Review the January board meeting agenda for Langston Hughes Academy here.
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Meeting agenda released
Review the agenda for FirstLine Schools board meeting here.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Board meeting agenda released
Here is the agenda for tomorrow’s board meeting at Edward Hynes Charter: Hynes Charter School Corporation Board Meeting Monday, January 23, 2012 5:00 p.m. Edward Hynes Charter School 990 Harrison Ave. New Orleans, LA 70124 (in the library) Agenda 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes Standing […]
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City unveils new system for public notices; text, email messages are options
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Looking to address longtime complaints from civically engaged residents, city officials hope their new online calendar will become a one-stop shop for announcing public meetings and other city events. The new calendar went live Thursday. It offers the options to send people text messages or emails regarding […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Update: Audubon released a revised agenda reprinted below. FAME, Inc. Board Meeting Agenda Carrollton Campus Cafeteria 10:00 A.M. 1. Call to Order/Roll Call 2. Adoption of the Agenda Additions/Deletions (Action Item) 3. Approval of the December Minutes (Action Item) 4. Welcome to New Board Members 5. Election of Officers (Action Item) 6. Administrative Report 7. […]
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NORD Commission again stumbles over Open Meetings Act, delays decision
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | A subcommittee of the New Orleans Recreation Development Commission aiming to appoint a new chief executive adjourned a meeting this afternoon without taking any action, after activist attorney Tracie Washington raised fresh concerns about whether the subcommittee had followed public meetings law. Two city councilwomen have now […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Council members criticize Serpas for releasing arrest records of homicide victims
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas defended his department’s approach to stemming homicide in New Orleans before a meeting of the City Council’s Criminal Justice Committee this afternoon. The number of homicides rose by 14 percent during Serpas’ first full year in command from 175 in 2010 to 199 in […]
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Board meeting agenda released
Here is the agenda for tomorrow’s board meeting at Morris Jeff Community School.
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New school leader named; board debates enrollment increase, 'differentiated' learning
Board meetings over the past few months have been marked by tension over a central question: who is to succeed the charismatic Barbara MacPhee as head of New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School after she retires. Parents and students have attended the past few meetings awaiting a decision. At the Jan.12 meeting, the […]
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Curfew: Stripping kids’ access to the cultural heart of New Orleans
When I lived in Europe, I used to josh my British friends with a plan for Britain’s economic future (which looked dim at the time). I suggested that they tear down every structure built after the Seventeenth Century and restore the conditions—industrial, social, economic—of that earlier age, so that American tourists could be assured an […]