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While Langston Hughes Academy’s staff prepares for the coming school year, its board of directors prepare for dissolution. August 18, 2012 marks the final regular meeting of the school’s board as Langston Hughes Academy will now be exclusively governed by First Line Schools’ Board of Directors. After having received managerial support and consultation from First […]

The FirstLine Schools’ Board of Directors took an in-depth look at the 2012-2013 budget at its monthly meeting on June 18. FirstLine controls Samuel J. Green Charter School, John Dibert Community School, Joseph C. Clark Preparatory High School, Arthur Ashe Charter School, and, beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, it will operate Langston Hughes Academy. […]

The board that governs the New Orleans Charter Science and Math High approved the school’s 2012-2013 budget of $3.8 million at its monthly meeting June 14. The budget had shown a deficit of nearly $50,000, but a few salaries had been over-budgeted, and one salary, that of a geology teacher, was eliminated from the budget. […]

The board that governs New Orleans Charter Science and Math High held its budget hearing on June 11 and reported that it does not plan to make any significant changes to its budget for next year. The proposed budget calls for a 2.7 percent increase over this year’s spending, rising from $3.7 million this year […]

Teachers’ salaries, which have not changed substantially since 2008, were the primary focus for Principal Charmaine Robertson at Crocker’s June 30 board meeting. The board also discussed, at length, student test scores and strategies for overall improvement. Additionally, the board learned that Crocker’s 2012-2013 budget is still in the works. Robertson addressed teachers’ salaries as […]

Warren Easton High School Financial officer Mike Greer said the school recorded an overall loss of $184,680 on the fiscal year.  The school had $9.1 million in reserves at the end of May. President David Garland said Warren Easton is anticipating spending $200,000 on new textbooks for incoming ninth-graders. The mandated switch to common core […]

Choice Foundation, the charter management organization that currently runs Lafayette Academy and Esperanza Charter schools, discussed its takeover of McDonogh 42 at its June 29 board meeting. Choice’s Executive Director Mickey Landry cautioned the board that the upcoming year would be one of “massive change.” In addition to the implementation of state common core standards […]

The Treme Charter School Association, which did not have its charter to manage McDonogh 42 renewed for the 2012-2013 school year, turned over control of the school to the Choice Foundation on June 30. Additionally, the organization failed to reach a quorum in its June 30 meeting. The board had three action items on its […]

The president of the charter school management organization that runs International High School led his last meeting as president on June 27. Andrew Ward  kicked off the meeting by reaffirming what the board learned at its annual retreat, held on May 26. Ward said, “Our purpose here is not to manage a good board. Our […]