ARISE Academy’s administration wants to become a charter management organization and run an additional school, the board revealed at its monthly meeting, July 15. Principal Andrew Shahan said seeking the added challenge was motivated in part by the desire to give faculty the opportunity for continuing growth and professional advancement. The board has not publicly […]
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Inspector general rips S&WB as agency angles for huge rate hike
In a scathing denunciation of the Sewerage & Water Board, city Inspector General Ed Quatrevaux has advised Mayor Mitch Landrieu to hold off on a giant rate hike sought by the agency until key reforms have been implemented. No one doubts the need for infrastructure improvements sought by the Sewerage and Water Board, Quatrevaux writes […]
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Music and arts-based start-up ready to open the curtain under OPSB direction
Encore Academy, one of the first new charter schools approved by the Orleans Parish School Board since the board chartered the bulk of its schools following Hurricane Katrina, is ready for the 2012-2013 school year, board members announced Tuesday at their monthly meeting. Note: The above has been edited for clarity. The type-one charter school, […]
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Charter board strategizes privately despite open-meetings law
The board of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies held an unusual three-and-a-half hour closed session Saturday, in part to discuss matters that public bodies aren’t allowed to talk about privately. Further, members emerged from the closed-door session and approved two measures, neither of which were on the agenda and without providing a reason for doing […]
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Charter board strategizes privately despite sunshine law
The board of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies held an unusual three-and-a-half hour closed session Saturday, in part to discuss matters that public bodies aren’t allowed to talk about privately. Further, members emerged from the closed-door session and approved two measures, neither of which were on the agenda and without providing a reason for doing […]
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Board meeting agenda released
View the agenda for the board meeting here.
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Prospective 2012-13 budget
Review the spreadsheet at the following link.
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Board approves one-time faculty salary boost; leaders discuss enrollment with RSD
Lusher Charter School’s board of directors renewed the contract of the school’s chief executive officer and gave her and the school’s faculty a one-time pay bump at its monthly board meeting Saturday. Board members also discussed plans to refurbish school buildings, and work with the Recovery School District to tailor its centralized enrollment process to […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the New Beginnings School Foundation board meeting agenda here.
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Charter board meets in private, disregards open-meetings law to discuss strategy for new school
The board of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies held an unusual three-and-a-half hour closed session Saturday, emerging to announce that it was going to apply take action regarding its recent application to the state to run another charter school – a measure that wasn’t on the board’s agenda. Correction: School officials said Monday that the action […]