Board members Alison Hartman, Charleen Blache, Stephen Rosenthal, Dana Peterson, Gregory St. Etienne, Lawrence Kullman, Darleene Peters, Brian Egana, Chief Operating Officer Adrian Morgan, and Chief Executive Officer Jay Altman were present Oct. 25 at the monthly meeting of the FirstLine School Board. The board governs Arthur Ashe Charter School, Joseph S. Clark Prep High School, John […]
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Parents can sound off about charter transition Nov. 9; school over enrollment, under budget
NOLA 180, the charter school board that governs Langston Hughes Academy, a FirstLine school, met on Oct. 25. Board members present were Paul Pechon, D’Juan Hernandez, Kristina Kent, Kathleen Padia, George Freeman, Chief Operating Officer Adrian Morgan and Chief Executive Officer Jay Altman. The board announced that a community meeting has been scheduled on Wednesday, Nov. 9, […]
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Audit goes smoothly and ahead of schedule; student needs to be addressed individually
The Treme Charter School Association, the governing board of McDonogh 42 Elementary Charter School, met Oct. 27. The meeting, in the school auditorium, began at 5:39 p.m. and ended at 6:33 p.m. The meeting was scheduled for 5 p.m. and originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22. Board members Madonna Green, Roslyn Smith, Hester Cottles and […]
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Pension debate triggers outcry at board meeting; performance scores run the gamut
Directors of the Algiers Charter Schools Association gathered Oct. 27 for a monthly meeting that drew a capacity crowd of over 200. The board called the meeting to order at 4:40 p.m. and confirmed they had a quorum. The first item of business was a successful motion to proceed directly to discussion of the Teachers […]
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With 20 percent ignoring costs, council pushes city to collect delinquent trash fees
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s top lieutenant faced pressure from the City Council Monday after stepping in to defend one of his department heads for only collecting 80 percent of the city’s trash fees. Chief Administrative Officer Andy Kopplin stepped in to protect Chief Financial Officer Norman Foster after […]
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Teachers get added incentive to improve student test scores: merit-based bonuses
The Capital One-New Beginnings Charter School Network is planning to pay teacher bonuses based on student improvement this year, its governing board learned recently. The network’s board of directors heard a report on the plan at its Oct. 25 meeting. Students were tested at the beginning of the year, setting a base score for their […]
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On Levees.org birthday, we’re thankful for its years of myth-busting
Halloween 2005 must have been particularly scary in New Orleans. Most of the city was desolate and rotting, having been drowned two months earlier by a cataclysmic engineering disaster. Scores of corpses still lay in wrecked homes, awaiting an unhappy discovery. Political leaders doubted whether the stricken city would (or should) ever recover. Adding insult to […]