ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
RESOLUTION NO. 62-17

The following resolution was offered by ___________ and seconded by ____________.
A resolution directing the Superintendent to engage an independent consultant to
conduct research and analysis on the current state of school enrollment and school
transportation, and make recommendations regarding potential changes in OPSB
and/or school-level policies and procedures that may improve the experience of
students and families in these areas.
WHEREAS, the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) strives to continually improve the
quality of educational experience offered to all our students and families, and be responsive to the
concerns of the citizens we serve.
WHEREAS, over the past several years, OPSB has solicited feedback from a sampling of
parents and community members through town hall meetings, neighborhood meetings, the OPSB
citywide survey, school board meetings, and other venues. Through these opportunities to listen
to groups of parents and the community, several issues warrant further inquiry, including but not
limited to:
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Parents’ desire to ensure their children can attend school with their sibling(s);
Parents’ desire to ensure their children can attend a school within walking distance of their
home;
Parents’ desire to minimize travel time on school buses;
Parents’ desire to ensure the health, comfort and safety of children when traveling to and
from school, including how early or late in the day children arrive at bus stops, how long
children sit on buses after arriving at school, and the availability of air conditioning on
school buses.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that OPSB directs the Superintendent to
engage a consultant to better understand the district and school data, policies, and procedures that
are impacting families in the areas of transportation and enrollment, and to assist the
Superintendent to make strategic policy reform recommendations that may improve the experience
of students and their families. The research and recommendations should be completed and
presented to the school board no later than the June 2018 business meeting.
This resolution having been submitted to a vote, the vote thereon was as follows:
YEAS:
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

 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