The committee will meet at S J Green Charter tomorrow, prior to the full board meeting next Tuesday at 4pm. The agenda for this Board Committee meeting for Firstline Schools, Inc. can be found here.
Posted inCriminal Justice
While waiting for federal grant, Landrieu taps charitable trust for stop-the-violence program
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | Mayor Mitch Landrieu is hoping to land a $2.5 million federal grant to run a violence-prevention program, but while that grant remains uncertain, he’s using $250,000 to start the work. Landrieu mentioned the pending federal grant in passing during Saturday’s citywide crime summit, called Save Our Sons, […]
Posted inCharter Schools
September Board Agenda released
Click the following link to review the Milestone Board Agenda. The letter appears to be mistakenly dated August 19.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Updated: Board agenda released
This evening, the Lake Forest Elementary Board of Directors released the September agenda which can be reviewed here: Lake Forest Sept Agenda update Earlier, an agenda dated June 20th had been mistakenly sent. It can be reviewed here: Board Agenda 6-20-11
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Prison Reform Coalition to hold forum on Orleans Parish Prison; tune in to webcast
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | The Lens will host a live web stream Tuesday evening of a community forum hosted by a coalition that wants to encourage the U.S. Department of Justice to take legal action against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman over jail conditions. The meeting, being organized by the Orleans […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Legislator's Algiers apartment deal receives state-approved bond money
Two years after House Speaker Jim Tucker (R-Algiers) pushed for a moratorium on state subsidies for affordable housing, a board he sits on has awarded $10 million in state-backed approved bond money so a nonprofit can buy an apartment complex Tucker owns.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Audit shows jump in enrollment; access to UNO courses to be reviewed
The Advocates for Academic Excellence in Education Inc., the charter school board governing Benjamin Franklin High School, met Sept. 15. The meeting, in the school library, began at 4 p.m. and ended at 5:40, after a 20-minute executive session. Board members Mark Mayer, Ingrid Labat, Susan Weeks, Carl Indest and Collette Creppell were present. Board […]
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
September Board meeting agenda released
To view the details of the agenda, click the following link: FAME Board Agenda September 2011
Posted inOpinion
As social media grow, so does appreciation of the First Amendment
By Eric Newton, The Lens contributing opinion writer | Each year, on Constitution Day, students and teachers celebrate the most fundamental laws of our republic. This year, they should celebrate Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr and all other social media children of the digital age. Why? Because, it turns out, social media are good for the Constitution. […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics
Giant billboard targets jail per diems; DOJ to attend public meeting on Tuesday
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | The Department Of Justice has accepted an invitation to a community forum next week hosted by a reform coalition, which aims to encourage the department to finally take legal action against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman over jail conditions. Department of Justice attorney Regina Jansen has accepted […]