ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
RESOLUTION NO. 62-17
The following resolution was offered by

seconded by

:

A resolution supporting the engagement of a consultant to make well-researched,
strategic policy reform recommendations to improve the experience of students
and parents with school transportation and school enrollment.
WHEREAS, the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) strives to be responsive to the
concerns of the citizens we serve, and to continually improve the quality of educational
experience offered to all our students and families;
WHEREAS, over the past several years, several common themes have resonated in
numerous public settings, including town hall meetings, neighborhood meetings, the OPSB
citywide survey, school board meetings, etc. Many of these concerns from our community
center on topics related to our school transportation and common enrollment systems.
Specifically, the most common points of feedback from our community regarding school
transportation and enrollment have included, but are not limited to, the following suggestions:
• Students should be able to attend a school that is within walking distance of their
home;
• Students should be able to attend a school where their sibling(s) have already been
enrolled;
• Students should not be riding on buses for lengthy periods of time;
• Students should not be at the bus stop too early in the morning, or too late at night;
• Students should not be sitting on the bus after arriving at school for long periods of
time; and
• School buses should have air conditioning.
WHEREAS, as a result of community concerns, OPSB wishes to engage a consultant to
make well-researched, strategic policy reform recommendations to improve the experience of
students and parents with school transportation and school enrollment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orleans Parish School Board
hereby directs its Superintendent to engage a consultant to make well-researched, strategic policy
reform recommendations to improve the experience of students and parents with school
transportation and school enrollment; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Orleans Parish School Board hereby directs its
Superintendent to present said recommendations to the School Board by no later than the June
2018 business meeting.
This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
YEAS:

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 NAYS:
ABSENTS:
ABSTENTIONS:
PASSED AND ADOPTED AT THE ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
BUSINESS MEETING held at Timbers, 3520 General deGaulle Drive, Multi-purpose Room
1050, New Orleans, Louisiana, on the 14th day of December, 2017.
ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD

John A. Brown, Sr., President

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 CERTIFICATE
STATE OF LOUISIANA
PARISH OF ORLEANS
I, the undersigned Secretary-Treasurer of the Orleans Parish School Board, State of
Louisiana, do hereby certify that the foregoing two (2) pages constitute a true and correct copy of
Resolution No. 62-17, adopted by said Orleans Parish School Board on December 14, 2017.
IN FAITH WHEREOF, witness my official signature and the impress of the official seal
of the School Board at New Orleans, Louisiana, on this

the day of

, 2017.

(SEAL)
Henderson Lewis, Jr., Ph.D., Secretary-Treasurer