Let us go and leave us alone. That was the message employees and parents from O. Perry Walker High delivered to the Algiers Charter School Association board members in a contentious meeting Thursday night that drew a passionate crowd of onlookers more than 50 strong. The 900-student school is facing an uncertain future on two fronts. The Louisiana Recovery School […]
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Walker community to ACSA board: Let us go and leave us alone
Let us go and leave us alone. That was the message employees and parents from O. Perry Walker High delivered to the Algiers Charter School Association board members in a contentious meeting Thursday night that drew a passionate crowd of onlookers more than 50 strong. The 900-student school is facing an uncertain future on two fronts. The Louisiana Recovery School […]
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Thomas-Reynolds named interim CEO after confusion over meeting date
Andrea Thomas-Reynolds Board members for New Orleans’ only all-male charter school this week voted to appoint an interim chief executive officer in a meeting that was initially publicized to be held three days later. Andrea Thomas-Reynolds, who has consulted with Miller-McCoy Academy for Mathematics and Business since September, will run the eastern New Orleans campus […]
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Live blog recap: City Council approves water rate increase
The New Orleans City Council voted 5-2 to double water and sewer rates over the next eight years. The proposed rate increase has roiled city politics in recent days after Council President Stacy Head called on her six colleagues to postpone the vote in order to obtain more information. The city’s Sewerage & Water Board […]
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Board briefed on grade in swift meeting with little discussion
Edgar P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy Principal Eileen Williams briefed the board about the school’s grade on Monday night during its regular meeting, telling members that the school gained 13.2 points to receive a baseline score of 71.2, a C on this year’s scale, she said. A baseline score averages the previous two years’ […]
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Water board details spending plan as rate hike vote looms
With a vote scheduled Thursday that could double water rates in New Orleans by 2020, Sewerage & Water Board officials on Wednesday bowed to public pressure and spelled out how they plan to spend $582.7 million in extra money. The New Orleans City Council appears likely to approve the rate increase, backed aggressively by Mayor […]
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Interim CEO tapped to lead troubled Lycée Français charter
Parents at the troubled Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans charter school on Monday met the woman temporarily charged with leading the school out of a rocky period. Gisele Schexnider introduced herself as the new academic director to parents during their regular parent teacher organization’s meeting Monday night and said she would be serving as the […]
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Interim CEO tapped to lead troubled Lycée Français charter
Parents at the troubled Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans charter school on Monday met the woman temporarily charged with leading the school out of a rocky period. Gisele Schexnider introduced herself as the new academic director to parents during their regular parent teacher organization’s meeting Monday night and said she would be serving as the […]
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No clear answers on what city water rate increase would pay for
Less than two days before the New Orleans City Council decides whether to double water and sewer rates over eight years, Mayor Mitch Landrieu and city officials haven’t explained exactly how the $583 million in extra money would be spent. The Lens has asked the Sewerage & Water Board for concrete answers since Thursday but […]
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BESE approves online providers despite judge nixing pay plan
Forty-five online schools, colleges, and other educators are one step closer to instructing Louisiana public school students, a committee from the state’s top education board decided Tuesday. That’s despite a ruling by a Baton Rouge-area judge last week that using state education money to pay these providers violate the Louisiana constitution. The Board of Elementary […]