District administrators announced June 24 that Ronnie Abare will be the St. Bernard Parish School District’s coordinator of buildings and grounds, a staff appointment resulting from an internal search that drew six candidates.

Ms. Albers, a district staff member who handled personnel items at the meeting, said Abare has worked for the district for nine and a half years, including five years at Andrew Jackson Middle School as a teacher and coach, and the past two and a half years at Chalmette High School in the CTIE program. She said Abare has run summer-school programs and has a background in carpentry and HVAC and other building trades.

Ms. Albers said the coordinator position was advertised internally, interviews were conducted by Jason Dewey and David Fernandez, and the district selected Abare from a field of six internal candidates. The district materials presented at the meeting list multiple personnel appointments on the first two pages; those appointments are for staff who did not have finalized contracts at the time of the May meeting but have now been assigned to locations for the 2025–26 school year.

The board also noted the retirement of Ricky Smallwood, a transportation department mechanic. Board member Ms. Dysart offered remarks thanking Smallwood for his years of service.

Superintendent notes at the meeting also described ongoing summer programs at district sites, including a special-needs camp at the MOMA Center, science camps at Andrew Jackson and Chalmette High, performing-arts academy events at the Cultural Arts Center, and a week-long July 13 Datafest professional development for administrators to develop school improvement plans. The superintendent noted that summer is an active administrative period for staffing and program preparation.

The personnel announcements at the June 24 meeting were presented as administrative appointments and routine personnel changes; the district did not read individual contract terms or salary figures into the public meeting record.