Warren Easton’s board of directors approved the school’s 2012-2013 budget and elected new officers at their monthly meeting, July 18. Financial officer Mike Greer reported a $278,443 surplus at the end of 2011-12 fiscal year. This was largely due to a $200,000 adjustment in state per-pupil funding. The board accepted the 2012-2013 budget on the […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use, Squandered Heritage
Bank-turned-burger joint: decidedly heavy on the dressing
Local bloggers are running an informal contest to see how long it takes before whatever subject that pops up turns into a conversation about food. My bet is that a lot of discussions just as quickly turn into conversations about zoning enforcement. Today’s topic – the old Whitney Bank building on Carrollton at the corner […]
Posted inCharter Schools
Encore Academy board meeting agenda released
Review tomorrow’s board meeting details and agenda here: Encore Academy July Agenda
Posted inInvestigations
Forum set to let community have a say in changing news coverage
An upcoming symposium will let community members learn about the sea changes in journalism nationwide and then let them tell the region’s news gatherers what kind of news they want — and how they want it delivered. The goal is to have readers, viewers and listeners help chart a new course towards a model of […]
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Four online newsrooms form cooperative to strengthen and promote journalism
The Lens is joining a coalition of online publishers in New Orleans to promote each other’s work, with the goal of offering readers a wider array of news and information. The New Orleans Digital News Alliance brings together The Lens, My Spilt Milk, NOLA Defender and Uptown Messenger. These initial members will highlight work of […]
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
School budgets released
The Friends of King School board released the prospective annual budgets for their schools they govern. Review the budget numbers at the links below: 2012-13 Martin Luther King Annual Operating Budget 2012-13 Joseph A. Craig Charter Operating Budget
Posted inInvestigations
The Lens teaming with WWNO, cultural nonprofit site NolaVie to broaden coverage
To bolster WWNO-FM’s news-focused format change, which begins today, the station is forming a reporting collaboration with The Lens and NolaVie.com. The joint effort brings together experienced journalists to increase local news coverage on broadcast and digital platforms at a critical point in the renewal of our city, region and community. The three nonprofits began […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the agenda for the board’s July meeting here.
Posted inInside the News Room
The Lens takes 1st-place awards at annual journalism competition
The Lens brought home three first-place awards at Saturday nights’ Excellence in Journalism Awards sponsored by the Press Club of New Orleans. The Lens won the top honors for: Best Local News Website. Second place was nola.com; third was wwltv.com Best Investigative Story in Print, for this story by reporter Matt Davis on moonlighting deputies […]
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Postponed: BESE's Orange Jones set for Ethics Board ruling
Update: 8:55 a.m. Friday. The executive secretary of the Ethics Board said Orange Jones’ attorney requested Thursday that the matter be delayed until the board’s August meeting. The Louisiana Board of Ethics is scheduled to meet Friday and hand down its edict on whether Board of Elementary and Secondary Education representative Kira Orange Jones should […]