The 16 members awarded 190 scholarships for the last school year. Though the scholarships are posted online, there aren’t any uniform policies for advertising them. It’s up to each board member, most of whom are politically connected, to decide. A new law mandates that the recipients are listed online, along with the board members who selected them.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
City’s house elevation grant program a case study in opaque governance
Is the federal government getting a good deal by spending $11.8 million to elevate 48 houses? We don’t know.
Posted inCharter Schools
John McDonogh cuts more than $327,000 in teacher pay as students flunk summer school
Only 11 percent of students in McDonogh summer school pass U.S. History; 29 percent pass English II. New principal for 9th graders added at cost of $115,000.
Posted inCharter Schools
Encore Academy plans for about 100 new students in 2013-14 budget
School is currently operating out of Crocker building on Marengo Street but will probably need a bigger site in future years.
Posted inCharter Schools
Lycée Français paid more than $40,000 in legal fees over 2012-13 school year
More than $10,000 went to handle public records requests to the charter school.
Posted inLand Use
Volleyball club drops plans to build sand courts along Bayou St. John
The group said it expected the Sewerage & Water board to rescind its lease offer due to neighborhood opposition.
Posted inCharter Schools
Lycée Français enters school year with new board and new CEO in place
New CEO Keith Bartlett takes helm of French-curriculum school.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
New Orleans vs. Omaha: Can we mimic its Midwestern economic vitality here?
Omaha has done pretty well after its stockyards were shut down. New Orleans has struggled to diversify its economy beyond tourism.
Posted inCharter Schools
Encore Academy will hold budget hearing Tuesday evening
$2.9 million budget under consideration for 2013-14 fiscal year.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Judge names Sheppard Mullin as NOPD monitor, siding with Justice Department
The city preferred Hillard Heintze, headed by a former Chicago police chief.