By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer A little-scrutinized but powerful government body is holding a special meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the tax rate it charges city property owners. The notice from the Orleans Parish Law Enforcement District provides scant information on the purpose of the meeting, though it says this will be an […]
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Street legal: Let’s make law fit our culture, not the other way around
By Alan Williams, The Lens contributing opinion writer | The Landrieu Administration is making a valiant effort to give some meaning to the letter of the law in New Orleans. They seem to understand that inconsistent enforcement makes it only more difficult to tackle our crime problem. But the effort to make New Orleans a […]
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Momentum building toward school move to new campus by year's end; TS Lee damage repaired
Edward Hynes Charter School will vacate its current premises and move into a new building before year’s end, the school’s board of directors said during its September monthly meeting. According to last week’s report from the project manager of the new building at 990 Harrison Ave., the school is on track to move into the […]
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Attendance at 95%; fundraising tops $1 million; board to set goals at October meeting
The board of New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy met at 6 p.m. Sept. 21 for 85 minutes. All board members were present. A reporter from The Lens was the only member of the public in attendance. Topics included enrollment, finances and setting timelines for committee goals. The school is at 95 percent capacity, […]
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Possible Jefferson campus in the works; bus service to Tulane Research Center coming
The board of directors of the International High School of New Orleans met Sept. 21 at 6:00 p.m. Board members Andrew Ward (chairman), Karen Mayer Dwyer (vice chair/treasurer), Errol George, LavalHughes, Lilijana Mamoorian Johnson and Maria Garcia were present. Ed Graf, Maria George and Robert Couhig were absent. Two members of the public were in […]
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Board reviews firing of teacher who stalled drug test; property insurance assessed per student
The Sophie B. Wright School Board met Sept. 21, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in the school’s first-floor conference room. A reporter from The Lens was the only member of the public in attendance. The first matter of business was an expression of unanimous support for the school’s decision to fire a teacher who stalled […]
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Kitchen almost up to code; vols needed if buses are to be monitored; enrollment drive ahead
The board of Lawrence D. Crocker Arts and Technology School met on Sept. 24. Board members present were Grisela Jackson (chairwoman), John A. Jones (vice chairman), Michael Neyrey (treasurer), Shaun B. Raferty (secretary), Stephen J. Boyard Jr., Simmone G. Robinson, Charmaine Robertson (principal) and Cherie Lopez who arrived late (financial administrator). Absent board members were Edward […]
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Bullying and transportation costs dominate charter board meeting
The Treme Charter School Association, the governing board of McDonogh 42 Elementary Charter School, met Sept. 24. The meeting, in the school auditorium, began at 11:24 a.m. and ended at 12:55 p.m. Board members Bernard Robertson, Madonna Green, Roslyn Smith, Raymond Brown, Hester Cottles and Bherita Hall were present. Board members Tracie Washington and Carol […]
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NOLA 180 agenda released
Read the agenda here: LHA NOLA 180 Board Agenda 110927
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FirstLine Board meeting agenda
Tomorrow’s FirstLine Schools Board meeting will begin at 4pm at Langston Hughes. Click here to see the FLS Board Agenda 110927