The Lens is reposting this story, first published March 23, in light of news that The Times-Picayune will be cutting back to three published newspapers a week, focusing its efforts instead on online reporting. The accompanying map shows the wide swaths of the city where broadband internet access is not prevalent — meaning people there […]
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Violence and gang activity draw board's attention; McDonogh 42 takeover stalls
By Yomi Akinyemi, The Lens charter school reporter | A recent spate of violence that claimed the lives of two students at a nearby school was a focus of the Choice Foundation’s monthly board meeting on May 2. Principal Mickey Landry said the killing of the two students from KIPP Believe, blocks away from Lafayette, […]
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Board weighs bid for Carver High charter; graduating seniors win $500 scholarships
By Josh Johnston, The Lens charter school reporter | An alumni group from the failing George Washington Carver High School has asked Friends of King Schools, the board that runs Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School, to apply for Carver’s charter, King board members learned at their May 8 monthly meeting. A Carver alumni […]
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Finances OK, but charter extension likely to hinge on performance score and special ed
By Yomi Akinyemi, The Lens charter school reporter | Pride College Prep’s finances are in excellent shape, according to the Recovery School District’s Office of School Performance. Now comes closer scrutiny of school facilities and services for students with disabilities, RSD officials Adam Hawf and Bayoji Akingbola told board members at their monthly meeting, May […]
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Teacher job application asked race, gender and marital status
Until Tuesday, teachers applying to work in the four charter schools in the Capital One-New Beginnings network were required to disclose their race, gender and marital status – information that could lead to discrimination lawsuits. A day after The Lens asked about the unusual application questions, the network removed its application packet from its website. […]
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Projected budget for 2012-13 school year released ahead of Friday's public hearing
Morris Jeff’s proposed budget for 2012-13 anticipates a bigger school and correspondingly higher costs. With at least 60 additional students expected to enroll next fall, revenues are projected to jump by $500,000 to $3 million while expenses rise by $400,000, also to $3 million With the incoming pre-kindergarten class and expansion to fourth grade, next […]
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Creeping concrete: Is anyone paying attention at City Hall?
This isn’t a “before and after” story… not yet. It’s more of a “before and during” story. Uptown, on Nashville Avenue, there once stood a humble bungalow, quaint and pretty and respectful of the lot where it stood and the houses adjacent to it. As happens quite regularly to quaint and pretty houses in New […]
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School vouchers are distributed as expanded program kicks in
About 2,300 New Orleans public school students have been offered slots in private schools under the state’s voucher program, leaving about 5,500 spots still available at schools across the state, the Louisiana Department of Education announced today. The department unveiled the list of private schools slated to accept those students today, as well as other […]
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RSD says charter renewal seems likely, provided special-ed issues are overcome
Correction: The headline has been revised: the word renewal replaces extension. Another change is marked in the seventh paragraph. The board of Miller-McCoy Academy met Monday night with a representative of the Recovery School District to discuss the future of the school’s charter. Adam Hawf, the deputy superintendent of the state’s “Type 5” charters reviewed […]
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Enrollment strengthening for next year; Amato pleased by standardized test scores
The board devoted its May 17 monthly meeting to end of the year details and a look ahead to International High School’s resumption of classes in August. Board chairman Andrew Ward noted “a lot of good things happening as we ramp up to the end of the year.” One of them is recruitment, according to […]