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School board approves contractor bids, change orders and policy revision; schedules executive session
Summary
The Lafourche Parish School Board approved multiple construction change orders, low-bid contracts and a policy revision, including contracts for bus yard and gym repairs, canopy installations and HVAC replacements; the board also voted to enter executive session on a student expulsion appeal.
The Lafourche Parish School Board voted to approve a package of land, facilities and policy actions at its meeting, moving forward with several construction projects, repair change orders and a policy revision required by the board’s policy committee.
Major procurement and facilities approvals included change orders tied to Hurricane Ida repairs and other storm damage, the award of a low bid for a bus yard project, replacement of fan coil units at Cut Off Elementary and the hiring of engineers for sanitary-piping replacement at South Lafourche High School. The board also approved a revision to policy JCDAE (student computer and technology use) as recommended by the policy and academic committee.
Several items prompted brief staff remarks about scheduling and scope. Facilities staff said the sanitary piping that collapsed at South Lafourche High School dated to the 1960s, has been temporarily stabilized, and that several boys’ bathrooms and showers…
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