The Friends of King board of directors has green-lighted a continuing search for grants to finance a pre-kindergarten program at Joseph A. Craig Elementary School and learning centers to supplement classroom instruction at both Craig and Martin Luther King Science and Technology Charter School. Passage of resolutions authorizing reapplication for the funding was the highlight of the directors’ monthly meeting, March 12, in the Craig library.
Charter School
Dr. King Charter School
Governed by Friends of King School
Report Card Grade
C
Grades Served
Pre-K - 12School Performance Score
98.5Previous School Performance Score
94.2Friends of King board to meet at noon
King charter board refuses to release agendas in advance, scolds reporter
Friends of King leaders push for new 9th Ward high school facility
Dr. King Charter forgoes chance to rejoin Orleans Parish district
Special-ed classifications draw fire; decision looms on return to OPSB
Money, control and perception are keys as charters consider switch to Orleans Parish School Board
From left, Martin Behrman, Arthur Ashe and KIPP Believe are three campuses that are likely to be eligible to return to the oversight of the Orleans Parish School Board, above. Photo by Jessica Williams
Several more independent charter school leaders soon will find themselves facing a question that several others, including Sophie B. Wright Charter School’s principal, have been grappling with for more than a year: Should we move back under the wing of the Orleans Parish School Board?
Board moves toward private retirement plan; enrollment drop threatens funding
Board approves retirement plan for Craig, declines to assist Carver alumni group
Friends of King School met in regular session on July 25, after passing budgets for the two schools under the board’s management: Martin Luther King School of Science and Technology and Joseph Craig Elementary. Principal Doris Hicks, chief executive officer of the schools, updated the board on an overture from a group of George Washington Carver alumni interested in getting Friends of King to help them apply for a charter to run their troubled high school.
Board approves budgets for both schools, but frets about funding delay for special ed
The board of directors who run Martin Luther King School of Science and Technology, as well as the Joseph Craig Elementary, approve budgets for the 2012-13 school year at their meeting July 19. Discussion began with the budget for Craig, which the Friends of King School board begins operating in the coming year.
King budget for 2012-13 nears $8 million; Craig expects to spend $3.7 million
The Friends of King School Board released its budget for the 2012-13 school year at Martin Luther King Science and Technology Charter. It also released a budget for Joseph A. Craig Elementary, which the board will begin running in the coming year. Based on an anticipated enrollment of 685 students, the school expects to receive about $7.85 million in revenue, of which about $6 million will be per-student state and local funding.
School budgets released
Board weighs bid for Carver High charter; graduating seniors win $500 scholarships
By Josh Johnston, The Lens charter school reporter |
An alumni group from the failing George Washington Carver High School has asked Friends of King Schools, the board that runs Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School, to apply for Carver’s charter, King board members learned at their May 8 monthly meeting. A Carver alumni group recently protested the state-run Recovery School District’s decision to permit Collegiate Academies, the network that runs the highly successful Sci Academy, to take over the high school. The Carver alumni group has applied twice for the charter, but both applications were rejected by the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Board votes to withdraw from state pension plan; search is on for best 403(b) alternative
The school’s board of directors has decided to seek an alternative to the expensive state-run pension plan, the Teachers Retirement System of Louisiana (TRSL). Sean Bruno, a certified public accountant, and Tony Monk, of the Morgan Stanley investment firm, addressed the board at its April 10 monthly meeting to explain the difference between defined-benefit retirement plans like TRSL, and the private 403(b) plans some other charters have switched to.
Board seeks scholarships as first senior class prepares to graduate; high school plan filed
School spending is in line with budget projections through the end of the year, provided grants that have been applied for come through. That was the message from the finance committee as directors of the Martin Luther King Jr. School of Science and Technology gathered for their monthly meeting, March 13.
Board greets Junior Achievement, narrows logo options, may expand membership
Board meets group of parents and faculty from elementary school it will take over next year
Students bring back environmental message; board to start running Craig campus
The Friends of King School Board meeting began, after a short Christmas blessing, with the entrance of about 15 members of the high school fraternity, Mu Lambda Kappa (MLK), who described a recent trip to Denver. “We learned about the environment, ” sophomore Earl Thomas said, “and ways to make it better.
RSD building assignment list leaves high school in trailers; freshman leader outlines class project
The Friends of King Schools Board of Directors reacted to uncertain news of the school’s building assignment. While Martin Luther King Charter Elementary was assigned its current location on Caffin Avenue, the Recovery School District list makes no mention of the high school, which is still housed in trailers. Present for the board’s monthly meeting were President Hilda Young, CEO/Principal Doris Hicks, Secretary Cora Charles, and board members Gail Armant, Sandra Monroe, Thelma Ruth, and George Rabb. The Nov.