At Tuesday’s monthly board meeting school leaders at McDonogh City Park Academy announced a new partnership with the Center for Restorative Approaches and the successful implementation of the Kickboard program. Kickboard is an online data-collection tool that helps teachers gather information about students’ academics and behavior. The program allows teachers to keep detailed digital records of each student, which are used to improve classroom instruction […]
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Officials walk neighborhoods to find students after post-Isaac enrollment dip
At September’s monthly board meeting ARISE Academy officials said they had begun to implement student recruitment strategies in order to meet this year’s enrollment target. ARISE is currently 25 students short of its target, after 14 students withdrew during the school’s two week closure to repair damages from Hurricane Isaac. “We’ve started walking the neighborhood, […]
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FirstLine Schools board meeting agenda released
Review the agenda for the Sept. 26 FirstLine Schools board meeting here.
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Board meeting agenda released
Review tonight’s board meeting agenda here.
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New Beginnings charter network set to hire new CEO next week
The board running the New Beginnings Charter School Network publicly interviewed two finalists Thursday for chief executive officer, one from Milwaukee with Louisiana experience, and the other with the Recovery School District. The CEO oversees four schools with a projected 2012-13 enrollment of more than 2,100 students and a combined budget of more than $17 […]
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New Beginnings charter network set to hire new CEO next week
The board running the New Beginnings Charter School Network publicly interviewed two finalists Thursday for chief executive officer, one from Milwaukee with Louisiana experience, and the other with the Recovery School District. The CEO oversees four schools with a projected 2012-13 enrollment of more than 2,100 students and a combined budget of more than $17 […]
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Board hears Tubman presentation, approves new policy
Crescent City Schools’ board members received an update on Harriet Tubman Charter School’s progress and an update on the organization’s pending charter application at their September board meeting. They also approved a vendor selection process and a healthy food options agreement with a new funder. Tubman principal Julie Lause presented Tubman’s end-of-year statistics and news […]
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Fear big jump in health insurance costs; savings seen by freezing info-tech outlay
As the board of directors gathered for their monthly meeting, Sept. 17, a review of financial challenges facing Intercultural Charter School was leavened by a look ahead to upcoming events, including an open house, the school’s lantern contest, and the Latino Festival. With 380 students and 40 pre-kindergartners currently in attendance, enrollment is lower than […]
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So much for Satchmo: How about another downtown parking lot?
I passed the 100 block of South Rampart Street last night, much as I often do. Each time I drive that route I find myself thinking, “No parking lot, yet.” A nine-story parking garage was supposed to be constructed on that corner. In order to make room for the structure four buildings needed to be […]
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State open-meetings law trips up board; make-up dates for Hurricane Isaac set
Warren Easton’s board of directors held an unscheduled executive session as they met Sept. 19; though state law allows a board to add items to an agenda, it also requires a board to give 24-hours’ notice of such closed-door meetings, and to cite the legal exception for the private gathering. The move toward the executive […]