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School board approves contracts for interpreters, nursing services, routing software, City Year and high‑school success support
Summary
Committee members approved multiple professional-service contracts on July 9, including funding for interpreters, ABA services, several nursing-service contracts, routing software, a $260,000 City Year contract, and a $157,861 contract with the Center for High School Success, which presented 9th‑grade gains.
The East Baton Rouge Parish School Board Committee of the Whole approved a series of professional-service contracts on July 9 covering special-education supports, nursing services, transportation software and partner programs.
The board approved a contract with the Deaf Resource Center of Greater Baton Rouge LLC for qualified sign-language interpreters (not to exceed $80,000) and a contract with Sundre Behavior Services for applied behavior analysis services (not to exceed $60,000) funded by IDEA. Several nursing-service contracts also passed: Oceana Home Health of Baton Rouge (up to $789,800), Avana Healthcare (up to $783,900) and Aman Healthcare (Capital City Staffing LLC doing business as Aman Healthcare, up to $801,900). These items were presented as part of the district’s exceptional‑student‑services agenda and approved after limited board discussion.
The board approved a transportation-routing software contract with Transact Communications LLC for $85,762.30 (general fund). A board member asked whether a previously approved competing contract would be terminated; staff responded that notice of termination had been prepared to make way for the new agreement.
The committee also approved a $260,000 contract with City Year to provide additional student supports—mentoring, attendance work and academic interventions—and a $157,861 contract with the Center for High School Success to provide training, coaching and technical assistance intended to improve 9th‑grade outcomes.
A presenter for Center for High School Success highlighted measurable gains at several schools, saying one school’s 9th-grade on-track rate rose "from 69% to 89%" after implementing the program and targeted interventions. Board members emphasized that host-school buy‑in and ongoing commitment were essential for the program to work as intended.
All listed contracts were moved and seconded during the meeting and recorded as carried; no roll-call vote tallies were provided in the transcript.
