Dec. 19 meeting agenda of Advocates for Academic Excellence.
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Vote tonight, but little support for moving Collegiate Academies to parish control
The governance committee of Collegiate Academy’s board of directors met Tuesday night to discuss whether to remove Sci Academy from the state’s Recovery School District and place it under the oversight of the Orleans Parish School Board. Sci Academy is the only of Collegiate Academy’s three schools that qualified to move to governance by the […]
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Salute to Coach Scott gives way to worries about Miller-McCoy financial deficit
Jubilation over athletic director Jeremiah Scott’s coach-of-the-year award was dampened quickly by a review of Miller-McCoy’s finances at Monday night’s board meeting. “We’re getting into some tricky times,” board member David Bailey said, before announcing a net negative income of approximately $293,000 during the July-to-November period. The board discussed the main factors that contributed to […]
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State’s four-year colleges battle community & technical colleges for state funding
State policy limiting funding cuts benefits slower-growing four-year colleges.
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Clean audit, alternative retirement plans dominate McDonogh City Park board meeting
The school’s financial records are clean and there’s money in the bank, but administrators need to keep an eye on test scores. That was the gist of an audit presented to the board of McDonogh City Park Academy Tuesday night by Don Wheat, a certified public accountant with Carr, Riggs and Ingram. In other business, […]
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More massive tar mats from BP oil spill discovered on Louisiana beaches
Loaders are lined up along the beaches between Port Fourchon and Elmer’s Island to collect massive tar mats. In the past few weeks, 1.5 million pounds of oily sand and mud have been collected from one spot alone. Experts say remnants of the spill will turn up along the coast for decades.
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ReNEW board simplifies payroll payments, hears update on grants
CEO Kevin Guitterrez said he thinks Sprint will discount the school system’s telecommunications bills if subsidies fall short.
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911 board clears way for Landrieu donor to build billboard along I-10
Marco Outdoor Advertising says the city promised the billboard location 10 years ago.
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Not enough members show up to have meeting, but principal discusses growth
First-year school reporting growth in student achievement and fund-raising.
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Company closes in on no-bid deal to build billboard at city-controlled land along I-10
Marco Outdoor Advertising has tried for a few years to get the 911 board to let it build a billboard next to its call center — prime advertising space along the interstate. The board has refused, saying it should bid the work. Now the city has stepped in with an agreement that could enable it to approve the deal.