Copy of the agenda for the November Board meeting is reprinted below: New Orleans College Preparatory Academies Board of Directors Meeting Monday, November 14, 2011 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm 3rd Floor Conference Room Walter L. Cohen High School New Orleans, LA 70115 —– Agenda —– Agenda Item — Materials/Lead — Time I. Call to […]
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RTA chief tells it like it is: pre-Katrina service won't be restored in depopulated areas
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | The city’s transit chief delivered a blunt message this week: Don’t expect service to return to pre-Katrina levels in parts of the city where significant numbers of people haven’t come home. “Unfortunately, what happens is a mindset that says, if I had it before Katrina I should […]
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LFNO board meeting agenda released
Review the agenda for the board’s November meeting, scheduled for 6:30 PM at 5401 S. Claiborne Avenue, reprinted below: Agenda for November 14, 2011 I Call to Order II Attendance III Approval of Past Minutes IV Chairman’s Report V Treasurer’s Report VI Principal’s Report VII Old Business VIII New Business IX Public Comments X Adjournment
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New strategies combat low reading scores and more quickly spot students needing extra help
The Success Preparatory Academy Board of Directors seeks a waiver so it won’t have to pay the state $60,000 for supplemental education services. Instead, the school wants to do the work in-house. Applying for a waiver is a new option for charter schools under the state’s Red Tape Reduction Act, and Success Prep has applied, […]
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Weeks after saying the checks were coming, Gusman still hasn't paid deputies for work
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | A month after saying he would do it, Sheriff Marlin Gusman has not paid thousands of dollars to reserve deputies who have been working a security detail at the city’s auto impound lot since May. “I feel like he lied to us,” said a deputy who originally […]
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FAME board moves meeting to November 19
Principal Janice Dupuy sent this announcement: Due to some confusion regarding the date of the November FAME Board Meeting, it has been rescheduled by the Board Chair to take place Saturday, November 19, 2011 at the Carrollton Campus at 10:00 A.M.
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Special board meeting tonight
The Board of Trustees for Milestone SABIS Academy will meet Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 6:00 p.m., 5951 Patton Street, New Orleans, LA 70115. Agenda for the meeting reprinted below: Board of Trustees Special Meeting Agenda 5951 Patton Street New Orleans, LA 70115 6:00 PM Wednesday, November 9, 2011 Call to Order Roll Call Meditation […]
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FirstLine November board meeting date changed to 11/29
FirstLine sent out a notice, which reads: BOARD MEETING DATE CHANGE Langston Hughes Academy 3519 Trafalgar Street New Orleans, LA 70119 NEW DATE: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 4:00 pm
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Board elects new members and officers; roofing job won't delay start of 2012-13 school year
The Einstein Charter School board voted in three new members and elected officers at its monthly meeting, Tuesday, Nov. 8. The new members are attorney Laurin Jacobsen, civil engineer Trang Tieu, James Panetta, a consultant to the city’s Office of Public Works, and Susanne Evangeline, who currently works for the Hair Club and has experience […]
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Board meeting agenda released
The agenda for Einstein’s November board meeting can be reviewed here.