The school’s board of directors held its August meeting on Sept. 11, after delays due to Hurricane Isaac. Principal Shanda Gentry said the school has 410 students in pre-k through sixth grade, 18 shy of the projected enrollment. Gentry said she has been preparing teachers for the Recovery School District site visit, Sept. 18. This […]
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Jump in special-ed students poses budget challenge; overall enrollment slips
Edgar P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy has seen a 19 percent increase, from 58 to 69, in the number of students requiring special-education services, board members learned at their monthly meeting, Sept. 10. Special-education students pose a budgetary problem for schools because the cost of services they may require—social workers, speech therapists and other […]
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Charter board OK's sale of $11M in bonds for construction of new school building
At its monthly meeting, Aug. 23, the board of the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy approved plans to sell $11 million in bonds for the construction of its future home within Algiers’ Federal City development. Though negotiations and lawsuits are still underway between some of the key parties involved in Federal City, NOMMA faced […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the Pride College Prep board meeting agenda here.
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Fifty windows blown out by Isaac; search continues for kindergarten space
Hurricane Issac topped the agenda at Lusher’s monthly board meeting, Sept. 8. While the Willow Street campus suffered minimal wind damage, and the temporary quarters at the Jewish Community Center on St. Charles Avenue were unscathed, the Freret Street high school lost upwards of 50 windows, and another 50 need to be re-caulked, according to […]
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Hurricane Isaac damages priced at $65G; annual budget OK'd with little discussion
Success Prep’s board approved a $4.2 million annual budget at their September meeting, then focused on Hurricane Isaac damage to the school, estimated at $65,000. Students and teachers did not return to school until Thursday, Sept. 6, after eight days of canceled classes. Board President Anderson Baker said water came through ceilings and/or windows in […]
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State revokes day care license of Operation REACH's center
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services has revoked the license for the daycare owned by struggling nonprofit Operation REACH, Inc., according to state officials. That revocation, effective at the end of last week, means The Knowledge Garden, at 1700 Josephine St., must end its operations immediately. Former clients of the daycare said officials […]
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Hurricane Isaac destroys house moved to build new VA hospital
One of the houses moved out of the way of the new VA hospital in Lower Mid-City has met a similar fate as it would’ve if it had remained: destroyed not by bulldozers, but by Hurricane Isaac. In November 2010, the classic shotgun double was moved from S. Miro St. in the Tulane/Gravier neighborhood 10 […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the Sept 11 Einstein board meeting agenda here.