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The business of transition is underway at Crocker Arts and Technology as the school prepares to hand over leadership to New Orleans College Prep on June 30.
Board president Grisela Jackson told the school’s board that she had received a month-by-month to do list from the Recovery School District, and is in regular contact with Brandie Burris, manager of school performance, who will be assisting with the transition.
John Dibert Community School could soon have a new school building at the old Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School site in Treme.
Parents and community members are still reeling after a chaotic and emotional charter board meeting was cut short earlier this month at John McDonogh High School.
Hynes to meet to review principal’s performance.
International High School has settled a disagreement with the Recovery School District over a $47,000 bill for school nutrition services, the school’s board of directors learned at its Jan. 23 meeting. According to Nan Ryan, International’s assistant head of school, the school has a contract with the Recovery School District to provide breakfast, lunch and […]
At its January monthly meeting, the Andrew Wilson Charter School board heaped praise on its former president, LaToya Cantrell, saying her leadership was instrumental in the creation and establishment of the school in the Broadmoor community.
Though FirstLine Schools’ Board of Directors didn’t have a quorum Wednesday, they voted to go into executive session. The members asked everyone to leave while they met privately for a half-hour, saying only that they were going to talk about “personnel issues.”
“Simply put, the Ray Nagin of 2013 is almost unrecognizable as the man who swept New Orleans off its feet in 2002,” writes Gordon Russell.
Last year, most of the charter boards failed to follow state law requiring them to keep the public informed of their budgeting process. This year, 25 of the 43 schools complied, and another dozen came close.
Pave first, ask permission later: That seems to be the philosophy in three cases before the city.