Board approves consent agenda including $275,000 property purchase and votes to enter executive session on Head Start matter

The Ascension Public Schools board approved its consent agenda, which included procurement items for the parishwide child nutrition program, adoption of a resolution to purchase property described in Exhibit A for a stated amount of $275,000, and approval of an out-of-state field trip for high-school cheerleaders to attend a UCA summer camp in Starkville, Mississippi in June 2026.

During the consent-agenda vote the clerk recorded one abstention: John DeFrancis. The chair announced the motion carried after an aye vote from the board.

The resolution listed the seller in the meeting text as "East Century Telephone Company LLC doing business as [name in transcript unclear]," at a stated purchase amount of $275,000. The transcript spelling and stylization of the seller's doing-business-as name is unclear; the board record should be checked for the formal legal seller name before publication.

Later in the meeting the board moved, seconded (motion by Marty Plisvall; second by Karen Rowe), and held a roll call vote to enter executive session to review information about a Head Start corrective-action incident and related matters. The clerk recorded an affirmative roll call for the members listed and the chair indicated the board would proceed into executive session.

Next steps: board staff will follow the usual executive-session procedures and will report any required public actions afterward as appropriate.