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Posted inSquandered Heritage
Two council members continue work stoppage
More reporters than City Council members attended today’s non-meeting of the city’s legislative branch, which again was stymied by the absence of Jon Johnson and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Crescent City Schools management group discusses vision for merger and expansion
The boards of Harriet Tubman Charter School and Akili Academy of New Orleans came together Wednesday night to discuss the future vision of the charter management organization that will soon run them both, Crescent City Schools. The organization, which took over Tubman last summer, received the go-ahead in March from the state Board of Elementary […]
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
School bags MFP windfall; band books Saints halftime gig; repairs ongoing
Warren Easton has received an additional $237,000 in per-pupil state allocations, the school’s board of directors learned at their monthly meeting May 17 Financial officer Mike Greer said Warren Easton received the Minimum Foundation Program money after making final adjustments of the school’s enrollment. The board then accepted the financial report as submitted by the […]
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Grandiere still in the running for general director; board member quits over email
At their monthly meeting, May 14, directors of Lycee Francais cast an eye toward the year ahead and the pending move to a new campus on State Street. Newly installed board chairman Dr. Jean Montes began with a brief introduction and spoke of the school’s mission before yielding to the board’s treasurer and the school’s […]
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School moves smoothly toward final shutdown; seniors to walk Dillard stage
Sojourner Truth Academy is striving to finish strong, with 46 of 47 seniors set to graduate and the school meeting all deadlines as it prepares to close its doors and go out of business, the board learned at its monthly meeting, May 15. The school lost its charter and is being closed for failure to […]
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Network's budget hearing set for Thursday
The Capital One – New Beginnings Charter School Network is holding a public hearing on the budgets for its four schools Thursday at noon. A quick overview of the budgets can be seen below. We apologize for the quality; we’re working to get a higher-quality and more detailed set of budget documents. The two-hour hearing […]
Posted inSchools
Like the old days: School Board meeting descends into chaos
In what was likely the most tumultuous Orleans Parish School Board meeting held since the board’s contentious pre-Hurricane Katrina days, members Tuesday night stopped arguing among themselves and with some audience members long enough to raise the city’s property tax modestly and appoint its interim and deputy superintendents. Undoubtedly, a major source of the turmoil […]
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Administrative costs back in line with state regs; enrollment holding strong
Reporting to the school’s board of directors at their monthly meeting, May 15, chief financial officer Catrina Reed said James M. Singleton Charter next year will be in compliance with state rules that limit administrative costs to 30 percent of the budget. The state Department of Education had notified the school last year that it […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Johnson and Hedge-Morrell continue City Council stalemate
Continuing a legislative stalemate, two members were absent from a specially called New Orleans City Council meeting Wednesday morning, preventing the four members present from conducting council business. Those present are concerned that city business, from the mundane to the important, will continue to be stalled if Council members Jon Johnson and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell don’t […]