Ralph "Rem" Brandt

Jefferson Parish School Board member Ralph Brandt voted against selling the office site portion of 606 Clay St. (the former Washington Elementary) to Jefferson Parish for $385,000; it carried.

May 6, 2026

Source: go.boarddocs.com

Serves as the Jefferson Parish School Board member for District 7 and is identified as the board's vice president on the official district biography.

January 1, 2026

Source: jpschools.org

Jefferson Parish School Board member Ralph Brandt seconded, and voted for, buying 25 electric school buses with a $7.1 million EPA grant; the motion failed.

November 5, 2025

Source: go.boarddocs.com

Jefferson Parish School Board member Ralph Brandt voted against raising the district's child aftercare fees to $12 per day ($60 per week); it carried.

March 12, 2025

Source: go.boarddocs.com

Jefferson Parish School Board member Ralph Brandt cast the lone vote against raising the new Transportation Complex budget from $5.0 million to $8.165 million and awarding the construction contract to Batco Construction; it carried.

February 5, 2025

Source: go.boarddocs.com

Jefferson Parish School Board member Ralph Brandt voted against offering the former Washington Elementary School site for sale as-is, before demolition; the motion failed.

November 6, 2024

Source: go.boarddocs.com

Jefferson Parish School Board member Ralph Brandt seconded, and voted for, a policy that vacant school board land be sold without contingencies on its future use; it carried.

August 7, 2024

Source: go.boarddocs.com

Jefferson Parish School Board member Ralph Brandt cast the lone vote against amending several articles of the school board's bylaws, including committee meeting rules; it carried.

January 10, 2024

Source: go.boarddocs.com