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Virtual and community academies report outcomes; district details interventions and tech upgrades
Summary
Presenters reported the Virtual Academy served 480 students and held a B rating; Body Community Academy reported meeting its A‑school and student-group goals. Staff also reviewed tier‑three special‑education interventions and upcoming technology upgrades (SchoolStatus Connect, Windows 11 classroom deployments, and a WAN change to RAV).
The committee received annual reports and operational updates June 17, including outcomes from the Virtual Academy and Body Community Academy, an overview of special-education interventions, and a series of technology upgrades planned for the 2025–26 school year.
Edmond Adams presented the Virtual Academy annual report, saying the public charter served 480 students from across Lafourche Parish and earned a ‘B’ school rating for the third consecutive year. Adams said the academy’s model uses physical learning sites where students access online platforms with small-group instruction; under a new accountability model the academy projects a ‘high C’ but aims to retain its B rating.
Director Baker delivered the Body Community Academy’s annual report, describing three annual goals — maintain an A school rating, meet economically disadvantaged targets, and meet special-education goals — and reporting the academy met its targets this year.
Supervisory staff summarized tier‑three special‑education intervention work and professional development: administrators and intervention teachers received SPIRE and structured‑literacy training in May, with additional sessions planned July 1, 20, 21 and August 4 or 7 depending on role, and the K–5 rollout is designed to support core instruction and diagnostics.
Technology staff briefed the committee on planned upgrades: a move from SchoolStatus Classic to the Connect platform (which adds a parent app and removes a 300‑contact broadcast limit), a Windows 11 upgrade that will place at least one updated computer in each classroom (district staff reported deploying 770 units and processing an additional 80 devices, with roughly 50 remaining across three schools), and a wide‑area network transition from Unity to RAV with construction nearly complete except for permit‑dependent work in a few areas. Staff said they will test RAV connections before July 1 and then disconnect Unity where ready.
Committee members thanked presenters and asked follow-up questions about logistics; no formal action was required on the presentations.
