Many of the students at Sophie B. Wright Charter School will have their first experience with Advanced Placement classes this fall as part of the school’s improved high school curriculum. Principal Sharon Latten Clark announced the addition of four AP courses including literature, music theory, U.S. history, and world history at the June 27 board […]
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Revised board meeting agenda released
The revised agenda for Saturday’s board meeting is reprinted below. ADVOCACY FOR THE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY IN NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, INC. Board Meeting Saturday, June 30, 2012 Lawrence D. Crocker Arts and Technology School 1111 Milan Street New Orleans, LA 70115 11:00 A.M. AGENDA 1. Moment of Meditation 2. Roll Call 3. Pledge to the […]
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Success Prep proposed budget
You can view the budget draft as of mid-June for Success Preparatory Academy here.
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International School of Louisiana predicts razor-thin budget margin reliant on exact enrollment numbers and greater fundraising
The International School of Louisiana’s board of trustees met Wednesday night, June 27, to approve the budget for the 2012-2013 school year and to discuss enrollment. The ISL budget has an expected surplus of only $654, while showing a three hundred percent increase in expected fundraising and a dependence on per-pupil revenue from the state, […]
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Sophie B. Wright preliminary budget released
Sophie B. Wright released a copy of its preliminary budget at the June 27 school board meeting. You can view the anticipated budget here. The board plans to hold a budget hearing in the last week of July with the final date and time TBA.
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Sophie B. Wright 2012-2013 calendar
Officials at Sophie B. Wright Charter School made a draft version of the school’s 2012-2013 calendar available at the June 27 board meeting, and it is included for your convenience here.
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Nonprofit requests demolition for house that city spent $35,000 to save and move
In a blow to housing preservation efforts, the nonprofit owners of a home that was moved from the new Veteran’s Affairs Hospital site to Treme recently asked for permission to demolish the historic house. The city spent $35,000 to move the house and donated it to Providence Community Housing. After The Lens and our reporting […]
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Why fight it? Let’s embrace textbooks Loch, stock and barrel
Say you’re an executive for a growing company that intends to relocate to the Southeast. One morning, while perusing your robust web news round-up, you click on a Business Insider article. It’s labeled “Hot,” because it’s being so widely viewed and shared. The first sentence begins: Thousands of children in Louisiana are being taught that […]
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Ben Mays Prep budget shows shortfall
At the Ben Mays Preparatory School’s board of director’s retreat on June 27 the talk of the day was an anticipated budget shortfall. “Bad news is we need some additional funding to the tune of $140,000,” said Director of Finance Brent Washington. A significant increase in transportation costs and the end of Public Charter School […]
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Ben Franklin budget released
You can view the 2012 end-of-year budget forms here. These documents make up the 2012-2013 budget plan, complete with a year-over-year comparison.