In a blow to housing preservation efforts, the nonprofit owners of a home that was moved from the new Veteran’s Affairs Hospital site to Treme recently asked for permission to demolish the historic house. The city spent $35,000 to move the house and donated it to Providence Community Housing. After The Lens and our reporting […]
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Why fight it? Let’s embrace textbooks Loch, stock and barrel
Say you’re an executive for a growing company that intends to relocate to the Southeast. One morning, while perusing your robust web news round-up, you click on a Business Insider article. It’s labeled “Hot,” because it’s being so widely viewed and shared. The first sentence begins: Thousands of children in Louisiana are being taught that […]
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Ben Mays Prep budget shows shortfall
At the Ben Mays Preparatory School’s board of director’s retreat on June 27 the talk of the day was an anticipated budget shortfall. “Bad news is we need some additional funding to the tune of $140,000,” said Director of Finance Brent Washington. A significant increase in transportation costs and the end of Public Charter School […]
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Ben Franklin budget released
You can view the 2012 end-of-year budget forms here. These documents make up the 2012-2013 budget plan, complete with a year-over-year comparison.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Lycée Français releases 2012-2013 budget
You can view the expected budget here. Note that the attached document does not include a year-over-year comparison.
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Lake Forest budget flat for 2012-2013
At the June 19 meeting, the board that runs the Lake Forest Elementary Charter School announced a budget for the 2012-2013 school year that looks quite similar to the 2011-2012 budget. This year’s expected budget of $4,033,921 anticipates a nearly $60,000 increase in additional instructional expenses, compared to 2011-2012. The school hopes for around $35,000 in additional grants […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Criminal-justice advocates frustrated by talks of new jail
New Orleans criminal-justice reform advocates are lambasting a plan that would add up to 650 beds to the upgraded Orleans Parish Prison complex under construction along Perdido Street. The new jail would represent a departure from city officials’ pledges to keep the total number of inmates to 1,438. That pledge was made April 24 by […]
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Board governing Harriet Tubman school adds members from Akili Academy board
The board that governs Harriet Tubman Charter School and the board that governs Akili Academy were merged at the Crescent City Schools’ June board meeting. However, the Akili Academy board will still exist legally and will still meet monthly as a separate group at least until September. The board does not plan to officially give […]
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Morris Jeff sees enrollment boom while some test scores are a bust
While the line of students hoping to enter its doors grows, Morris Jeff still needs to bolster achievement inside school walls, the board learned at its meeting June 21, which included a discussion of the school’s budget. Already one over its sixty student cap for pre-Kindergarten, the school has a 76-student waiting list. Morris Jeff’s […]
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Confusion reigns as Akili Academy's board discusses takeover by Crescent City Schools
At the June 25 meeting of the Akili Academy board, its last as the governing body of Akili Academy, questions about Crescent City Schools’ takeover of its charter ruled the day. Most of the discussion centered on Akili’s financials: Are Akili’s current federal grants transferable to the new charter management organization? If so, will the […]