The agenda for tonight’s meeting is reprinted below: NOTICE THE EINSTEIN GROUP, INC. BOARD MEETING Tuesday, October 2, 2012, 6:00 P.M. Einstein Charter School Village De L’est Community Bldg. 5100 Cannes Street, NOLA 70129 The Board of Trustees of the Einstein Group, Inc. (“Einstein”) will meet on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at 6:00 p.m., at […]
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Collegiate Academies board accepts resignation of Dana Henry
The board of Collegiate Academies met Wednesday night to accept the resignation of community outreach committee director Dana Henry. Henry has entered the race for the New Orleans City Council District E seat, recently vacated when Councilman Jon Johnson’s abruptly resigned. According to state law, no one running for a public office can also sit […]
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September board meeting agenda
Review the Collegiate Academies September board meeting agenda here.
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LFNO announces board retreat
View the notice for the October 4 retreat here.
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School to monitor mid-year transfer numbers; board passes 2012-13 budget
The board governing Crocker Arts and Technology School held its first meeting in the school’s new building on Sept. 29. Crocker occupies the first and third floors of the new campus, located at 2301 Marengo St., with ENCORE Academy operating on the second floor. Treasurer John Tobler presented the final version of the 2012-13 budget […]
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Fundraiser for after-school programs may be cancelled and replaced by concert event
At its September monthly meeting, the Andrew Wilson board discussed various revenue streams and fundraising endeavors to pay for its after-school programs. Board member Nancy Marshall said the scheduled fundraiser on October 23 might be cancelled because some donors and participants cited time constraints due to involvement in upcoming local and national elections on November […]
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Sheriff asking to make the city a co-defendant in prison lawsuit
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman is trying to spread anticipated financial pain at his jail complex to Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration. Gusman’s attorneys filed papers Friday with U.S. District Judge Lance Africk seeking to include the city as a third-party defendant in an ongoing lawsuit alleging that Gusman has been running an unconstitutional, unsafe jail […]
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Board approves revised budget, unanimously re-elects leadership
The FirstLine Schools board of directors voted unanimously to approve a revised final budget for the 2012-2013 school year at their monthly meeting, September 26. The final budget for the upcoming year still comes in around the projected $26 million, according to finance committee chair Stephen Rosenthal. “The minor revisions in the budget are due […]
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Board considers moving upper grades from Camp Street to West Bank campus
The Board of Trustees for the International School of Louisiana met at the Jefferson campus on September 26 to discuss plans to possibly move facilities in the 2013-2014 school year. Head of school Sean Wilson said that ISL is considering shifting grades 5 through 8 from the Camp Street campus to the Olivier campus on […]
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New Beginnings hires new CEO, adds classes to school calendar
New Beginnings Charter School’s board of directors announced Sametta Brown as its new chief executive officer Wednesday night. The board expressed frustration with the Recovery School District’s OneApp unified enrollment syndrome. The enrollment projections fell short by 206 students, leaving the network with 1811 students. The shortage equates to a difference of more than $1.5 […]