Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Board Actions topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
St. Bernard Parish School Board adopts employee-preferred calendar, approves budget revision and enacts policy updates
Summary
In a Nov. 11 meeting the board adopted the employee‑voted 2026–27 calendar (Option 2) 9–0, approved a technical revision to the 2025–26 general and special revenue budgets 10–0, and passed four policy updates tied to Act 100 and Act 479 (votes recorded 9–0 where roll calls are noted).
The St. Bernard Parish School Board on Nov. 11 voted on several agenda items that resulted in formal actions.
School calendar: Miss Lometta presented three employee ballot calendar options and said Option 2 received 481 employee votes. Option 2 provides a two‑day fall break and a full week off for Easter; under that option the student last day would be May 27 and records day May 28. Miss Dysart moved to adopt Option 2; Mister Campbell seconded. The motion passed 9–0.
Budget revision: Mister Fernandez presented the first revision to the 2025–26 general fund and special revenue budgets, described as a routine technical revision to add encumbrances and reflect updated tax and grant estimates. Key adjustments included a modest increase in ad valorem tax estimates, a conservative reduction in projected sales tax receipts, additions for certified/support supplements and differentiated pay supplements granted by the state legislature, and a 7% midyear increase in group insurance that the district reflected in expenditures. Mister Warner moved to adopt the revised budgets; the motion passed 10–0.
Policy updates: Tony Morales presented four policy revisions. Two policies (6.1 GAAA Equal Opportunity Employment and 6.2 JAA Equal Education Opportunities) were updated to add "military status" as a protected category consistent with Act 100 and the referenced Louisiana statutes. Two additional policies (6.3 and 6.4 addressing students with exceptionalities, crisis intervention, seclusion/restraint and classroom cameras) were updated per Act 479; Morales said the district already uses cameras with audio/video in classrooms serving students with significant disabilities and the change aligns policy language with state law. Each policy was moved, seconded and adopted; roll calls or voice votes were used, and the record shows motions carried (votes recorded 9–0 where noted).
Votes at a glance: • Calendar (Agenda 3.2) — Adopt Option 2 (employee vote 481). Motion: Miss Dysart. Second: Mister Campbell. Outcome: Passed 9–0. • Budget Revision (Agenda 5.21) — Adopt revised 2025–26 general and special revenue funds. Motion: Mister Warner. Second: (recorded). Outcome: Passed 10–0. • Policy 6.1 (GAAA) — Update to add military status per Act 100. Motion: Miss Harris. Second: Miss White. Outcome: Passed (voice/roll call recorded; motion carries). • Policy 6.2 (JAA) — Update to add military status per Act 100. Motion: Miss Creason. Second: Miss Lemoine. Outcome: Passed 9–0. • Policy 6.3 (IDDF) — Revisions on students with exceptionalities and crisis intervention per Act 479. Motion: Mister Moore. Second: Mister Rodriguez. Outcome: Passed 9–0. • Policy 6.4 (IDDFC) — Cameras with audio/video in special education classrooms per Act 479. Motion: Mister Campbell. Second: Mister Warner. Outcome: Passed 9–0.
The board’s recorded actions were procedural and aligned with staff recommendations; several members offered brief comments of support and questions before the votes.
