After much controversy, embattled Lycée Francais board member, Allen Kelly, has resigned from his post. The board of Lycée Francais accepted Kelly’s resignation at a specially called June 1 board meeting. It also appointed the school’s interim general director, Jean-Jacques Grandiere, to the general director position. After the public release of an email Kelly wrote […]
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Documentary on culture of death gives city's youth a voice
On Tuesday at 5:45p.m., a 10-year old boy was shot in the face and leg at his birthday party. Bullets sprayed the gathering at Simon Bolivar Avenue and Clio Street, killing a 5-year old girl and a 33-year old woman. A few hours earlier, two assailants had robbed and killed a 58-year old man in […]
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McDonogh 42 delays move until 2013; test score results show gains
McDonogh 42 Elementary Charter School, the Choice Foundation’s soon-to-be acquired charter, will remain at its current location for the 2012-2013 school year, the Choice Foundation’s board announced at a second May gathering. McDonogh will be under the control of its current charter operator, the Treme Charter School Association, until July. The state Board of Elementary […]
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Einstein budget set for modest increase
Einstein Charter School’s preliminary 2012-13 operating budget of $4.4 million is within 1 percent of last year’s budget. The budget was available for public review this week at the school. Business manager Doug Guidry said the preliminary budget is based on an estimated school enrollment of 443, as determined by the Orleans Parish School Board. […]
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2012-13 budget released
The narrative summary of Einstein’s proposed budget may be read here, and the complete budget numbers may be reviewed here.
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Special board meeting
The Uptown Messenger has coverage of tonight’s special LFNO board meeting here, in which Jean Jacques Grandiere was confirmed as General Director of Lycee Francais and board member Allen Kelly resigned.
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Budget hearing and board meeting announcement
The Lens received written notice that Dryades Y and James M. Singleton Charter School will host a public hearing for their 2012-13 budget at 5pm on Tuesday June 12, at 2220 Oretha Castle Haley. Singleton Charter’s regular board meeting will be held at noon on June 19 at 2220 Oretha Castle Haley.
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Let’s hope T-P treats readers better than it treated its employees
The Times-Picayune opinion page should razz its ownership for the way it handled plans to cut staff and shrink to a three-days-a-week paper. The inside account of the T-P restructuring story, as reported by Kevin Allman at Gambit, reveals a lack of professionalism among the paper’s new decision-makers: Gambit spoke to more than a dozen […]
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Budget available for review
A public hearing on the school’s new budget will be held Wednesday Review the numbers for Lusher’s 2012-13 budget here. For comparison, see the current year’s budget here.
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BESE reviews capital projects, Early Head Start monitoring
Construction of four new schoolhouses should be completed as classes resume in August, education officials announced Wednesday night, but modular buildings are ready just in case. Capital projects, including ground-up school construction, highlighted Wednesday night’s meeting in New Orleans of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. The board meets periodically in New Orleans […]