The upcoming Mardi Gras Food Festival fundraiser was a focus of discussion at the Sophie B. Wright school board meeting on Jan. 26 (not Jan. 18, as previously scheduled). In coming weeks, the school will prepare a rotating schedule of volunteers to march beside students in 12 different Carnival parades, from Feb. 11 through 20. […]
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Board meeting agenda released
The New Beginnings Schools Foundation meeting agenda is reprinted below: PUBLIC NOTICE New Beginnings Schools Foundation (Capital One-UNO Charter Network) Regular Board of Directors Meeting 5:00 pm Tuesday January 31, 2012 CERM Building 2045 Lakeshore Dr. Room 438 Meeting is Open to the General Public Agenda 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval […]
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Board hears reports on school construction and temporary office; seeks $5 million literacy grant
Finances and campus facility changes were the topics of discussion at the monthly meeting of the FirstLine charter school board, Jan. 24. A financial summary for the 2012 school year projects $1,051,631 will be available in the net fund to operate FirstLine’s network of schools: Arthur Ashe, Samuel J. Green, John Dibert and Joseph S. […]
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Board meets group of parents and faculty from elementary school it will take over next year
Parents of Craig Elementary School students got a chance on Jan. 26 to meet with the charter board — Friends of King Inc. — selected to take over the Treme school in an attempt to turn it around academically. Some parents expressed resistance to the very idea of chartering, but seemed to grow more optimistic […]
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Meeting agenda released
The Milestone/SABIS board meeting agenda may be viewed here.
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Rage over victim’s arrest record should be directed at NOPD
As I concluded some small talk with a friend this morning, he turned to go but then whirled around and said, “Interesting report by The Lens yesterday.” He didn’t have to elaborate. I knew he referred to the article about New Orleans Police Department’s delay in issuing a statement on Mike Ainsworth, the Good Samaritan […]
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Anxious Algiers residents seek answers to crime day after Samaritan killed in carjacking
By Kelsey Foster, The Lens contributing writer | A day after a good Samaritan was shot and killed while trying to stop a carjacking in Algiers Point, a beefed-up police presence was evident in the usually quiet West Bank neighborhood, as police cars trolled the streets and a helicopter circled above. But the efforts of […]
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NORD finalist asks for public discussion
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | One of the finalists to run the city’s recreation program asked this week that a discussion of his candidacy be held in public, rather than in a closed-door session of the screening committee, city records show. Two days after that request, a subcommittee of the New Orleans […]
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Failure of climate talks imperils nowhere more than state coast
December’s climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, was, as these conferences usually are, more style than substance. Small steps were taken here and there – the Green Climate Fund, formation of new ad hoc committees, increased support to developing countries – but ultimately, delegates walked away without a legally binding agreement to reduce the […]
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Board no-shows make for a voteless meeting; academic benchmark scores called 'alarming'
Enforcement and possible amendment of the organization’s rules dominated discussion at the monthly meeting of the board that governs Andrew H. Wilson Charter School, but no votes could be taken because not enough members showed up for the Jan. 24 session. Four of eight members of the Broadmoor Charter School Board were present, but Darek […]