Poor record keeping and a blemished audit report are among issues dogging Sojourner Truth as it prepares to close its doors at the end of the current school year, board members learned at their monthly meeting, March 20. While the school had received clean audit reports in the past, this year’s audit made reference to […]
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Board meeting agenda released
View the details of tonight’s board meeting here.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Parents grumble pro and con about staff and faculty changes; new grievance policy approved
The Feb. 28 monthly meeting of the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy board of directors was brief, despite a group of parents who filled the room. Many of them had come to address the board, but found copies of a policy that limits comment to agenda topics up for a vote. The issues the […]
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Does the Canal Street brothel offer peephole on River Birch strategy?
Federal prosecutor Sal Perricone submitted his resignation to U.S. Attorney Jim Letten on Tuesday. It’s a shame because Perricone is one of the smartest guys in the region. Or at least that’s how he portrayed himself in the comment boards on nola.com. There, Perricone posed as the cyclops in the land of the blind. Everyone […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Months-long blight fight pushes Mid-City man into ranks of New Orleans' homeless
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | With its tangled title, backed-up taxes, and an ambience that hovers somewhere between junkyard and barnyard, it’s no showplace. But for Lane Hughes, the waterless wreck of a house has been all that stands between him and the streets or a shelter. In proceedings last June on […]
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Broadway campus overhaul about to get rolling; funding issues dog Carrollton stabilization effort
Projects underway to upgrade Audubon Charter facilities were a focus of attention at the board’s monthly meeting in March. The biggest project is renovation of the school’s Broadway campus. A contractor has been selected and the work, scheduled to begin in mid-April, is on track to be completed by December 2013, the original deadline. Principal […]
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Plans for new campus dominate board meeting; adjacent lots eyed; reading tests show progress
The Morris Jeff board of directors focused on plans for a new building at their monthly meeting, March 15, and principal Patricia Perkins said she is determined to have the building ready for the beginning of the 2014-2015 school year. As part of the ongoing community engagement phase, the Recovery School District and the Verges […]
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Administrator promoted; fundraisers declared successful; school groups seek share of spoils
Warren Easton’s board of directors adopted new bylaws and appointed a second assistant principal at a marathon monthly meeting, March 14. The board promoted administrative assistant Mervin Jackson to the job of second assistant principal. The promotion comes with a $10,000 annual raise, which will be pro-rated for the remainder of the current school year. […]
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New evidence suggests man convicted of murder wasn't at crime scene, attorneys say
Despite his confession, attorneys say recently discovered police records show a man with an IQ of 59 should have been cleared in 1980 murder case.