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Eleanor McMain Secondary

Extend School Facilities Master Plan Public Review Period

Target:
The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and The Orleans Parish School Board
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This is a petition to extend the public review period for the Orleans Parish Schools Master Facilities Plan until January 1, 2009. 
This is a petition to extend the public review period for the Orleans Parish Schools Master Facilities Plan until January 1, 2009. 
We the undersigned urge you as our local and state public education leaders to extend the Orleans Parish Schools Master Facilities Plan Public Review & Comment Period for an additional 90 days to January 1, 2009. 

We ask for this extension for several reasons, but we ask with the understanding that there is no intention for implementation before early 2009, therefore the extension should cause no delay in implementation.  Of course, the current limited public comment and review period has occurred during a particularly taxing time for parents and community members who have had to also deal with weather evacuations, city planning forums, school board election debates along with back to school preparations and adjustments.  Equally important is that there is magnificent descent and confusion within our community regarding this recently released document.  Finally, the current sitting OPSB only has 2 members seeking reelection, therefore we feel that the newly seated OPSB members will need to hear our well thought out concerns and suggestions regarding the plan as they will be the body that we will hold accountable for the implementation in the years to come. 


We citizens are only requesting a reasonable amount of time so that we may study the plan and hold meaningful conversations within our own groups and with planners which will allow for us to develop our well thought out concerns and suggestions and ultimately make informed decisions for the future of public education facilities in New Orleans.   


In closing, we urge each member of the Orleans Parish School Board and LA Board of Elementary & Secondary Education to postpone your vote to approve the current Orleans Parish Schools Master Facilities Plan until after January 1, 2009.  Thank you in advance for your support regarding the concerns of New Orleans citizens.

OUR Schools.  OUR Future.  OUR Plans.
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We signed the "Extend School Facilities Master Plan Public Review Period" petition!
# 382:
2:20 pm PDT, Oct 15, Wesley Samms, Louisiana
Extend the public review period!
# 381:
6:48 pm PDT, Oct 13, Dominic Hornsby, Louisiana
Don't allow our cultural icons to be destroyed without due diligence and/or proper urban city planning. More time is needed for review of the Master Plan, lest we lose our voice and our cultural identity completely!
# 380:
7:15 pm PDT, Oct 11, John Washington Hammurabi II, Louisiana
# 379:
11:14 am PDT, Oct 11, Vidya Sims, California
# 378:
5:09 am PDT, Oct 11, Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 377:
11:37 am PDT, Oct 9, Andrea Wales, Massachusetts
I stand behind the people 100%. It's their city.
# 376:
6:18 pm PDT, Oct 8, Frances Sewell, Louisiana
# 375:
6:14 am PDT, Oct 7, Greta Thompson, Louisiana
# 374:
2:15 pm PDT, Oct 6, Gwendolyn Adams, Louisiana
Time given for public comment was inadequate. People need the time to digest the entire document and consider the outcome.
# 373:
1:10 pm PDT, Oct 6, Brad Brooks, Louisiana
So many of these buildings represent a great asset to our city, built at a time when progressive ideals in education and design were at a high point. Given our economic downturn and the need to conserve energy and resources, it makes little sense to throw these structures away. If the RSD cannot find a use for them, they should be sold, not demolished. These 20th-century structures, some of which could be considered masterpieces by local architects and builders, should be preserved alongside their 19th-century landmarks and neighborhoods.
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11:25 am PDT, Oct 4, Elizabeth Ahlquist, Louisiana
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8:56 pm PDT, Oct 3, Dean Gancarz, Louisiana
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1:59 pm PDT, Oct 3, Tyronne Walker, Louisiana
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1:43 pm PDT, Oct 3, Florence Francois, Louisiana
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1:41 pm PDT, Oct 3, Melanie Vaughn, Louisiana
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1:37 pm PDT, Oct 3, CHERYLLYN BRANCHE, Louisiana
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12:30 pm PDT, Oct 3, Shawn Chollette, Louisiana
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# 358:
12:28 pm PDT, Oct 3, Tia Crowley, Louisiana
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# 357:
12:24 pm PDT, Oct 3, Jennifer Torregano, Louisiana
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12:17 pm PDT, Oct 3, DERRICK NESBY, Louisiana
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# 355:
6:50 am PDT, Oct 3, Freddie Geisler, Florida
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5:40 am PDT, Oct 3, Robert Chandler, Louisiana
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8:30 pm PDT, Oct 2, Jeff Bostick, Louisiana
# 352:
10:20 am PDT, Oct 2, Katrena Ndang, Louisiana
At some point, the planners in charge of the Master Plan for Orleans Parish Schools, must listen to comments from some of the residents of New Orleans. This rebuilding scheme is about the whole city and about all the people who are vested in the city.
# 351:
7:45 am PDT, Oct 2, Angela Daliet, Louisiana
The public comment and review period should be extended by a reasonable amount of time so that communities can hold meaningful and informed conversations to develop their well-thought out responses, suggestions and modification requests. Any argument against an additional 90 day extension is unfounded, specifically the false suggestion that this extension would delay or increase the cost of implementation.
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