Deputy Mayor Michelle Thomas and acting Director of the Department of Safety and Permits Pura Bascos addressed a City Council committee to discuss the permitting process for the removal of lead paint, but they didn’t have all the answers. Although a city ordinance was passed in 2001 detailing the proper procedure for the removal of […]
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FirstLine Schools board meeting agenda released
Review the agenda for the 8/22/12 board meeting here.
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Increased state revenues offset higher building costs, benefit expenses
The ARISE Academy board’s prospective budget for the 2012-13 school year shows a 26 percent increase in revenue from the prior year, balanced by a similar increase in expenses. The board will hold a public budget hearing 5 p.m. on Wednesday, August 22, at their campus on 3819 St. Claude Avenue. ARISE, which expands to […]
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Agendas for 8/20/12 public budget hearing and board meeting
The agendas for the public budget hearing and board meeting are available at the links below. Public budget hearing agenda (scheduled for 5:30pm) Board meeting agenda (scheduled to follow budget hearing)
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Facility costs mount as temporary campus ages; health plan frustrates teachers
Intercultural’s financial woes once again dominated the agenda at the monthly board meeting, as board members and school administrators discussed ways to remedy a steady stream of facility costs. Seven years of constant repairs and maintenance at the schools current, albeit temporary, facility, have taken a toll on school expenses, the board said. Also, the […]
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Committee to plan school's 100 year anniversary announced; board affirms president Garland
Warren Easton’s board meeting on August 15 began with the first of two executive sessions conducted that evening. The first session was a forty minute legal discussion regarding the new regulations of the Recovery School District and Orleans Parish School Board student expulsion process. It was requested that the executive session be moved to the […]
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Six of seven school-board races draw at least one challenger
A few surprise candidates qualified to run for the Orleans Parish School Board today, the last day to do so. Only one incumbent, Seth Bloom, is getting a free pass; the other six are facing at least one challenger. Some qualified just hours before the deadline. Long-time parent advocate Karran Harper Royal was one, completing […]
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Lead-based paint sanding, health concerns to be discussed
It seems everyone with a child in this city has had a wake-up call regarding lead levels. You take your kid for a check-up, they do a lead test and – boom – your world is turned upside down while you try to determine what’s causing the dangerously high numbers. The city requirements for lead-paint […]
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Franklin students in N.O. East still looking for transportation answers
While not on the formal agenda, transportation issues came to the forefront of the Ben Franklin High School board meeting on August 16. Board members listened to members in attendance from the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association, known as VAYLA, and addressed their concerns about bus service. VAYLA is representing a number of Ben Franklin […]