Enrollment rose steadily throughout the last school year, bucking trends some other schools experienced.
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The NET leaders decide against taking on program for overage middle school students
School official says The NET “wasn’t ready” to tackle a 16-student program first pitched by Recovery School District officials.
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SciHigh plans for 2013-14 amid $42,000 deficit
Finance leader attributed the shortfall to unanticipated spending and lower than expected state revenues.
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Choice board approves mid-year budget cuts and prepares to cut $1.2 million from personnel in 2013-14
Also, three board members will be leaving.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Unnoticed bill fills $87 million budget gap, but it breaks promise to repay savings
One frustrated legislator says tactic offered by Jindal is akin to money laundering.
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McDonogh City Park points finger at RSD for scant kindergarten applications
RSD official disputes board member’s claim that its OneApp database erroneously listed City Park Academy as full.
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New Beginnings ends meeting when asked to discuss job performance in public
The committee meeting, unlike most, was packed with about 25 teachers, parents and other network staff.
Posted inInside the News Room
The Lens’ growing audience, collaborations show vibrant news scene in New Orleans
The Lens has tripled its audience, not counting the thousands we reach through print, TV and radio.
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Lagniappe to halt enrolling new fifth- and sixth-graders next year due to space restrictions
The lack of a permanent building is costing the school more than $300,000 a year in rent and mortgage payments, board member says.
Posted inWhat We're Reading
A year after Times-Picayune announced cutbacks, news habits changing in New Orleans
Last year, shortly after The Times-Picayune announced that it would stop daily publication to focus on its website, photographer Bevil Knapp captured images of the daily newspaper ritual around New Orleans. WWNO’s Eve Troeh joined her this week to see how people and communities are adapting.