You can view the expected budget here. Note that the attached document does not include a year-over-year comparison.
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Lake Forest budget flat for 2012-2013
At the June 19 meeting, the board that runs the Lake Forest Elementary Charter School announced a budget for the 2012-2013 school year that looks quite similar to the 2011-2012 budget. This year’s expected budget of $4,033,921 anticipates a nearly $60,000 increase in additional instructional expenses, compared to 2011-2012. The school hopes for around $35,000 in additional grants […]
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Criminal-justice advocates frustrated by talks of new jail
New Orleans criminal-justice reform advocates are lambasting a plan that would add up to 650 beds to the upgraded Orleans Parish Prison complex under construction along Perdido Street. The new jail would represent a departure from city officials’ pledges to keep the total number of inmates to 1,438. That pledge was made April 24 by […]
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Board governing Harriet Tubman school adds members from Akili Academy board
The board that governs Harriet Tubman Charter School and the board that governs Akili Academy were merged at the Crescent City Schools’ June board meeting. However, the Akili Academy board will still exist legally and will still meet monthly as a separate group at least until September. The board does not plan to officially give […]
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Morris Jeff sees enrollment boom while some test scores are a bust
While the line of students hoping to enter its doors grows, Morris Jeff still needs to bolster achievement inside school walls, the board learned at its meeting June 21, which included a discussion of the school’s budget. Already one over its sixty student cap for pre-Kindergarten, the school has a 76-student waiting list. Morris Jeff’s […]
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Confusion reigns as Akili Academy's board discusses takeover by Crescent City Schools
At the June 25 meeting of the Akili Academy board, its last as the governing body of Akili Academy, questions about Crescent City Schools’ takeover of its charter ruled the day. Most of the discussion centered on Akili’s financials: Are Akili’s current federal grants transferable to the new charter management organization? If so, will the […]
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Akili's budget up nearly 50 percent
The Akili Academy board announced that increases in per pupil spending, new teacher hires, and increased retirement spending will greatly impact next year’s budget, effective July 1. The budget is expected to be $3.7 million, a $1.2 million increase from last year. This is expected to be the last time the Akili Academy board plans […]
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International School of Louisiana budget increases with addition of Jefferson Parish school
The board of directors for the International School of Louisiana announced a 113% increase for the anticipated 2012-2013 operating budget in relation to the acquisition of a charter for a school in Jefferson Parish and increased enrollment at its Camp and Olivier street campuses. Next year’s operating budget is $14.6 million, up from last year’s […]
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Council's Criminal Justice leaders mum on possible new jail
The co-chairwomen of the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee on Monday declined to comment on a new jail under consideration by the Landrieu administration and Sheriff Marlin Gusman that would add up to 650 beds to the Orleans Parish Prison complex. The Lens asked councilwomen Susan Guidry and Jackie Clarkson about their stance on the […]
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Recovery School District unveils disadvantaged business program
Socially and economically disadvantaged businesses gained another ally Monday when the state-run Recovery School District announced the creation of a program aimed at improving their odds of obtaining school construction contracts The new policy says that the district should make every effort to ensure that 25 percent of all construction work is provided by disadvantaged […]