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.
Is the federal government getting a good deal by spending $11.8 million to elevate 48 houses? We don't know.
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.
School is currently operating out of Crocker building on Marengo Street but will probably need a bigger site in future years.
More than $10,000 went to handle public records requests to the charter school.
The group said it expected the Sewerage & Water board to rescind its lease offer due to neighborhood opposition.
New CEO Keith Bartlett takes helm of French-curriculum school.
Omaha has done pretty well after its stockyards were shut down. New Orleans has struggled to diversify its economy beyond tourism.
$2.9 million budget under consideration for 2013-14 fiscal year.
The city preferred Hillard Heintze, headed by a former Chicago police chief.
