Louisiana / School Boards / Terrebonne Parish
Finance staff reported a 4.74% increase in December sales-tax receipts and presented the monthly budget-to-actual comparison; the reports were included in the committee packet and accepted during the meeting.
Louisiana / School Boards / Terrebonne Parish
Committee approved an original FY2025–26 disaster recovery budget to cover remaining Hurricane Ida projects, including Grand Caillou and Upper Little Caillou schools and the Fletcher building; FEMA approval for some projects is still pending.
Louisiana / School Boards / Terrebonne Parish
The Finance, Insurance and Section 16 Lands Committee approved revised FY2025–26 budgets for major operating and special funds, including a projected $4,171,801 general-fund balance; staff cited increased revenues, higher expenditures and personnel additions as drivers of changes.
Louisiana / School Boards / Terrebonne Parish
Architects presented a conceptual reconstruction plan for Allender Memorial High School that responds to FEMA constraints, replaces the old auditorium with a multiuse 'cafetorium', increases classroom sizes and consolidates athletics; FEMA approval and community input were raised as key next steps.
Louisiana / School Boards / Terrebonne Parish
Engineers reported a ~45‑day delay at Coteau Bayou Blue, pile driving underway at Upper Little Calle Elementary, an Oak Lawn freezer/cooler replacement nearing completion and other smaller maintenance projects; staff also reported work to restore water to a baseball field and to demolish an unsafe canal‑side store.
Louisiana / School Boards / Terrebonne Parish
An unidentified meeting facilitator called an executive committee meeting and said it would review current-month invoices, including supplemental payroll and travel expenses; members present raised no concerns and no public comment was recorded in the provided transcript.
Louisiana / School Boards / Terrebonne Parish
Dr. Monica Brose told the Education Technology and Policy Committee that state supervisors visit districts to attend teacher collaborations, PLCs, leadership meetings and classroom observations to provide feedback tied to the teacher evaluation rubric; she said the program reaches "pretty much every parish in the state."
Louisiana / School Boards / Terrebonne Parish
The committee voted to approve a revision to Policy File F-12.8 (employee conduct) after a motion by Ms. Benoit and a second from Mr. Lagarde; Dr. Yarbrough indicated no further changes were needed.
Louisiana / School Boards / Terrebonne Parish
The board accepted the lowest responsive bid from BET Construction Inc. of $19.33 million for the Grand Cayo school construction and established a $23.21 million project budget, including FEMA and local funding for contingencies.
Louisiana / School Boards / Terrebonne Parish
The finance committee received the 06/30/2025 audit report, praised finance staff for decades of unmodified opinions, authorized advertising for food-service bids, and heard a report of a roughly 5% sales tax increase in November.