Sean Wilson to be next leader of International High School, ending 8-year run at ISL
School leader at International School of Louisiana switches charters, will fill role once held by Anthony Amato.
After buying only two houses on block, Lusher seeks permission to tear them down
Space would let elementary campus move in temporary classrooms, which gives the charter school flexibility as main campus repairs get underway. The portable buildings also will allow the school to increase enrollment.
Most students from closing, failed schools win admission to one of their top choices
Spate of school eliminations means RSD will be completely chartered next school year.
Decisions just weeks away on re-opening Bayou St. John’s gate to the lake
Human safety will remain a paramount concern, and the gate will be shut when weather poses a flood risk.
New formula for distributing revenues bumps up public school allocations
OPSB corrected an accounting error months ago; more of the new money results from adjusted budgeting practices.
Tricentennial will make for a very big year — and perhaps an equally big tax bite
The Landrieu administration devised a grow-or-die strategy for post-Katrina recovery and hopes to bring it to consummation by 2018.
Keith Hardie talks Audubon tax fight, Newcomb fence at Newsmakers event
Watch here at 8 a.m. Thursday; you'll have to supply the danishes and coffee.
Developer drops height of Holy Cross condos to allay neighbors’ complaints
Perez proposes 60-foot buildings rather than 75-feet, but a neighbor says that's still too high.
Landrieu seeks special riverfront tax district to pay for decrees and pensions
The tourism industry is falling in line behind the measure — to avoid yet another hotel/motel tax increase.
New Beginnings schools expect savings from shift to in-house janitorial services
UNO wants more rent for space leased to the network's accounting department, but recent cost reductions are expected to offset the increase.
