Board members for the Miller-McCoy Academy for Mathematics and Business on Monday received an update on the school’s move toward adopting a new retirement investment plan for its employees. Board finance committee members said they want to find the best option for the school’s longest-serving employees and has looked at what other local charter schools […]
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ENCORE Academy decides to remain on Marengo Street 2013-14
ENCORE Academy will remain in its building for another year, giving the board more time to discuss adding priority zip codes to its charter and allowing the school to easily manage its own enrollment process for the additional year. “We’ve been invited to stay in this building another year,” school leader Terri Smith told the […]
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Audit: Lusher employee embezzled $25,000 from school
An employee in the accounting department at Lusher Charter School embezzled $25,000 last school year by forging five checks she wrote to herself from the school’s bank account, according to an audit report obtained by The Lens. The audit report doesn’t identify the “high ranking employee in the Business Office,” who was ultimately fired. Nor […]
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Fired Lycée teacher sues school leaders for character defamation
A teacher who was fired from Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans Charter is suing the school and two of its leaders, saying they damaged her reputation after they had an officer escort her from campus last month. Darleen Mipro, 39, was charged with criminal trespassing and disturbing the peace on Nov. 30, when she says […]
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With Letten gone, ’tis the season for intrigue and wild rumors
Mob boss Carlos Marcello. Wikimedia It’s transition time at the local U.S. attorney’s office, now that Jim Letten, the nation’s longest-serving federal prosecutor, and his top three lieutenants have retired in the wake of a scandal involving anonymous online comments. No doubt candidates aspiring to replace Letten have quietly expressed interest to U.S. Sen. Mary […]
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OPSB gives some charters more time on common enrollment
A common enrollment process for Orleans Parish School Board charters? Eventually, the local board decided Tuesday night. The conversation surrounding common enrollment Tuesday night was dominated by confusion on all sides. Here’s what happened: Board members seemed ready to approve the proposed policy, which mandated that all charters participate in a common enrollment process by […]
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Audubon leaders still worry Lusher will grab Allen building
Audubon Charter School officials on Saturday were still feeling the sting. Two days earlier, an Orleans Parish School Board committee discussed whether to give the Henry W. Allen School building to Lusher Charter School. It’s a facility Audubon officials say they’ve long had their eye on for their own campus. Though Orleans Parish board members […]
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Morris Jeff board focuses on governance
Board members for the Morris Jeff Community School spent much of their Dec. 11 meeting shoring up ways they hope to strengthen their governance over the 275-student campus. The board, which has already started holding monthly workshops to educate board members, formally assigned the following board committees. Finance: treasurer Melissa Jagers and Jennifer Weishaupt. Governance: […]
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New Orleans College Prep to take over Crocker in June
New Orleans College Prep leaders on Saturday laid out their plans to take over Crocker Arts and Technology this summer. News of the management transfer came last week after the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted not to renew Crocker’s charter due to its students’ poor standardized test scores. Crocker’s school performance score […]
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Dr. King Charter forgoes chance to rejoin Orleans Parish district
Dr. King Charter School will not be rejoining the Orleans Parish School District. Its governing board, Friends of King, last week decided against sending a letter of intent to leave the Recovery School District and rejoin the local school district as its improved academic performance allows. Principal Doris Hicks told the board during its Dec. […]