Einstein Charter Inc.’s board of directors discussed LEAP scores and a successful fundraiser at Tuesday’s meeting. The regular board meeting was held immediately following the annual budget hearing. An abbreviated agenda was set in order to make time for public comment regarding the budget, but no members of the public turned out for the hearing. […]
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A look at a disappearing daily ritual for many
With The Times-Picayune set to reduce its print schedule to three days a week, The Lens took a look at readers’ rituals on Monday and Tuesday, two of the days that the paper will drop sometime in the fall. Photographer Bevil Knapp set out across the metro area this week and provides this photo essay […]
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Lusher projects 3 percent budget bump
The board that runs Lusher Charter School’s three campuses, announced 3 percent budget increase from last year in its first draft of its 2012-2013 budget, which goes into effect July 1. The board, Advocates for Arts Based Education, will hold a public hearing on the budget Wednesday, June 5 at 10 a.m. at the Fortier […]
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City looking to spend federal money more efficiently, quickly
It seemed like a simple enough question: How much of a $25 million annual federal allocation did Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration spend last year to help struggling residents and address blight? The precise figure is a hard to cipher, city officials said. On the one hand, the city spent more than $25 million because of […]
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Choice Foundation’s $18.5M budget represents the addition of McDonogh 42
Choice Foundation, which runs the Esperanza Charter, Lafayette Academy, and McDonogh 42 schools, held its 2012-2013 budget hearing in addition to its monthly board meeting on May 30. The initial 2012-2013 budget is $18,562,980, a 41 percent increase from last year. Most of the increase comes from the addition of McDonogh 42 under the foundation’s […]
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Sci Academy board's budget anticipates adding new schools, students
The budget for the Collegiate Academies of New Orleans, the board that operates Sci Academy, remains flat for the upcoming school year compared to 2011-2012, coming in at around $3.6 million. The budget for the 2012-2013 school year includes projections for two new schools opening on the Carver campus and anticipates a 60-student increase in enrollment. […]
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Officials look into leasing options; frontloaded payment cause of concern
New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy is negotiating two leasing agreements with officials in Federal City. The school’s board discussed the potential arrangement, along with other matters, at its May meeting. NOMMA’s currently housed at Murray Henderson Elementary School on L.B. Landry Avenue. School leaders are in talks to eventually move to a new school […]
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Treme charter group terminates 45 employees; all employees to leave by August
At its May meeting, the board that now runs McDonogh 42 Elementary Charter School ratified the termination of 45 of the closing charter’s employees, voting to extend employment through the summer months for only eight employees. The charter operator that oversees the school, the Treme Charter School Association, did not have its charter renewed for […]
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Bill could end TP’s longtime hold on lucrative legal-notice ads
A bill passed by both houses of the Louisiana Legislature and now on its way to the governor’s desk could end The Times-Picayune’s decades-long monopoly on publishing the lucrative mandatory legal notices from public agencies. Clarification: The bill and this story refers only to state-required judicial notices issued by various agencies, a substantial subset of […]
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Hynes releases 2012-2013 budget for public review
The Edward Hynes Board of Directors has released the school’s 2012-2013 budget for public review. View it here.