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Live blog: Master Plan Oversight Committee for Orleans Parish schools

The Master Plan Oversight Committee, which monitors Orleans Parish’s school facilities master plan, is meeting Tuesday evening for the first time in a year. According to the agenda, committee members will give an update on all revenue sources and expenses, and they’ll provide status updates on buildings completed and in progress. I’ll live-blog the meeting […]

Posted inCharter Schools, Schools

Fall break days cancelled due to Isaac; school passes on OneApp

At its meeting September 22, 2012, the F.A.M.E. board of Audubon Charter School approved the Orleans Parish School Board’s Office of Civil Rights Resolution. The OCRR mandates that every OPSB school must formally adopt the OCR’s procedural safeguards and grievance procedures. “It is relative mostly to special ed students,” said principal Janice Dupuy. “It’s information […]

Posted inCharter Schools, Schools

Board preps for all-encompassing school review; $3.4 million received for improvements

On Sept. 20, the board at Ben Franklin High School received an in-depth look at the upcoming school review process to be conducted by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).  The board discussed enrollment projections, as well as $3.4 million which the school recently received from the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB). Shannon […]

Posted inCharter Schools, Schools

Programs put in place to encourage good behavior, discourage bullying

At Tuesday’s monthly board meeting school leaders at McDonogh City Park Academy announced a new partnership with the Center for Restorative Approaches and the successful implementation of the Kickboard program. Kickboard is an online data-collection tool that helps teachers gather information about students’ academics and behavior. The program allows teachers to keep detailed digital records of each student, which are used to improve classroom instruction […]

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Officials walk neighborhoods to find students after post-Isaac enrollment dip

At September’s monthly board meeting ARISE Academy officials said they had begun to implement student recruitment strategies in order to meet this year’s enrollment target. ARISE is currently 25 students short of its target, after 14 students withdrew during the school’s two week closure to  repair damages from Hurricane Isaac. “We’ve started walking the neighborhood, […]

Posted inCharter Schools, Schools

New Beginnings charter network set to hire new CEO next week

The board running the New Beginnings Charter School Network publicly interviewed two finalists Thursday for chief executive officer, one from Milwaukee with Louisiana experience, and the other with the Recovery School District. The CEO oversees four schools with a projected 2012-13 enrollment of more than 2,100 students and a combined budget of more than $17 […]

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Board hears Tubman presentation, approves new policy

Crescent City Schools’ board members received an update on Harriet Tubman Charter School’s progress and an update on the organization’s pending charter application at their September board meeting. They also approved a vendor selection process and a healthy food options agreement with a new funder. Tubman principal Julie Lause presented Tubman’s end-of-year statistics and news […]