Formally invited on Monday with only three days notice, Lysianne Essama, a French immersion principal who lives in Maryland, couldn’t make the meetings.
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Jindal team, business lobbyists join forces to beat back Fiscal Hawks budget plan
Two days after plan is drafted to trim some tax exemptions, vote count is uncertain.
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Sewerage & Water Board asks firm to research new fee to fund drainage projects
“This is in its infancy,” says S&WB spokesman Robert Jackson.
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ReNEW’s proposed budget expands as it takes over Schaumberg Elementary
The network’s revenue will increase from $27 million to about $33 million next year as a result of the takeover.
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Teacher hiring ramps up across the NOCP network; slate of board officers named
Personnel changes among both directors and faculty of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies were the center of attention as the board board gathered Tuesday for a monthly meeting. Schools leader Ben Kleban said more teachers than expected had taken up his offer to move to Crocker Elementary. Five or six teachers from Sylvanie Williams Elementary will […]
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John Mac approves budget for year now ending; board ponders dropping Cohen High
Continuing to run Cohen will depend on the Recovery School District’s willingness to help with finances, board chairman Steve Barr said.
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Live blog: Lycée committee picks three board member applicants to recommend
Join reporter Marta Jewson as she live-blogs today’s noon meeting of Lycee’s nominating committee.
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Tax-cut mania: Parroting national GOPoobahs has poorly served Jindal
Yes, he cut taxes, but George W. Bush’s job-creation record was atrocious.
Posted inEnvironment
Historic study to find out what the Mississippi River really carries to help coastal restoration
Less than half of the water, and just 19 percent of the sediments, carried in the Mississippi River past the Atchafalaya make it to the Gulf. The finding casts new light on the potential of diversions to create land in adjacent basins — a key strategy in the state’s $50 billion plan to save southeast Louisiana from washing away.
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Wilson charter to funnel all media requests through principal or board president
Policy states that “without exception” all requests from media and local, state and federal agencies will be required to go through the principal or his designee.