The Institute of Academic Excellence’s June board meeting has been changed from June 20 to June 27 at 5:30 p.m.
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Board meeting agenda released
Lake Forest Elementary Charter School has released the agenda for tomorrow’s 1:30 p.m. meeting.
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[Correction] ReNEW considers chartering more schools as performance scores rate at the "F" level
ReNEW’s board of directors learned at its June meeting that two of the network’s three elementary schools will likely meet their internal school performance score targets. Chief Executive Officer Gary Robichaux said SciTech Academy and Reed Elementary are predicted to score 71 and 65, respectively. Robichaux’s predicted score of 63 for Batiste Cultural Arts Academy […]
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Akili Academy budget planned to increase nearly 50 percent
The board that runs Akili Academy announced that it expects a 49 percent increase in its budget over last year in its proposed 2012-2013 budget, effective July 1. The board will discuss the budget at an open hearing on Monday, June 25 at 6 p.m. at the Akili Academy Team Room. Crescent City Schools, the […]
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NOMMA faces uncertainty about interim and permanent locations
Col. Bill Davis, New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy Commandant, announced at the board’s June 13 meeting that the school had not received word on when it might be able to move to the temporary location where it plans to hold classes next year. “No major changes from three weeks ago,” he said. The proposed […]
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Akili Academy of New Orleans releases proposed budget
Akili Academy has released its 2012-2013 proposed budget. You can review it here, but please note there is neither a budget narrative nor a comparison provided in relation to last year’s budget.
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KIPP Schools release proposed budget
KIPP schools will discuss the planned budgets for six schools for the 2012-2013 school year at the June 21 board meeting from 5:30 – 7 p.m. You can download the agenda here. Download the budget overview here.
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School Board to consider lawsuit, single enrollment application
The Orleans Parish School Board could move as soon as Tuesday toward suing the state over its private-school voucher program. The board is also expected to announce whether it plans to adopt and manage the Recovery School District’s OneApp process, which is meant to streamline student enrollment applications. Board members tentatively approved two resolutions Thursday […]
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Choice School budget documents
These documents cover the 2011-2012 Mid-Year revisions here, the actual budgets as of the end of April here, and the DRAFT budget for 2012-2013 here.
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Success Prep considers dropping Achievement Network evaluations
School leaders at Success Preparatory Academy charter school are considering ceasing the use of ANet tests. The Achievement Network organization has provided testing services for students in order to see how they are expected to perform on state standardized tests. This year, 49 percent of fourth graders at Success Prep scored at or above basic […]