MINUTES OF THE

ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

PUBLIC HEARING ON THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET

2401 WESTBEND PARKWAY

NEW ORLEANS, LA 70114

JUNE 27, 2019

1.1    Call to Order – Roll Call

The Orleans Parish School Board’s public hearing on the general fund budget was called to order at 5:05pm by Board Vice-President Leslie Ellison. The following board members were present: Ethan Ashley, Ben Kleban, Leslie Ellison, Nolan Marshall Jr. Superintendent Dr. Henderson Lewis Jr. and Board Counsel Skylar Rosenbloom were also present.

President John A. Brown Sr., Sarah Newell Usdin, and Woody Koppel were not present.

1.2    Pledge of Allegiance

The pledge was led by Vice-President Ellison.

1.3    Adoption of the Agenda

Motion by Mr. Marshall second by Mr. Ashley.

•  Final resolution: Motion passes

•  Yeas: Mr. Ashley, Mr. Kleban, Ms. Ellison, Mr. Marshall

•  Nays: none

•  Absent: Mr. Brown, Mr. Koppel, Ms. Usdin

CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES

2.1 Public Hearing Guidelines

Board counsel advised the public concerning the public hearing guidelines.

3.1    Presentation of FY20 General Fund Budget

District staffer Eric Seling gave a presentation concerning the district, FY2020 accomplishments and a department by department overview.

·  Mr. Kleban thanked the team for all their hard work and asked how the district is trying to plan for contingencies.

·  Mr. Seling said that the district intends to create a special ‘authorizer’ fund that could be used for those sort of contingencies.

4.1    Public Comment

·  Representative from the Greater New Orleans Collaborative of Schools thanked the board for improving the transparency of the district’s budget. The representative also provided a number of recommendations concerning how the board could move forward with further improvements.

5.1    Board Questions/Comments

·  No additional comments were offered.

6.1    Adjourn Meeting

•  Motion by Mr. Marshall, second by Mr. Kleban. Meeting Adjourned at 5:18pm.