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BESE makes clear how charters that perform well can leave RSD
Update, 9:45 p.m.: BESE has accepted the Recovery School District’s outline of transfer to local control policies. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education received and approved a plan by the Recovery School District Wednesday on a process for transferring schools back to the Orleans Parish School Board The plan is expected to ease several […]
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Would-be charter school managers file paperwork
At least four would-be charter operators were expected to submit their applications to the Orleans Parish School Board today at noon. The groups are applying for Type 1 charters, meaning they will be new school start-ups that will likely need to secure their own buildings. The School Board will award charters in December. Here are […]
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Grabbag of issues on three campuses preoccupy trustees at July meeting
At their monthly meeting, July 25, trustees of the International School of Louisiana pondered an eclectic batch of issues ranging from solar panels to Title I funding to the décor of modular classrooms. “Aesthetic is important,” an audience member interjected as the conversation touched on the modular classrooms being designed for the Olivier Street campus. […]
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Miller-McCoy’s budget year ends with an unexpected surplus
The Miller-McCoy board of directors met Monday night at Xavier University to review year-end financials and discuss the approaching first day of school. Miller-McCoy finished the fiscal year with a $183,000 surplus, $140,000 more than the finance committee had expected. Treasurer David Baileysaid much of the surplus came from larger than expected grants from the […]
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Association schools face slide in revenues as budgets are released for public review
Revenues decrease in the coming year for the Algiers Charter School Association, due mainly to expiration of a Teacher Incentive Grant and reduction in the size of Title 1 money. That’s the salient news from the budget for the upcoming school year released Thursday night. A public hearing will be held in early August to […]
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Opportunities for faculty cited as board seeks state OK to take over another school
ARISE Academy’s administration wants to become a charter management organization and run an additional school, the board revealed at its monthly meeting, July 15. Principal Andrew Shahan said seeking the added challenge was motivated in part by the desire to give faculty the opportunity for continuing growth and professional advancement. The board has not publicly […]
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Inspector general rips S&WB as agency angles for huge rate hike
In a scathing denunciation of the Sewerage & Water Board, city Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux has advised Mayor Mitch Landrieu to hold off on a giant rate hike sought by the agency until key reforms have been implemented. No one doubts the need for infrastructure improvements sought by the Sewerage and Water Board, Quatrevaux writes […]
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Music and arts-based start-up ready to open the curtain under OPSB direction
Encore Academy, one of the first new charter schools approved by the Orleans Parish School Board since the board chartered the bulk of its schools following Hurricane Katrina, is ready for the 2012-2013 school year, board members announced Tuesday at their monthly meeting. Note: The above has been edited for clarity. The type-one charter school, […]
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Charter board strategizes privately despite open-meetings law
The board of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies held an unusual three-and-a-half hour closed session Saturday, in part to discuss matters that public bodies aren’t allowed to talk about privately. Further, members emerged from the closed-door session and approved two measures, neither of which were on the agenda and without providing a reason for doing […]