGLE RACE, WHITE AS A COMPARISON? THAT'S WHAT I HAVE LISTED, BUT THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE TO FOCUS ON THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE TO DEFEND, OR WHAT IS THE PLAN'S EFFECT ON THE MINORITY POPULATION, THE PROTECTED MINORITY CLASS, WHICH IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS BLACK, BLACK, BLACK BEING DEFINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

AS ANYONE ANSWERED SINGLE RACE, BLACK OR MIXED RACE, WHITE, BLACK, WHITE, THOSE TWO ADDED TOGETHER.

ANY PART BLACK TAKES IN OTHER RACES THAT MAY HAVE ALSO CHECKED OFF BLACK.

THEY MIGHT'VE CHECKED OFF BLACK AND ASIAN, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THOSE.

IT ONLY INCLUDES THOSE THAT CHECKED OFF BLACK AND WHITE ON THEIR CENSUS FORMS AND ANYONE THAT CHECKED OFF SINGLE RACE BLACK AND ADDS THOSE TWO CATEGORIES TOGETHER.

SO WHERE DO ALL, WHERE DO THE OTHER MINORITIES FALL? THEY FALL ON THE REMAINDER OF THE SEATS.

YOU DON'T BREAK THEM OUT.

THEY'RE NOT SUFFICIENTLY NUMEROUS ENOUGH AND COMPACT ENOUGH TO CREATE THEIR OWN DISTRICT.

YOU FALL IN THE REMAINDER OF THE SEATS, MAJORITY BLACK SEATS, NON MAJORITY BLACK SEATS.

DO YOU ALL WANT TO STAY IN THAT? THE NON-MAJORITY BLACK SEATS THAT'S RIGHT WHERE THE SEATS WERE, WERE BLACKS DON'T MAKE UP A MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION.

THE PLANS THAT I WORKED UP, HAVE A PLURALITY WITH ONE DISTRICT WHERE THEY ARE ABOUT EVENLY SPLIT BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK.

SO DOES THAT GIVE THE WHITE COUNT A HIGHER COUNT? WELL, WHY TO LUMPED IN WITH ALL THE OTHER MINORITY RACES THAT ARE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO CREATE THEIR OWN DISTRICT? SAY THAT AGAIN? IT JUST SAY WHITES WERE LUMPED IN WITH THE MINORITY RACIST, RIGHT? YEAH.

THEY'RE ADDED THAT.

DOJ ANALYSIS AND VOTING RIGHTS, UH, ACT ANALYSIS, YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T ADOPT THE PLAN THAT BRINGS YOU LESS THAN WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE, WHICH IS FOUR SEATS.

THOSE ARE ALL THE LEFTOVER ONES.

ONCE YOU TAKE OUT, ONCE YOU PARSE OUT THE, THE, A PROTECTED CLASS, WHICH IS THE, THE BLACK POPULATION, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE REPRESENTED ON.

SO YOU TELLING ME THAT YOU'RE ADDING TO THE WHITE POPULATION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROPORTIONALITY, I'M LOOKING AT PROPORTIONALITY IS BASED ON THE PROTECTED CLASS, WHICH IS THE DOJ BLACK, THAT PERCENTAGE TIMES THE NUMBER OF SEATS THAT GIVES YOU THE RATIO.

THAT'S 4.2 SEATS.

AND WE NEED TO TRY TO KEEP A PLAN OR ADOPT A PLAN THAT TRIES TO MAINTAIN THAT, THAT RATIO AND MY OPINION, AS A DEMOGRAPHER FROM THE

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I'M TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT WITH SOME OF MY PLANTS.

SO HOW DOES THAT IMPROVE IT? IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE ADDING THE OTHER MINORITIES TO THE, THE WHITE COUNT FOUR SEATS, WE DON'T LOOK AT THAT FOR REAPPORTIONMENT PURPOSES.

WE LOOK AT IN LOUISIANA AND IN THIS PARISH, WE LOOK AT WHAT THE DOJ BLACK LINE NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES ARE FOR REAPPORTIONMENT PURPOSES.

THAT IS WHAT WE LOOK AT.

IT ALL CENTERS AROUND THAT THAT'S ABOUT AS CLEAR AS MUD WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF SEATS.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHITE SEATS VERSUS MINORITY SEATS.

WELL, ALL RIGHT, LET'S SAY YOU TAKE THE 38%.

WHY YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY PROPORTIONALITY? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH YOUR LEFTOVER SEEDS? YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BLACK POPULATION TO TAKE IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WHITE, WHITE POPULATION TO TAKE IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MINORITY POPULATION OTHER THAN BLACK THAT'S SUFFICIENTLY NUMEROUS OR COMPACT ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN DISTRICT.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH IT? WELL, YOU DON'T GIVE IT TO THE WHITE SEATS THAT GOES TO EVERYBODY ELSE.

THAT'S LEFT OVER EVERYBODY THAT DOESN'T FIT THE DOJ BLOCKS EVERYBODY THAT'S NOT BLACK.

NO.

AND IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE, MR. HAFFNER.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT OBJECT TO THAT OBSERVATION.

UM, JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN IT THE BEST WAY I CAN.

WELL, OKAY.

NEXT QUESTION IS AROUND YOUR, UM, OF THESE PLANS AS, UH, AS OUR DEMOGRAPHER, WHICH OF THESE PLANS WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT WE SERIOUSLY CONSIDER IF YOU'RE ASKING MY OPINION AND I BELIEVE YOU ARE? YES.

I BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD TRY TO HAVE A PLAN THAT'S PROPORTIONALLY, UH, WHICH WOULD ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE, ON THE WHITE ED.

I MEAN, ON THE BLACK EDGE, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE, UH, PERSONALLY, I LIKE PLAN SEVEN, UH, EIGHT PRETTY GOOD, BUT SEVEN SEVEN IS PROBABLY ONE OF THEM THAT I LIKED THE BEST.

ALL OF THEM HAVE LITTLE TWEAKS TO THEM.

UM, I LEFT PLAN THREE AFTER I GOT COMMENTS FROM THE VARIOUS SESSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD.

IT REALLY WASN'T TOO FAR OFF, BUT I THINK SEVEN DOES A LITTLE BETTER JOB OF REPRESENTING THE VARIOUS COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOL AREAS THAT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, AIDS.

A MAJORITY WHITE COUNTS ON THE SEATS.

NINE, THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH NINE IS IT TENDS TO GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT ON, ON SOME OF THE DEVIATIONS.

UH, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT ON THE DEVIATIONS FOR PARISH AND MUNICIPAL LEVELS.

THE PLUS OR MINUS 5% IS CERTAINLY A, A GUIDELINE IT'S A SAFE HARBOR GUIDELINE, BUT THE ORIGINAL COURT CASE WHERE THAT CAME OUT WAS DEALING WITH STATE LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS BACK IN 1964.

SO AS STATE LEVEL REDISTRICTING GOES, IT IS ABSOLUTE IT'S 5.0%, NOT 5.1 5.2, BUT BECAUSE PARISHES AND MUNICIPALITIES HAVE A LAST GEOGRAPHY TO WORK WITH, AND THEIR CENSUS NUMBERS MAY BE CONSTRAINED BY THAT GEOGRAPHY.

THEY GENERALLY HAVE SOME LEEWAY WITH THAT.

UM, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS YOU'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN MINORITY POPULATIONS, UH, TO KEEP THE REPRESENTATION.

NOW, SOMETIMES WE'LL HAVE DEVIATIONS THAT ARE UP ON THE EIGHT OR 9%.

I'VE SEEN SOME AS HIGH AS 13 AND 14.

I'VE SEEN NOW THE DEMOCRITUS HAVE THE DEVIATIONS AS HIGH AS THEY A 22% DEVIATION, UH, MOSTLY IT'S TO TRY TO MAINTAIN MINORITY VOTING STRENGTH.

IT'S A GUIDELINE THOUGH, AND IT'S A GOOD GUIDELINE, UH, BUT I WOULD HESITATE ON TOSSING OUT AN OTHERWISE GOOD PLAN BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY OVER A 5.0% DEVIATION GOT TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WHOLE.

AND I KNOW IT'S HARD TO DO IT WITH 19, BUT THAT'S WHAT I TRIED TO DO IN MY SUMMARY.

JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE IDEA, WHAT THE DIFFERENCES WERE FROM ONE PLAN TO THE NEXT.

WELL, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ON A 7, 8, 9, YOU KNOW, UH, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS OUT OF THE NON-MEMBER PLANS AND, AND LOOKING AT THE, UM, 11 MEMBER WHERE COLLINS A PLAN.

HOWEVER, I DO NOT AGREE WITH YOUR MATH ON PROPORTIONALITY.

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE ADDING A MINORITY TO A MAJORITY TO KEEP

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AND, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO QUESTION THAT SERIOUSLY.

WELL, YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION MS. WHERE YOU HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

YOU CAN READ THROUGH THAT.

ANYBODY ELSE CAN READ THROUGH IT.

IT'S VERY CLEAR ON HOW THE PROTECTED RACE IS TO BE CALCULATED.

AND THAT IS HOW WE HAVE CALCULATED INTO YOUR, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE PROTECTED RACE IS BEING PROTECTED IN THAT TYPE OF SCENARIO, SO.

THANK YOU, MR. HEFFERNAN OR MEMBER GO DAY.

UH, MR. HARRINGTON, OR JUST A QUICK QUESTION, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED, CAUSE I'VE HEARD SEVERAL DIFFERENT, UH, NUMBERS BE THROWN AROUND AS WE LOOK AT THE REDISTRICTING, UH, POPULATIONS, ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING AT THE TOTAL POPULATION ARE THE 18, ARE THE VOTING AGE POPULATION, WHICH SET OF POPULATION NUMBERS ARE WE SUPPOSED TO USE THE TOTAL POPULATION? SO IT'S THE TOTAL POPULATION IS WHAT THE DOJ LOOKS AT AND WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO USE.

THAT'S WHAT THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT REQUIRES.

AND THAT'S WHAT THE COURTS HAVE, UM, VALIDATED EVEN AS LATE AS 2016.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT WAS MY ONLY QUESTION.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DO, UH, CONCUR WITH THE COMMENTS OF MY COLLEAGUE, EVELYN, WHERE JACKSON, UH, THE CALCULATIONS AND THE, UH, PROCESS OF PROTECTING THE PROTECTED CLASS SEEM A BIT ODD AND, UH, WE SHALL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT.

UH, THANK YOU, VICE PRESIDENT COLLINS.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. HAFFNER.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH A SISSY EVENING.