Also, senior Geremy Williams won a car for his perfect attendance record.
Posted inCharter Schools
Mystery school could get closing Pride College Prep’s leftover charter school money
Board chairman Allen Square said an RSD official told him that a new school opening in the fall could use the projected $189,000.
Posted inCharter Schools
The NET holds public budget hearing tonight at 6 p.m.
The board plans to adopt the proposed budget at a meeting on June 25 at 6 p.m.
Posted inOpinion
Oh, brother, where art thou? Is state income tax really why Nikesh Jindal split?
Jindal junked a Reagan quote and used a family anecdote to sell his tax plan. But the truth poorly serves his argument that taxes are behind the state’s brain drain.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
30 years of time-lapse satellite images show coastal Louisiana wasting away
Time-lapse images illustrate what we knew was happening: Over 30 years, islands and beaches have moved north, channels have widened, and marshes have turned to open water without a blade of brass for miles. But they also show portions of the coast growing, reinvigorated by restoration projects.
Posted inCharter Schools
Friends of King expects $671,000 deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30
The board voted unanimously to use the school’s $300,000 line of credit to cover the deficit, which one leader attributed to the cost of taking over Joseph A. Craig Elementary.
Posted inCharter Schools
McDonogh City Park Academy to hold budget hearing Tuesday
The budget meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the school.
Posted inEnvironment
Chat replay: Bob Marshall discusses challenges facing coastal Louisiana
Is it too late to save southeastern Louisiana from the encroaching Gulf? Pose your questions and opinions.
Posted inCharter Schools
Interim tests show Collegiate Academies students in comparison with other New Orleans charters
The board plans a June 19 public hearing on its proposed $10.7 million budget.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
EPA’s inspector general now investigating Operation REACH’s use of $50,000 grant
The troubled nonprofit got the money last year to train students in converting cooking oil to diesel fuel.