At their monthly meeting Dec. 14, Warren Easton’s board discussed many school improvement projects, which are under way and on track. Projects manager Ken Ducote said the window replacement project is almost complete. Emergency bids were obtained in November to deal with mold in rooms 202 and 302. The mold was eliminated over the Thanksgiving […]
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It's official: School is renamed Sci Academy; college admissions rate expected to top 90%
Collegiate Academies of New Orleans, the board that runs Sci Academy, met on Dec. 14 to review an audit, discuss options for a future campus, and approve a name change. “You’ve got a nice reserve going into the next year, you’re healthier than other charter schools,” auditors from the Carr, Riggs & Ingram accounting firm […]
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Parent-student fight at Jefferson bus stop sparks heated discussion
The mood was tense as directors of New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy gathered for their monthly meeting, on Dec. 15. Five parents were on hand in response to an altercation at a Jefferson Parish bus stop between one of the parents and the son of two others. Nanita Bailey, eyewitness and friend of the […]
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Board resolves to fight loss of charter; LEAP test prep to follow winter break
The Treme Charter School Association, which governs McDonogh 42 Elementary, met Dec. 17 and decided to fight the loss of their charter. The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted not to renew TCSA’s charter contract. The state Department of Education came to the same conclusion. McDonogh 42’s school performance score dropped to 62.6 […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Digital doomsday: No faith in America, Newt?
Two power outages delayed the Monday Night Football game between Pittsburgh and San Francisco. The temporary blackouts were an embarrassment, to be sure, but I cringed the most when the ESPN broadcasters kept asking their reporters at the stadium whether panic ensued when the lights went off. As if that’s the natural expectation, among adults, […]
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Students bring back environmental message; board to start running Craig campus
The Friends of King School Board meeting began, after a short Christmas blessing, with the entrance of about 15 members of the high school fraternity, Mu Lambda Kappa (MLK), who described a recent trip to Denver. “We learned about the environment, ” sophomore Earl Thomas said, “and ways to make it better. They told us […]
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Ben Franklin lives up to its thrifty name
Benjamin Franklin himself might have reveled in this irony: Ben Franklin High School is saving on energy costs. The Advocates for Academic Excellence in Education Inc., the charter school board governing Benjamin Franklin High School, held a short meeting on Dec. 15, during which Allison Bent, director of accounting and fiscal services, said the school […]
Posted inCriminal Justice
Sheriff: Jail will have more inmates in 2012
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman expects to increase the number of inmates in his jail from 3,100 to 3,400 next year, he said during a public hearing Friday. Gusman confirmed the expected increase even as an advisory group assembled by Mayor Mitch Landrieu is working to set […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the Milestone/SABIS board meeting agenda here.
Posted inLand Use
All-but-certain loans and grants aimed at reviving key intersection in Broadmoor
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | Some corners in this city tell quintessentially New Orleans stories, and among them is the intersection of South Broad Street and Washington Avenue. There on the trafficky Broadmoor bend, King’s Meat Market and Grocery sells gumbo-ready mixes of seasoned poultry parts named for whichever store employee or […]