Six-year-old Pride College Prep student Ferdinand Carter knows how to play 35 songs on his classroom’s keyboard, and he can read the sheet music, too. Ferdinand and nearly 40 of his kindergarten classmates have learned to play and read music through the school’s music education program, which uses the national nonprofit music instruction system Music […]
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[Corrected:] New Orleans College Prep Academies face budget woes alongside improving test scores
Correction: the original story stated that the NOCP board violated Local Budget Act requirements. Those claims were incorrect and have been changed. The June meeting of the board of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies held mixed messages for its members. Though the school’s LEAP scores came in significantly better than expected, the board learned that […]
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New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy board meeting agenda
You can see the agenda for the June 13, 2012 NOMMA board meeting here.
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Hynes budget increase reflects rising cost of employee benefits
The Hynes Charter School’s board announced at its annual budget hearing that rising teacher benefits and facilities costs accounted for spending hikes in next year’s budget, effective July 1. Next year’s budget is slated to be $5.4 million, a 7 percent increase from last year. The 2012-2013 budget hearing held Monday, June 11 at 4 […]
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Moton postpones budget hearing
Robert Mussa Moton Charter School has canceled its public budget hearing, according to principal Paulette Bruno. A Lens reporter went to review the school’s budget, by law made publicly available 10 days in advance of the hearing, to find there was no copy available for public review. Bruno said the budget was not available and […]
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Milestone SABIS charter school looking for a new location
The board of Milestone SABIS charter convened in a special board meeting June 8 to discuss its ongoing search for new facilities. Board secretary Nayita Wilson said the school was looking at two locations in Gretna: one on Virgil street, the other on Fourth street. Both facilities could house the current student body. Both are […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the NOMMA board meeting agenda for tomorrow night’s meeting here.
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Changes at The Times-Picayune lay bare the roots of a national trend
The recent changes at The Times-Picayune to stop publishing a daily paper and instead publish three days a week are unfortunate for the residents of the city and surrounding areas. However, it was only a matter of time before this or something similar happened given what’s been happening to newspapers across the country for the […]
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The Lens honored with Murrow Award for investigative report
The Lens has won a prestigious National Edward R. Murrow Award for its reporting on one homeowner’s ultimately unsuccessful six-year struggle to get back into her Katrina-damaged house. The story and related audio piece were reported in partnership with Bob Butler, a fellow with the G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism based in San Francisco. […]
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Proposed budget released
Here is ISL’s proposed 2012-13 budget spreadsheet.