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 […]
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Charter board strategizes privately despite sunshine 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 […]
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Board meeting agenda released
View the agenda for the board meeting here.
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Prospective 2012-13 budget
Review the spreadsheet at the following link.
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Board approves one-time faculty salary boost; leaders discuss enrollment with RSD
Lusher Charter School’s board of directors renewed the contract of the school’s chief executive officer and gave her and the school’s faculty a one-time pay bump at its monthly board meeting Saturday. Board members also discussed plans to refurbish school buildings, and work with the Recovery School District to tailor its centralized enrollment process to […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the New Beginnings School Foundation board meeting agenda here.
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Charter board meets in private, disregards open-meetings law to discuss strategy for new school
The board of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies held an unusual three-and-a-half hour closed session Saturday, emerging to announce that it was going to apply take action regarding its recent application to the state to run another charter school – a measure that wasn’t on the board’s agenda. Correction: School officials said Monday that the action […]
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The Lens: Established, engaged and leading the way
Dear friends, It’s been quite a week for The Lens. First, we were named the best local news website in the Press Club of New Orleans awards, beating nola.com. We also took top honors for best print investigative story – for the second year in a row – and for publishing the best news-affiliated blog. […]
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Board will explore creation of a new high school
Uptown Messenger reports that “Audubon Charter School plans to begin taking concrete steps this fall toward the possibility of creating a new high school.” Click this link for full coverage.
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the July 28 board meeting agenda here.