A detail from the Alabama tourism pamphlet links President Obama to heroes of the civil rights era. l While stretching my legs at one of the Alabama “Welcome Centers” along Interstate 10 last summer, I browsed through a formidable collection of pamphlets touting the state’s various tourist destinations. I’d never seen so many travel brochures […]
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Top 10 academic ranking in key courses complemented by steady growth of AP
With 2011-2012 final grades and advanced-placement data in hand, New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School continues to show steady improvement on an already strong record of student performance, board members learned at their monthly meeting, July 12. Sci High ranked in the top 10 citywide on all four course exams: sixth in English, […]
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Slight drop in overall spending projected, despite jump in some budget categories
Revenues and expenses are expected to hold steady as McDonogh City Park Academy prepares for the 2012-13 school year. The school projects $4,155,180 in available funds and $4,071,986 in expenses for the year – a one percent drop in both categories compared with last year. The projections are based on a student count of 395, […]
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Treme Charter School Assoc. withdraws, citing progress, but not enough of it
On Wednesday afternoon, in a corner of the East New Orleans Public Library, the Treme Charter School Association held their final board meeting, ending a five-year struggle by the community group to upgrade a troubled elementary school. “Looking back we needed more money and more time,” said former board president Rosalyn Smith. “When you go […]
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Proposed 2012-13 budget released
Review the 2012-13 proposed budget for McDonogh City Park Academy here. A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for Tuesday, July 17 at 5:30 in the school’s library.
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Concerned about personnel issues, protesters mass at closed board meeting
As the Algiers Charter School Association board met behind closed doors Thursday night, a crowd of parents, teachers, and students gathered to protest controversial staffing changes. Some in the crowd at the school association’s central office were protesting the fate of O. Perry Walker principal Mary Laurie, who faces transfer to the failing Algiers Technical […]
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Gambit nabs judicial notices, eyes more of T-P's ad revenue
The Times-Picayune just lost a chunk of its lucrative classified advertising dollars to Gambit, a weekly newspaper that has been pushing for years for a piece of the action. The classified ads in question – notices of proceedings in New Orleans’ Civil District Court which by law must be made public – historically have been placed […]
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Warren Easton releases 2012-2013 budget
The board that runs Warren Easton High School has released its projected budget for 2012-2013. You can review the documentation here. A hearing will be held to discuss this budget on July 18.
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Legal problem haunts head of School Board's DBE program
The executive director of the Orleans Parish School Board’s disadvantaged business program pleaded guilty in 2000 to a count of misdemeanor theft, a lesser charge than the five felony counts of insurance fraud he was charged with initially. Armer Bright, 48, didn’t disclose his criminal record when he applied for the director position, school board […]
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School Board cuts 21 positions, citing federal funding shortfall
The Orleans Parish School Board is planning to cut 21 positions for the coming school year, officials announced Thursday. The cuts, which will include teachers, social workers, clerical assistants, and other positions, are largely due to nearly $2 million in federal funding reductions, namely from Title I and special-education reimbursements. Two teachers will lose their […]