At its monthly meeting, July 31, the New Beginnings School Foundation introduced Helene Derbigny as interim chief executive officer and announced formation of a committee to replace executives who have resigned. The board also announced plans to implement a new teacher training and evaluation system. Derbigny, director of field experiences at the University of New […]
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Lens co-founder wins award for report on NOPD victim policy
Karen Gadbois, co-founder of The Lens and a staff writer, is the 2012 recipient of the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual Ethics in Journalism Award, the organization announced today. Previous winners include writers for The New York Times, The Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Entries are considered each year, but the organization withholds […]
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Move to Gretna campus boosts projected budget costs for coming year
The Milestone SABIS budget for the coming year could rise by 30 percent, due to an increase in transportation and other costs associated with the move to a new campus. The board will hold a public hearing on the budget on Monday, August 20, at 5:30 p.m. at its new campus at 1407 Virgil St., […]
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And they're off! OPSB candidates approach the starting gate
Qualifying begins today for candidates seeking seats on the Orleans Parish School Board. At issue are basic questions of governance including whether schools that now answer to the state’s Recovery School District will be returned to local control, making this one of the more pivotal elections in recent memory. Six of the board’s seven incumbents […]
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Association board reviews school budgets; final numbers hinge on enrollment
The Algiers Charter Schools Association met Monday night in the O. Perry Walker library to publicly review finances for the 2012-2013 school year. Finance director Charlie Mackles led a short presentation on each school’s proposed budget. Board members, principals, and a few parents were present. Mackles answered questions about the organization’s asset depreciation rates, which […]
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Fundraisers to fuel year-end field trips
An “End of Year Field Studies” program that aims to send nearly seven hundred students to centers of art and science throughout the country was announced at the monthly ReNEW Schools board meeting, August 9. The program, created by recently-appointed Development Director Pete Rodway, is designed to offer students educational trips at year’s end to […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the agenda for the August 14 board meeting here.
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Hynes board meeting schedule
Review the 2012-13 board meeting dates here.
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the KIPP Schools board meeting agenda here.
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City adviser: Orleans Parish Prison likely will need more beds
The prisoner projections don’t bode well for criminal-justice activists intent on holding city officials to their earlier cap of 1,438 beds in the Orleans Parish Prison complex. That was the message from prison expert James Austin on Monday during a rare meeting of the Mayor’s Working Group on Criminal Justice at City Hall. The afternoon […]