Harriet Tubman Charter School plans a move into the empty O. Perry Walker High School building in January.
Posted inCharter Schools
Collegiate Academies approve $10.9 million budget for 2013-14
The plan anticipates a 22 percent growth in revenues compared with the current year’s budget
Posted inCriminal Justice
Live blog Monday: Sheriff’s budget under review at consent decree hearing
The hearing is a step toward figuring out who should pay to improve jail conditions.
Posted inCharter Schools
Kindergarten student should not be retained, relative tells Pride College Prep leaders
Officials at the closing school said they would look into the matter more thoroughly. The school will have new management July 1.
Posted inCharter Schools
New Beginnings CEO taps former RSD principals to lead Capdau and Gentilly Terrace
Desmond Moore, principal of Paul Habans Elementary School, will lead Capdau. And Edward Brown, former principal of Abramson Elementary, will run Gentilly Terrace.
Posted inCharter Schools
New Beginnings’ four school budgets anticipate cuts in federal funding
The network plans a public hearing on the budgets today at 4 p.m.
Posted inCharter Schools
New Beginnings to hold public budget hearing at 4 p.m. today
Budgets for the network’s four schools range from $3.8 million to $4.5 million.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Update: Algiers ferry service to continue past July 1, but not for cars
The primary vessel only will carry passengers because it costs less to operate than the car ferry.
Posted inCharter Schools
KIPP New Orleans hires Renae Montegut to improve the network’s financial outlook
The organization’s leaders late last year warned of hitting a “fiscal cliff” as the school network’s startup funds run out at the end of this month.
Posted inCharter Schools
Miller-McCoy discusses year-end financials, but no date set for 2013-14 budget hearing
Also, interim CEO Andrea Thomas-Reynolds’s contract is set to expire. No one has been tapped to fill the spot yet.