“Starbucks has done a great service to the United States in general by putting semi-decent coffee in places that never had it before. But that obviously doesn’t apply to us.”
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Directors of The NET ponder ways to spend surplus funds; academic improvement noted
The school’s audit report, fundraising, and spending plans for the coming semester dominated discussion as the Educators for Quality Alternatives board met Tuesday night at The NET Charter High School. An uptick in academic performance was also noted with enthusiasm. The board reviewed a generally favorable audit report of the 2012-13 school year drafted by […]
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Board governing Benjamin Franklin High releases Dec. 19 meeting agenda
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.