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Votes at a glance: Orleans Parish School Board actions on March 26, 2026
Summary
At its March 26 meeting the Orleans Parish School Board approved several consolidations (including KIPP schools and a Frederick Douglass/John F. Kennedy consolidation), adopted a mental-health funding resolution, approved a City Park cooperative agreement, passed a professionalism resolution, and took action on pending litigation; the board failed to adopt one resolution opposing state overcapacity legislation.
The Orleans Parish School Board took multiple formal actions during its March 26 meeting. Key outcomes:
• Item 5.4 — KIPP consolidation (Frederick Douglass and John F. Kennedy): Approved (motion carried; Vice President Olin Parker recused).
• Item 5.2 — Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with New Orleans City Park (5700 Wisner Blvd.): Approved. City Park’s CEO Rebecca Dietz described the short-term use for a June golf tournament; district staff reported a six-month maintenance cost savings of $12,937.32. Vote included abstentions and a recorded no vote; the motion carried by majority.
• Item 5.3 — KIPP Central City Academy and KIPP Central City Primary consolidation to the Woodson Building: Approved (abstention noted).
• Item 5.5 — Flexible terms for OPSB surplus property (allow below-market, community-benefit or performance-based leases when legal): Approved.
• Item 5.6 — Resolution 07-26 on mental-health funding: Approved (board agreed to leverage $1.5 million to expand school-based mental-health services; allocation details to be developed).
• Item 5.7 — Resolution opposing House Bill 795 (2026): Approved by roll call.
• Item 5.8 — Resolution opposing House Bill 1003 (2026): Failed to pass (insufficient votes on roll call).
• Item 5.9 — Resolution 10-26 on professionalism and decorum: Approved by roll call; one recorded no vote.
• Item 6.2 — Executive-session action on litigation (TKTMJ Inc. v. Orleans Parish School Board, Civ. Dist. Ct. No. 2026-02446): The board approved counsel’s recommended course of action in executive session and recorded the action on return to open session.
Several votes involved abstentions and recusals noted for the record. The board indicated that detailed implementation steps (charter amendments, budget allocations, program contracts) will be carried out by district staff and returned to the board for appropriate approvals.
