Qualifying begins today for candidates seeking seats on the Orleans Parish School Board. At issue are basic questions of governance including whether schools that now answer to the state’s Recovery School District will be returned to local control, making this one of the more pivotal elections in recent memory. Six of the board’s seven incumbents […]
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Association board reviews school budgets; final numbers hinge on enrollment
The Algiers Charter Schools Association met Monday night in the O. Perry Walker library to publicly review finances for the 2012-2013 school year. Finance director Charlie Mackles led a short presentation on each school’s proposed budget. Board members, principals, and a few parents were present. Mackles answered questions about the organization’s asset depreciation rates, which […]
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Fundraisers to fuel year-end field trips
An “End of Year Field Studies” program that aims to send nearly seven hundred students to centers of art and science throughout the country was announced at the monthly ReNEW Schools board meeting, August 9. The program, created by recently-appointed Development Director Pete Rodway, is designed to offer students educational trips at year’s end to […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the agenda for the August 14 board meeting here.
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Hynes board meeting schedule
Review the 2012-13 board meeting dates here.
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the KIPP Schools board meeting agenda here.
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City adviser: Orleans Parish Prison likely will need more beds
The prisoner projections don’t bode well for criminal-justice activists intent on holding city officials to their earlier cap of 1,438 beds in the Orleans Parish Prison complex. That was the message from prison expert James Austin on Monday during a rare meeting of the Mayor’s Working Group on Criminal Justice at City Hall. The afternoon […]
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Prospective 2012-13 budget available for review
View the proposed budget at this .pdf link.
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2012-13 budget released
Review the ARISE Academy’s proposed budget numbers here. A budget hearing is scheduled for August 22.
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Spending cuts to counter drop in revenues; slight budget surplus projected
Despite $5.7 million less in federal funding, the Algiers Charter School Association forecasts a budget surplus for the 2012-13 school year, in contrast to its $1.3 million budget deficit in 2011-12. Most of the decline in federal revenues stems from diminished Title 1 funding and an expired Teacher Incentive Grant. State and local funding increases […]