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Encore Academy’s board will hold a public hearing on the school’s 2014-15 budget today at 6 p.m. in the Crocker Elementary building, 2301 Marengo St. The arts-oriented Orleans Parish School Board charter expects to move to a new building in time for the coming school year, the former John A. Shaw Elementary in the St. […]

Einstein Charter School’s preliminary 2014-15 budget was set to increase by $1.2 million from last year* as directors convened May 20 to discuss the spending plan. The hearing took place at the school’s main campus, 5100 Cannes St., and was open to the public. The budget had been available for public viewing at the school since early […]

The board of New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy will meet Tuesday, May 20 at 7 pm to consider its annual budget for the 2014-15 school year, just after its regular board meeting at 6pm. The meeting will take place in the school’s new facility at 425 O’Bannon St. Commandant Bill Davis cautioned that the […]

Money will plug deficits, fill reserves and add support staff at four charter schools: Gentilly Terrace, Medard Nelson, New Tech and Pierre Capdau.

Expected revenue of $9.25 million for 2014-15 is 1.68 percent less than Warren Easton Charter High School is expecting to by the end of the fiscal year this year. But that’s mostly due to one-time infusions of per-pupil funding received after the 2013-14 budget was first drafted. For the coming year, the school’s projected student […]

Most of it is due to equipment upgrades so the school can administer a new standardized test.

Alumni, advisory groups to talk about what will happen when the school reopens after renovations.