Parents say they are worried about the school’s commitment to French curriculum.
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Crescent Leadership Academy board meets by phone but lacks quorum
Students from the new charter school recently played their first basketball game, but the school’s education director says record attendance was a bigger accomplishment for the fledgling alternative school.
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Holy Cross community looks askance at proposed riverfront towers
A developer has proposed two 13-story, 135-foot high apartment buildings, significantly higher than the 75-foot maximum desired by the neighborhood association.
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Audubon’s Carrollton campus awaits word on move to McDonogh 7 building
Parents and teachers at Audubon Charter School are awaiting word about when and if their upper grades will be moving out of the old Carrollton courthouse. Orleans Parish school officials are readying the old McDonogh 7 building, but say even that probably would be a temporary fix.
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Report: Lycée charter school needs new CEO and board members
Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orleans charter school needs a new chief executive and new board members. That’s according to a report released Sunday by Jeremy Hunnewell, a management consultant hired by the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools to help the school overcome political and financial turmoil that has plagued it in the last year. […]
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Lycée announces special Monday night board meeting
The board for Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orleans charter school has announced a special board meeting to be held Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the school, 5951 Patton St. Mike Pinkerton, a volunteer who is helping the school manage public records requests, told The Lens that the board expects to receive a report detailing the findings of […]
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King charter board refuses to release agendas in advance, scolds reporter
Board attorney makes race-based remark after Lens reporter points out lack of compliance with open-meetings law.
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Now in our fourth year, The Lens has new website, office, funding
A site that’s easier to view on phones and tablets, a new daily news roundup, more than $1 million in new pledges.
Posted inEnvironment, Investigations
Funding crisis looms for $14 billion hurricane protection system
The agency responsible for maintaining the multibillion-dollar flood protection system can’t afford the $34 million annual bill, and possible solutions are blocked by state and congressional politics. “We’ll soon be facing a $600 million question,” says John Barry, vice president of the South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East.
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Middle grades showing academic gains at NOCP
Middle school students at New Orleans College Preparatory Academies are improving in math and Language Arts, according to testing data the charter organization’s top administrator shared with board members Feb. 5. Ben Kleban, founder and director of the charter group, highlighted gains its middle schoolers showed on recent Achievement Network tests during the Feb. 5 […]