Aug 20, 2020 School Board

FIRST IS ITEM C ONE MEETING MINUTES APPROVAL OF THE SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES OF THE JULY 16TH, 2020 REGULAR BOARD MEETING, AUGUST SIX, 2020 SPEC AND THE AUGUST SIX 2020 COMMITTEE.

WE HAVE A CORE, UH,

[C. Minutes]

THE WHOLE MEETING AS PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL.

WE'LL HAVE A MOTION FOR AN ARGUMENT APPROVAL RENARD.

AND THEN HOWARD SECOND IT'S ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD SEEING NONE? I AM DOUBLE CHECKING THE INTERNET.

I HAVE NO COMMENTS ON THE INTERNET BACK AFTER THE BOARD, MAN.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE VOTE.

MR. LIONS, CAN YOU MARK YOUR ANSWER? IT HASN'T POPPED UP YET.

YOU MAY NEED TO GET OUT OF IT.

REFRESH YOUR SCREEN.

IS MR. HOWARD JACKSON.

MS. DYSON, MS. DIASON.

MR. .

MR. GODIN, MS. BERNARD? YES.

SO UNTIL, OR IF THAT ALL OF THE VOTE APRIL.

YES, I WAS TRYING TO, UM, GET MR. ALANIS'S VOTE IN THE MOTION CARRIES.

I THINK WE'D JUST LOST MR. GOATEE.

THAT'S ALSO, CAN YOU TAKE IT BACK? AM I BACK? YOU ARE BACK IF YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND AGAIN, TO PUT IT ON WITH, TO GO THERE.

IS THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT FOR INFORMATION ONLY.

UH, AT MY INTERNET LOOKING ON, ON AND OFF, I VOTED, YES.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UH, NEXT

[D1. Monthly Financial Report]

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM THE BOARD ON THE MONTHLY FINANCIAL REPORT? SEEING NONE, WE

[D2. Personnel Changes]

WILL GO TO PERSONNEL CHANGES.

THE INFORMATION HAS BEEN, UH, PRESENTED, UH, FROM, UH, FROM, UH, OUR PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT WITH AN UPDATE THAT WAS RECENTLY SENT OUT FROM, UM, OUR SUPERINTENDENT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS RELATED TO THE PERSONNEL CHANGES REPORT SEEING NONE.

WE WILL

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THEN MOVE TO ITEM

[E1. Update(s) from the Superintendent]

E ONE UPDATE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT MRS. BROWN YOU'RE MUTED.

I AM NOW ON MUTE.

UM, WE ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE TIME DELAY BETWEEN MUTE AND UNMUTE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO IT'S JUST GREAT TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL AGAIN.

AND, UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO GO THROUGH THE BOARD AGENDA ITEMS AND THE MEETING WITH YOU TONIGHT.

SO WE'VE HAD A REALLY GREAT START TO THE 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.

UH, OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO HEAR IS, UH, 39,136.

UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, SEEING AN INCREASE, UH, FROM THE FIRST DAY, UH, TO, UH, TODAY.

AND, UH, WE'RE VERY, VERY HAPPY, UH, WITH THE ENROLLMENT AND IT DOES CONTINUE TO RISE.

UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL ABOUT 93.4% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE ACTUALLY, UM, ENGAGED AND ENROLLED AT OUR SCHOOLS.

AND AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, IT'S ABOUT 94.2% OF OUR STUDENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO OUR FAMILIES.

UM, AND WE REALLY HAVE STARTED A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT INITIATIVES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL OF THE DEVICES AND INFORMATION OUT TO PARENTS AS, UH, AS EVERY SINGLE DAY WE'RE SEEING MORE GOING OUT.

UM, THIS TEAM HAS BEEN MADE UP OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR ORGANIZATION.

I THINK ONE OF THE PIECES THAT HAS BEEN VERY IMPORTANT IS THAT OUR, UM, UH, FAMILY CONNECT WITH, UH, EBR WITH, UH, MR. EDWIN WILSON AND MR. ANDRE GORDON, THE PARENT LEADERS ZONES, UM, IN OUR VIRTUAL PROGRAM, THEY'RE SERVING AS LEAD FACILITATORS, THIS PARTICULAR NEW INITIATIVE, AND THEY WILL BE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO SUPPORT THE CHILD WELFARE AND ATTENDANCE TEAM BY ACTUALLY CALLING FAMILIES AND IDENTIFYING STUDENTS THAT NEED SUPPORT.

WE ALSO HAD SEEN, UH, SEEN QUITE A BIT OF ENGAGEMENT IN OTHER WAYS ACROSS THE SCHOOLS, AS WELL AS ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

UM, SCHOOL LEVEL TEAMS ACTUALLY ARE USING VARIOUS, UM, ATTENDANCE REPORTS AND WE'RE ACTUALLY MATCHING THOSE ATTENDANCE REPORTS TO THE DEVICE DISTRIBUTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SEEING WHERE THERE MAY BE GAPS IN WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN ATTENDANCE FROM ONE DAY TO FIVE DAYS.

AND ANYTHING BEYOND THAT, THAT BECOMES A LIST OF, FOR THE SCHOOLS TO DOUBLE CHECK AND CHECK UP ON ALL OF THE STUDENTS AT EVERY SINGLE SCHOOL.

UM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE STARTING A REPORTING OF, OF THE STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND, AND WE WILL BE MAKING SURE THAT WE GET OUT TO THOSE HOMES AND THOSE FAMILIES AS WELL.

UM, SO THE STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE BEEN REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB OF COMING INTO THE SCHOOLS.

IF YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO INTO ANY OF THE SCHOOLS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S LITTLE KIOSKS SET UP AT THE VERY FRONT WHERE THEY CAN PICK UP THEIR DEVICE AND THEIR HOTSPOT.

UM, WE ALSO, UM, WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT DEVICES AND HOTSPOTS ARE STILL GOING OUT.

UM, ANY OF THE, UM, THE, THE TECH SURVEY THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE WHERE WE SEE THAT THERE ARE PARENTS THAT STILL DO NOT HAVE HOTSPOTS OR, UM, A DEVICE, WE SEND THOSE LISTS TO THE SCHOOLS AND WE ACTUALLY GO AND DELIVER THE HOTSPOTS TO THE SCHOOLS.

I WAS THERE WITH MISS, UH, WHERE JACKSON EARLIER THIS WEEK AT TO HER, HER SCHOOLS, AND REALLY STARTED LOOKING CLOSELY AT MAKING SURE THAT, UM, EVERY CHILD AND EVERY FAMILY HAS THAT HOTSPOT HOME VISITS ARE ALSO TAKING PLACE.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UM, TO KNOW, UM, THAT THEY ARE, UH, SCHOOLS ARE GOING OUT, UM, TO HOMES TO MAKE SURE CHILDREN HAVE THE HOTSPOTS.

UM, AND SO WE'RE TRYING ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS OF DOING THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE, UM, ADMINISTRATORS THAT ARE WORKING WITH OUR SOCIAL WORKERS AND OUR CHILD WELFARE AND ATTENDANCE TEAMS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALSO GO THROUGH AND FIND, UH, SOME OF THE FAMILIES THAT WE HAVE BEEN MISSING, THEN I'VE GREATEST INITIATIVE THAT HAS JUST COME UP IS, UM, WE ACTUALLY ARE WORKING AT, UM, USING PARAPROFESSIONALS TO WORK AT THE LOCAL LIBRARIES.

UM, WE HAVE 20 LIBRARIES THAT HAVE AGREED TO HAVE OUR STAFF, UM, AT THEIR SITES.

UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING VERY, VERY FORWARD, UM, TO THAT WORK BEING DONE, UM, BEGINNING THIS SATURDAY, UM, AND EACH OF THOSE LIBRARIES IS GOING TO HAVE, UM, TIMEFRAMES.

SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE FROM 10 TO FIVE 30, SOME OF THEM ARE, UM, LIKE 10 TO ONE 30, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT TIMEFRAMES, BUT WE WILL GET THAT OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A TECH SPECIALIST RIGHT THERE IN THEIR LOCAL LIBRARY.

UM, AND WE DID 20, SO GEOGRAPHICALLY WE'RE ABLE TO, UM, HIT ALL OF THE AREAS.

UM, PARTICULARLY THE AREAS THAT WE WERE SEEING, UM, SOME ATTENDANCE CHALLENGES OF STUDENTS HAVING MORE THAN ONE OR TWO DAYS ABSENT.

THE OTHER GREAT NEWS IS THAT ALL THE HEALTH CENTERS ARE OPENING BACK UP AT OUR SCHOOLS.

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WE DO HAVE, UM, THEY WILL START, THEY ACTUALLY STARTED TODAY.

UM, SO ALL OF THOSE HEALTH CENTERS ARE BACK WORKING FOR THE STUDENTS ONLY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CAVEAT THERE, BUT IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT'S ENROLLED IN THE SCHOOL THAT NEEDS HEALTH SERVICES, THEY CAN USE THE CLINIC AT THE SCHOOL.

UM, ISTROUMA HIGH SCHOOL WILL OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, SO THEY JUST HAVE A DIFFERENT, UM, STARTING TIME.

SO ALL THE OTHER, UM, UM, HEALTH CENTERS AT BROADMORE HIGH SCHOOL GLASGOW, MIDDLE GLEN OAKS HIGH SCHOOL IS THROUGH MY HIGH SCHOOL AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, UM, NORTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL THAT ALSO PROVIDES SERVICES, UH, FOR NORTHEAST, UM, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

SO IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN SOME GREAT WORK IN, UH, SHIFTING THINGS OUT, UM, TO THE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITIES AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THE FAMILIES, UM, ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE, UH, TO GET SOMETHING CLOSER TO THEM.

OTHER DISTRICT NEWS, I JUST HAD TO BRING THIS UP JUST BECAUSE, UM, THE SUMMER WENT BY PRETTY FAST WITH ALL OF THE OTHER WORK THAT WE WERE DOING.

UM, BUT WE CELEBRATED THE, UM, THE CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR AWARDS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE WITH YOU, UH, THE NOMINATION CATEGORIES AND THE WINNERS FOR THAT WAS IN CHILD NUTRITION.

IT WAS NATASHA GRAY FROM SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UH, WE HAD MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES WHO WAS, UM, MAURICE WICKENS AT MELROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UM, OFFICE IN TECHNICAL.

WE HAD, UH, TENICIA DONE, UH, FROM THE PRE K OFFICE AT THE KEEL CENTER.

AND WE ALSO HAD OUR PARAPROFESSIONAL AND INSTRUCTIONAL ASSISTANT, UM, RECOGNITION AND AWARD WINNER, UH, THE WAYS YOUNG AT WEDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND IN TRANSPORTATION, WE HAVE PAMELA PATTERSON WHO IS WITH, OF COURSE OUR GREAT EBR TRANSPORTATION TEAM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, LET YOU KNOW HOW GREAT WE ALSO ARE SUPPORTING OUR CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEES, UH, THROUGH THIS APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS WE ARE GOING TO CELEBRATE THE SUMMER SCHOOL GRADUATION JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THIS YEAR.

SO, UM, THIS, UM, AUGUST 24TH, WE ARE GOING TO BE HOLDING A DIPLOMA PRESENTATION, UH, AT EACH OF THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT HAVE A SUMMER SCHOOL STUDENTS.

UM, I MEAN, SOME OF GRADUATION THAT'S HAPPENING, UM, UH, ON AUGUST 24TH.

SO ALL THE GRADUATES ARE GOING TO BE DOING A DRIVE BY AND, UH, ONE CAR AT A TIME WITH ONE OF OUR GRADUATES IN IT.

AND, UH, PERHAPS SOME OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS, UM, WHAT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESSION LINE AND EACH CANDIDATE WOULD ACTUALLY BE GIVEN THEIR DIPLOMA, PICTURES WILL BE TAKEN.

AND, UM, ALL OF THOSE PICTURES WILL BE SENT BACK FOR US TO MAKE A VIRTUAL, UH, GRADUATION PICTURE CEREMONY FOR THE STUDENTS TO HAVE, UH, AS A KEEPSAKE.

SO WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND, UM, WE ALSO JUST HAVE ANOTHER, UH, BRIEF BIT OF GOOD NEWS FROM OUR, UM, FINANCE OFFICERS.

UM, AND THEY RECENTLY, UH, JUST, WELL ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY THEY RECEIVED THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AWARD.

UM, IT'S A VERY, VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, UH, FOR THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE.

UM, THEY ARE JUDGED BY AN IMPARTIAL PANEL AND THEY HAVE TO MEET VERY HIGH STANDARDS IF THE PROGRAM OF THE M G FOA AS WELL AS, UM, THE CAFFER, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, REALLY TAKE A MOMENT TO SHARE AND, UH, AND SUPPORT OUR TEAM, UH, IN OUR FINANCE AND BUDGETING DEPARTMENT.

UM, JUST SOME GREAT WORK BY THEM.

UM, THEY ALSO RECEIVED ANOTHER AWARD WHERE, UM, THEY ALSO, UH, WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS ASSOCIATION AND, UH, THEY GOT THE INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL RECORDING.

SO I THINK THERE'S JUST SOME GREAT, GREAT NEWS OUT THERE ABOUT HOW GREAT OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT IS IN MANAGING, UM, THE, THE COMMUNITY'S FINANCES AND HOW WELL THEY ARE DOING SO, UM, WE JUST REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT YOU ALL KNEW THAT WE ARE WORKING VERY, VERY HARD ON, UM, THE, THE ONE-TO-ONE, UM, THE DEVICES ARE GOING OUT TO THE CHILDREN.

UM, WE HAVE HAD, UM, SOME CHALLENGES WITH FINDING SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, BUT WE HAVE THE MOBILE HOTSPOTS.

WE ALSO HAVE THE COMMUNITY HOTSPOTS WHERE WE HAVE OUR SCHOOLS, UM, THAT, UH, DO ALLOW, UM, PARENTS AND FAMILIES TO GO AND USE THE HOTSPOTS AROUND OUR SCHOOLS.

NOW WE HAVE THE LIBRARIES AND ALSO WE HAVE OUR, UM, OF OUR, UM, OUR, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM THAT'S GOING OUT AND WORKING WITH OUR, UH, CHILD WELFARE SPECIALISTS, UH, TO ACTUALLY GO OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND

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FIND THE CHILDREN.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS CONTINUED WORK.

AND, UM, WE ALSO, UH, REALLY, UH, REALLY APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK OF THE BOARD AND APPROVING US TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE HOTSPOTS, UM, AND SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT HAVE PROVIDED A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THOSE HOTSPOTS.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT IS VERY NICE TO HEAR.

[E2. Return To School Criteria Discussion]

NEXT IS GOING TO BE ITEM E TWO, AGAIN, FOR INFORMATION ONLY THAT IS THE RETURN TO SCHOOL CRITERIA DISCUSSION.

SO I WILL TURN THAT BACK OVER TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.

THANK YOU, MR. GODADDY.

UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN GETTING QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS REGARDING A PROCESS OR CRITERIA FOR, UM, UH, BEING ABLE TO REOPEN SCHOOLS.

UM, IT IS A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS.

UH, IT INCLUDES A LOT OF DATA.

UM, YOU ALL SEE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT DATA ALL THE TIME.

SO WE ACTUALLY, UM, STARTED A HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC TEAM THAT CAN HELP US WITH MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

WE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF DOCTORS, UM, FOR REALLY SINCE MARCH.

UM, AND NOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO COALESCE A TEAM OF DOCTORS THAT WE ARE BEGINNING TO WORK WITH.

WELL, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UM, OVER THE PAST MONTH OR SO IN CREATING THIS, UM, CRITERIA.

SO, UM, WE'VE GOT SOME, SOME REALLY, REALLY, UH, GOOD, UM, PROCESSES STARTED AND WE WANTED TO SHARE THEM WITH YOU TONIGHT AND MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE'RE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, UM, AND TO GET THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO HEAR, UM, ALSO JUST, UH, JUST A, JUST A QUICK LIST.

UM, DR.

MICHAEL BOLTON HAS BEEN AWESOME.

HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US ALL ALONG.

UM, OF COURSE, UM, STACEY, DUPREY, SHE'S GONNA KICK THIS OFF IN JUST A SECOND.

SHOULD WE DO FAC UH, THE DIRECTOR OF CLINICAL SERVICES OF OUR LADY OF THE LAKE.

UM, KRISTEN, GRADNEY A SENIOR DIRECTOR, UM, WHO DOES ALL THE OPERATIONS AT OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CHILDREN'S HEALTH, UH, UH, HOSPITAL.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE DR.

DON MARCEL, UH, AND SHE IS OUR CAPITAL AREA, REGIONAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR, UM, AT, AT, UH, FROM, FROM THE STATE.

SO, UM, AND ONE OF OUR LONG, LONG TIME, UH, SUPPORTERS AND ADVISORS, UH, MS. KATZ AND DR.

KATHERINE O'NEILL THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER.

UM, AND SHE IS THE, UM, DOCTOR THAT'S OVER INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT LSU.

SO I THINK WE HAVE SOME REALLY, REALLY STRONG PEOPLE ON OUR COMMITTEE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO, UM, JUST PERSONALLY THANK THEM AS WELL AS LET THE BOARD KNOW, UH, HOW IMPORTANT THIS TEAM HAS BEEN TO US.

SO, UM, THEY, WE HAVE, UH, THREE PEOPLE ON THE LINE WITH US TONIGHT.

SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF DR.

BOLTON, UH, DR.

O'NEILL AND ALSO DR.

MARCEL, UM, IF THERE'S ANY, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, UH, QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE, UH, DR.

O'NEILL AND, UM, AND DR.

BOLTON ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE WORKED SPECIFICALLY ON THE CRITERIA.

SO, UH, WE'VE GOT EXPERTS IN ALL AREAS TO HELP YOU, UH, ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MR. GRAY.

SO, THANKS.

HELLO.

AS, UM, SUPERINTENDENT BROWN STATED, WE HAVE QUITE A TEAM OF EXPERTS AND PEOPLE IN THEIR FIELDS TO SHARE WITH ART, TO HELP WITH THE DECISIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AS A PARENT OF A CHILD, I UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLES AND THE ISSUES THAT MANY PARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH, UM, TO WEIGH THE BALANCE OF THEIR CHILD'S EDUCATION AND OUR SAFETY, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE KEPT IN THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MIND.

SO I JUST WANT TO MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND REVIEW THE CRITERIA, UM, WITH OUR RETURN TO SCHOOL CRITERIA, THERE ARE KEY INDICATOR, A KEY INDICATOR THAT WE LOOKED AT TO SEE, WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO WE MOVE FROM VIRTUAL TO HYBRID AND MENTOR TRADITIONAL AT THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH? WE ARE SO EAGER TO GET OUR STUDENTS BACK ON CAMPUS.

AND AS, UM, SUPERINTENDENT BROWN SAID, WE CREATED A HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR LADY OF THE LAKE HOSPITAL AND LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT IN ORDER FOR THIS TO OCCUR, TO MOVE IN, MOVE FROM LEARNING MODELS, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM, EXCUSE ME, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH WOULD HAVE TO SEE A DECLINE IN CASES OVER A 10 TO 14 DAY PERIOD.

AND WE HAVE THREE MAJOR AREAS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AFTER ANY SUCCESSIVE 10 TO 14 DAY PERIOD OF STABLE OR DECLINING CASES,

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OUR SUPERINTENDENT WOULD CONSULT WITH THE HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE THE CADENCE OF BRINGING BACK OTHER GRADE BANDS AND TO DETERMINE WHEN TRADITIONAL IN-PERSON LEARNING IS SAFE.

THE SECOND AREA WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A TRANSITION TO, AND FUTURE CONTINUATION OF IN-PERSON LEARNING WILL ALSO BE CONTINGENT UPON A VARIETY OF FACTORS, WHICH MAY INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING THE NUMBER OF LOCAL CASES, OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL CAPACITY, OUR AVAILABILITY OF PPE, CLEANING SUPPLIES, SAFETY MATERIALS, AND ADEQUATE STAFFING FOR SCHOOL AND TRANSPORTATION FUNCTIONS.

AN ADDITIONAL THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS SHOULD CASES BEGIN RISING.

THE DISTRICT WILL WORK WITH THE HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR ANY ADJUSTMENTS BACK TO VIRTUAL LEARNING.

AND OF COURSE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, UH, ADHERE TO NATIONAL STATE AND LOCAL GUIDANCE AND MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AS APPROPRIATE.

AND OUR PRIMARY FOCUS IS TO BRING BACK THE YOUNGEST STUDENTS FIRST, AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

UM, DATA FOR TRANSITIONS WILL BE REVIEWED SLEEK FREQUENTLY, AND AN UPDATE WILL BE PROVIDED NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 1ST.

SO AS WE MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SLIDES.

UM, WE WANT IT TO BE SUCCINCT.

AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A DASHBOARD IT'S FROM, UM, B R LA.GOV.

IT'S THEIR DASHBOARD.

UM, THIS IS THE NUMBER OF CASES AND THAT WERE ON FILE ON ALL, UH, EXCUSE ME, AUGUST 18TH, 2020, THERE WERE 12,942 CASES FROM MARCH 21ST TO APRIL 18TH IN THE PARISH.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE SLIDE IS 10 TO 14 DAY TRENDS.

SO WE PULLED THE DATA JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE 14 DAY TRENDS LOOK LIKE.

FOR EXAMPLE, JULY 2ND TO 15TH, THERE WERE 22,256 CASES ON JULY 16TH TO THE 29TH.

THERE WERE 2,739 CASES.

WHEN YOU GO TO JULY 30TH TO AUGUST 12TH, THERE WERE 2,132 CASES.

AND OF COURSE YOU MAY ASK WHY, DON'T, WHY HAVEN'T WE INCLUDED THE CASES FROM THE RECENT DAYS.

THE REASON BEING AS NEW DATA AND INFORMATION COMES IN THE NUMBERS GO UP AND DOWN.

SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS DATA THREE WEEKS AGO, TWO WEEKS AGO, EACH SET OF NUMBERS HAS CHANGED AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

SO WHAT THAT TELLS US IS THAT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY INDICATOR THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHEN WE MAKE OUR DECISIONS.

IT IS A KEY INDICATOR, BUT OF COURSE THERE ARE OTHER THINGS.

SO AS WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, UM, DR.

O'NEILL AND DR.

BOLTON TO ADDRESS THESE SLIDES, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE EXPERTS IN THIS AREA.

SO I'M GOING TO MUTE MY MIC.

HEY, STACEY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US BOTH, UM, BE ABLE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TONIGHT.

UH, THIS SLIDE IS A, IS A REGIONAL SLIDE.

THE STATE HAS, UM, NINE REGIONS AND PUTS OUT INFORMATION DAY BY DAY ON HOW EACH REGION IS DOING.

SO YOU CAN USE LDH.GOV TO COMPARE, UH, EACH REGION AGAINST EACH OTHER.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THAT DAY TO DAY CASES ARE ADDED BACK IN AS THOSE RESULTS COME BACK.

AND THAT'S THAT BLUE PART OF THE LINE, CLOSER TO WHERE WE ARE AT PRESENT THE ORANGE OR CASES THAT ARE NOT NEW ANYMORE, BUT WERE PREVIOUSLY REPORTED.

AND SO YOU CAN LOOK AT YOUR 14 DAY TREND, THE WAY STACY SHOWED YOU IN THE LAST SLIDE FOR OUR PARISH, OR YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT A 14 DAY TREND FOR OUR REGION, BECAUSE WE DO TAKE KIDS IN, UM, FROM A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PLACES AND ALSO REGIONAL ACTIVITY IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A BROAD VIEW, BUT DEFINITELY GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THINGS ARE DOING IN THE GREAT GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA.

WE ARE ON A DECLINE, UM, IN NUMBER OF CASES, UM, IN OUR HOSPITALIZATIONS AND OUR ER VISITS FOR COVID LIKE ILLNESS.

SO, SO FAR THE REGION IS LOOKING GOOD AND HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.

UH, WE WERE NOT WINNING THEIR REGIONS WHO LOOK BETTER THAN US, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY IMPROVING OVER THOSE JULY NUMBERS THAT STACY SHOWED YOU.

SO AS WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS A SLIDE, UM, OF PERCENT POSITIVE AND TEST VOLUME.

UM, DR.

BOLTON, ARE YOU AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS THIS SLIDE?

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I THINK WE'RE HAVING SOME AUDIO ISSUES.

HELLO, STACY.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS DR.

UM, COULD YOU HELP WITH THIS, UM, THIS SIDE, BECAUSE THIS IS FROM THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, CORRECT.

YET.

THAT'S WHY I'M MUTED MYSELF.

I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT, BUT I WANTED TO RESPECTFULLY BE SURE THAT DR.

BOLTON, UM, COULD NOT GET IN FIRST.

YES MA'AM YES.

UM, I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, AS FAR AS POSITIVITY GOES, AS A STATE, WE'RE SEEING AN OVERALL DECREASE, BUT HERE SPECIFICALLY IN EBR, WE ARE DOWN AT THE MOST RECENT, UM, CALCULATION 11.7, WHICH IS UNDER 12 AND CLOSER TO 10.

IDEALLY YOU WANT IT, UM, UNDER 10, BUT, UM, THAT 11.7 IS FROM THE WEEK OF AUGUST SIX THROUGH AUGUST 12TH.

AND PRIOR TO THAT, THE PREVIOUS WEEK WE WERE 12.9.

SO WE ARE ENCOURAGED THAT, UM, WE DO SEE OUR, UM, PARISH IN EBR, OUR PARISH, UH, POSITIVE PERCENT POSITIVITY RATE COMING DOWN.

WE ALSO HAVE SEEN A DECREASE, UM, ACROSS THE STATE.

UM, AND WE ARE DOWN 8.8%.

AND WE ALSO JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ALSO WATCHING THE SURROUNDING PARISHES AS DR.

O'NEILL WAS STATING.

UM, WHILE WE ARE EDR, WE CERTAINLY LOOK TO OUR NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBORING PARISHES, UM, AROUND THE GREATER BEDROOM AREA, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT WE WILL BE IMPACTED.

AND, UM, WITH THE NUMBERS OF POSITIVE REPORTED CASES AS OF TODAY, UM, JUST FROM THE 18TH, WE ARE AT 13,133, UM, CASES.

AND WE ARE THE SECOND HIGHEST FOR CASE NUMBER IN THE STATE.

SECOND TO JEFFERSON PARISH OUTSIDE OF NEW ORLEANS.

SO THIS IS THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IT'S, UM, ONLY FOUR SIDES.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW DR.

O'NEILL HAD, UM, TO STEP AWAY.

SHE, UM, HAS LIKE, ALL OUR DOCTORS ARE VERY BUSY.

THANK YOU, DR.

MARCEL.

I'M SO GLAD YOU WERE ON THE LINE SO THAT YOU CAN HELP US WITH QUESTIONS.

UM, BUT THIS IS, AS I SAID, THIS IS FOR DISCUSSION.

WE WANT TO BE TRANSPARENT WHERE WE ARE AND HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.

SO AT THIS POINT, OUR, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND, UM, WE ARE OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

AND FOR QUESTIONS, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT, UM, WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER, UM, MEMBER FROM OUR REGIONAL TEAM, UM, HERE AT LPH.

UM, HER NAME IS EMMA OR TAKER, AND SHE IS OUR REGIONAL SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGY.

AND MR. PRAY, I KNOW YOU AND, UM, MS. ORTEGA LURK CLOSELY, BUT SHE IS, UM, LISTENING IN ON THE CALL AS WELL.

I'M VERY GLAD TO HEAR THAT SHE, SHE HAS BEEN A GREAT HELP TO THE DISTRICT AND TO MYSELF.

THIS HAS BEEN DONE.

UH, MR. HOWARD IS REQUESTED TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU, MR. GAUDETTE.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, I HAVE, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF, WELL, NOT EVEN A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT ONE QUESTION, AND REALLY, I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT, LIKE TREND DATA TO SEE WHERE WE GO AND HOW WE DECIDE HOW WE TRANSITION INTO OUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MODELS OF SCHOOLING.

UM, AND YOU MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY'RE, THEY TENDED TO 14 DAY DECLINING DAYS OF CASES BEFORE WE CAN START TO LIKE, RECONSIDER.

UM, IS THERE A AMOUNT OF DECLINE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE LIKE A VOLUME OF DECLINE OR IS THERE JUST LIKE, IF IT DECLINED BY A CASE OR BY A ONE PERCENTAGE? LIKE, WHAT IS THE, THE ACTUAL, UM, INDICATOR OF DECLINING DAYS? CAUSE I MEAN, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE DECLINE IN DAY DATA, UM, AND THEN THEY KIND OF RUSHED BACK INTO LIKE TRANSITIONING AND THEN THEY HAVE TO START BACK OVER BECAUSE OF CASE, UH, OVERLOAD.

SO I JUST WAS WONDERING LIKE, HOW ARE WE LOOKING TO MEASURE THAT? THANK YOU.

SO I'M, I'M NOT QUESTIONED, OH, GO AHEAD.

I WAS GOING TO SAY, I'M NOT AN EXPERT ON THIS.

I'M GOING TO LET DR.

MARCEL ANSWER IT, BUT IT, WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT DATA AND LOOK FOR THE SIGNIFICANT IS THE DATA SIGNIFICANT IS THE NUMBER OF CASES THAT HAVE GONE DOWN HAS, IS THAT A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHERE WE ARE, BUT, UM, DR.

MARCEL, YOU'RE THE EXPERT ON THIS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, THAT'S KIND OF, YOU CAN SAY I AM AN EXPERT, BUT THANK YOU.

AND ACTUALLY LEADING WITH WHAT YOU READ WITH WHAT YOU WERE SAYING IS THAT THIS IS A KEY INDICATOR AND THE NUMBER OF CASES IS A KEY INDICATOR, BUT IT IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT THE ONLY INDICATOR.

AND MR. HOWARD, THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

FIRST OF ALL, WE JUST WANT TO SEE A

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DOWNWARD TREND.

SOMETIMES EVEN IN THE DOWNWARD TREND, THERE MAY BE A DAY OR TWO WHERE THERE'S A SPIKE IN A CASE, BUT IF WE CAN TRACE IT TO A SPECIFIC EVENT, BUT WE STILL SEE AN OVERALL DECLINE THAT IS STILL ACCEPTABLE IN THAT 10 TO 14 DAY WINDOW, WHEN WE CHOOSE 14 DAYS, BECAUSE THAT IS THE DAY, THE WINDOW OF TIME THAT WE EXPECT THE MOST INFECTIVITY OF SPREAD OF PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE IT.

AND SO AS YOU CONTINUE TO GO DOWN AFTER A TWO WEEK PERIOD, WE DON'T EXPECT IT TO SUDDENLY INCREASE.

UM, IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT CASES, GOING DOWN, WHEN WE DETERMINE WHAT IS SAFE AND WHEN, HOW WE CAN ENTER, WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT OUR HOSPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR ICU AND JUST GENERAL BED CAPACITY AND AVAILABILITY.

IN ADDITION TO VENT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDENT UPON WHERE OUR NUMBERS GO, IF WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL NOT DECLINE.

AND IN FACT THERE COULD BE AN INCREASE WE REALLY HAVE TO MONITOR AS WELL.

AND THE TWO WEEK PERIOD OUT, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE THINK MIGHT BE SICK, AND IF THEY GET SICK, HOW MANY MIGHT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION? AND ARE WE IN AS A REGION, AS, AS A PARISH, ABEL, I MEAN, IN EAST BATON ROUGE, WE ARE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, UM, WITH THE LAKE AND WITH OCHSNER AND WITH BATON ROUGE GENERAL, AND WHAT IS OUR COLLECTIVE CAPACITY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT NEED FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT? UM, SO THAT TOO, IN ADDITION TO NUMBER, UM, THE RESEARCH THAT IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, UH, DEMONSTRATES THAT THE USE OF MASK AND MASKS AND, UM, SOCIAL DISTANCING REALLY DO, AND REALLY THE MASKS REALLY DO, UM, HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE DECREASE IN, UM, SPRINT OF THIS.

AND SO WHILE WE HAVE A MASK MANDATE, BOTH AT THE PARISH LEVEL, FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS, AS THE STATE LEVEL, WE ARE ENCOURAGED THAT WITH A DECREASED NUMBER, UM, A SUSTAINABLE, UM, HOSPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE WE CAN, AND WE'LL SEE NUMBERS COME DOWN.

UM, WHAT, TWO THINGS, AND THEN I'LL CLOSE ON THIS ONE.

ONE IS WITH THE MASKS OR THE STATE MANDATE THAT IS ACTUALLY BASED ON CDC DATA WITH TRACKING 100 NEW CASES IN A PARISH PER 100,000 RESIDENTS OVER A TWO WEEK OVER A 14 DAY PERIOD.

AND SO, UM, WE WERE AROUND FOR HUNDREDS AND INCIDENCE OF 400.

SO WE WERE WELL ABOVE THAT 100 MARKER, BUT WE WERE AT THE TIME THIS MANDATE WAS MADE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN SLOWLY SEEING AN INCREASE IN DATA IS ENCOURAGING.

SO ONE THING WE DO HAVE TO DO IS GET THROUGH LABOR DAY, WE HAVE SEEN A MEASURABLE, UM, SPIKE FOLLOWING MEMORIAL DAY, AND THEN WE WERE ALSO QUITE BUSY AND INCREASED IN CASES, UM, AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY.

AND SO WE HAVE ONE MORE BIG SUMMER HOLIDAY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, AND THAT IS LABOR DAY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, SO THAT INFORMATION, I JUST WANTED TO, TO ASK THAT QUESTION JUST TO BE, GET CLARITY FOR MYSELF.

AND ALSO BECAUSE I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN CALLED TO BECOME LIKE A POLITICAL FIGHT ABOUT WIND WHEN, WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH, AS IT RELATES TO SCHOOL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND, LIKE, WHAT IS LIKE THE TRUE METRICS TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY TRANSITIONING AND LIKE POLICIES, THE THINGS THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.

AND THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER PEOPLE WHO REACHED OUT TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE BEST METRICS TO MEASURE.

I'M ACTUALLY GOING BACK TO AN IN PERSON SETTING.

UM, SO I JUST, I THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK OF LIKE, ACTUALLY TOGETHER LIKE SCIENCE AND ACTUAL MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS AND NOT LIKE LEAVING IT UP TO, UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO MAKE IMPULSIVE DECISIONS BASED OFF WHAT WE SHOULD DO.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK AND CONTINUE TO, UM, WORK WORK THROUGH THIS.

THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD.

UH, I I'M NEXT IN THE LIST.

UH, THE ONE MR. GODIN HAS FROZEN, SO MS. DIASON, UM, WE WILL GO, WE'LL START WITH YOU AND GO BACK TO MR. GOODAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION AND I KNOW THAT MISS TOUCHED ON IT, BUT I WASN'T QUITE CLEAR.

UM, SO, UM, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS AND, UM, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY IT.

I, UM, HAD A PRETTY BAD CASE OF IT MYSELF AND, UM, OTHERS IN MY FAMILY.

AND, UM, AND SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS AND KNOW JUST HOW SERIOUS THIS CAN BE.

AND, UM, AND YET I KNOW THAT I AM ALSO FEELING THAT WE NEED TO SAFELY OPEN AS SOON AS WE CAN.

AND, UM, SO

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AND SHE SAID, UM, THAT SHE STOPPED AND, AND WE DIDN'T HAVE THE MOST RECENT 10 DAYS, UM, WITH IT THE 20TH TODAY.

SO LIKE FROM THE 10TH OR NINTH, UM, THROUGH SAY NINE THROUGH 19.

AND I WONDERED, UM, SO WE'RE DOING THESE IN 10 DAY INCREMENTS AND HAVE, I KNOW WE'RE ON A DECLINE.

SO DO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DAYS THAT WE'RE STAYING LOW RIGHT NOW? LIKE, ARE WE ON A 10 DAY CAMP POTENTIAL COUNT? UM, AND, AND HOW WILL THAT FALL OUT AS FAR AS, UH, IF WE DON'T HAVE A SPIKE AND THE THOUGHT OF AFTER LABOR DAY? I THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS BACK TO MARCEL AND I THINK AS FAR AS HOW DO WE ATTACK IT AFTER LABOR DAY, WE TRULY HAVE TO FOLLOW THE DATA.

I MEAN, WHILE WE WILL HAVE A PLAN AND, UM, UM, SIMILAR TO THE RESPONSE TO MR. HOWARD'S QUESTION, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MULTIFACTORIAL AND WE WILL TAKE DIFFERENT FACTORS INTO ACCOUNT, BUT WE REALLY CAN'T KNOW WHAT WE WILL DO UNTIL WE SEE WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US.

UM, THE INFORMATION FROM MR PREY'S PRESENTATION WAS FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.

SHE STATED, AND I JUST, I TRACK IT DAILY FROM LDH.

AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE NOT CONSISTENTLY DECREASING WHERE WE'RE NOT ON 10 DAYS.

I'M HAPPY FOR TWO DAYS.

MA'AM IF I SEE TWO, A TWO DAY DECLINE, I AM EXCITED FOR US BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T GET US TO 10 TO 14 DAYS WHERE WE CAN LOOK AT IT, BUT IT IS STILL HOPEFUL RIGHT NOW WE ARE HOLDING STEADY, BUT WE ARE NOT AT A DECREASE, BUT TODAY IS ONLY THE 20TH LABOR DAY IS IN SEPTEMBER.

SO WE STILL HAVE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO SEE A QUANTIFIABLE OBJECTIVE DECREASE IN NUMBERS.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE NOT THERE.

SO WE HAVEN'T STARTED A 10 DAY COUNT YET OR 14.

NO, THERE HAVE BEEN DAYS.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DAYS YOU'RE WELCOME TO HAVE BEEN LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS DAY, BUT NO, MA'AM, WE DO NOT HAVE A TREND.

AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM GLAD YOU ARE RECOVERED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT, YOU CAN'T TAKE TOO LIGHTLY.

I JUST CAN CAN VOUCH NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T TRULY UNDERSTAND UNTIL YOU'RE THERE AND IT'S NOT, IT WASN'T PRETTY.

SO I JUST SAY EVERY, AND I WAS FOLLOWING, I WAS FOLLOWING ALL OF THE MASKING AND THE THINGS THAT WERE BEING RECOMMENDED AND SO, OR MY FAMILY MEMBERS.

SO, UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A REALLY DANGEROUS VIRUS OUT THERE, AND IT CAN BE, IT'S REALLY STRANGE CHOW.

IT'LL TAKE SOME PEOPLE AND AFFECT THEM SO DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS.

IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HEAR THE STORIES AND THEY'RE TRUE FROM SOME PEOPLE THAT HAVE A FEW LITTLE SYMPTOMS FOR THREE TO FIVE DAYS, AND THEN YOU HAVE QUITE THE OPPOSITE.

SO I HAVE A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING OF THIS NOW, AND I, YOU KNOW, SO WE DO HAVE TO DO THIS SAFELY, BUT, UH, AT THE SAME TIME I HAD, I DO FEEL A SENSE OF URGENCY.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON THIS AND FOR YOUR ANSWERS TONIGHT FOR BEING, AND JOINING US, WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE.

THANK YOU, MS. DYSON.

UH, I'M ASSUMING YOU CAN HEAR ME AGAIN NOW.

UH, CUT A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS AND A COMMENT AND THE STAFF, I SAID, ONE THING REMEMBER IS THAT THE DATA THEY'RE SHOWING NOW IS SHOWN BY DATE OF TEST, NOT DATE OF RESULT.

SO IT TAKES SOME TESTS COME BACK IN THE SAME DAY.

SOME TESTS DON'T COME BACK FOR SEVEN DAYS.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A LAG IN DETERMINING THE NUMBERS, BUT, UH, LSU SOUTHERN AND BRCC ARE ALL COMING BACK AND THEY WILL BE COMING BACK IN FORCE, RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME WE'D BE LOOKING AT DOING SOME THINGS.

IS THERE A PROGRAM OR PROCESS TOO, WITH THE STATE, UH, TO FOCUS IN ON THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T DRIVE ANOTHER SPIKE, UH, IF I DON'T NEED THE INTIMATE DETAILS OF IT, BUT COULD YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MIGHT BE DONE TO MONITOR PARTICULARLY AT THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY LEVEL? WELL, THE SHORT ANSWER IS WILL THERE BE SOMETHING DONE? THE ANSWER IS YES, AND WE'VE ALREADY STARTED,

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UM, APART IN ADDITION TO RECOMMENDING THE MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS EXPRESSED, WE DO REALIZE THEY ARE COLLEGE STUDENTS.

AND, UM, IF YOU RECALL THIS SUMMER WITH WHEN THE ATHLETES RETURNED TO LSU CAMPUS, UM, FOR SEC, UM, APPROVAL, UM, WE DID HAVE AN OUTBREAK AT THE END OF JUNE HERE.

AND SO WE ARE VERY COGNIZANT OF IT AND SENSITIVE TO THAT AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON INDIVIDUALLY AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL AND AT LOCAL HOSPITALS WITH THE UNIVERSITIES, BUT ALSO, UM, AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE HAVE COMMUNITY BASED TESTING, UM, AVAILABLE, AND WE ARE CERTAINLY FOCUSING OUR, UM, ACTIVITIES ON, ON CAMPUSES AND RECALL, AND, UM, RECORDING CASES, THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF, UM, OPH, UM, OUR AGENCY IS WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE BOARD OF REGENTS, UM, ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AND WE DID NOT JUST START.

THIS HAS BEEN FROM THE ONSET OF THIS SINCE LAST SPRING.

SO, UM, SENIOR LEADERSHIP WITHIN OPH AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS IS IN REGULAR CONTACT.

AND ALSO ALONG THOSE LINES, UM, WE HAD FEDERAL SEARCH TESTING, UM, THROUGH FEMA FEMA, UM, SELECTED THREE SITES IN THE COUNTRY, HOUSTON, TEXAS, , FLORIDA, AND BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, BECAUSE OUR NUMBERS WERE THAT, UM, ALARMING OF THE INCREASE.

AND SO WITH THAT, UM, THERE IS NOW SEARCH TESTING IN NEW ORLEANS, AND WE ARE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THE REMAINING TESTS AT SOUTHERN AND LSU, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY STARTING TOMORROW, TODAY AND TOMORROW AS THE STUDENTS COME BACK.

AND WE ALSO ARE DISCUSSING OTHER PLANS, UM, WITH UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS AND ATHLETICS, ATHLETIC DEPARTMENTS TO, UM, HAVE, UM, SITE SPECIFIC OR SCHOOL SPECIFIC UNIVERSITY SPECIFIC PLANS.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

UH, MR. BALLOU, THANK YOU, PRESIDENT.

GAUDETTE JUST, UH, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE CRITERIA THAT THE 10 TO 14 DAYS IS THAT A, IS THAT A ROLLING 14 DAY IS BEING USED OR IS IT JUST, JUST STRAIGHT CASES? UM, IT'S PRIMARILY CASES AND LOOKING AT THE INCIDENTS OR THE NEW CASES BEING REPORTED, WHETHER OR NOT WE SEE A TREND AND A DECREASE OF NEWLY REPORTED CASES.

UM, BUT IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVELY JUST A DOWNWARD COUNT IN CASES THEMSELVES.

WE ARE LOOKING AT PERCENT POSITIVITY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, HOSPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND BED AVAILABILITY AND CAPACITY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO BE SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE TREND DOESN'T LAST OR IF, YOU KNOW, WELL, IF CASES INCREASED AGAIN, THAT WE ARE IN A POSITION FROM A MEDICAL STANDPOINT TO, UM, ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS AND, AND, AND SERVE PEOPLE WHO MAY GET VERY SICK, SOME PEOPLE MAY BE COMPLETELY ASYMPTOMATIC.

SOME PEOPLE CAN HAVE A TRULY LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS FROM THIS.

AND SO JUST BEING SURE ON MULTIPLE LEVELS THAT IN ADDITION TO SEEING THE INCIDENTS OF NEW CASES DECLINE THAT'S, UM, FROM A MULTI-SECTORIAL STANDPOINT, IF WE CAN SUPPORT, UH, FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE AND FROM A MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE, UM, I WOULDN'T SAY REENTRY BECAUSE WE'VE REENTERED, BUT, UM, CONTINUED ENTRY.

BUT I WOULD SAY THOUGH THAT EVEN IF WE SEE A DECREASE IN THE NUMBERS AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE SEE MORE ACTIVITY OUT IN PUBLIC THAT IS NOT TO SAY, NOW THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE DOWN, WE CAN GO OUT AND WE DON'T MEET MASKS ANYMORE, OR WE DON'T NEED TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE ANYMORE BECAUSE WE DO BELIEVE AND RESEARCH SUPPORT THAT THE USE OF MASKS DOES DECREASE THE SPREAD.

AND SO FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH STANDPOINT, WE DO BELIEVE THAT GOING OUT AND INCREASING OUR, UM, ACTIVITY OUT OF THE HOME, EVEN WITH THE DECREASED INCIDENTS, WE'LL STILL, UM, UM, INCLUDE OR NEED THE USE OF MASKS.

UM, AND, AND HAND-WASHING, AND, UM, SOCIAL DISTANCING, EVEN AS WE GO OUT IN CASES DECREASED TO KEEP THE NUMBERS DECREASING.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE SEE A DECREASE, WE GO OUT,

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WE INCREASE MOBILITY, WE DON'T IMPLEMENT THESE PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES TO MITIGATE IT.

WE WOULD EXPECT IT TO INCREASE AGAIN, AND WE WOULD EXPECT YET ANOTHER SPIKE.

NO, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR FAMILIES AND IN OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, IF WE HAD A CLEAR MEASURE THAT THEY COULD FOLLOW ALONG AND BE CONFIDENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE REACHED THIS POINT, OUR, OUR SCHOOLS WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN.

WOULD IT BE MORE USEFUL, UM, TO TRACK MAYBE A 14 DAY AVERAGE ON HOSPITALIZATIONS? WOULD THAT BE AN EASIER OR A MORE USEFUL MEASURE? YEAH, NONE OF THIS IS EASY AND IT ALONE IN AND OF ITSELF IS NOT NECESSARILY USEFUL BECAUSE EVERYBODY WHO'S POSITIVE THEN REQUIRE INPATIENT ADMISSION AND EVERY INPATIENT ADMISSION THEN REQUIRE ICU OR EVENT.

WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PICTURE AND IF WE COULD, UM, NEATLY WRAP IT AND PRESENT IT IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR, WE CERTAINLY WOULD, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US AS WELL, BUT, UM, THIS IS A NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, NOVEL BEING NEW.

UM, EVEN WHEN IT CAME, THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT OUR QUESTION OR KNOW, THOUGHT THAT IT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE SEASONAL SENSITIVITY AND DECREASE IN THE SUMMER.

WE KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.

AND SO WE ARE STILL LEARNING SO MUCH, BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SHARING WHAT WE DO KNOW, AND SOME OF THIS IS BASED ON THE VIRUS, BUT THEN WHEN WE GO BACK TO JUST STANDARD, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES, SUCH AS THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HAND WASHING, UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO DO THOSE AS THEY'RE STILL MEDICAL RESEARCH AND, UM, MEDICATIONS FOR THIS AND VACCINE RESEARCH AS WELL.

WELL, MICHAEL BOLTON, I'M NOT SURE IF I'M, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY.

I APOLOGIZE.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, UM, JUST TO ADD TO THE GOOD COMMENTS THAT DR.

MARSHALL AND DR.

NEIL MADE EARLIER, UM, YOU KNOW, I CAN, AS A, AS A DATA PERSON, I COULD CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO HAVE A VERY CLEAR, VERY OBJECTIVE MEASURE TO USE, TO SAY, YES, IT'S NOW GOOD TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

WE HAVE A 2% DECLINE OR DECREASE OF A THOUSAND CASES ON A DAILY BASIS.

UH, BUT I THINK PART OF THE AGILITY, I THINK OF US TRYING TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY AND THE SAFETY OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

UM, IT IS SOMEWHAT SUBJECTIVE TO SOME DEGREE, BECAUSE IF WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DECLINE BY 1% OF CASES, WE'LL AT SOMEWHAT RELATIVE TO WHAT THE PRIOR 14, 21, 28 DAY CASES LOOK LIKE.

AND WE, IF WE SAY, WE'RE GOING TO DECREASE BY 50 50 FROM 10,000 A DAY, OR THAT 50 FROM A HUNDRED A DAY.

AND SO IT'S, IT MAKES IT SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT TO, UH, SORT OF, I THINK, PUT US IN A BOX TO SAY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IF WE MEET THIS ONE CRITERIA, THEN IT'S OKAY TO OPEN.

BUT AS DR.

MARCEL AND DR.

O'NEILL NOTED, THERE ARE GONNA BE OTHER FACTORS CONSIDERED INTO THAT DECISION OF ALLOWING SCHOOLS TO GO BACK IN PERSON.

AND SO, UH, I CERTAINLY SEE THE NEED OR THE DESIRE TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A VERY CLEAR CUT LINE OF EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN IN ORDER FOR SCHOOLS TO GO BACK.

BUT IT'S SOMEWHAT OF GRAY LINES TO SOME DEGREE BASED OFF OF WHAT WE SEE IN THE REGION AND IN THE STATE AND IN THE HOSPITAL CAPACITY.

ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU SURE.

UH, MR. ATLANTIS IS NEXT UP, MR. LANDIS CAN NOT HEAR YOU, MR. LANDERS.

YOU'RE ON MUTE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.

PROFESSIONALS, BY THE WAY.

SORRY.

I HAD SOME TIP OF TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES APOLOGIZE, APOLOGIES.

UM, MY QUESTION IS WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE HEARING RIGHT NOW ABOUT POSSIBLE SPIKES, UH, HOW MANY DAYS WE SHOULD SEE NO CASES OR NO NEW CASES BEFORE WE CONSIDER OPENING SCHOOLS BACK UP.

UH, BUT IS THERE A STRONG SUGGESTION AROUND, UH, HOW WE APPROACH OUR FAMILIES AS IT REGARDS TO TESTING? I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE STRONGEST KEY INDICATORS THAT COULD LET US KNOW WHO COULD POSSIBLY HAVE IT, BUT ALSO GET PEOPLE'S MIND IN SYNC OF HOW IMPORTANT TESTING IS SO THAT WE CAN KNOW WHO COULD POSSIBLY BE INFECTED INSIDE OF OUR SCHOOLS, BUT NOT JUST RUN OUT OF SCHOOLS, BUT ALL AROUND OUR CITY TO HELP KEEP SPIKES DOWN.

NEXT QUESTION

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NO, THANK YOU.

I, SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

UM, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, YOUR, YOUR INTEREST IS IN, UM, JUST TESTING OVERALL OR TESTING FAMILIES OF KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN PARTICULAR.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT, I WANT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AS BEST I CAN.

SO MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE UNDER THESE BEVERAGE PAIRING SCHOOLS, THE SYSTEM, AND I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A WHOLE RIGHT NOW, UH, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT IT COULD AFFECT THAT THIS ALSO AFFECTS OUR ENTIRE CITY AS A WHOLE.

SO MY QUESTION IS, SHOULD WE BE STRONGLY SUGGESTING OUR FAMILIES MEANING, UH, ANY STUDENTS, UH, PARENTS ALSO, BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS ARE VIRTUALLY, UH, LEARNING AT HOME WITH, OR DISTANCE LEARNING, UH, EDUCATORS THAT ARE INSIDE OF OUR BUILDING OR ANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES, SHOULD WE BE STRONGLY SUGGESTING TO THEM THAT TESTING IS A HIGH PRIORITY RIGHT NOW? I GOT YOU.

AND I, I, I COULD SPEAK FOR A SECOND.

AND AT DEF MARCEL COULD PROBABLY GIVE A, UH, UH, A MUCH MORE ELOQUENT ANSWER FROM A STANDPOINT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, BUT, UM, BUT YES, TESTING IS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE IN ORDER FOR US TO IDENTIFY FOLKS WHO HAVE THE NOVEL CORONA VIRUS, UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE TESTING DONE.

UM, AS YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE MONTHS TESTING, SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER TO COME BY, UH, UH, IN SOME PLACES AS OPPOSED TO OTHERS, UH, DEPENDS ON THOSE SUPPLY AND RESOURCES AND AVAILABILITY AND ACCESS.

UM, BUT YES, TESTING IS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF US IDENTIFYING WHERE FOLKS ARE POSITIVE, WHERE, UM, HOTSPOTS MIGHT EXIST, WHERE WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF CONTAINING THE VIRUS, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, HAVING MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE VERY NEEDED TO, UH, BLOCK THE GROWTH OF THIS VIRUS IS SPREAD.

UH, AND SO TESTING IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD NECESSARILY, UH, MAKE IT A PROACTIVE PIECE TO TEST ASYMPTOMATIC FOLKS, BUT CERTAINLY THOUGH TO HAVE SYMPTOMS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT WITH COVID-19, UH, THOSE WHO, UH, MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEONE WITH BONAFIDE COVID-19 AND YOU CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT, EVEN FOR THOSE LATTER FOLKS THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED INFECTIOUS OR CON OR INFECTED IF THEY LIFT SOMEONE WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS COVID-19.

SO SORT OF CERTAINLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

YES, DEFINITELY IS AN IMPORTANT PIECE.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW TO OPERATIONALIZE THAT ON A MORE BROAD BASIS.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION AROUND IT ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE IT MORE BROAD AS WE HAVE MORE TALKS AROUND REOPENING SCHOOLS? UM, I HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, INVOLVED IN DISCUSSIONS OF DOING MORE WIDESPREAD TESTING.

I KNOW, UH, THE MAYOR, UH, I BELIEVE I'M SURE DR.

MARCEL HAS BEEN IN A NUMBER OF DISCUSSIONS WITH, UH, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED.

UM, WE AT THE LAKE HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, TESTING FROM A CLINICAL STANDPOINT, NOT NECESSARILY FROM A SCHOOL BASED PERSPECTIVE.

UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF DR.

MARCEL IS, CAN SPEAK TO THAT MAYBE MORE SPECIFICALLY.

UM, I MEAN, THE QUICK ANSWER, THE SHORT ANSWER IS, IS TESTING HER IMPORTANT AND IN WHAT YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT TESTING YOUR FAMILIES, THE ANSWER IS YES.

UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE MORE WE KNOW WHEN WE CAN IDENTIFY WHERE IT IS, WE CAN ISOLATE AND QUARANTINE WHEN NECESSARY TO OTHER MEASURES OF MITIGATING SPREAD.

UM, SPECIFICALLY, AS FAR AS TESTING IN SCHOOLS, WE HAVE NOT, UM, INDEPENDENTLY MADE DECISIONS TOWARDS THAT WITH LDL AS OF YET.

AND I THINK, UM, THAT WILL BE SOMETHING THAT, UM, THIS COMMITTEE, UM, WILL, WILL BE ADDRESSING AS WE GET CLOSER TO SCHOOL AND, UM, LOOKING AT THE SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTERS ON SITE AND WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

UM, WHAT I WOULD SAY TO REGARDING TESTING IS THAT TESTING, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU COME, WHEN YOU START TO THINK OF ONSITE TESTING, AND WE LOOKED AT THE DIFFERENT SITES OF TESTS, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF TESTING AVAILABLE, THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT TYPE OF TESTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AS WELL.

WHEN WE SAY TESTING ON SITE AND BEGIN TO SPEAK TO TESTING IN SCHOOLS, IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE ASKING, SIR? YES.

MA'AM ABOUT TESTING.

WOULD REALLY NOT BE HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR THAT PURPOSE, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE, UH, ANOTHER CONTEXT THAT YOU COULD USE THAT TEST TO DECIDE.

AND SO I THINK ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT WOULD BE WHAT TYPE OF TEST WOULD, UM, BE AVAILABLE ONSITE IN A SCHOOL SETTING AND, AND WHAT, WHAT, WHAT WOULD IT USEFUL AS BIG, UM, OR EXAMPLE DIAGNOSTICALLY, UM, USING ANTIBODY TESTING

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AND SO IT'S NOT JUST HAVING TESTS, UM, THAT THE BOLTON WOULD, UM, ANY OF THE OBSERVATIONS AT LKA RIGHT NOW, WOULD THAT BE APPLICABLE TO, TO THOSE? YEAH.

DR.

MARCEL DOES.

YEAH, NO, THAT'S A GREAT POINT.

AND, YOU KNOW, FIRST TO, TO YOUR POINT OF DECIDING WHAT TYPE OF A TEST TO USE TO THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION IS, IS TRUE, RIGHT? LIKE, UH, ANTIBODY TESTING IS REALLY OF NO VALUE AT THIS POINT, UM, FROM A SCHOOL SETTING STANDPOINT, IT'S REALLY TO, UH, AS YOU SAID, IDENTIFY THOSE WHO MIGHT BE INFECTED ACTIVELY WITH COVID-19, WHO COULD THEN SPREAD THE VIRUS TO THEIR PEERS OR THEIR, OR THEIR CLASSMATES OR FELLOW TEACHERS.

UM, WE, UH, HAVE PARTNERED, UM, WITH LOUISIANA KEY ACADEMY IN TOWN, UM, AND UNDER THE, UM, WITH THE SUPPORT OF, OF LBH, UM, AND PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER, WE ARE ACT TO THE GENTLEMAN'S POINT, ACTIVELY TESTING, UM, KIDS AND TEACHERS AT THAT SCHOOL ON A TWICE A WEEK BASIS, UM, USING SALIVA, WHICH HAS, WHICH HAS COME OUT IN THE NEWS, UM, RECENTLY, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF JULY.

UM, IT'S, IT'S, UH, BOTH, UH, SHERRY DUVET AND CHRISTINE GRADNEY, WHO ARE ON A CALL HAVE BEEN A VERY VITAL ASPECTS OF MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

UM, AND WE WERE, UH, SORTA LOOKING AT THIS AS A, AS, UM, A SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITY TO DETERMINE WHAT TESTING LOOKS LIKE IN A SCHOOL SETTING, UM, AND HOW THE VIRUS MAY ACT IN A SCHOOL SETTING.

AND IN PARTICULAR, IN A SCHOOL SETTING THAT A SUCKER MARCEL NOTED, UH, CAN IMPLEMENT THE SAFEGUARDS THAT ARE EVIDENCE-BASED INCLUDING, UH, WEARING MASK, WATCHING YOUR PHYSICAL DISTANCE AND WASHING HANDS, UH, HOW THE VIRUS ACTS IN THE CONGREGATION SETTINGS, SUCH AS SCHOOLS AND, UM, PRELIMINARILY WE'VE HAD, UM, YOU KNOW, KNOCK ON WOOD, FAIRLY GOOD SUCCESS WITH THIS PROGRAM.

UH, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY SO FAR WITH THE OUTCOMES OF IT SO FAR.

UM, THE CAVEAT CERTAINLY THOUGH, IS, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, I BELIEVE JUST UNDER 200 STUDENTS THAT WE'RE DOING ON, UH, THAT, THAT ARE BEING INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM AT LOUISIANA KEY ACADEMY, WHICH IS CERTAINLY A MUCH, MUCH SMALLER SLICE.

UH, THEN WHAT I BELIEVE MS. BROWN MENTIONS OF 39, 40,000 KIDS IN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND SO TO OPERATIONALIZE SOMETHING LIKE WE'RE DOING IN KEY ACADEMY, I THINK WOULD BE, UM, WOULD BE GREAT.

UH, I THINK IT'S JUST BEING ABLE TO IDENTIFY STEPS TO TAKE WHEN YOU IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND THE RESOURCES NEEDED TO GET SOMETHING LIKE THAT OFF THE GROUND.

UM, AND SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD DO IT.

UM, BUT THEN I CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT TO STEP ON THE TOES OF EDUCATORS AND THE PROFESSIONALS IN THE SCHOOL TO DO WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO AT SCHOOL, UM, IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I'M NOT SURE IF THAT ANSWERS OR HELPS AT ALL, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD TO DO FOLLOWUP QUESTIONS OR, YEAH.

EXTRA QUESTION, BECAUSE, UH, I JUST THINK THAT NOW THE TIME THAT WE START FACILITATING MORE CONVERSATIONS AROUND TESTING AS IT REGARDS PEOPLE COMING BACK INSIDE OF THE BUILDINGS.

UH, BUT THANK EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK OF THE IS RESEARCH THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS.

I APPRECIATE ALL OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, AND I'M SURE OUR REST OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS DOES AS WELL.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THAT WHAT'S BEING REPORTED ARE NEW PCR CASES.

UH, THANK YOU, MS. DOT.

UM, TWO MORE QUICK THINGS.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE HEARING THINGS ABOUT THAT.

UM, THE STATE IS RECOUNTING, UM, UH, RE POSITIVES, LIKE IF A PERSON TESTED POSITIVE, POSITIVE, AND THEN THEY TEST AGAIN AND IT'S STILL POSITIVE.

HAVE WE GOTTEN, UM, UH, HAVE Y'ALL RESOLVED THAT IF IT WAS AN ISSUE AT ONE POINT, HAS THAT BEEN SOLVED? SO WE'RE GETTING AN ACCURATE, I'M NOT SURE THAT NEW TESTS, TRUE NEW POSITIVES.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT, UM, SITUATION YOU ARE SPEAKING OF SPECIFICALLY THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT.

BUT WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT WE ARE CLEAR

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SO IF SOMEONE HAD A RETEST AND WAS POSITIVE AGAIN, IT WOULD NOT BE COUNTED.

CORRECT.

AND, UH, OH, GO AHEAD.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO ASK IS, UM, SO IN THIS CONVERSATION TONIGHT, I'VE HEARD, UM, ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVES ON, AND, AND I'M THINKING, SO THERE WAS THIS REAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE LINES AT THE, UH, TESTING SITES FOR FREE TESTINGS WORK, YOU KNOW, JUST VERY LENGTHY.

AND SO MANY TESTS WERE BEING DONE.

AND I DON'T SEE THOSE LONG LINES AND ANY MORE.

SO I'M THINKING IF WE'RE NOT TESTING AS MANY, THEN THE PERCENTAGE WOULD GROW BECAUSE IT WOULD BE LESS OF THE WHOLE OR MORE OF THE WHOLE BEING TESTED.

SO CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT PLEASE? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT FIRST? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BE CLEAR.

UM, SO IF WE ARE WORKING ON, ON, AND ONE OF OUR CRITERIA MEASURES IS, UM, WATCHING THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE TESTING POSITIVE TO THE PERCENT OR TO THE NUMBER BEING TESTED AS, AS, AS OUR TESTING SITES LOOK AND APPEAR LESS CROWDED, LESS NUMBERS OF CARS IN LINE.

UM, AND SO IF WE'RE TESTING LESS, IS THAT GOING TO INFLATE OUR PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVES? NO, IT WON'T FALSELY INFLATE YOUR PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVES, BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU TEST LAST, IF PEOPLE ARE POSITIVE, YOU'LL GET 0% POSITIVITY.

BUT IF YOU'RE TESTING LIKE BIG MASSES AND YOU HAVE THAT SAME NUMBER AROUND THAT SAME NUMBER, THEN YOUR PERCENTAGE OF THE WHOLE IS LESS RIGHT.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AUTOMATIC.

BUT YES, IF YOU HAVE A LARGER NUMBER, THEN THAT PERCENTAGE OF THE HOLE WILL BE LESS, BUT STILL IT'S NOT THE REVERSE.

IT'S NOT CONVERSELY TRUE BECAUSE STILL, EVEN IF YOU TEST FEWER, UM, IF, IF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE IT, YOU WOULD STILL GET 0%.

I UNDERSTAND NOW WHAT YOU'RE ASKING OR WHY YOU'RE ASKING IT, BUT NO, JUST BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE MORE, UM, THAT PERCENTAGE WOULD BE SMALLER.

NO, THAT DOES NOT THAT THE, THE CONVERSE DOES NOT INHERENTLY APPLY, BUT I GET YOUR QUESTION AND IT IS A GOOD THOUGHT AND A GOOD WAY OF LOOKING AT IT.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IS IF IT WEREN'T PREVALENT AND IF PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE IT, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY OR HOW FEW TEST YOU PERFORM, YOU WOULD GET NEGATIVE AND YOU WOULDN'T GET POSITIVE.

THANK YOU, UH, MR. BILLY, UH, THANK YOU.

BUT, BUT I DO, UM, UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

AND WE DID NOTICE, UM, AT ONE POINT EARLY IN AUGUST, THERE WAS A DECREASE IN OUR TESTING OVERALL, BUT ALSO WE WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU SAW FEWER LINES BECAUSE WE CUT MORE EFFICIENT AS WELL.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND SITES FOR TESTING.

SO IT'S THE TOTAL TESTING NUMBER THOUGH, GOING DOWN.

UM, UH, WE ARE STILL INCREASING, IT HAS GONE UP AND DOWN, BUT, UM, IN AN EBR, UM, LIKE IN THE MONTH OF JULY, JUST AT, ON OUR SEARCH SITES ALONE, WE DID, UM, 20 TO 25,000 TESTS JUST THERE.

AND WE HAD A STATE GOALS SET IN MAY TO DO AT LEAST, UM, 200,000 TESTS A MONTH.

AND SO WE DID MEET THAT GOAL IN MAY, IN JUNE, WE ALMOST DOUBLED IT AT 385,000 AND, UM, JULY WAS EVEN MORE SO COLLECTIVELY, EVEN THOUGH WE WERE SEEING SOME DECREASES AT DIFFERENT SITES, WE STILL ARE DOING, UM, A FAIR AMOUNT OF TESTING.

AND LOUISIANA IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE, UM, HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST TESTING RATES OF ANY OF THE STATES OR TERRITORIES.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN REAL,

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I, I HAD FORGOTTEN TO ASK ONE QUESTION EARLIER AND RECORDERS TO CRITERIA.

DOES IT, DOES THE CDC PROVIDE ANY GUIDANCE IN TERMS OF, UH, CRITERIA FOR OPENING SCHOOLS THROUGH THE BOLTON? OH, OH, I'M SORRY.

I WAS JUST TALKING, GO AHEAD.

I'M SORRY.

OH, I WAS ON MUTE.

I'LL GO BACK ON YOU.

AND THEN YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO DEFER TO DR.

MYSELF FOR THE MOST PART, CAUSE SHE LIKELY HAS MORE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE CDC THAN I DO.

WHEN, WHEN I'VE READ THE CDC RECOMMENDATIONS, I'M NOT AWARE OF A PARTICULAR NUMBER YOU ARE CORRECT.

THEY DO NOT.

THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY STRICT CONCRETE, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS AS, UM, THEY MAY HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD IN, IN, IN DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.

THERE ARE GUIDELINES, UM, AND RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT REALLY NOT ANY STRICT, UM, REQUIREMENTS AT THIS TIME.

DOESN'T THERE WON'T BE, BUT THEY DO HAVE INFORMATION ON OPENING SCHOOLS.

THEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF KIDS RETURNING TO SCHOOL.

THE THING IS RETURNING TO SCHOOL SAFELY, BUT YES, THEY, THEY DO HAVE MORE SO THAN GUIDELINES.

I WOULD CALL INFORMATION ON W W I WOULD REFER TO AS INFORMATION ON THEIR WEBSITE AND IS HELPFUL.

AND I DO RECOMMEND IT.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

UM, MR. GOODROW, THE PRECEDENT IS, THIS IS MRS. CRAB.

I, YES.

I JUST, UM, DURING THIS CONVERSATION, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS, UM, HEALTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS OUR STAFF ABSOLUTELY FOLLOWS THE CDC GUIDELINES OR EXCEEDS THEM.

UM, AND JUST LIKE DR.

MARCEL SAID, IS THERE, THEY ARE MORE INFORMATIONAL, UM, THINGS THAT THEY RECOMMEND THAT WE DO.

UM, WE ARE FOLLOWING THEM VERY, VERY CLOSELY, BUT THEY DO NOT GIVE ANY, UM, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC DATA AS TO WHEN WE SHOULD REOPEN SCHOOL.

AND THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY WE REALLY, UM, STARTED THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT LOOKING FOR DATA THAT WILL HELP US MAKE DECISIONS EFFECTIVELY AND VERY, VERY SAFELY.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CONVERSATION REALLY IS HEADED TOWARDS IS TRYING TO SET, UM, SOME MARKERS OR GATING CRITERIA, UM, SO THAT, SO THAT PARENTS HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF HOW WE'RE FOLLOWING THE DATA, HOW WE MIGHT MAKE DECISIONS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT CONDITIONS THAT GO INTO MAKING THAT DECISION.

SO, SO THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTION, MR. HELLO, AND THANK YOU, SUPERINTENDENT BROWN.

I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS AND, AND, AND LIKEWISE, WE, WE USE, UM, THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE WITHIN LDH AND THE SAME WAY EBR, P S S DOES, AND, AND WE ARE IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND, AND WE ARE ABLE TO, UM, LOOK, UM, WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND B.

THEY, CDC IS A WONDERFUL RESOURCE FOR US, BUT THERE TO SUPERINTENDENT BROWN'S POINT, I DO NOT HAVE TO ADD TO THAT, BUT THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AND WE ARE DOING, UM, WHAT WE CAN WITH WHAT IS MADE AVAILABLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, WELCOME MS. COLLINS.

YOU'RE UP.

NEXT IS COLLINS, AND I HEAR YOU, THERE WE GO.

UM, SO, UM, JUST REAL QUICK, UM, CAN, CAN WE LIFT UP AGAIN THE, THE LAG TIME AND THE END ITS IMPACT ON, UH, THE DATA IN TERMS OF, OKAY.

THE DAY THAT THE DATA REFLECTS THE DATA TEST WAS TAKEN VERSUS, OKAY.

THE DATA IS BEING REPORTED TODAY.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHAT'S HAPPENING TODAY AND HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT, UM, YOU KNOW, US LOOKING AT THE 14 DAYS.

IT DID.

I WAS MY QUESTION, CLAIRE.

YES, IT WAS OKAY.

UH, JUST IN THE ABSENCE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I LOOK AT ALL THESE NUMBERS AND THEIR GIG KEEP POSTING THE, UH, SEVEN DAY AVERAGE, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL DAYS BECAUSE YOU GOT WEEKENDS IN THERE.

THIS IS, THIS IS MIKE ,

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NO NUMBERS ARE REPORTED ON SATURDAY.

SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE SEVEN DAY AVERAGE AS WHAT TO TAKE.

AND THAT SEVEN DAY AVERAGE HAS A LAG TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE DAYS IN THE FRONT END OF THAT, THAT AREN'T THE TEST AREN'T, HAVEN'T BEEN REPORTED BACK YET.

SO YOU BASICALLY ARE LOOKING AT A SEVEN DAY AVERAGE WITH ABOUT A SEVEN DAY LAG TIME BUILT INTO IT.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK AND A SEVEN DAY AVERAGE OF THAT.

SO I THINK THAT'S ABOUT THE BEST YOU'RE GOING TO GET, BECAUSE IF YOU TRY TO DO ANYTHING ELSE WITHIN THAT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE COMPLETE DATA.

ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH BOUNCING AROUND IN THERE JUST FROM VARIATIONS OF WEEKENDS AND YOU CAN SEE MONDAY AND TUESDAY TEND TO BE HIGH, THEN THEY FALL OFF WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY SEEMS LIKE EVERY WEEK FOLLOWS THAT PATTERN.

SO, UM, NOW I'LL BE QUIET AND LET THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY KNOW SOMETHING, HEY, I, YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY TO PUT IT OUT OF THE, I COULD ADD MORE WORDS TO WHAT YOU SAID TO MAKE IT MORE CLEAR.

THERE'S JUST A LOT OF TIME WITH GIVE ME THE DATA AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW WHAT A REGIONAL PARISH AND STATE LEVEL.

AND SO YOUR COMMENT WAS THE BEST RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION.

AND SO THEN, UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOOKING AT A 14 DAY DECLINE IS THE RE IS, IS THE REASON WHY AS A 14 DAY DECLINE, UH, DOES, DOES THE LAG TIME ISSUE, IS THAT REFLECTED IN THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF THE CLIENT? WE TRYING TO GET ART OR DO WE HAVE TO ALSO CONSIDER THERE'S A LAG TIME WHERE WE LOOKING AT 14 DAYS? HEY, IT'S MICHAEL BOLTON AGAIN? YEAH, NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.

THAT WAS PART OF THE REASON WE, WE, WE SORT OF PROVIDED A BIT OF A CUSHION, UM, WITH SORT OF THE LIFETIME BAKED INTO THAT IDEA WITH THAT TIMEFRAME.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM AND THAT IS THE DIALOGUE ON, RIGHT? AND BEFORE I GIVE IT TO MS, WHERE JACKSON AND MS. COLLINS TALKED ABOUT, I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN THERE INTO THIS PROCESS.

UH, THANK YOU.

UH, AGAIN, I SEE NONE OTHER PEOPLE REQUESTING TO SPEAK, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, UH, FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP WORKING THROUGH THIS, UH, AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU UNTIL WE GET PAST THIS.

AND LIKE I'M SAYING, AND EVERY EMAIL I SIGN NOW, I SAY, STAY SAFE AND PRAY FOR A VACCINE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED IS A VACCINE.

SO, UH, WITH THAT,

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AND, UH, RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE WORKING ON A RESOLUTIONS THAT WE PASSED BY THE BOARD AND FOLLOWING UP ON THIS TO TAKE POSITIVE CONCRETE ACTION IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU LADIES.

AND REVISING OUR EXISTING SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES OVER THE COURSE, THE 20, 21 SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH WILL BE UPON US BEFORE WE KNOW IT.

THANK YOU, MR. .

UM, THANK YOU, MS. COLLINS.

AND, UH, I APPRECIATE OUR BOARD BEING, UH, VERY BOLD AND, UM, AND BRAVE IN, IN AGREEING TO, UM, TO HAVE, UH, THIS, UH, SERIES, THE DIALOGUE ON RACE SERIES, UH, IN PLACE, UH, AS MR. GOLDEN MENTIONED, OUR BOARD PASSED A RESOLUTION WHICH, UM, SPEAKS OF OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUITY IN ERADICATING RACISM IN EDUCATION.

UM, AND I WOULD ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT RESOLUTION.

UH, I BELIEVE IT'S STILL ON BOARD DOTS FROM LAST MONTH'S BOARD MEETING, UH, IN THAT RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, WE SPEAK ABOUT EDUCATION AS THE KEY, UH, LEVER FOR CREATING A MORE EQUITABLE NATION AND WORLD AND A TOOL FOR DISMANTLING INSTITUTIONAL RACISM.

AND, UM, THE FACT THAT OUR COMMUNITY AND NATION'S FUTURE REQUIRE THAT THIS SYSTEM, THAT THIS SYSTEMIC INSTITUTIONAL BIAS BE DISMANTLED TO PROMOTE EQUITY AND ENSURE ALL CHILDREN AND FAMILIES ARE ABLE TO THRIVE.

UH, ALSO INSIDE THE RESOLUTION, UM, WE COMMIT TO, UM, REVIEWING

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AND SO THERE, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND HAVING THIS SERIES OF DIALOGUE ON RACE WILL DEFINITELY HELP US IN OUR EFFORTS TO, TO MOVE THE DISTRICT FORWARD.

ACCORDING TO THAT RESOLUTION, UM, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THIS IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DIALOGUE ON, ON RACE DID DIALOGUE ON REST.

LOUISIANA DID A, A FULL DAY SEMINAR, A FEW YEARS BACK, AND, UM, THE MAKERS OF THAT EVENT, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO ANOTHER SIMILAR EVENT THIS FALL IN OCTOBER.

SO LAST FALL, UH, IN 2019, UH, THIS GROUP OF HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERS REPRESENTING THE LOCAL COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ALONG WITH NONPROFIT LEADERS CAME TOGETHER WITH SOME OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR ADMINISTRATION, OUR, UM, EBR PSS ADMINISTRATION TO DISCUSS A JOINT EFFORT IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE HEALING PROCESS AROUND RACE IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

AND, UM, AS EDUCATION IS THE FOUNDATION OF THE FUTURE FOR THIS REGION, EDUCATION LEADERS CAN PLAY A VITAL ROLE BY TAKING THE LEAD IN THESE CONVERSATIONS AROUND RACE, IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR, THROUGH THE USE OF A FACILITATED FORMAT THAT PROVIDES A SAFE SPACE FOR SHARING AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE CAN GET TOGETHER AND NOT BE, UM, AFRAID OR, UM, OR FEEL FRAGILE ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION.

UM, SO MEETINGS, UM, BEGAN THE PLANNING MEETINGS WERE INTERRUPTED BY COVID AFTER A FEW MONTHS OF, OF MEETING TO PUT TOGETHER THE DAY OF DIALOGUE AND ALSO PUT TOGETHER A SIX WEEK SERIES ON DIALOGUE ON RACE THAT WOULD BE GEARED SPECIFICALLY TO EDUCATION.

AND WE WERE INTERRUPTED BY COVID-19, BUT BEGAN AGAIN IN JUNE, UM, IN A VIRTUAL SETTING.

AND, UM, UM, MS. COLLINS JOINED, JOINED US, UH, AT THAT TIME.

AND, UM, SINCE THEN WE HAVE, UM, COME UP WITH SOME DATES AND SOME ACTION AROUND, UM, FACILITATING THE EVENT.

UM, I NEED TO SAY THAT THE DATES ARE LIMITED DUE TO THE HIGH DEMAND RIGHT NOW FOR THIS SERIES, NOT ONLY FROM THE LOCAL AREA AND, UH, AND WITHIN THIS REGION, BUT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE, THE VERY, UM, PRACTICAL AND GOOD FEEDBACK THAT THE SERIES HAS GOTTEN, THERE ARE, UM, ENTITIES IN OTHER STATES THAT ARE ASKING TO, FOR SOME HELP IN FACILITATING THIS KIND OF DISCUSSION AND DUPLICATING THE SERIES IN, IN OTHER STATES.

SO, UM, THE RESULTS OF THE PLANNING WITH THE RESULTS OF THE PLANNING, WE CAME UP WITH A THREE PHASED APPROACH WITH EVENTS BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER, UH, AS, AS FOLLOWS A GENERAL OVERVIEW PRESENTATION OF DIALOGUE ON RACE TO THE, TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AND OUR EDUCATION PEER GROUPS WOULD BE IN A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP PRESENTATION FOR INFORMATION ONLY ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH, AT FIVE O'CLOCK.

AND, UM, THE SECOND PHASE WOULD BE THE SIX WEEKS SERIES OF DIALOGUE ON RACE SPECIFIC TO EDUCATION.

IT IS OPEN TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND OUR EDUCATION PEERS FROM LSU SOUTHERN BRCC AND THE, UH, CHARTER BOARDS, LOCAL CHARTER SCHOOL BOARDS WOULD BE PART OF THE SERIES.

UH, THERE WOULD BE THREE GROUPS IN A VIRTUAL SETTING CONSISTING OF NO MORE THAN 15 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS.

AND EACH GROUP WOULD CONSIST OF NO MORE THAN THREE EBR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

AND THE REMAINING SEATS WOULD BE OCCUPIED

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BY OUR EDUCATION PEERS.

THE THREE SESSIONS MAY BE OFFERED SIMULTANEOUSLY OR AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23RD, AND EACH WEDNESDAY THEREAFTER FOR SIX WEEKS THROUGH OCTOBER 28TH, THE SERIES IS AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL GROUPS AND ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF AND TEACHERS AS WELL.

ALL THOSE THEORIES WOULD BE OFFERED A LITTLE LATER, UM, AND MOST LIKELY WHAT SOME OF THEM COULD RUN SIMULTANEOUSLY, BUT THE PRIORITY WAS FOR THE, UH, THE BOARDS OF, UM, HIGHER ED, UM, K-12 AND CHARTER SCHOOL BOARDS.

SO SESSION WOULD COVER A MAJOR ACTIVITY AROUND RACE IN THE COUNTRY, HOW RACE WAS CONSTRUCTED, WHO ARE ITS BENEFICIARIES, HOW IT OPERATES THE MOVEMENT TO END IT THE CONTROVERSIAL AFFIRMATIVE ACTION TOWARD IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WHY TALKING ABOUT RACE MATTERS NOW FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE, UM, HOW EACH SESSION, WHICH HOW EACH SESSION IS CONSTRUCTED, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU GO TO, UM, DIALOGUE ON RACE, LOUISIANA.ORG/ORIGINAL SERIES TO GET MORE DETAILS ABOUT EACH OF THE SIX WEEKS OF SESSIONS.

AND THEN THE THIRD COMPONENT IS A ONE DAY EVENT CALLED THE DAY OF DIALOGUE ON RACE AND EDUCATION THAT WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, FOR EDUCATORS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES TO ATTEND.

AND THERE WOULD BE A REPORT BACK TO THE EDUCATION LEADERS AS PART OF THE PLAN.

AND I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT IN THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE VOICES OF, UH, PEOPLE ALL OVER THE DISTRICT AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST PART OF, OF THE EDUCATION SECTOR AND, UH, TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK THAT WILL HELP US AS WE LOOK AT OUR, UH, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

AND WHEN WE ALSO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR STRATEGIC PLAN AND, UM, ABOUT THE PRESS WITH REGARD TO THE PRESS AS DISCUSSED IN THE PLANNING SESSIONS, WE'LL HAVE A MEDIA RELEASE REGARDING THE DAY OF DIALOGUE ON NOVEMBER 6TH.

AND, UM, MAXINE CRUMP WITH DIALOGUE ON RACE WOULD PREPARE A MESSAGE AND GUIDELINES FOR, UM, ANY PERSONS IN THE MEDIA WHO MAY WANT TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE DOR SERIES ITSELF.

UM, THE COST OF THE PRINT OF THE PRESENTATION IS, UM, A THOUSAND DOLLARS.

AND IT MAY BE SPLIT BETWEEN ALL OF THE GROUPS IF NEEDED.

AND, UM, THE COST OF EACH PARTICIPANT IS $50.

AND I'M WONDERING WITH A COVID-19 LIMITING OUR TRAVEL, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, WE COULD USE SOME OF THIS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUDGET, MAY CALL, MAY COVER SOME OF THESE COSTS AND, UM, WHAT I'VE DONE SO FAR AS, AS FAR AS THAT, UM, THAT GROUP THAT WAS, THAT WAS WORKING.

EVERYBODY HAD DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS.

MY ASSIGNMENT WAS TO ENGAGE THE BOARD AND TO REACH OUT TO OUR, UM, CHARTER SCHOOLS, THE EBR GROUP OF CHARTER SCHOOLS.

AND I HAVE DONE THAT.

I'VE REACHED OUT TO, UM, BASIS CSL, UH, EMERGE IDEA, INSPIRE JK HANES MENTORSHIP, AND EVEN, UH, SOUTH BATON ROUGE CHARTER.

I'VE HEARD BACK FROM A COUPLE OF THEM ALREADY WITH, UH, VERY EXCITED AND, AND, UH, JUST EAGER TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO THE REST OF THEIR BOARD.

AND I'VE ALSO BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, UM, MY, UM, BESSIE BOARD MEMBER, UH, PRESTON CASTIEL, WHO WAS ABLE TO, UH, SEND SOME OF THE INFORMATION TO, UM, THE BATON ROUGE AREA CHARTER SCHOOLS LAST FRIDAY, UM, THE LOUISIANA, I'M SORRY, THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

SO THE WORD IS GETTING OUT TO NOT ONLY OUR CHARTERS,

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BUT THE, UH, OTHER CHARTERS IN, UH, IN TOWN.

AND SO FAR, THE, UM, THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN VERY, HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE.

AND WHAT WE'LL NEED TO DO IS, UM, GET OUR COMMITMENTS FROM OUR BOARD MEMBERS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT TIME OF DAY WOULD BE PREFERABLE, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE LIKE THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND WE'LL NEED TO SPLIT US UP, DIVIDE US ALSO THAT WE, WE CAN PARTICIPATE AT THE TIME THAT IS, IS BEST FOR THE PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBERS.

SO, YEAH.

MS. COLLINS, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? YOU'VE HAD SOME EXPERIENCE WITH A DIALOGUE, YOU, YES.

WE WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, MINIMAL IS A GO, I WAS A FACILITATOR, UM, AND I'VE PARTICIPATED IN SOME, IN FACT I HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE, UH, THE ONE THAT YOU'D MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WAS FOLK THAT HAD A FOCUS ON EDUCATION.

A FORMAL BOARD MEMBER WAS PART OF THAT, UH, PRES ROBINSON.

AND IT WAS VERY GOOD AND VERY INFORMATIVE.

UM, I JUST WANT TO LIFT UP, UM, AND JUST PUT IT ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.

RACIAL TENSION IS HIGH ACROSS THE NATION.

UM, AND IF WE CAN EVEN JUST HAVE A DIALOGUE TO TALK ABOUT IT, THEN I DON'T SEE HOW WE GET PAST THIS MOMENT.

UH, THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS JUST A, UH, THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SPEAKING FROM THE SAME, WITH THE SAME TERMS. AND WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER WHEN WE SAY SOMETHING, UM, DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT DEFINITIONS FOR RACE, RACISM, PREJUDICE, A SYSTEMIC RACISM.

UH, AND SO ISN'T IMPORTANT THAT AS COLLEAGUES, AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, BROADER THE BROADER COMMUNITY, UM, THE LEADERS IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE AT LEAST SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE WHEN DEALING WITH THIS SENSITIVE ISSUE.

CAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET NO OFFENDED WHEN IT'S NOTHING TO BE OFFENDED ABOUT OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, UM, AND SO, UH, I HOPE THAT PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED.

I HOPE THE BROADER PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN WE SAY WE PARTICIPATE IN, IN DIALOGUE ON RACE, THAT IT IS GENUINELY ABOUT A DIALOGUE.

IT'S NOT A GENUINE ABOUT, ABOUT A DIALOGUE.

UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM IS HIGHLY VETTED.

UM, AS EVELYN HAD ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, IS IN HIGH DEMAND, UH, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND FROM DIFFERENT, UH, IN DIVERSE, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND BUSINESSES.

IT'S NOT JUST PEOPLE OF COLOR UTILIZING THIS PROGRAM.

IT IS PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL ON THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR REQUESTING THIS PROGRAM.

A FEW SMALL EXAMPLES, UH, BATON ROUGE, GALLERY ART GALLERY HAS GONE THROUGH IT.

TAYLOR PULSER, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, Y WCA.

UM, SO, UH, PLEASE BE OPEN MINDED.

I KNOW RACIAL TENSION IS VERY HIGH RIGHT NOW, UH, BUT THAT'S EVEN MORE REASON FOR US TO HAVE THESE DIALOGUES.

AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE WITH A REQUEST TO SPEAK, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU TO, TO PUT INTO THIS AND LOOK FORWARD INTO, UH, STARTING OFF THIS PROCESS AND MOVING US ALONG APPRECIATED VERY, VERY MUCH, UH, NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM REPORTS FROM APPOINTEES TO COMMITTEES AND AGENCY.

DO ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ANY INFORMATION THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD SEEING NONE? NOW

[G1. Consent Vote]

MR. BALLOU, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE CONSENT AGENDA? YES.

JUST, UH, GIVE ME A SECOND TO PULL IT UP HERE.

FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE COX CHARITIES, INNOVATION AND EDUCATION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,688 TO PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICE CLASSROOM PROJECTS, ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OR THE FOLLOWING BUDGETS, A STRONG START, A GOVERNOR'S EMERGENCY EDUCATION RELIEF FUND, AND THE AMOUNT OF $765,000 B 2020 TO 2021 BELIEVE IN PREPARE FORMULA, TRANSITION BUDGET, AND THE AMOUNT OF $5,000 ITEM FOR A CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT, BUT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A NEARPOD AND THE AMOUNT OF $17,984 AND 62 CENTS TO PROVIDE SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING SOFTWARE FUNDING SOURCES STRONG START B CAREER COPPICE IN THE AMOUNT OF $290,000 TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUAL COLLEGE AND CAREER COACHING.

UM, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO BE APPROVED AS PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST

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THE FUNDING SOURCE IS STRONG START C XL CONNECTIONS, LLC, IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000 TO PROVIDE COACHING AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING.

THAT NAME SOURCE IS TITLE THREE D BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LEWIS, LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE ON BEHALF OF ITS LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED SUPPORTS FOR EDUCATORS TO MEET THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

GANDHI FUNDING SOURCE IS IDA E BANNER IS CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $40,000 TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND SUPPORT FUNDING SOURCE STRONG START AT SCHOOL SPECIALTY IN THE AMOUNT OF $17,153 AND 70 CENTS TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT FUNDING SOURCE SCHOOL REDESIGNED G THAT THE AVID CENTER IN THE AMOUNT OF $65,506 TO PROVIDE SUPPORT AND PROFESSIONAL LEARNING FUNDING SOURCE IS SCHOOL REDESIGN AGE ILLUMINATE EDUCATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $123,378 TO PROVIDE BASS BRIDGE ASSESSMENT SYSTEM ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION.

I ILLUMINATE EDUCATION INCORPORATED IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000 TO PROVIDE THE HORIZON ACT COLLEGE READINESS PACKAGE, JAY CITY YEAR INCORPORATED.

AND THE AMOUNT OF ONE $83,000 TO PROVIDE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION SUPPORT SERVICES, K INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AMOUNT OF $32,658 AND 60 CENTS TO PROVIDE CANVAS CLOUD SUBSCRIPTION FOR FACULTY FUNDING SOURCE IS THE TECHNOLOGY BUDGET.

I DON'T NUMBER FIVE CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT MONROE TO PROVIDE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES FOR THE 2020, 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.

THE SOUTHERN UNIVERSITIES WOULD PROVIDE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES FOR THE 2020 TO 2021 SCHOOL YEAR C UH, BRCC TO PROVIDE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES FOR THE 2020, 2021 SCHOOL YEAR AND DI SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY TO PROVIDE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES FOR THE 20 2021 SCHOOL YEAR AND E LSU PROVIDE DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES FOR THE 20 2021 SCHOOL YEAR.

FUNDING SOURCE IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL COURSE ACADEMY ITEM NUMBER SIX CONSIDERATION, OR REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RENEWAL OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND OSCHNER CLINIC FOUNDATION, THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 TO PROVIDE ATHLETIC TRAINING SERVICES, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, A LEAD AGENCY AND SELECT CENTER PARTNERS VIA THE FOLLOWING GRANTS, A PRESCHOOL DEVELOPMENT GRANT FOR THE PUR FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE THREE YEAR OLD PROGRAM WITH A PER PUPIL ALLOCATION OF $5,780 AND 4 CENTS NOT TO

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EXCEED $450,843 AND 12 CENTS B LA FOR CECIL J PICARD GRANT CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE ANNUAL PRE-K FOUR PROGRAM WITH A P PER PEOPLE ALLOCATION OF $4,580 NOT TO EXCEED $458,000 ITEM NUMBER EIGHT PO CONSIDERATION OF OUR REQUEST FOR THE RECOUP OR APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING SCHOOL BOARD POLICIES, POLICY REVISIONS AND RELATED MATTERS.

J AA TITLE NINE GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES, JC E A STUDENT'S SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, G A M C INVESTIGATIONS, G A E A SEXUAL HARASSMENT G AA EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYMENT, AND G A E COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING A H C S BATON ROUGE, DBA HELIX AVIATION SCHOOL OPERATORS, B H C S BATON ROUGE, DBA MENTORSHIP, LEGAL ACADEMY OPERATORS.

I DON'T REMEMBER 10 CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES HANDBOOK AND DISCIPLINE POLICY FOR THE 2020, 2021 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH NOTED CHANGES THAT CONCLUDES THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND I, UM, MOVE THAT IT'D BE APPROVED.

UH, BEFORE WE, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, UH, MR. SHAMBLIN HAS REQUESTED TO, UH, ADDRESS AN ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, MR. SAM.

THANK YOU, MR. GOAT PRESIDENT, GO DAY, MR. BLUE, YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB READING THOSE MANY, MANY, MANY ITEMS INTO THE RECORD.

UM, YOU DO NEED TO GO BACK AND INDICATE THAT THESE PREVIOUS ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE, AND WE'LL BE IN THAT WITH ONE MOTION.

I THINK YOU MIGHT'VE MISSED THAT IN READING MY BOARD SECRETARY CARTER AS WELL.

UM, BUT JUST TO BE SURE WE'RE COVERED THAT THIS IS ONE ROUTINE ITEM.

UH, THERE'LL BE AN ACTIVE WITH ONE MOTION.

YOU COULD READ THAT STATEMENT INTO THE RECORD.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

DO YOU DON'T HAVE IT AVAILABLE? I HAVEN'T.

YOU'RE ON MUTE, MR. BALLOU.

I'M SORRY, MR. BLUE, YOU WERE ON MUTE.

COULD YOU RESTATE THAT? ALRIGHT.

UH, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE TO BE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED WITH ONE MOTION.

THERE WILL BE NO SEPARATE DISCUSSION OF ITEMS UNLESS A BOARD MEMBER, SO REQUEST AND WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND CONSIDERED AS AN ITEM ON THE REGULAR AGENDA OR A SEPARATE VOTE PROCEEDING.

THE LAST ITEM IN OUR AGENDA.

I THINK THAT THAT COVERS IT.

THANK YOU, MR. YEAH.

THANK YOU, MR. BALLOU, AND I HAVE TO REQUEST TO SPEAK.

I REQUEST TO PULL ITEM SIX.

SO I MAY RECUSE MYSELF, MS. WHERE JACKSON, YOU HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK.

UM, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

AND UH, ALSO LIKE MR. SHAMBLIN TO JUST REVIEW THE, UM, THE CHANGES WITH THOSE POLICIES, YOU LIKED IT.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL THE POLICY? WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL THE POLICY ONE, IF IT'S NOT NECESSARY TO PULL IT UP, WE DON'T NEED TO PULL IT UP.

JUST WOULD LIKE HIM TO REVIEW IT SO THAT THE PUBLIC WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ANY POLICY REVISION.

I CAN DO THAT AFTER WE'VE COMPLETED ANY REQUEST TO PULL ITEMS, MR. GOLDIE.

SO WE HAVE A REQUEST TO PULL ITEM SIX.

AND SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO, UM, IS TO GO TO APPROVE.

I NEED TO ALSO REQUEST A POOL NOW.

OH, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY.

NINE AND NINE AND 10.

I'M SORRY.

I SAW YOUR NAME UP THERE AND I DIDN'T DO IT, UH, NINE AND 10.

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SO THAT HANDLES, UH, WHERE JACKSON'S MY APOLOGY.

MS. COLLINS CAME UP THERE AND FORGOTTEN SO THEY CAN SEND AGENDA UP FOR APPROVAL IS, UH, THEY CAN SEND AGENDA MINUS ITEM SIX, NINE AND PM.

SO MR. BLUE, I ASSUME YOU MAKE THE MOTION, JACKSON, I THINK SECOND.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MINUS SIX, NINE AND 10? I AM SEEING NONE.

I AM REFRESHING THE COMMENT LIST RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE ITEMS, SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE BOARD SEEING NONE.

MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE? MR. GOLDEN? DO YOU WANT ME TO, DO YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS THOSE POLICY QUESTIONS BRIEFLY SO WELL, THAT ITEM HAS BEEN FOOLED, SO IT WILL COME UP.

IT WILL COME UP ANYWAY.

I THINK IT HAS BEEN, YES, SIR.

THAT'S THE ITEM THAT WAS PULLED NINE AND NUMBER EIGHT, MS. JACKSON, WHERE'S YOUR COMMENTS ON ITEM EIGHT OR ITEM SCAN? EIGHT ITEM EIGHT WAS NOT FOOLED.

YES, EITHER.

SO GO AHEAD WITH YOUR FAMILY.

SORRY GUYS NOW, BUT MR. BLUE.

UM, IN RESPONSE TO MS. JACKSON'S QUESTIONS ON POLICY CHANGES, THESE ARE ALL RELATED TO CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

UM, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE DEALING WITH TITLE SEVEN, EMPLOYEE SEXUAL HARASSMENT, TITLE NINE SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND SEXUALLY RATED STUDENT MISCONDUCT.

THE PREVIOUS, THE PREVIOUS STUDENT'S SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY HAS BEEN REVISED AND RETITLED AS SEXUALLY RELATED STUDENT MISCONDUCT AND A NEW COMPREHENSIVE TITLE, NINE SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED.

THIS NEW POLICY PROVIDES A NUMBER OF THINGS AMONG THOSE THINGS REQUIRED.

POLICY NOTICE THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD IS NOT DISCRIMINATED ON THE BASIS OF SEX AND ITS EDUCATION PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES THAT IT OPERATES IN ITS RESPONSE TO ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT SHALL BE PROMPT AND NOT DELIBERATELY INDIFFERENT.

UM, IT PROVIDES FOR NEW DEFINITIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF THE TOWNHOUSE COORDINATOR, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE.

UM, IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR THE REQUIRED RESPONSE TO ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT, UM, EVENTS AND THE INCIDENCES, INCLUDING DEVELOPING SUPPORTIVE MEASURES FOR BOTH VICTIM AND ACCUSED INVESTIGATORY PROCEDURES AND GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES, UM, REQUIRES CERTAIN RECORD KEEPING PROVISIONS TO MEET REQUIREMENTS, THE NEW REQUIREMENTS ON THE TOWEL, NOT SEXUAL HARASSMENT DOCUMENTS.

THAT MUST BE MAINTAINED FOR A PERIOD, A MINIMUM PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS.

AND ALSO THERE ARE NEW RETALIATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY PROVISIONS, UM, BASICALLY PROVISIONS PROHIBITING RETALIATION, UM, AS REQUIRED BY THE REGULATIONS, UM, BECAUSE TITLE NINE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS NOW ADDRESSED SEPARATELY.

THE EMPLOYEE SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY HAS ALSO BEEN REVISED TO LIMIT ITS SCOPE TO PROHIBITIONS CONTAINED IN TITLE SEVEN CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.

UM, WE'RE ALSO REVISING POLICIES RELATED TO EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY, UM, NON TITLE, NINE COMPLAINTS AND GRIEVANCES AND INVESTIGATIONS TO REFLECT THAT ALL TITLE IX, SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS ARE GONNA BE ADDRESSED UNDER TITLE NINE, SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

AND WE WILL BE BRINGING TRAINING TO THE DISTRICT STAFF IN THE COMING MONTH, UM, TO ADDRESS THESE CHANGES AND ALSO REVIEWING PROTOCOLS TO MAKE SURE OUR PRACTICES ALIGN WITH POLICY AND LAW.

THANK YOU, MR. SHANNON.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, HEARING NONE AND SEEING NONE.

MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE, PLEASE VOTE MS. COLLINS, GIVE ME A SECOND TO READ TO FIX THIS SO YOU CAN VOTE TO CANCEL THIS VOTE.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

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MR. CHAPMAN MOTION CARRIES.

WE WILL MOVE BACK TO ITEM SIX.

NOW

[G6. Athletic Training Service Agreement-Ochsner]

THEY HAVE LEG TRAINING SERVICE AGREEMENT.

AND AT THIS POINT I WILL RECUSE MYSELF AND TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO MR. HOWARD.

THANK YOU, MR. .

UM, SO WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER, GIVING YOU ONE SECOND TO PULL IT BACK UP.

I HAVE NUMBER SIX ATHLETICS SERVICE TRAINING AGREEMENT.

UM, THIS IS A CONSIDERATION OF A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE RENEWAL OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EAST BATTERY'S PRIOR SCHOOL BOARD AND OXFORD CLINIC FOUNDATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $60,000 TO PROVIDE ATHLETIC TRAINING SERVICES.

IT'S MARKED TO US BY MS. LYNN WILLIAMSON AND MR. BEAN NEW CASE ARE THERE.

I'LL TAKE A MOTION AT THIS MOMENT AND I CAN'T SEE EVERYONE.

SO IF YOU CAN PUT YOUR EMOTION IN THE CHAT BOX, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME AND HELPFUL IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION MOTION.

ATLANTA'S THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS, AND A SECOND.

THIS PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO OUR ATHLETES THAT ARE NOT RECEIVED AT OTHER SCHOOLS.

AND I HAVE A SECOND FROM HIS WORD, JACKSON.

UM, MOTION IS, UH, FIRST AND SECOND AND BY MISS LANA, MR. LANDIS AND MS. UH, EVELYN AND JACKSON, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD I'M SEEING NO, UM, COMMENTS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS.

I'LL JUST MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT THAT I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE FACILITY TODAY.

UM, SO THANK YOU TO THE ACTION TEAM FOR GIVING ME, UM, UH, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY JUST TO SEE THE FACILITY, UM, THAT IS BEING USED WITH THE ATHLETIC SERVICE STREAMERS AND THE THINGS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO DO TECHNOLOGY WISE, AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

GREAT TEAM, GREAT STAFF.

UM, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN ADDITIONAL INSIGHT AS WE CONSIDER, UH, THESE CONTRACTS, UM, GOING FORWARD.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE.

NINE, UH, WE'LL GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

UM, MS. ARMAND, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I DON'T HAVE THE COMMENTS, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS UP AT THIS TIME.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR.

SO FAR, I DON'T REMEMBER SIX.

UM, WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM MISS DEANNA MILAN PHONE, EAST BATON ROUGE, PARISH SCHOOL BOARD.

THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT IS BEST FOR YOUR ATHLETES AND HAVING LICENSED AND CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINERS ON YOUR CAMPUSES THE LAST FEW YEARS.

BUT THE ATHLETIC STARTING TO PICK UP IT IS MORE NOW, MORE CRUCIAL THAN EVER TO HAVE COMMITTED, PASSIONATE, LOCAL CARE FOR YOUR STUDENT ATHLETES.

AS THE BROC FOUNDATION LAUNCHED LAST YEAR, WE SAW GAPS IN THE SYSTEMS TAKING CARE OF KIDS IN OUR GREATER BATON ROUGE AREA AND HAVE WORKED DILIGENTLY TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE LIFE BALANCE TO THOSE THAT CARE FOR THE STUDENT ATHLETES, BUT ALSO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF CARE.

THAT IS SECOND TO NONE.

WE HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO ORTHOPEDIC IS A PARAPLEGIC IN EVERY CORNER OF IT.

EVERY PARISH, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, POSITION, SIDELINE COVERAGE FROM THE SAME DOCTOR CENTER, LSU SOUTHERNS, AND THE SAME SILENCE.

AND WE ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT EDUCATION FOR OUR COACHES AND PARENTS.

WE ARE OSI AND L O L WANTS TO PROVIDE THE BEST CARE FOR ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS, INCLUDING THE ONE ALREADY STAFFED WITH AN ATHLETIC TRAINER.

UM, OUR NEXT CONFERENCE, EXCUSE ME, CON COMMENT, EXCUSE ME, COMES FROM RANDY GONZALES.

I HAVE BEEN A CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

THE LAST 11 YEARS AGO IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE A SPORTS MEDICINE ACADEMIC PROGRAM AT OUR SCHOOL.

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THE SECOND ASPECT OF OUR PROGRAM IS THE CARE THAT I PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OUR TEAM PHYSICIAN.

I'M NOT ABLE TO PERFORM ANY DUTIES OF CARE AND REHABILITATION WITHOUT HIS SUPERVISION.

WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE A POSITION ON OUR SIDELINES FOR OUR HOME FOOTBALL EVENTS.

I WOULD STRONGLY URGE THE BOARD TO CONTINUE AND EXPAND ATHLETIC MEDICAL COVERAGE TO THE POINT THAT WE HAVE CERTIFIED TRAINING AT EACH HIGH SCHOOL.

THE IDEA OF HAVING A CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER IN OUR MIDDLE SCHOOL WOULD ALSO BE ADVANTAGEOUS.

COACHES CAN COACH AND I PROVIDE AND I PROVIDE, I CAN PROVIDE, AND I WILL PROVIDE MEDICAL CARE DAILY, TAKE A SHORT TRIP TO PARIS, TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR PROGRAMS AND DUPLICATE THEM.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THAT AGENDA ITEM.

WE WILL MOVE BACK TO THE BOARD.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? UM, I WILL ALSO SEE NOT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD.

I ALSO LIKED THE UPLIFT THAT DURING THAT TOUR, THEY TALKED A LOT ABOUT, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE RETURN TO SPORTS.

I'M AN AUCTIONEER AND, UH, THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS FROM AROUND, UM, THE PARISH HAVE RELEASED OR GETTING READY TO RELEASE SOME GUIDANCE AS IT RELATES TO LIKE WHAT IS SAFE TO RETURN TO SPORTS AND HOW PEOPLE THINKING CONSIDERED ABOUT SPORTS.

SO, UM, I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN TO LOOK OUT FOR THAT GUY.

THAT'S JUST THOSE YOU CAN CONSIDER AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AS IT RELATES TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH ATHLETICS.

UM, AS I KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED WITH THAT, UM, THING, NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD.

BEN SECRETARY, WE'RE TRYING TO FIX ONE PROBLEM.

ONE SECOND, MR. HOWARD.

THIS WHERE JACKSON? YES IS DIASON YES.

CAN YOU MARK YOUR BUTTON, MS. DYSON? YES.

MRS. MINNAAR NO, THE MOTION CARRIES.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL NOW MOVE OVER TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN MEMBERS, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

AND I WILL NOW TURN THE MEETING BACK OVER TO MR. DAY.

THE CHARTER CONTRACTS CONSIDERATION EVER REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A CONTRACT BETWEEN EAST BATON ROUGE, FAIR SCHOOL BOARD AND THE FOLLOWING, UH, H T S BAND RATIO.

THANK YOU, MR. HOWARD.

UH, I BELIEVE THE NEXT ITEM WAS ITEM NUMBER NINE,

[G9. Contracts-Charter]

MR. GUTTER, OR ARE YOU SKIPPING ITEMS ON OF COURSE, IS IT NOT? I DON'T REMEMBER SEVEN OR DID THAT GET POOLED? WELL, WE PASSED THAT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

GOTCHA.

I GOTCHA.

YOU GOT TO KEEP IT, KEEP IT MOVING SOMETIMES.

SO I'LL START OVER ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF CONTRACT BETWEEN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AND THE FOLLOWING.

HEY, ACS BATTERIES DOING BUSINESSES, HELIX AVIATION SCHOOL OPERATORS, AND B H C S BATON ROUGE, DOING BUSINESS AS MENTORSHIP, ILLEGAL ACADEMY OPERATORS.

SO I HAVE A MOTION MOTION MOTION BY MR. HOWARD.

WAS THAT APPOSED TO HOWARD? I HEARD, YES, SIR.

AND A SECOND BY MR. BALLOU.

UH, MS. COLLINS, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO TEXT.

I WANT TO HOLD ON TO MY, UM, REQUEST TO SPEAK UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.

UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS WISHING TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, SEEING NONE.

WE WILL GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH I AM JUST REFRESHING AND I DO NOT SEE ANY COMMENTS

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UH, MS. UH, ARMANDO, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT? I'M CHECKING NOW.

LET'S SEE.

I SEE NO COMMENTS.

SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE BOARD.

UH, MS. COLLINS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? YES.

SO, UM, THERE WAS CHATTER ONLINE, AND THEN ALSO ONE OF MY CONSTITUENTS HAD REACHED OUT TO ME ABOUT THIS AND THAT, AND THEY USUALLY, UH, UH, QUICK TO, TO, TO INSERT SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO I WAS GONNA LET THEM EXPLAIN THEIR CONCERNS.

UM, UH, THEY SENT THE EMAIL, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL HAD RESPONDED TO THE CONCERNS, ADDRESSING THE EMAIL AND, UH, BECAUSE THERE WAS CHAT ONLINE AND I KNOW THAT, UM, UH, UH, CHARTER SCHOOL ISSUES CAN BE CONTENTIOUS IF THE LI OUT F UH, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL COULD GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS IT WAS REAL.

IT WILL BE REAL BRIEF ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WE'LL LIFT IT UP, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, CONTRACT.

ALRIGHT, MS. COLLINS, WOULD YOU LIKE, TO ME, THERE WERE ABOUT FIVE QUESTIONS PRESENTED.

DO YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS IT? FIVE, THREE THROUGH FIVE, I THINK IS THE MOST PERTINENT BASED ON CAUSE THAT THE CONSTITUENT HAD CALLED ME DIRECTLY.

AND FROM WHAT I GATHERED FROM THE CONVERSATION THREE THROUGH FIVE WAS THE ONES THAT WERE MOST PRESENT.

SURE.

UM, THE FIRST QUESTION RAISED HAD TO DO WITH PROVISION 5.1 0.1, WHICH DEALS WITH THE TERM, THE INITIAL TERM OF THE CHARTER.

UM, THE ASSERTION WAS THAT THE PROVISION WAS VAGUE IN SOME WAY.

UM, I RESTATED THE PROVISION TO MS. COLLINS, WHO I BELIEVE FORWARDED IT TO THE CONSTITUENT.

I INDICATED CLEARLY THE INTENT OF THE PROVISION IT'S MY BELIEF HAS BEEN DRAFTED CLEARLY CLEAR ENOUGH TO BE UNDERSTOOD BY, BY, YOU KNOW, UH, ANY READER WHO WANTS TO READ IT AND DELVE INTO IT.

UM, BUT BASICALLY IT SAYS THE TERM INITIAL TERM OF THE SCHOOL AT FOUR YEARS, SUBJECT TO REVIEW AFTER ITS THIRD YEAR OF OPERATION AND THE POTENTIAL A POTENTIAL FIFTH YEAR.

UM, SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL TERM TO BE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS IF THE SCHOOL IS MEETING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR POLICY, UM, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME, OH, THAT PARTICULAR ONE, I'M SORRY.

UM, THE, THE CONSTITUENT HAD AN UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE ADDING MORE TIME TO, UH, WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY AGREED UPON.

CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? YEAH.

I'M NOT CERTAIN WHERE THE CONSTITUENT GOT THAT INTERPRETATION, BUT OUR POLICY AND THIS CONTRACT AS WITH ALL OF OUR CHARTER CONTRACTS SETS AN INITIAL TERM OF FIVE YEARS, FOUR YEARS WITH A POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL YEAR, FIFTH YEAR, SHOULD THEY MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF OPERATION AFTER THE THIRD YEAR? SO I STAFF REVIEWS THE OPERATION OF THE SCHOOL IF THEY'RE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE'VE SET IN POLICY AND THE OPERATIONALLY AND OTHER WAYS YOU'RE GRANTED A FIFTH YEAR TO OPERATE.

SO THE INITIAL TERM OF THE SCHOOL IS FIVE YEARS, UM, PER THE CONTRACT AND PER OUR POLICY.

AND, AND FOR CLARITY, UH, CONTINGENT UPON THE RESULTS OF A REVIEW CONDUCTED AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE THIRD YEAR OF OPERATION, THAT REVIEW TO BE CONDUCTED IS BASED ON EXISTING CHARTER HOURS, EACH DISTINCT CHARTER POLICY.

THAT'S CORRECT.

SO THAT THE NATURE OF THE REVIEW, ET CETERA, IS NOT IN QUESTION.

THAT'S CORRECT.

ON THE TERMS OF OUR CONTRACT WITH THE CHARTER OPERATOR.

I BELIEVE THE SECOND QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH, UM, CHARTER WITH, UM, WELL, I DIDN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE SECOND QUESTION TO BE HONEST, IT HAD TO DO WITH IDENTICAL CHARTER BOARDS AND OTHER CHARTER SCHOOLS.

I WASN'T CERTAIN WHETHER CONSTITUENT WAS GOING WITH THE QUESTION.

UM, MY CONCLUSION WAS THAT THE ASSERTION HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD FOR APPROVAL.

UM, THIS BOARD HAS BEEN VERY, UM, INTENTIONAL WITH ASKING YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING CONTRACTS BACK TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL FOR ALL CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AUTHORIZED.

AND THEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS THE THIRD CONTRACT BROUGHT BACK TO YOU AS REQUIRED BY POLICY, BUT IT ALSO HAS REQUESTED BY THE BOARD.

SO, UM, I BELIEVE IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

THAT'S IN THE BEST LEGAL AND BUSINESS INTERESTS OF THE BOARD TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THESE CHARTERS, THESE TRY TO CONTRACT SO THAT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BOARD AND THE CHARTER OPERATOR IS CLEAR AND IS LAID OUT.

UM, AND SO WASN'T SURE ABOUT THE SECOND CONCERN, THE THIRD CONCERN HAD TO DO WITH, UM, THE ABSENCE OF THE CHARTER MANAGEMENT OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT, WHICH IS APPENDIX B.

I BELIEVE OF THE CONTRACT.

WE'VE NOT RECEIVED A COPY OF THAT AS OF THE REQUEST.

HOWEVER, MY RESPONSE WAS AT THE CMO, THE AGREEMENT WITH THE CMO HAS NO IMPACT

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I BEGAN, UH, WHEN WE DRAFTED, UH, THESE NEW CONTRACTS, I BEGAN TO REQUEST THE POTENTIAL OF BASICALLY ADDING CMR AGREEMENTS TO THE CONTRACT MERELY FOR REFERENCE, SHOULD WE EVER NEED TO KNOW WHO THE, WHAT THE, WHAT THE DETAILS OF THE AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN THE CHARTER OPERATOR AND THE, THE CHARTER MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION? WE WOULD HAVE IT AT OUR FINGERTIPS.

IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR THE CONTRACT TO MOVE FORWARD.

I'M SURE I'LL GET A COPY OF THAT AND DO TIME.

UM, BUT IT SHOULD NOT STOP THE APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT, BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT THE CONTRACTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU, THE BOARD AND THE OPERATOR YOU AUTHORIZED A YEAR AGO.

AND SO I WILL FORWARD TO THE BOARD OF THE COPY OF THE CMO.

I'LL PUT THE REQUEST OUT TO COUNSEL FOR THE OPERATOR, AND I'LL GET A COPY OF THE CMO AND FORWARD THAT TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR INSPECTION UPON RECEIPT.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, CHARTERS AND CHARTER POLICY, ET CETERA, CAN BE SENSITIVE DEPENDING ON THE, YOU KNOW, WHO'S HAVING THE CONVERSATION.

AND SINCE THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE, UM, I JUST FELT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT JUST TO BE CLEAR AND, UH, TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.

YES, MA'AM MR. LANICE, IS THIS, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE NOT UP THAT MY BAD.

UM, I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT ON THIS AS IT RELATES TO THE FOUR YEARS AND THEN THE FIFTH YEAR, UH, MR. SHAMBLIN, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT IS THE WAY IT IS STATED IN STATE LAW.

AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PUTTING INTO CONTRACTS, UH, THE DETAILS AROUND THIS, BECAUSE PRIOR TO THESE CONTRACTS AND PRIOR TO HAVING OUR GUIDELINES, WHICH MR. HOWARD, AND THIS WHERE JACKSON WORKED SO HARD ON THE FIFTH YEAR WAS JUST BEING ROUTINELY.

GRANTED WAS REALLY NO REVIEW.

SO NOW WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUT IN A FORMAL REVIEW WITH SPECIFIC CRITERIA AND THINGS THAT WILL GOVERN THAT THIRD YEAR REVIEW.

SO REALLY WE'RE ADDING ON TO WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING, AND ALL OF THIS IS FOLLOWING THE STATE LAW.

SO IT'S TIGHTER THAN IT WOULD HAVE USED TO BE, BECAUSE QUITE HONESTLY, THERE WAS NO THIRD YEAR REVIEW BEING DONE.

STATE LAW.

YES, SIR.

STATE LAW AND OUR POLICY, WHICH, WHICH BASICALLY CODIFIES THE STATE LAW FOR US LOCALLY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS BEING NINE? MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE VOTE.

YES, NO MOTION CARRIES.

ON TO ITEM 10 CONSIDERATION REQUESTS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, HANDBOOK AND DISCIPLINE POLICY FOR THE 2020, 2021 SCHOOL YEAR FOR THE EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL SYSTEM WITH NOTED CHANGES.

UH, NOW WE'LL MOVE

[G10. Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook & Discipline Policy]

DO I HAVE PROMOTION? MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? MR. BELLEW.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? LANA'S THANK YOU, SIR.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM, NUMBER 10.

UM, THE BOARD IS NOW OPEN FOR A REQUEST TO SPEAK.

YOU SEE ME? OH, MS. COLLINS.

YES, GO AHEAD.

MS. LAMONT DRI IS A LEGAL COUNSEL AT STAR, UH, SEXUAL TRAUMA.

UM, THIS MIGHT BE KIND OF DIFFICULT, BUT, UM, I HOPE, UH, WE CAN FIND A SIMPLE WAY TO ADDRESS, UM, WE, UH, AND YOU MAY, UH, COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD, YOU MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THE EMAIL THAT CAME AT ABOUT FIVE 12, CAUSE HE CAME IN AFTER THE BOARD MEETING.

UM, UM,

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AND, UH, I FORGET THE ACRONYM, BUT STOP.

I'M SORRY.

UM, AND, AND SO SHE GAVE A VERY DETAILED, UH, EXPLANATION OF WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOME VERY VALID CONCERNS WHERE WE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PILOT, OUR POLICY, UH, HANDBOOK CLASS STUDENTS IS, IS EXTENSIVE.

UM, AND SO SHE LIFTED UP SOME VERY VALID CONCERNS BECAUSE OF THE TIME THAT HE CAME IN.

OF COURSE IT COULDN'T BE ADDRESSED BEFORE THE MEETING.

AND, UM, UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT AT LEAST THIS PARTICULAR PIECE, UH, UM, DEALING WITH, UH, CHILDHOOD CHILD ABUSE AND REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD, UH, IF THE BOARD WOULD BE AMENABLE TO, UH, PASSING THE HANDBOOK MINUS THAT PIECE SO THAT THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED OR MAYBE DEFERRING THE POLICY.

I KNOW THIS, I KNOW WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE COMMITTEE AS A WHOLE, AND THIS IS THE REGULAR MEETING.

UM, BUT IT'S, THIS IS, UH, THIS CONSTITUENTS FIRST TIME REACHING OUT TO US TO ADDRESS POLICY.

UM, AND SO, UM, I'M GOING TO OFFER A SUBSTITUTE MOTION IF THAT'S, UH, AMENABLE TO THE BOARD TO PASS THE POLICY WITH THE CORRECT, WITH THE, UH, UH, THE AMENDMENTS ALREADY IN PLACE MINUS THE POLICY ON REPORTING OF CHILD ABUSE.

UH, BECAUSE THE CONCERNS THAT WERE LIFTED UP WAS, UH, WAS THAT, UM, SOME OF OUR UPDATES DON'T REFLECT CHANGES FROM THE LOUISIANA CHILDREN'S CODE.

UM, AND SO, UH, THAT SEEMS SIGNIFICANT AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS, BUT I'M JUST LIFTING UP, UH, THAT JUST SO MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD CAN BE AWARE OF WHY I'M TRYING TO SEE ALPHA.

WE CAN WORK ON THIS.

I DON'T WANT TO, UH, DELAY THE WHOLE STUDENT HANDBOOK, BUT IS THERE A WAY, OR IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY THAT THESE ISSUES CAN BE ADDRESSED? UM, WITHOUT OVER-COMPLICATING TONIGHT'S VOTE WHEN NOT WAITING UNTIL LIKE, WAIT NEXT YEAR? YEAH.

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT.

UM, MR. GOLDADE IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT.

YEAH, PLEASE.

TALK IT OVER, BUT I'LL ALSO HAVE TO VET THAT OTHER SOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALIGNED, WE'RE ALIGNED WITH THE LAW.

I HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH, I I'M, I AM NOT CALLING INTO DOUBT THE CONSTITUENTS QUESTIONS.

I WANT TO REMIND.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THESE REVISIONS HAVE BEEN VETTED BY ME BY EXTERNAL COUNSEL AND BY A NUMBER OF OTHER SOURCES TO MATCH RECENT CHANGES IN STUDENT SEXUAL HARASSMENT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS PART OF THE ISSUE HERE.

WE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO AN ACT WE'VE ALREADY ENACTED POLICY, BUT WE'RE REQUIRED TO THEN ENACT, UM, PROTOCOLS THAT MATCH POLICY.

UM, THE STUDENT HANDBOOK IS PART OF THAT PROTOCOL, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S MY RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ENACT IT AS DRAFTED AND THEN REVIEW IT FOR POTENTIAL AMENDMENTS A MONTH FROM NOW OR TWO MONTHS FROM NOW FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE TO HAVE IN PLACE STUDENT PRACTICES AND PROTOCOLS AND RULES, BECAUSE WE HAVE KIDS NOW BACK IN VIRTUALLY.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THIS MANAGER WILL DOES IS IT APPLIES OUR DISCIPLINE POLICIES ACROSS THE BOARD TO VIRTUAL SCHOOL, VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS, AND VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE IN PLACE SOMETHING FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO HAVE AN EXPECTATION.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AND NUMBER TWO, I NEED TO, I WOULD NEED TO VET AND REALLY, REALLY READ THE RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE CONSTITUENTS TO MAKE SURE THE LINES WITH THE LAW, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE SOME CONFUSION OR THERE MAY BE SOME CONFLICT BETWEEN WHAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN TOLD TO ADOPT FROM A FEDERAL LEVEL BASIS VERSUS WHAT OUR STATE LAW HAS IN PLACE THAT MAY BE BEYOND WHAT WE CAN RESOLVE IN A STUDENT MANUAL.

WE MAY BE ABLE TO RESOLVE THAT WITH SOME OF OUR PRACTICES AND WITH OUR INVESTIGATE, INVEST INVENTORY PROCEDURES, ET CETERA, AND OUR TRAINING TO STAFF.

SO I WANT TO BE, I WANT TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT NOT PUSHING THE BOOK AHEAD BECAUSE WE, I, OUR ADMINISTRATORS, OUR TEACHERS, WE REALLY NEED THIS IN PLACE.

WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO JUST TO DISSEMINATE THIS TO PARENTS, UM, MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK DIGITALLY.

SO WE CAN HAVE IN PLACE A FOUNDATION FOR RULES, UM, FOR DISCIPLINE, FOR EXPECTATIONS, ET CETERA.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY.

AND IT'S, UM, NOTHING PROHIBITS US FROM, YOU KNOW, UH, MEETING WITH THE CONSTITUENT, CLARIFYING WITH THE, UH, CONFUSION AND, OR, UH, WHAT HAVE YOU IS, UH, IN F ANY AMENDMENTS NEED TO BE MADE THAT CAN BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING.

CERTAINLY I WOULD BE GLAD TO MEET WITH THE CONSTITUENT,

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AND SHE IS AN ATTORNEY, BUT YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE OF COURSE, AS YOU SAID, AND, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, COVER US.

SO, ALRIGHT, SO THEN I, I WON'T OFFER A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

UH, I SEE, UH, A REASONABLE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT HOLDING UP EVERYTHING.

PLEASE CONSIDER DISCUSSING THE INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, MS. COLLINS, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD DESIRE TO SPEAK? OKAY.

SEEING NONE.

I WILL NOW GO TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE HAVE TO, UH, WE HAVE THREE, UH, FIRST IS FROM DEANNA BABKA, ADINA BAPTIZE.

THIS REVIEW COMMITTEE IS A FORCE AT BEST.

SEVERAL MEMBERS HAVE DUAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE DISTRICT.

UH, DEMOCRATIC TRANSPARENT AND REPRESENTATIVES COMMITTEE NEEDS TO BE ESTABLISHED.

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SHOULD NOT JUST BE RUBBER STAMPS.

NEXT, WE HAVE A COMMENT FROM MARGAIN LAMONT DRE, WHO I THINK WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING.

HI, I'M MORGAN .

IF I'M PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY AND ATTORNEY AT THE SEXUAL TRAUMA AWARENESS AND RESPONSE, AND THE MOTHER OF AN EBR PUBLIC SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY STUDENTS, I SENT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT OUTDATING AND CONFUSING COMPONENTS OF THE POLICY RELATED TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT TO THE BOARD VIA EMAIL IN THE EMAIL, I DETAILED MANY OF THE ISSUES, WHICH ARE HATS, WHICH ARE TOO MANY TO LIST HERE.

I PROVIDED AN EMAIL ON THE RECORD, SO THE BOARD CAN ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

CONSIDERING ONE IS CONSENSUAL.

AND FOR MR. COLE HONDA, QUARTERLY, THIS HANDBOOK HAS FAILED TO ADDRESS SO MANY ISSUES AS STUDENTS, PARENTS AND STAFF ARE PLEDGED WITH AND FORCED TO ADDRESS OUR HANDBOOK DOES NOT ADDRESS TRUANCY WHILE ATTENDING VIRTUAL THE HANDBOOK STATES REGARDING DUE PROCESS HEARINGS, THAT THE STUDENT WOULD HAVE A HEARING IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SCHOOL BOARD, WHICH IS NOT IN LINE WITH IDA.

THIS PRACTICE WOULD ALSO VIOLATE THE PARENTS AND CHALLENGE RIGHT TO A CLOSED HEARING AND REMAINING CONFIDENTIAL.

THIS HANDBOOK ALSO WANTS TO CONDUCT M D RS AFTER THE FACT, WHICH IS NOT IN LINE WITH IDA.

THIS HANDBOOK HAS SEXUAL MOLESTATION CONSIDERED AS A MINOR OFFENSE, BUT ORAL SEX IS A MAJOR OFFENSE.

WHY ARE THEY NOT CONSIDERED EQUALLY ARE IN REVERSE.

THIS HANDBOOK HAS MORE OFFENSES AND ITEMS, NOT IN LINE WITH THE LAW, FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, AS WELL AS INDIGENOUS BLACK AND BROWN CHILDREN, I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND AND ENCOURAGE EBR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, SCHOOL BOARD TO USE YOUR PARENT TASKFORCE TO AID YOU AND CREATING A HANDBOOK.

SO THAT IS ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, THAT WE HAVE.

NOW, UM, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO TRACK THE DATA, TO SEE WHERE WE MAY BE HAVING CHALLENGES IN ONE AREA VERSUS ANOTHER AREA.

UH, MS. WARE JACKSON, THANK YOU, MR. .

UM, THAT, THAT LAST COMMENT REMINDED ME THAT, UH, SOMEONE DID SEND ME A QUESTION, UH, THAT'S RELATED TO THAT AND WANTED TO KNOW, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS WOULD BE DIRECTED TO, WHETHER IT'S, UM, THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT OR OUR ATTORNEY, UH, HOW DO WE PLAN TO ADDRESS THOSE THAT ARE NOT ATTENDING SCHOOL AT THIS TIME, OR THOSE THAT ARE, THAT HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT OF CLASS, UM, BEFORE IT BECOMES ANY ISSUE OF TRUANCY? SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION.

UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE CONNECTED A, UM, VIRTUAL SYSTEM FOR, UM, SUPPORTING STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR DISCIPLINE, UM, AS ALIGNED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD POLICY ON DISCIPLINE.

SO, UM, DURING THE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM SETTING, A TEACHER CAN WRITE A REFERRAL.

UM, IF A STUDENT DOES SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE AND IT WILL GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS OF GOING TO THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL, AND, UM, THEY ARE, UH, REALLY WORKED WITH, TO FIND OUT, UH, WHAT THE CHALLENGE WAS, AND ALSO, UH, FOLLOWING THE DISCIPLINE POLICY, AS FAR AS, UH, WHAT, WHAT THE, UM, WHAT THE DISCIPLINE ACTION WOULD BE, UH, FOR THEIR CHILD COURSE ON, ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN THE CLASSROOM.

SO, UM, SO THE PROCESS REMAINS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW.

THEY OWN THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

UH, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS, IS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VIRTUAL PORTAL

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AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UH, BEHAVIOR, UH, THAT WE MAY NEED TO WORK ON, UM, AND GET SOME SUPPORT OUT TO A SCHOOL, UH, FOR PARTICULAR BEHAVIORS.

SO, UM, WE'VE DONE, UH, THE TEAM HAS DONE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB OF DESIGNING A SYSTEM, UM, THAT THE TEACHERS CAN, UM, HAVE SUPPORT, UH, FOR DISCIPLINE.

AND THE STUDENTS ALSO GO THROUGH A PROCESS, UH, BASICALLY, UM, A PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING TREATED FAIRLY, UM, WITH, UH, WHAT, THE CONSEQUENCES OR THE ACTION.

MA'AM THANK YOU.

UH, I AM SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENTS, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK SAYING NONE.

MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE CONDUCTED BY MR. GORDON, MR. LANDIS, THE SECOND ON THIS ITEM? YEAH.

MS. BERNARD, MS. BARNARD, THE MOTION CARRIES.

MOVE ON TO ITEM H ONE CHILDREN'S CHARTER SURRENDER CONSIDERATION, EVERY REQUEST, EXCEPT THE SURRENDER OF A CHARTER BY THE CHILDREN'S CHARTER SCHOOL BOARD.

AND, UH, AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANT TO ADD A COMMENT.

A PUBLIC COMMENT CAME ON INTO, ON A PRIOR ITEM FROM DR.

KERRY WINDER.

UH, I APOLOGIZE, MR. WEINER, BUT THE TIMESTAMP ON THAT COMMENT IS SEVEN 15 ON MY COMPUTER.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN YOU PUT IT IN, BUT IT WAS HERE AT SEVEN 15, WHICH WAS AFTER THAT ITEM HAD BEEN ADDRESSED.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, SIR.

UH, NOW WE

[H. New Business]

DO I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY.

WELL, MR. BALLOONS MOVE AND MS. COLLINS.

SECOND, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION FROM THE BOARD SAYING THAT MR. SHAMBLIN OR MISS, UH, MRS. BROWN WOULD EITHER OF YOU LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT? GO AHEAD.

I JUST WANTED TO, UM, TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD, UM, THAT, UH, THAT THE TEAM AND THIS, UH, CHARTER SCHOOL CHILDREN'S CHARTER SCHOOL, UM, ACTUALLY HAVE WORKED REALLY, REALLY WELL TOGETHER IN COMING TO THIS CONCLUSION.

UH, THIS IS, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST CHARTER SCHOOLS THAT, UM, OPENED IN THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE.

UM, AND THE ENROLLMENT, UM, WAS, WAS LOW AND OUR TEAM CONTINUED TO WORK, UH, WITH THIS CHARTER SCHOOL, UM, IN SUPPORTING AS WELL AS GOING THROUGH, UM, A CLOSURE, UM, UH, THE, UM, SYRINGE OR PROCESS WITH THEM.

UM, I THINK, UH, THE TEAM IN THE PORTFOLIO, UM, PORTFOLIO OFFICE, AS WELL AS, UH, AN ANDREA DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF SUPPORTING THE SCHOOL, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE CHILDREN, UM, ACTUALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND A SCHOOL THAT THEIR FAMILY WAS COMFORTABLE WITH.

UM, SO WE DID SEND SOME BACKUP DATA JUST SO THAT THE BOARD WOULD KNOW, UM, THE, UH, REALLY, REALLY, UH, INCREDIBLE PROCESS THAT WE WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL TO TRY AND FIND THE BEST SOLUTION FOR THE SCHOOL AS WELL AS FOR THE CHILDREN.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MRS. BROWN.

UH, WE HAVE NO COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC, SO WE WILL GO BACK TO THE BOARD, IF ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD SEEING NONE.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE VOTE.

[02:25:09]

YES, THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU,

[Items I & J]

MR. ATLANTA.

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, GO DAY ONE SECOND.

ALRIGHT, NOW SMITH MEETINGS COMMITTEE OF THE HOPE MEAN TO BE HELD ON SEPARATE, UM, SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2020 AT 5:00 PM.

LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED, REGULAR BOARD MEETING TO BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2020 AT 5:00 PM.

LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED.

THANK YOU, MR. LANDIS.

UH, MS. , UM, MR. .

UM, IF I MIGHT, I, I NEEDED TO JUST SAY THAT I GOT A MESSAGE FROM TAYLOR GAS, JUST TELLING US THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT I HAD SPOKEN ABOUT EARLIER IS ALSO, IT'S ALSO, UM, ADDED TO THE BOARD WEBPAGE AND IT'S RIGHT UNDER THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

I MENTIONED THAT THEY SHOULD GO AND LOOK AT BOARD DOCS, BUT THEY CAN FIND THAT RESOLUTION ON, UM, ON OUR WEB PAGE, RIGHT UNDER THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT INFORMATION.

IT IS STILL UP ON I'M SORRY, MR. GRAY.

IT IS STILL UP ON BOARD DOCS AS WELL.

OKAY, GREAT.