Nov 20, 2025 School Board

NOW MADAM SECRETARY CONDUCTOR.

[C. Information Only]

MOVING ALONG TO ITEM C INFORMATION ONLY.

UH, NUMBER ONE, MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT AND TWO PERSONNEL CHANGES.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC BOARD ONLY BOARD? OKAY.

[D.1. Update from the Superintendent]

MOVING ALONG TO ITEM D, RECEIVE AS INFORMATION.

AND HERE WE HAVE OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.

GDAY, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE AND THOSE AT HOME, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AS SUPERINTENDENT FOR ANOTHER 30 DAYS.

SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU.

AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE HAVE MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

I AM THANKFUL FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE WHO ACTIVELY SUPPORT OUR DISTRICT'S GOALS.

WHILE MUCH HAS BEEN DONE, WE STILL HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO DO.

AS WITH EACH MONTH, TONIGHT'S UPDATES REFLECT KEY AREAS OF ATTENTION WITHIN THE GOALS OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN.

TONIGHT WE'LL HIGHLIGHT A FEW ITEMS UNDER EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL SPEND THE BULK OF OUR TIME DISCUSSING, UH, TO RELEASE TEST SCORES TODAY, UH, FOR SCHOOL AND DISTRICT PERFORMANCE SCORES RELATED TO STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT DATA UNDER THE AREA OF EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EBR SCHOOL, ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS TAYLOR GAS AND NATHAN HEIGHT, PRINCIPAL AT WESTDALE HEIGHTS ACADEMIC MAG SCHOOL ON BEING NAMED BATON ROUGE'S.

BUSINESS REPORTS 40 UNDER 40 MS. GAS AND DR.

HY, WE WERE PROUD OF YOUR WORK AND JOINING IN THE CELEBRATION OF YOUR SUCCESS LAST NIGHT.

WE KNOW BOTH OF YOU HAD A TREMENDOUS TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES AS YOU WERE CELEBRATED AT THE ACTUAL EVENT.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR DARING TO BE GREAT.

THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TEAM HOSTED A FREE PARENT WORKSHOP ENTITLED, NAVIGATING IEP AND IEP SYSTEMS ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH.

THE MEETING WAS WELL ATTENDED BY PARENTS AS WELL AS EDUCATORS UNDER THE AREA OF OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

THE PHASE TWO IMPLEMENTATION, 20 ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS OF THE NEW VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IS UNDERWAY.

WE ARE PRIORITIZING THIS WORK TO KEEP OUR CAMPUSES SAFE.

THE DISTRICT LEVEL AI TASK FORCE IS WORKING.

THE DISTRICT LEVEL AI TASK FORCE'S WORK IS ONGOING AND CONTINUES TO MEET TO OUR ALIGN, OUR DISTRICT PLAN AND VISION TO STATEWIDE GUIDANCE AND THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.

A PRELIMINARY PLAN TO UPGRADE THE CONDITION AT THE ESS TRANSFER LOT IS IN ITS EARLY STAGES.

DRAWINGS ARE BEING DEVELOPED BY FUSION ARCHITECTS INCORPORATED ON THE AREA OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.

ICARE IS SPONSORING NO VAPE NOVEMBER PREVENTION CAMPAIGN THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

THE CAMPAIGN PROMOTES AWARENESS OF THE DANGERS OF TOBACCO AND NICOTINE USE THROUGH ENGAGING PREVENTION FOCUSED STUDENT ACTIVITIES.

A STUDENT FORUM WAS HELD AT CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH.

I AND MEMBERS OF OUR STAFF ENJOYED HEARING FROM THE STUDENT LEADERS AT CAPITOL HIGH ON WAYS WE CAN BETTER IMPROVE OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE CONDITIONS FOR THEM AT THEIR SCHOOL TODAY, THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELEASE SCHOOL AND DISTRICT PERFORMANCE SCORES.

OUR TEAM HAS WORKED HARD TO QUICKLY UNPACK THE MULTITUDE OF METRICS INCLUDED IN THIS RELEASE, AND I CAN CLEARLY SAY THAT WE HAVE MADE HISTORY TOGETHER.

I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR OUR STUDENTS, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFF, AND OUR FAMILIES.

WE DID BETTER, BUT WE STILL HAVE

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SO MUCH MORE TO DO.

BUT A WISE MAN ONCE TOLD ME, CELEBRATE THE WINS FOR ONE DAY AND THEN GET BACK TO WORK.

SO WHILE I AM PLEASED, I'M NOT SATISFIED TONIGHT, WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS RELEASE AND FOLLOW UP WITH YOU WITH A MORE SUBSEQUENT AND THOROUGH REPORT AS WE DIG INTO THE DATA THAT WAS RELEASED TODAY.

SO AT THIS TIME, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MS. KOSKI, UH, TO COME UP AND I WANT TO SAY, UH, TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS AND BUS DRIVERS AND CAFETERIA WORKERS AND LIBRARIANS, THE BOARD, UH, WE HAVE TO CELEBRATE THE VICTORY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

AND ANDRE'S GONNA TAKE US, UH, THROUGH THE DATA.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

BUT ANDRE, YOU, YOU KNOW MY TWO WORDS.

YES, SIR.

I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF, BUT IT'S AN EXCITING DAY IN EBR.

AND SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR ONCE AGAIN FOR LETTING ME BE THE VOICE AND THE FACE OF SOME EXCITING NEWS FOR YOU IN THE WORLD OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND ACADEMIC ACCOUNTABILITY.

SO, AS MR. COLE SAID TODAY, THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, UH, RELEASED ITS ANNUAL DISTRICT AND SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORES.

WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED, RECEIVED 12 FILES AT 4 46 LAST NIGHT.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN, UH, UNPACKING SOME DATA OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS AND THE LAST 24 HOURS.

AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO TONIGHT IS JUST ANSWER A COUPLE OF KEY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

WHAT'S THE DISTRICT'S LETTER GRADE? UH, WHAT'S THE LETTER GRADE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM? WHAT WAS THE IMPACT OF REALIGNMENT? WHAT DOES THE OLD FORMULA TELL US? HEY, WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS NEW FORMULA.

WHAT DOES IT TELL US? UH, WHAT WAS OUR GRADUATION RATE THIS YEAR? YOU GUYS ARE USED TO THAT GRAD RATE HISTORICALLY LAGGING BEHIND.

WE ACTUALLY GOT TWO YEARS IN ONE.

SO WE HAVE 24 AND 25 TO REPORT TO YOU, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE SOME NOTABLE SCHOOLS IN THIS RELEASE AND THEN SHOW OUR COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN FIND SOME MORE INFORMATION.

SO LET'S DIG IN.

SO WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE OLD FORMULA AND THE NEW FORMULA.

THE OLD FORMULA HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2018, AND THIS MARKS THE LAST TIME THAT WE WILL REPORT ON IT.

IT'S BASED ON THE 150 POINT SCALE.

THE NEW FORMULA IS BASED ON A HUNDRED POINT SCALE, NO MATTER WHICH WAY YOU CUT IT.

THE DISTRICT REMAINS A C BOTH IN THE OLD FORMULA AND IN THE NEW FORMULA.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THERE'S A SUM, UH, SIGNIFICANT NUMERICAL GAP BETWEEN THE SCORES OF THE TWO.

YOU SHOULD NOT LET THAT ALARM YOU.

ONE THING THAT WE WANNA EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN IS DROPPING FROM THE 150 POINT SCALE TO THE 100 POINT SCALE YOUR CHILD'S SCHOOL, YOUR FAVORITE SCHOOL WILL SEE A DECREASE IN THE NUMERICAL VALUE.

IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE LETTER GRADE HAS CHANGED, AND WE'LL DIG INTO THAT.

SO IF WE LOOK AT OLD FORMULA COMPARED TO NEW FORMULA OR CURRENT SYSTEM COMPARED TO THE FUTURE SYSTEM, HOW DOES THAT GRADE, UM, LETTER DISTRIBUTION SHAKE OUT? YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE CURRENT SYSTEM, THE MIDDLE COLUMN IS WITH THE NEW FORMULA.

SIMULATIONS ARE, AND THEN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE COUNT.

SO THAT OVER TIME, AND WE CAN EXPECT WITH THIS NEW SYSTEM TO SEE SOME SHIFTS IN SOME LETTER GRADES.

AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT IN IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES.

SO LET'S LOOK AT THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 2018.

WE STARTED THIS GRAPH FOR YOU AT 2019 BECAUSE THAT WAS THE HIGHEST YEAR PRIOR TO COVID.

AND THEN WE SAW WHAT COVID DID TO SCORES AND TO SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN GENERAL.

YOU SEE THIS GRADE LEVEL DISTRIBUTION HERE OF THE NUMBER OF A'S, BS, C'S, AND D'S ACROSS THE DISTRICT ACROSS TIME, KNOWING THAT THE NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN EACH YEAR MIGHT HAVE CHANGED BECAUSE WE ONBOARDED SOME CHARTERS DURING THIS TIME.

WE CLOSED SOME SITES DURING THIS TIME, WE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS, ET CETERA.

BUT I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO TWO THINGS ON THIS SLIDE.

FIRST OF ALL, THIS SLIDE ALSO TELLS US THE IMPACT OF REALIGNMENT.

THAT AQUA BOX THAT YOU SEE THERE AT THE BOTTOM IS THE SCHOOL'S POST REALIGNMENT.

THE BLACK FONT REPRESENTS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR, LAST YEAR, THERE WERE NINE FS, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE ARE ONLY SIX THAT ARE ACTIVE.

IF YOU ALSO LOOK AT THAT F COLUMN, YOU'LL SEE THAT OVER TIME, WE HAVE DECREASED THE NUMBER OF FS ACROSS THE SYSTEM.

ALL RIGHT, SPEAKING OF F SCHOOLS, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE, UH, RELEASES IS THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE LABELED ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE, KNOWING THAT SCHOOLS THAT ARE A US FOUR OR HIGHER ARE ELIGIBLE FOR BESSIE TAKEOVER.

SO THIS IS THE SAME SLIDE THAT I SHOWED YOU LAST YEAR WITH TWO ADDITIONS.

I'VE ADDED A COLUMN FOR 2025 LETTER GRADE AND SPS OR TWO COLUMNS FOR THAT.

AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT, WE'VE MADE SOME NOTATIONS FOR YOU.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THREE OF THE CLOSED SITES NOW ARE NOW ELIMINATED FROM OUR A US STATUS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THREE SCHOOLS EXIT A US STATUS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO GLEN OAK SENIOR HIGH CONGRATULATIONS TO EVA LAGAR LEARNING CENTER.

EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE CLOSED, THEY HAVE FORMALLY EXITED A US STATUS.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO CAPITAL HIGH SCHOOL WHO HAS EXITED A US STATUS.

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WE SHOULD ALSO SHOUT OUT TO OTHER SCHOOLS HERE.

CLAYBURN ELEMENTARY IS ONE POINT AWAY FROM EXITING A US STATUS OWNED UNDER THE CURRENT FORMULA.

BUT IF WE APPLY THEIR SCORES TO THE NEW FORMULA, THEY ARE A D SO THEY WOULD NOT BE ACADEMICALLY UNACCEPTABLE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR CLAYBURN.

AND THEN WINDBORN ELEMENTARY.

WINDBORN ELEMENTARY WAS CLOSED TO THAT 50 DID NOT MAKE IT BEFORE IT CLOSED, BUT IF YOU APPLY THE NEW FORMULA TO WIMBER ELEMENTARY, THEY WOULD BE A D AS WELL.

AND BY THE WAY, IN THIS CURRENT SYSTEM, WE ADDED NO NEW F SCHOOLS IN THIS CYCLE.

NOT MANY YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT.

SO CONTINUING WITH THE OLD FORMULA DETAILS, THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES.

THIS IS THE HIGHEST SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORE TO DATE OF THIS DISTRICT, UH, IN THIS CURRENT FORMULA.

SO I STARTED THIS JOB IN 2016, I BELIEVE.

AND SO I WAS HERE FOR THE ONBOARDING OF THE LAST SYSTEM.

AND SO I'VE DELIVERED THIS PRESENTATION FOR EVERY TIME UNDER THE CURRENT SYSTEM.

AND THIS IS THE HIGHEST SCORE THAT I'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO REPORT TO THIS BOARD.

SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT'S ALSO THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE AN A IN STRENGTH OF DIPLOMA.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE NEWS FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS CONTINUE.

THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST GRAD RATE TO DATE.

THEY'VE EARNED A B IN GRAD RATE.

AND SOME OF YOU KNOW, I WAS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIGH SCHOOLS, UH, PRIOR TO THIS.

SO HIGH SCHOOLS ARE VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

AND SO I, I HAVE, UH, GREAT TIME DIGGING INTO THIS DATA AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING MORE THINGS WITH IT ABOUT, UH, ABOUT IT WITH YOU.

UH, THE DISTRICT PERFORMED ASS BS AND CS AND PROGRESS LETTER GRADES AT 96% OF ITS SITES, 62% OF OUR DIRECTOR ON SITES INCREASE THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORES, AND 12 SCHOOLS INCREASED THEIR LETTER GRADES.

THAT'S THE OLD FORMULA.

NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OLD FORMULA, WHAT WE DID FOR YOU IS WE COLOR CODED THE INDICES AND THE GREEN ONES ARE THE CHANGES.

SO THERE WERE FOUR AREAS WHERE WE DID NOT CHANGE, BUT IF YOU ALSO NOTICE WE'RE A'S OR B'S IN ALL BUT FOUR AREAS.

AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT USED TO, UH, SEEING ON THIS SLIDE AS WELL.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE AS COMPARED TO HOW THE DISTRICT AND THE STATE FARED IN THE SAME METRICS, SOME OF THESE METRICS WILL GO AWAY NEXT YEAR.

AND SO IN PARTICULAR, WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO DCAI.

INTEREST AND OPPORTUNITIES.

THOSE ARE AREAS WHERE THE DISTRICT HAS HISTORICALLY DONE WELL IN OUR DAYS, BUT THEY'RE GOING AWAY.

THEY WILL NOT BE MEASURED MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT? SO NOW WE HAVE THE STATE'S NEW SCORECARD.

SO FOR THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, YOU'LL BE USED TO SEEING SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND DISTRICT DATA PRESENTED IN THIS FORMAT OF THIS NEW SCHOOL COURT SCORECARD.

IT HAS THREE COLUMNS.

ONE FOR GROW, ONE FOR ACHIEVE, ONE FOR THRIVE.

IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE MET BACK IN, UH, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, WE DWELLED A LOT ON THE COLUMN OF PROFICIENCY OF LEAP SCORES.

SO WE'RE GONNA SPEND OUR TIME ON THE TWO EXTERNAL COLUMNS TONIGHT.

ON THE FAR LEFT FOR GROWTH, THE STATE MEASURES GROWTH IN FIVE WAYS.

THE FIRST TWO IS BY ELA AND MATH ASSESSMENTS.

AND SO THE, WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO WERE PROF, UH, WHO GREW AND MET THEIR GROWTH TARGETS ON THE LEAP TEST FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

THE DISTRICT ALSO RECEIVES FROM THE STATE A REPORT.

WHEN WE GET LEAP DATA OF OUR BOTTOM 25 TO 30% STUDENTS ARE RANK ORDERED.

AND SO WHAT THE, WHAT THE NEW SCORECARD DOES IS IT MEASURES THE PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS ON THAT BOTTOM 25% LIST WHO ARE MEETING THEIR GROWTH TARGETS.

YOU'LL NOTICE 47.4% OF DISTRICT STUDENTS IN THE LOWEST 25% MET THEIR ENGLISH GROWTH TARGETS.

41% DID SO IN MATH.

THAT LAST LINE THERE REPRESENTS ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS FROM ONE TEST TO THE OTHER.

NEARLY A THIRD OF THEM MET THEIR GROWTH TARGETS.

ON THE FOR RIGHT COLUMN IS THE THRIVE CATEGORY.

THOSE ARE YOUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE GRAD RATE BEING THE HIGHEST TO DATE, UH, THE READY READINESS BASED ON A NATIONAL RECOGNIZED EXAM.

FOR THE MAJORITY OF OUR STUDENTS, THAT'S GONNA BE A-C-T-S-A-T ASVAB WORK KEYS ALSO PLAYS INTO THIS.

30% OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MET THE METRIC OR THE MARK ON THE NATIONAL RECOGNIZED EXAM.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS A COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS ACCELERATOR.

UH, THE OLD STRENGTH OF DIPLOMA IS KIND OF BEING REORGANIZED UNDER THIS ONE.

THIS IS WHERE YOUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, YOUR INTERNSHIPS, YOUR IBCS COME INTO PLAY AS WELL AS ADVANCED PLACEMENT DUAL ENROLLMENT.

SO HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT A LETTER GRADE IS ON THIS NEW SYSTEM? WITH WHAT THE LDOE DID IS THEY TOOK THE HISTORICAL DATA AND THEY BASICALLY ESTABLISHED CUT SCORES USING A CURVE METHOD.

THE TOP 10% EARNS A'S THE NEXT 20% OF B, THE NEXT 40% OF C AND SO ON.

AND SO TO YOUR RIGHT AT THE BOTTOM, YOU WILL SEE THE SCALE THAT WE WILL USE THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR UNDER THE NEW FORMULA NOTICE THEY

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DIVIDED INTO SCHOOLS WITH HIGH SCHOOL OR WITH A GRADUATION CLASS AND SCHOOLS WITHOUT A GRADUATION CLASS.

SO OUR K EIGHTS AND OUR HIGH SCHOOLS WILL NOT BE ON THE SAME SCALES.

OUR DISTRICT WILL NOT BE ON THE SAME SCALE AS THE SCHOOLS BECAUSE IT'S THE CURVE THAT HAS ESTABLISHED THESE CUT SCORES.

SO WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN DR.

BROMWYN'S CALL THIS MORNING, AND I WAS VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THEY SHARED THIS SLIDE.

AND SO I ASKED THE SUPERINTENDENT IF WE COULD SHARE IT WITH YOU GUYS.

AND WHAT THEY HAVE SHOWN US IS HERE THE IMPACT OF THE NEW LETTER GRADE SYSTEM AND OF THE NEW SCALE AND FORMULA ON SCHOOL AND DISTRICT PERFORMANCE SCORES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST COLUMN, YOU SEE ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

MIDDLE COLUMN REPRESENTS HIGH SCHOOLS.

THE THIRD COLUMN REPRESENTS SCHOOL SYSTEMS. AND SO YOU CAN TRACK THERE IN EACH AREA THE CATEGORY WHERE YOU HAD THE MOST CHANGE.

AND IF YOU NOTICE, IT REALLY MANIFESTS ITSELF AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE STATE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE DECLINES HAPPENED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL.

FOR THE MOST PART, FOLKS STAYED THE SAME.

UH, WE WERE ONE OF THE, UH, 39 SCHOOL SYSTEMS THAT STAYED THE SAME AS A C 30 SCHOOL SYSTEMS ACROSS THE STATE DID DECLINE FROM ONE FORMULA TO THE NEXT.

I THINK YOU'LL SEE IT IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL DATA, UH, THAT IT ALSO, IT REPRESENTS AND ALIGNS TO THIS DATA.

WE ALSO HAD SOME ELEMENTARY WHO IMPROVED A LOT OF GRADE.

AND SO YOU SEE THAT IN HERE AS WELL.

UH, SHOUT OUT TO WILDWOOD.

SHOUT OUT TO CLAYBORN.

SHOUT OUT TO WIMBER.

WE SEE YOU.

WE KNOW THAT YOU IMPROVED UNDER THIS NEW SCALE.

SO WE TALKED ABOUT GRADUATION.

HERE'S YOUR VISUAL OF YOUR GRADUATION RATE OVER TIME.

THE GREEN BARS REFLECT YEARS THAT WE'VE SEEN GROWTH.

THE YELLOW REFLECTS YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN STAGNANT OR SHOWED A DECLINE.

OF COURSE, DURING 2020 TO 2022 WAS COVID WHERE THERE WERE WAIVERS WHERE THE LEAP TEST WAS NOT.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENT WAS NOT IN PLACE AND FOLKS COULD GET A WAIVER.

AND SO THEN IT RIGHT-SIZED ITSELF AGAIN, IN 2023 WHEN IT WAS THE 72.9, WE DID SEE A RELEASE OF THE CLASS OF 2024 THIS WEEK.

AND THAT IS AT A 75.1.

AND THEN THE 25 MARK IS A 76.3, WHICH IS THE DISTRICT'S HIGHEST GRAD RATE TO DATE.

BY THE WAY, AS A FRAME OF REFERENCE, THE LOUISIANA AVERAGE FOR 2025 WAS 85%.

A SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT STIPEND.

STRENGTH OF DIPLOMA.

I KNOW AT LEAST ONE OF YOU LIKES, UH, THIS SLIDE IN THIS CATEGORY.

AND IT'S GOING TO REMIND ME TO REMIND OUR LISTENERS OUT THERE THAT THIS IS NOT 61% OF GRAD, UH, OF, UH, GRADUATION RATE.

THIS IS 61% OF THE GRADUATES EARNED A LITTLE OP OR SOMETHING EXTRA ON THEIR DIPLOMAS.

AND SO THESE ARE STUDENTS WHO EARNED ADVANCED PLACEMENT, DUAL ENROLLMENT, INDUSTRY BASED CERTIFICATIONS SO FORTH.

61%, 61.7%, I SHOULD SAY, OF OUR GRADUATES EARNED BASIC AND ADVANCED CREDENTIALS.

THIS IS A GROWTH OF OVER 15 POINTS FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THIS IS WHY FOLKS, WE HAVE AN A IN STRENGTH OF DIPLOMA.

YES, MA'AM.

WE NEED TO, UH, CLAP AND CELEBRATE OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.

IT'S VERY EXCITING.

AND I SEE WE HAVE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THE HOUSE AND THEY PLAY A HUGE PART IN THIS.

SO THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES.

UH, AS I SAID PREVIOUSLY, 62% OF DISTRICT RUN SCHOOLS ARE DIRECT RUN.

AND 55% OF DISTRICT RUN SCHOOLS GREW IN THE CURRENT FORMULA.

LOOKING AT OUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, MORE THAN HALF OF THEM INCREASED THEIR SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCORE.

SHOUT OUTS TO CLAYBURN AND HIGHLAND, MCKINLEY ELEMENTARY, BATON ROUGE, FLAME MARYDALE, SHENANDOAH ALL GREW BY FIVE OR MORE POINTS.

THOSE FOLKS LED THE WAY.

CAPITAL ELEMENTARY AND TWIN OAKS BOTH GREW ON LETTER GRADE AT OUR MIDDLE AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

ALL OF THEM GOTTA SEE A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEM GOTTA SEE ARE HIGHER IN PROGRESS.

THEY ROCKED IT ALL DISTRICT RUN MIDDLE SCHOOLS GOT AN A IN, UH, DCAI, WHICH IS, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH DCAI, THAT MEANS YOU'RE OFFERING MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS HIGH SCHOOL CREDIT, AND YOU GET AWARDED FOR THAT.

UH, GLASGOW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND EVA LA GUARD BOTH GREW A LETTER GRADE.

AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED THE DRUM ROLL AND THE APPLAUSE TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER SAID THIS BEFORE.

88% OF DISTRICT RUN HIGH SCHOOLS INCREASED IN SPS.

BROADMOOR CAPITAL, TARA SCOTLANDVILLE, EBR VIRTUAL ALL HAVE CS.

YEP.

STRENGTH OF THE DIPLOMAS AN A GRAD RATES AN A, AND THEY'RE THE HIGHEST TO DATE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS.

WE CANNOT LEAVE THEM OUT.

AND I HOPE MS. WARS IS WATCHING.

ARLINGTON IS NOT ONLY AN A BUT A HUNDRED PERCENT GRADUATION RATE.

WE KNOW IT'S A SPECIAL PLACE AND THIS MAKES IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL.

ALL ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS WE SEE ARE HIGHER.

SO THIS, I FEEL LIKE OPRAH 'CAUSE THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES.

BUT I'LL LET MR. COLE AND YOU GUYS GET TO BE OPRAH HERE.

IF YOU REMEMBER BACK IN 20, THE SUMMER OF 2024, YOU PASSED A BUDGET.

AND IN THAT BUDGET YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS A THING CALLED

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AND YOU SAID THAT SCHOOL TEAMS WHO MET CERTAIN MARKS WOULD GET AN EXTRA STIPEND.

SO I HOPE THOSE FOLKS ARE WATCHING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I THINK MS. LOPEZ AND I COUNTED ABOUT 22 SCHOOL CAMPUSES WILL RECEIVE STIPENDS BECAUSE OF THIS AWESOME RELEASE THAT WE HAD THIS WEEK.

UH, YOU SEE THE AB GROUP, UH, THEY WILL, UH, RECEIVE THEIR STIPEND.

THE CDS ARE THE ONES THAT GREW BY IN LETTER GRADE AND OR BY FIVE POINTS.

AND THEN THE F OR A US SCHOOLS ARE THE ONES THAT EXITED A US STATUS.

AND OR IF THEY WERE BELOW 40 IN THE SAKE OF LIKE CLAYBURN ELEMENTARY, THEY GREW AT LEE STATE POINTS.

AND SO WE APPLAUD ALL OF THESE SCHOOLS FOR THEIR WORK, AND THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS FOR PASSING THAT IN THE BUDGET.

SO ON SUPERINTENDENT BROMWYN'S CALL THIS MORNING, IF ANYONE THAT WAS ABLE TO LISTEN, EBR GOT A COUPLE OF SHOUT OUTS.

AND SO WE'D LIKE TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU TODAY.

UH, THE STATE ALWAYS GIVES, AS SOME OF YOU'RE AWARE, THE WHAT THEY CALL THE TOP GAINS AWARD, 21 DISTRICT SITES OR RECIPIENTS OF THE TOP GAINS AWARD AND 12 EARNED THE, UH, WHAT USED TO BE CALLED THE EQUITY AWARD.

NOW IT'S CALLED THE OPPORTUNITY AWARD.

BUT EVEN MORE EXCITING, UH, SUPERINTENDENT BRUMLEY ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING IN HIS MEDIA BRIEFING THAT EBR RANKED 10TH AMONG SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOR GROWTH ON THE ACHIEVEMENT SIDE.

MAYFAIR LAB RANKS NUMBER SEVEN FOR K EIGHT SITES.

BATON ROUGE MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL RANKED SIX AMONGST THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

THESE TWO SCHOOLS WERE LISTED BY AND RECOGNIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT THIS MORNING AS BEING THE BEST, SOME OF THE BEST PERFORMING IN THE STATE.

THIS, UH, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ALSO RECOGNIZED FOLKS FOR GROWTH THIS MORNING.

AND THIS ONE WAS THE ONE THAT REALLY MADE ME SMILE THE MOST.

CLAYBURN ELEMENTARY RANKS THIRD AMONG K EIGHT SITES FOR GROWTH.

PHENOMENAL WORK TO THEM THIS YEAR.

HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY FILE WAS JUST RIGHT BEHIND THEM AT NUMBER NINE AMONGST K EIGHT SITES.

SO WE'RE GONNA PAUSE HERE FOR TONIGHT, AND WE'VE SHARED A LOT OF EXCITING NEWS, BUT WE KNOW THAT FOLKS WANNA KNOW WHERE THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS RELEASE AND CHECK ON THEIR CHILD'S SCHOOL OR THEIR FAVORITE SCHOOL.

AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME EXCITING THINGS THAT WE WANT YOU TO CHECK OUT.

UH, WE HAVE A NEW DISTRICT WEBPAGE ANNOUNCING GROW, ACHIEVE, AND THRIVE.

IT IS, UH, ACTIVE AS OF I BELIEVE YESTERDAY.

AND SO CHECK IT OUT.

IT'S OUT THERE.

IT'S GONNA HAVE SOME THINGS ADDED TO IT IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS, INCLUDING A VIDEO STARRING MR. LAMONT COLE, HIMSELF, AND EMBER OUR DISTRICT MASCOT.

SO PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR NEW VIDEO, EXPLAIN AND GROW, ACHIEVE AND THRIVE, AND OUR RESULTS TO FOLKS.

UH, OUR DISTRICT DASHBOARD PAGE IS ALIVE.

WE WILL BE WORKING OVER THE NEXT WEEK OR TWO TO UPLOAD THIS NEW INFORMATION TO UPDATE IT.

THE LDOE LIBRARY DID GO LIVE AROUND 10 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING WITH THE NEW REPORTS.

SO THOSE OF YOU WHO LIKE TO CHECK OUT THE, THE DATA REPORTS THERE, AS I DO, THEY'RE ALL YOUR FAVORITE AND FAMILIAR PLACES.

UH, THEIR SCHOOL FINDER ALLOWS YOU TO COMPARE ONE SCHOOL TO THE OTHER.

GET THEY'RE ASKING THAT WE GIVE THEM TILL ABOUT MIDTERM JANUARY, THEY'LL HAVE IT UPDATED.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE, UH, BACKUP REPORTS AND THE ONLINE COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION.

IF MS. ARMAND HASN'T ALREADY LOADED TO BOARD DOCS, WE WILL HAVE LOADED TO BOARD DOCS.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, AS THE SUPERINTENDENT LIKES TO SAY SUCCESSES AND THE SUPPORT, WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THIS GREAT AND EXCITING DAY IN EBRA HISTORY MAKING DAY.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AND I'M JUST GONNA SAY HE DOESN'T KNOW I'M GONNA SAY THIS, BUT ON BEHALF OF STAFF, THANK YOU TO MR. COLE FOR HIS SUPPORT.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, SIR? OH, NO.

THANK YOU, ANDREA.

I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY FOR THEIR HARD WORK DEDICATION.

UH, BUT AGAIN, DR.

BRISA TOLD ME I GET ONE DAY, ONE DAY TO CELEBRATE BECAUSE WE GOTTA GO BACK TO WORK.

ABSOLUTELY.

UH, WE GOT KIDS IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM WHO ARE STILL, UH, FACING ACADEMIC CHALLENGES AND WE NEED TO HELP THEM.

EXCELLENT.

SO I'M PLEASED, BUT I'M NOT SATISFIED.

YES, SIR.

UH, MS. PAUL LEWIS.

BRINGING UP OUR A US SCHOOLS, OUR FAILING SCHOOLS, OR OUR LOWER PERFORMING SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL OF THIS WITH US.

UM, SO I WANTED TO START, WELL, I HAD A QUESTION, BUT I'M GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION LATER.

WHAT I WANT TO SAY TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THEN TO ALL OF US, ESPECIALLY THOSE OF US WHO'VE BEEN SERVING THROUGH TRANSITION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS WAS A TRANSITIONAL YEAR, THANK YOU FOR THE MONEY WELL SPENT.

THIS MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT WELL.

AND SO TO ALL WHO ARE GONNA EXPERIENCE THOSE STIPENDS, AND I'VE ALREADY RECEIVED A TEXT, AND MISS, UH, LOPEZ HELPED ME TO HELP THAT PARTICULAR EMPLOYEE WITH KNOWING WHEN HER STIPEND IS COMING STILL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THOSE OF YOU WHO SIGNED UP TO BE ABLE TO LEAD THE CHARGE IN

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THAT'S WHAT COACH WOULD WANT ME TO SAY, .

UM, BUT THEN ALSO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO SUPERINTENDENT COLE AS WELL, FOR ALLOWING PEOPLE TO USE THEIR GIFTS WHEN WE ALLOW PEOPLE TO USE THEIR GIFTS AND USE THEIR CREATIVITY AND THE TALENTS THAT THEY HAVE.

THIS IS WHAT YOU SEE.

AND SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU, UH, MR. COLE, MR. SMITH, MS. KOSKI, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO MAY HAVE ASSISTED IN THAT PROCESS.

PRINCIPLES, MS. EDWARDS, ALL OF THE ABOVE.

I KNOW THAT YOU WORK HARD, MS. WILLIAMS, I SEE YOU LOOKING AT ME BACK THERE.

ALL OF YOU WORK EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY HARD, AND WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

THE OTHER IS, YOU MENTIONED, UM, THE DIFFERENT, UH, ENDORSEMENTS OR ON DIPLOMAS.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A CIVIC SEAL COMING.

WAS THAT MENTIONED IN ANY WAY OR HAVE WE EMBRACED THAT YET? NOT A, IT'S NOT A PART OF THIS RELEASE, BUT WE CAN, WHEN WE COME BACK WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION, WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN A FUTURE PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

AND SO I, I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT BECAUSE OF COURSE, WE'RE SHAPING OUR NATION, UH, WITH ALLOWING STUDENTS TO BE CIVICALLY INFORMED.

AND WE KNOW THAT NOW IN SOCIAL STUDIES, WE'RE NO LONGER TAKING A US HISTORY LEAP TEST.

CORRECT.

BUT THE CIVICS TEST IS THE HIGHEST STANDARDIZED OR HIGH STAKES STANDARDIZED TEST.

AND FOR STUDENTS WHERE CIVICS IS PART OF THEIR GRAD REQUIREMENT, THOSE SCORES COUNTED FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHERE US HISTORY, AND I KNOW YOU UNDERSTAND, THIS IS A, A SOCIAL STUDIES, UH, INSTRUCTOR, BUT STUDENTS WHERE US HISTORY, THEN THOSE SCORES COUNTED IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES AVERAGES.

I WANTED TO ECHO SIMILAR SENTIMENTS.

THIS IS, THIS IS GREAT FORWARD PROGRESS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE, UM, WHAT EVERYBODY THAT WORKS FOR THE STUDENTS IN THIS DISTRICT HAVE DONE.

UM, FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT TO THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT, TO ALL THE CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF, MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO THE TEACHERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO ARE IN THE CLASSROOM WORKING HARD WITH THESE KIDS EVERY DAY.

UH, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT PARTICULARLY THE, THE, THE GOOD NEWS WITH THE ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS COACH LEWIS.

AND I LIKE TO SAY THAT THOSE ARE OUR MOST VULNERABLE STUDENTS, AND THEY DESERVE, UH, AS MUCH SUPPORT AND CARE AS WE CAN GIVE THEM.

'CAUSE THAT WILL REALLY CHANGE THE TRAJECTORY OF THEIR LIVES.

SO, SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE PROGRESS, UH, IN THAT, IN THAT AREA.

SO I'M, I'M JUST, I'M DEEPLY GRATEFUL.

I WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR, UH, TO DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT SMITH.

IT WAS, UH, HIM WORKING WITH THE STAFF, YOU AND MS. LOPEZ AND OTHERS WHO, WHO, WHO CAME UP WITH THE PROPOSAL, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE STIPENDS TO ENCOURAGE, UH, EXACTLY THE RESULTS THAT WE'RE GETTING.

AND SO I THINK THAT WAS, I'M, I'M VERY GLAD THAT Y'ALL PRESENTED THAT TO US, AND I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE HAD THE FORESIGHT TO PASS IT .

UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYBODY.

AND THEN, AND THEN FINALLY, WANNA ECHO WHAT OUR SUPERINTENDENT SAYS, WHICH IS, THIS IS GREAT NEWS.

LET'S BE REAL HAPPY FOR TODAY.

AND THEN LET'S GO BACK AND REMEMBER, WE GOT A LOT LONGER TO GO.

AND SO LET'S, LET'S USE THIS TO GIVE US SOME HOPE, SOME POSITIVE DIRECTION, SOME MOMENTUM, AND SAY, NOW LET'S, LET'S, LET'S FINISH THE JOB.

THANK YOU, MR. MARTIN.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ECHO, UH, THE SAME SENTIMENTS THAT MY COLLEAGUES AND CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR STAFF.

AND ALSO ASK THEM WHEN THEY RECEIVE THEIR STIPEND, PLEASE DON'T CALL IN.

THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT MOON.

THANK YOU, MS. KOSKI.

MOVE ALONG TO I, OH, IS THAT IT? UH, SUPER.

NO, THANK YOU AGAIN.

UH, LAST PART, NEXT YEAR, THE STATE'S ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM WILL CHANGE.

THIS MEANS WE WILL NEED TO MAKE THOUGHTFUL ADJUSTMENTS TO MEET NEW EXPECTATIONS.

AND I BELIEVE WE CAN DO THAT.

I BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF US.

WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE MORE HISTORY FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AND OUR CITY, AND WE CAN DO THAT TOGETHER.

WE HAVE OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND SUPPORT STAFF IN THIS DISTRICT, AND I FIRMLY BELIEVE WE CAN EARN AN OVERALL SCORE OF AN A.

LASTLY, TOMORROW IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST, THE LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS PRIOR TO THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

THOSE OF YOU WHO WORK, UH, IN OUR CENTRAL, UH, OFFICES AROUND THE CITY CAN WEAR JEANS AND SNEAKERS.

I MUST BE FEELING GOOD TO ALLOW THAT.

UH, BUT YOU, YOU CAN, AND PLEASE WEAR A SCHOOL SYSTEM OR DISTRICT, UH, T-SHIRT.

AS A REMINDER, SCHOOLS AND DISTRICT OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED BEGINNING NOVEMBER 26TH THROUGH THE 28TH.

I WISH EVERYONE A VERY SAFE, UH, PEACEFUL AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

MADAM PRESIDENT, THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

ALONG

[E. Reports from Board Appointees to Committees/Agencies]

TO ITEM E REPORTS FROM BOARD APPOINTEES TO COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES.

ARE THERE ANY REPORTS, MS. SOLE? THANKS.

UM, YES.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW ICARE

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HAD THEIR COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, THIS PAST WEEK.

AND AS, UM, SUPERINTENDENT COLE SHARED, ITS NO VAPE NOVEMBER.

UM, BUT NEXT WEEK IT'LL BE DECEMBER, RIGHT? AND SO NEXT WEEK, I MEAN, NEXT MONTH, UM, IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, EYECARE IS FOCUSING ON NATIONAL IMPAIRED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH.

UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN REALLY COOL TO GET TO SIT ON THE ICARE WITH THE ICARE PEOPLE THIS, UM, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN TO SEE HOW THEY ARE REACHING KIDS, WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND AS THINGS, UM, CHANGE THAT THEY'RE CHANGING WITH THEM.

SO, UM, IF YOU ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW, ICARE IS ON SOCIAL MEDIA TOO.

SO YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG ON INSTAGRAM AND ON FACEBOOK AND ON TIKTOK, ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK, IT'S ICARE, EBR.

AND ON TIKTOK, IT'S ICARE, EBR SCHOOLS.

UM, JUST KIND OF SEE WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND, UM, IT'S ALSO A GREAT PLACE TO SEE WHAT'S COMING UP WITH THE ICARE.

THANK YOU, MS. PAUL LEWIS.

UM, I DO NOT HAVE, PER SE AN UPDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE THAT I SERVE ON, BUT I DO HAVE A CONGRATULATORY STATEMENT TO MAKE, UH, OUR EBR FOUNDATION, UH, JUST COMPLETELY, UM, HAD A CELEBRATORY THREAD GOING ON VIA EMAIL.

UH, JUST RECENTLY, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE EBR FOUNDATION HAS RECENTLY BEEN ACCEPTED AND JOINED THE ROTARY CLUB OF BATON ROUGE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I, I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND HER ON THAT, BECAUSE WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE ARE MORE PARTNERSHIPS TO COME FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH AND FOR EAST EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH FOUNDATION AS WELL.

ALSO, MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.

UM, JUST RECENTLY ON TUESDAY, MYSELF AND MRS. TASHA EDWARDS GRADUATED FROM THE LEADERSHIP BATON ROUGE CLASS.

WE ARE CLASS OF 2025, SO I WANTED TO PUBLICLY CONGRATULATE HER BEFORE WE GOT TO THE END OF THE MEETING.

AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAS LEFT.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLAPPED IT UP SPECIFICALLY FOR HER.

UM, I CONSIDERED IT TO BE QUITE A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, BUT YOU ALL, IN THE CASE THAT YOU DECIDE TO EVER PARTICIPATE IN LEADERSHIP BATON ROUGE, IT'S ONE THAT TEACHES YOU ABOUT ALL ASPECTS OF INDUSTRY WITHIN OUR CITY AND HOW WE ALL ARE INTERCONNECTED AND WE GET THE WORK DONE.

SO, KUDOS TO, UH, BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HOUSE THAT PARTICULAR PROGRAM.

KUDOS TO LEADERSHIP.

BATON ROUGE.

KUDOS TO ANITA BYRON, WHO WORKS WITH, UM, SSA CONSULTANTS AND LE AND, UM, THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHAMBER.

AND ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO MRS. EDWARDS.

THANK YOU, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU .

MR. MARTIN? YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY REAL QUICK TO MY FELLOW LEADERSHIP ALUMNI 2005 CLASS IS STILL THE BEST CLASS.

NO.

AND OBVIOUSLY, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU.

IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND, AND I'M, I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU AS ALUMNI OF THAT PROGRAM WITH ME.

DID YOU SAY 2005? YES.

THANK YOU, MS. HUEY .

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS IN ? OKAY, MOVING ALONG TO

[F. Consent Agenda]

ITEM F.

MR. MARTIN.

AND 17 CENTS TO PROVIDE AND IMPLEMENT A PERSONALIZED ATTENDANCE INTERVENTION AND ENGAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FROM MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UPON SOURCE.

UM, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE 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 A BOARD MEMBER, SO REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED AS AN ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA FOR A SEPARATE VOTE.

PRECEDING THE LAST ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA, ONE.

RESOLUTION AND COOPERATIVE ENDEAVOR AGREEMENTS, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY CONSIDERATION FOR REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING, A APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE SUPERINTENDENT TO SIGN CONTRACTS AND BINDING AGREEMENTS.

B, APPROVAL OF THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT TO EXECUTE A CEA PROVIDED BY THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA FOR THE FOLLOWING, ONE $50,000 TO PROVIDE MU MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MULTIPLE SCHOOLS TO $25,000 TO ENHANCE THE SPORTS MEDICINE, MEDICAL AND AGRICULTURAL AQUAPONICS CURRICULUM AT NORTHEAST HIGH.

ITEM TWO, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT EVERYDAY LABS, INC.

CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND EVERYDAY LABS INC.

AND THE AMOUNT OF $138,176

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TITLE IV.

ITEM THREE, GRADUATION AGREEMENTS.

CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND THE FOLLOWING, UH, A SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $132,965 FOR THE RENTAL OF THE FG CLARK ACTIVITY CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS B LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $58,000 FOR THE RENTAL OF THE PETE MEROVICH ASSEMBLY CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.

ITEM FOUR, OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL UPDATE.

CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL FINANCIAL TAX PLAN UPDATE AND THE 2020 4 25 PRELIMINARY ACTUAL RESULTS FOR PROPOSITIONS ONE, TWO, AND THREE.

ITEM FIVE, TEST SECURITY POLICY CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE 20 25 20 26 EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEMS TEST SECURITY POLICY.

ITEM SIX, POLICY REVISIONS, HUMAN RESOURCES CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING, POLICY REVISIONS SUB A-G-A-A-A EQUAL EMPLOYMENT EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT SUB BJAA EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES.

ITEM SEVEN, POLICY REVISIONS, EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT SERVICES.

CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING, POLICY REVISIONS SUB A-I-D-D-F EDUCATION OF STUDENTS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES SUB B-I-D-D-F-C CAMERA IN SPECIAL EDUCATION CLASSROOMS, UH, SUB CJD DISCIPLINE.

ITEM EIGHT, CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL COMMUNITY SCHOOL FOR APPRENTICESHIP LEARNING CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO RENEW THE CHARTER SCHOOL AGREEMENT WITH CSAL MIDDLE AND PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

ITEM NINE, CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL.

THE EMERGED SCHOOL FOR AUTISM CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO RENEW THE CHARTER SCHOOL AGREEMENT WITH THE EMERGED SCHOOL FOR AUTISM AND PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

ITEM 10, CHARTER SCHOOL RENEWAL.

SOUTH BATON ROUGE CHARTER ACADEMY.

CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL TO RENEW THE CHARTER SCHOOL AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH BATON ROUGE CHARTER ACADEMY AND PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

UH, ITEM 11, CONTRACT AMENDMENT CSRS TILLAGE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN AMENDMENT OF THE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND CSRS TILLAGE IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,850,000 TO PROVIDE A FACILITY MASTER PLAN WITH RECOMMENDATIONS OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

UM, MADAM PRESIDENT, BEFORE I MAKE THE MOTION, I'D LIKE TO, UH, UH, ASK THAT ITEM THREE BE, UH, PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND, AND WITH THAT, I MOVE, UH, APPROVAL OF ALL THE OTHER, UH, CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS IN ONE MOTION.

YOU SAID THREE? YES, MA'AM.

ITEM THREE, THE GRADUATION AGREEMENTS.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS THAT ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO PULL? OKAY.

OH, LET SEE.

YOU WANNA DO THE COMMENTS ON ONLINE FIRST? WE HAVE SOME, UH, ONLINE COMMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

FIRST, UH, MADAM PRESIDENT, DO WE DO, DO WE GET A SECOND FOR THE MOTION YET? OR, OH, I THOUGHT I CALLED.

I THOUGHT YOU DID.

HELP TO REVISE THIS POLICY FURTHER AND OMIT AMBIGUITIES.

CALL.

YEAH, IT WAS, I'M SORRY, IT WAS CALLING.

THESE ARE THE ONLINE COMMENTS.

UH, THIS IS ON ITEM, UH, LET GET 'EM IN ORDER HERE.

ITEM F FOUR, OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL UPDATE FROM MELANIE STEVENS.

THANKS EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

IT WOULD BE NICE IF ALL OF THE COMMUNITIES INVOLVED WOULD GET REGULAR UPDATES AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS LIKE THE ONE THEY HAD AT MAYFAIR LAB RECENTLY.

SHAREHOLDERS SITTING AT THE HOUND BOARD MEMBERS AT CHURCH TO FIND OUT BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE TAX PLAN FOR 2018, OR A LARGE GRANT FROM 2023 IN THE PAST.

IF FOLKS WOULD COMPLAIN, SOME WOULD BLAME PRINCIPALS FOR NOT KEEPING THEIR COMMUNITIES UP TO DATE.

AND THAT KIND OF CYCLE IS JUST TIRING.

JUST DO BETTER IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE EBR GREAT.

IT WOULD BE IMMENSELY HELPFUL TO KEEP STAKEHOLDERS INFORMED, WHETHER IT'S CHANGES TO PROGRAMMING, IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION OF LARGE GRANTS, OR CHANGES TO THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE.

JUST LET FOLKS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, EVEN WHEN THINGS AREN'T CLEAR.

UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE LOVELY PEOPLE WHO GIVE PRESENTATIONS AT THIS BOARD ARE LESS LOVELY WHEN STAKEHOLDERS REACH OUT TO THEM.

SEEKING CLARITY DARING TO BE GREAT BEGINS WITH YOU.

NEXT IS AN COMMENT ON ITEM F SEVEN, POLICY REVISIONS, EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT SERVICES.

THIS ONE IS FROM SADIE ABERT.

ALTHOUGH THIS DISCIPLINE LANGUAGE CHANGE IS A RESPONSE TO STATE POLICY, IT WOULD

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SOME STAFF FEEL MAY FEEL STUDENTS SHOWING JOY OR TALKING TO EACH OTHER AT LUNCH IS DISRESPECTFUL, WHICH COULD REINFORCE A COLD, HOSTILE, ADULT CENTERED SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT TO OFTEN THE BOARD INSULATES THEY WANT TO SHIFT FROM OLD SCHOOL PRACTICES TO WELCOMING 21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS ARE INSINUATES, I'M SORRY, INSINUATES.

THEY WANT TO SHIP FROM OLD SCHOOL PRACTICES TO WELCOMING 21ST CENTURY SCHOOLS, BUT FAIL TO UPDATE POLICIES ACCORDINGLY, AS WE DARE TO BE GREAT.

IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE, GET ALL STAFF ON BOARD WITH CREATING WARM, HEALTHY ENVIRONMENTS FOR ALL STUDENTS AND MAKING SURE THEY HAVE REAL SUPPORTS TO DO SO.

THANK YOU AGAIN ON ITEM F SEVEN MARTHA WILLIAMS. CLEARLY THE GOAL OF THIS DISCIPLINE UPDATE IS TO PROTECT STAFF FROM LIABILITY WHEN THEY TAKE ACTION RELATED TO SAFETY.

BUT THE BOARD CAN FURTHER UPDATE POLICIES TO PROTECT STAFF SO THEY CAN DELIVER INSTRUCTION NOT ONLY FROM DESTRUCTIVE STUDENTS, BUT ALSO FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS USING SCHOOL STAFF AND STUDENTS TO CHURN OUT PERFORMANCES OR PRODUCTS TO MAKE ADULTS JOBS SEEM RELEVANT.

TOO MUCH INSTRUCTION IS SIDELINED FOR STUNTS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, OR PROPS FOR POTENTIAL AUDITS.

PLEASE KINDLY FURTHER HELP STAFF WHO WORK IN CLASSROOMS WITH RELEVANT POLICY UPDATES, NOT ONLY PROTECTING THEM FROM UNNECESSARY DISCIPLINARY ACTION, BUT ALLOWING THEM TO ACTIVELY ENGAGE IN MORE INSTRUCTION WITHOUT DIRECTIVES FROM ABOVE.

LESS OPTICS, MORE SUPPORT.

THE NEXT COMMENT, UH, IS ON ITEM F 11, THE CONTRACT AMENDMENT FOR CSRS TILLAGE FROM HEATHER JOHNSON.

AS PART OF THE FACILITY'S MASTER PLAN, PLEASE GET REPRESENTATIVE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK ON SOME OF THESE RECENT CONSTRUCTION SO WE DON'T REPEAT THE SAME MISTAKES.

ONE CAN BE GRATEFUL FOR A NEW BUILDING, AND ALSO SEE THAT WE CAN DO BETTER.

SOME OF THESE NEWER BUILDINGS HAVE ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE, DITCHES BEING TOO CLOSE TO STUDENTS OR INSECURE BUILDINGS, OR COMMON SPACES THAT HAVE BEEN REPURPOSED FOR MAGNET PROJECTS ARE AREAS WHERE BUILDING SECURITY WAS NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT.

WE DO HOPE WHEN ASSESSING BUILDINGS AND COMMUNITIES THAT MORE FEEDBACK WILL BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

SO MAYBE WE CAN START TO REVERSE SOME OF THE ENROLLMENT TRENDS BY BEING RESPONSIVE AND TRANSPARENT.

HAVE A GOOD EVENING, AND I WILL REFRESH ONE MORE TIME, BUT I BELIEVE THAT'S IT.

YES.

THANK YOU, MR. GODDE.

AND WE HAVE, UH, A PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON, MS. NIMAN.

GOOD EVENING, Y'ALL.

UH, TANYA NIMAN, DISTRICT SEVEN, AND I CAME WITH HANDOUTS.

UM, I ORIGINALLY WROTE THIS IN 2021 AND POSTED IT TO MY WEBSITE.

IT WAS, UH, UH, THEN PUBLISHED IN THE NEW ORLEANS TRIBUNE, AND I UPDATED IT WITH MORE RECENT FINANCIAL STATEMENT, THE DATA FROM MORE RECENT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN 2023, AND I BRING IT TO YOU TONIGHT IN REFERENCE TO THE RENEWAL FOR THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, UM, IN PARTICULAR THE SOUTH BATON ROUGE CHARTER ACADEMY.

AND IT IS ABOUT THE WAY IN WHICH OFTEN OVERLOOKED, OR, YOU KNOW, NOT DISCUSSED, IS THE WAY IN WHICH LEASE AGREEMENTS ARE USED, UH, TO, TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND IS NOT, UM, A VERY RESPONSIBLE WAY TO USE TAXPAYER FUNDS.

AND SO, I'M JUST GONNA READ, I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES OR LESS, SO I'M JUST GONNA READ THE FIRST PART AND MAYBE THE CONCLUSION.

PLEASE KNOW THAT ALL SOURCES ARE DOCUMENTED.

IF YOU EVER WANNA COPY, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS REACH OUT TO ME.

OF COURSE, I'M PROVIDED, I PROVIDE MY CONTACT INFORMATION ON EVERY COMMENT CARD, SO NO HESITATION TO REACH OUT.

SO THIS IS THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY STAY THE SAME.

LEASE AGREEMENTS ARE REDLINING PREDATORY LEASE AGREEMENTS CURRENTLY ALLOWED BY LOUISIANA CHARTER SCHOOL LAW AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR MAJORITY AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITIES AND THE BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS.

OUR LAWS WOULD BE WRITTEN TO ENSURE THAT THE GREATEST BENEFICIARY OF PUBLIC FUNDS WOULD BE THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE.

UNFORTUNATELY, LAWS ARE OFTEN WRITTEN IN SUCH A MANNER TO ALLOW PRIVATE ENTITIES TO PROFIT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE PUBLIC.

SINCE SUCH ARRANGEMENTS ARE TECHNICALLY ALLOWED BY LAW, THEY MAY BE CONSIDERED LEGAL.

HOWEVER, ANYONE SLIGHTLY FAMILIAR WITH HISTORY KNOWS LEGAL DOES NOT ALWAYS EQUATE TO JUST, THIS IS THE SITUATION WE HAVE IN LOUISIANA, PARTICULARLY IN REGARDS TO THE STATE CHARTER SCHOOL LAW.

THIS LAW HAS ALLOWED PRIVATE COMPANIES PRIMARILY FROM OUT OF STATE TO ESTABLISH WHAT AMOUNTS TO PREDATORY LEASE ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH ENABLE THE PRIVATE COMPANIES TO PROFIT AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE WITH NO DISCERNIBLE LONG-TERM BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC.

THE

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CURRENT LOUISIANA CHARTER SCHOOL LAW APPEARS TO HAVE ABANDONED A CENTRAL TENANT OF PREVIOUS LAW THAT ANY ASSET PURCHASED WITH PUBLIC FUNDS CONSTITUTES PUBLIC PROPERTY.

THIS IS STILL TRUE FOR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS, BUT NOT FOR MOST CHARTER SCHOOLS.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NOT ALL STATES WRITE THEIR CHARTER SCHOOL LAWS THIS WAY.

IT IS ONLY DONE WELL.

LOUISIANA IS ONE OF THE FEW.

UM, IT MAY BE THE ONLY, JUST LIKE WITH OUR IEP AND THAT WE SHOULD BE ADVOCATING, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ON OUR LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD WOULD BE ADVOCATING FOR A CHANGE TO THE STATE LAW SO THAT WE COULD ENSURE THAT IF OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SPENT TO PROCURE PROPERTIES, THAT IT, THEY WOULD BECOME PUBLIC PROPERTY AND REMAIN, UM, PART OF THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.

UM, THE, UM, THE SOUTH BATON ROUGE CHARTER ACADEMY WAS MY, UM, FOCUS, WAS MY PRIMARY EXAMPLE, THE CASE STUDY THAT I USED IN THE BEGINNING, BECAUSE IT WAS ONE THAT I COULD DOCUMENT FROM THE BEGINNING TO END.

BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EVEN THE CS A, UM, HAS A, CREATED A NONPROFIT FOUNDATION FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF OWNING ABIL FOR PROCURING A DEBT SO IT COULD OWN THE BUILDING.

UM, AND SO JUST, AND LOOKING AT THE WAYS IN WHICH THIS LOOPHOLE IN OUR LAW ENCOURAGES, UH, A FINANCIAL SITUATION THAT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC.

THANK YOU, MS. NAYMAN.

ARE THERE ANY BOARD COMMENTS? NO BOARD COMMENTS.

MADAME SECRETARY, NO VOICE VOTE.

OH, I'M SORRY.

I KEEP FORGETTING ABOUT THAT VOICE VOTE.

UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION, MADAM SECRETARY, CAN WE CALL FOR THE VOTE MACHINE? VOTE, PLEASE VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

TO ITEM THREE, THE GRADUATION AGREEMENTS.

SO WE'RE GONNA GO BACK

[F.3. Graduation Agreements]

CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING, A SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY IN THE AMOUNT OF $132,965 FOR THE RENTAL OF THE FG CLARK ACTIVITY CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS, AND B LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE AMOUNT OF 58,000 FOR THE RENTAL OF THE PETE VIC ASSEMBLY CENTER FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.

DO I HAVE ASK A COMMENT? OH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? SIGN FIRST.

OH, NO, I MEANT ORIGINALS.

OH, I CAN PRINT OUT MOTION TO APPROVE BY MR. RUSS AND SECOND BY MS. SOLE.

UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT I'M RECUSING MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM.

NO OTHER COMMENTS.

AND SO, MADAM, I'M SORRY.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF ITEM THREE SAY AYE.

AYE.

ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION, SAY NATE AND MADAM SECRETARY, CAN YOU CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? VOTE.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

TO ITEM G, NEW BUSINESS POINT OF INFORMATION.

MOVING ALONG

[G.1. ITEP: International Mezzo Technologies, Inc. ]

OH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I WAS IN ORDER.

UM, I DIDN'T NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF SINCE I WAS OUTSIDE.

IS THAT CORRECT? THANK YOU, .

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

UH, NEW BUSINESS NUMBER ONE, IEP INTERNATIONAL MESO TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED DISCUSSION, CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION FROM INTERNATIONAL MESO TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED FOR AN INDUSTRIAL TAX EXEMPTION AND RELATED MATTERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MS. NIMAN, TANYA NIMAN.

AND, UM, THIS IS A RELATIVELY MODEST, UH, IEP EXEMPTION, BUT I THINK THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO OPPOSE ALL IEPS ON PRINCIPLE.

LOUISIANA IS THE ONLY STATE THAT SUBJECTS ITS PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO THIS TAX ABATE ABATEMENT PROGRAM.

UM, AND DON'T TELL ME TEXAS, BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE REIMBURSES THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IF THEY ACTUALLY LOSE ANY MONEY.

LOUISIANA IS THE ONLY STATE THAT SUBJECTS ITS, UH, PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM TO THESE TAX ABATEMENTS.

AND, UM, IT'S JUST, IT DOESN'T MAKE FINANCIAL SENSE BECAUSE OF COURSE, IF A BUSINESS IS BEING ATTRACTED TO THIS AREA AND IS SUPPOSED TO GROW THE ECONOMY, THEY WOULD ALSO BE BRINGING FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AND WOULD NEED THOSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE.

AND THEY NEED THOSE TAX DOLLARS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THOSE SCHOOLS ARE PREPARED TO ABSORB THOSE, THAT ADDITIONAL POPULATION.

BUT MORE

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SIGNIFICANTLY, WHAT'S REALLY SAD ABOUT THE, THE INTERNATIONAL MEZO ONE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY ASKING FOR, I THINK, UH, JUST A LITTLE OVER $10,000 OVER 10 YEARS.

SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

IF I HAVE THAT WRONG, PLEASE CORRECT ME.

UM, BUT WHAT'S SO SAD IS BY SIGNING ON TO THIS PROGRAM, THEY MAKE THEMSELVES COMPLICIT WITH A POLICY THAT IS BAD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY BAD FOR THEM, THEY'RE SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT BECAUSE BY GIVING IT LEGITIMACY, THEY ACTUALLY AUTHORIZE COMPANIES LIKE EXXON TO COME BEFORE THIS BOARD AND REQUEST, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE MONEY.

SO IN 2021, EXXON, EVEN THOUGH IT MADE $56 BILLION IN PROFIT, IT REQUESTED A $23 MILLION TAX ABATEMENT FROM THIS SCHOOL SYSTEM, WHICH TO ME IS JUST IMMORAL.

AND SO I WOULD HOPE THAT COMPANIES LIKE THE SIZE OF MESO WOULD SORT OF ORGANIZE AMONGST THEMSELVES AND RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE A GREATER BENEFIT BY ASKING THAT OUR SCHOOLS NOT BE SUBJECT TO THIS, UM, TAX ABATEMENT PROGRAM AND INSTEAD OF MAKING THEMSELVES COMPLICIT WITH IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MS. NYMAN.

OKAY, MS. PAULA POWELL, LEWIS.

THANK YOU MS. NIMAN FOR SHARING YOUR, UH, SENTIMENTS.

UM, FOR ME, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION I HAVE MORE OF A COMMENT THAN A QUESTION.

AND MY COMMENT IS, WE KNOW THAT THE IDEA OF IEP IS VERY CONTROVERSIAL IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, I CHALLENGE WHOMEVER OUT THERE IS THAT IS, UM, I'M GONNA SAY OBJECTIVE AND NON-PARTISAN, AND WOULD LIKE TO OFFER INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT BIASED ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

THAT WE NEED A CONVERSATION LIKE THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IT E AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY.

THE OTHER IS, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST SUGGEST, JUST PUBLICLY, I KNOW THAT I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO MY COLLEAGUES AS WELL.

WE KNOW THAT THE IDEA OF CANCELING IEP IS A FAR, FAR STRETCH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DO KNOW THAT WE DESIRE THAT ALL OF OUR, UH, ELIGIBLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SUMMER INTERNSHIPS.

SO I KNOW THAT WE CANNOT ASK A COMPANY, I BELIEVE I'M CORRECT IN SAYING THIS, MR. CHAMBLIN, WE CANNOT ASK A COMPANY TO GIVE US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF INTERNSHIPS IN EXCHANGE FOR THE TAX THAT WE GIVE THEM, BUT I DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO INVITE OUR STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO SERVE AS INTERNS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BECAUSE, UM, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH MS. BOYD OVER IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

HEY, MS. BOYD.

AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS SHE SHARED WITH US, ACTUALLY THROUGH LEADERSHIP BATON ROUGE WHEN WE CAME TO VISIT, WAS THE COST THAT IT, UH, THAT WE INCUR FOR OUR INTERNS.

SO AN INTERN FROM ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO COVER THEIR ENTIRE, UH, COMPENSATION TO BE ABLE TO SERVE, UH, COMES TO THE PRICE OF ABOUT $1,575.

SO 1575.

AND SO I JUST WANNA PUT THAT PLUG OUT THERE, UH, FOR OUR INDUSTRIES THAT NUMBER ONE BENEFIT FROM IT, EP NUMBER TWO, INDUSTRIES THAT JUST SIMPLY WANT TO HELP OUR STUDENTS TO BE, UM, PREPARED FOR ADULTHOOD AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARED FOR INDUSTRY, WE NEED YOUR HELP.

SO, UM, I HOPE THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, REACHES FAR, FAR, FAR BECAUSE WE NEED AS MUCH HELP AS WE CAN GET TO CONTINUE TO GROW OUR STUDENTS.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MARTIN.

TWO, STUDENT EXPULSION DISCUSSION.

AS, AS I'VE SAID WITH ALL THE PREVIOUS IEPS IN, IN MY VIEW, THIS, THIS BRINGS IN MORE MONEY TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE IN MOST OF THESE CASES, THESE, THESE EXPANSIONS WOULD, WOULD HAPPEN, UH, WITHOUT THE, UH, UH, IEP TEMPORARY ABATEMENT.

AND OF COURSE, WHEN IEP EXPIRES AND WE GET THE FULL BENEFIT OF THOSE TAXES.

AND SO, UH, FOR THAT REASON, I, UH, MOVE APPROVAL OF THE ITEM.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY.

MOTION BY MR. MARTIN.

SECOND.

BY MS. SOLE.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? MADAME SECRETARY? UM, I KNOW .

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE ITEMS? SAY YAY.

ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION SAY NAY.

MADAME SECRETARY, CAN YOU DO THE VOTE? NO.

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[G.2. Student Expulsion ]

CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST TO APPEAL A STUDENT EXPULSION BOARD MEMBERS.

HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE CASE? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO HEAR THE MATTER AT THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING? HEARING NO MOTION AND NO.

SECOND, THE SUPERINTENDENT'S RECOMMENDATION STANDS MOVING TO ITEM THREE,

[G.3. Appeal Hearing-Student Expulsion (Part 1 of 2)]

APPEAL HEARING, STUDENT EXPULSION REQUEST TO APPEAL A STUDENT EXPULSION.

THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, SOMEBODY'S GOTTA MOVE IT.

MOVE INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

I MEAN, SOMEBODY HAS TO MAKE A MOVE.

YEAH, A MOVE.

[Additional Item]

SECOND BY MS. PAUL LEWIS.

NATHAN, RUSS.

UH, MOTION.

I NEED TO SAY SOMETHING.

JUST I NEED TO SAY, WE GONNA, SO WE'LL NOW GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WE GOTTA VOTE.

[G.3. Appeal Hearing-Student Expulsion (Part 2 of 2)]

OH, COMMENT.

OH.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM? NO ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

AND ALL ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE ITEM.

ALL THOSE IN OPPOSITION.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GONNA GO AND EX RECORD THE VOTE.

UH, MADAM SECRETARY, I'M SORRY, MADAM SECRETARY, CAN YOU, UH, CALL FOR THE VOTE? PLEASE VOTE IN THERE.

[H.1. Announcement of Meetings ]

ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETINGS.

THERE WILL BE A REGULAR MEETING TO BE HELD ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2025 AT 5:00 PM IN THE CENTRAL OFFICE.

BOARDROOM, PLEASE NOTE THERE WILL BE NO SCHOOL BOARD MEETING ON DECEMBER 18TH.

MR. PEW, DON'T LEAVE.

YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

YOU CAN COME ON.

NO.

COME ON.

MI UH, MR. MR. PUGH .

MR. PUGH IS ALSO SERVING, UH, AS OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR FOR THE DISTRICT AND IS GONNA MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE ERIDGE PARISH GIRLS TOURNAMENT THAT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE.

UM, IT'S, IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE IN ANY CAPACITY IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM.

YES.

BEGINNING SATURDAY, UM, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT WILL BE HELD AT WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

UM, IT'S A WONDERFUL TOURNAMENT.

PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT IT.

WE ALSO HAVE THE BOYS TOURNAMENT THAT'LL BE STARTING ON DECEMBER 26TH, 27TH, 28TH UNTIL NINTH.

THAT'LL BE HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PARTNERSHIP WITH BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE BOYS TOURNAMENT AT BATON ROUGE.

COMMUNITY COLLEGE GIRLS TOURNAMENT IS GONNA BE AT WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL STARTING THIS SATURDAY.

UM, THE GIRLS HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD.

UM, WE DID A SPOT ON WVLA THIS MORNING, THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

WE'LL HAVE A SPOT ON WA A FB, UM, THE MORNING OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME TO KIND OF PROMOTE IT.

THERE ARE POSTERS, UM, POSTED UP AT ALL THE SCHOOLS.

I'M GONNA GET, UH, SOME POSTERS HERE FOR THE BOARD HERE TOMORROW.

UM, SO WE CAN KIND OF ADVERTISE THAT.

SO QUESTIONS? YES.

YES.

HOW CAN WE FIND OUT THE SCHEDULING FOR THE GAMES, LIKE WHAT TIMES THEY'RE AT ON THE QR CODES? AND I'M GONNA BRING THAT TOMORROW.

IS IT ONLINE ANYWHERE? I'M WORKING ON THAT TOO.

AND I'LL EMAIL IT TO THE BOARD.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, KENNY.

I'M ALSO WORKING ON A NEW WEBPAGE FOR THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF, YOU CAN'T EVEN FIND IT.

SO WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT ON A WEBPAGE FOR ATHLETICS SO WE CAN BROADCAST ALL OF THAT AND PROMOTE ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND KIND OF DO THAT.

SO WE ARE IN CONJUNCTION, BUT OUR WEB GUY'S GETTING MARRIED SO HE WON'T BE BACK.

OH YEAH, HE SURE IS FOR FIRST.

SO YEAH, HE'S GOING OUT TOWN.

HE'S GETTING MARRIED, SO CONGRATULATIONS.

YEP.

THANK YOU MR. PU.

NO, WE APPRECIATE IT.

SO JUST ANOTHER REMINDER, NOVEMBER 22ND, 23RD AND 24TH.

GIRLS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

WOOD L HIGH GO OUT AND SUPPORT.