The meeting for October 13 will be at Batiste at Live Oak at 5:30pm. Click to see the agenda: ReNew Oct meeting agenda
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Testing reveals strengths and weaknesses; board opposes 'mega' high school merger
The board of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies met Oct. 5 at 4:35 p.m. to review academic performance and chart a path for the upcoming year. The meeting began with a Powerpoint presentation by Ben Kleban, the schools’ founder and director, analyzing student performance. Kleban said students will be tested four times a year, using […]
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Board meeting moved to October 20
Advocates for Science & Mathematics Education Inc., which normally meets the second Thursday each month, has moved this month’s meeting to October 20. Review the board meeting agenda here.
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For your consideration: Lens makes available spreadsheet of state employee salaries
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Which state official gets paid the most out of the state budget? Once again, it’s Louisiana State University chancellor John Lombardi, according to Civil Service records. Overall, the highest paid state employee is Louisiana State University head football coach Les Miles, who makes a $3.75 million a […]
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Sports-bar complex near Superdome gets around to asking for a liquor permit
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Confused may be the best way to describe the average observer of a City Planning Commission meeting. This week’s head scratcher was a request “for a conditional use to permit the sale of alcoholic beverages for consumption on-premises at a cocktail lounge and amusement place.” What made […]
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Buddy’s last best chance: Punch out a Wall Street protester
Former governor Buddy Roemer is doing exactly the wrong thing. Instead of making overtures to the Occupy Wall Street movement, he should get in a fight with them. A viral video of Roemer confronting a protester and landing a punch might be the last, best hope for his campaign. Surely it would catapult him past the […]
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Clark to create alternative school; others in network operating within budgets
FirstLine School board met Sept. 29 to make decisions and discuss new plans and concerns for its group of charter schools: Samuel J. Green Charter School, Arthur Ashe Charter School, John Dibert Community School, and Joseph S. Clark, which includes The NET Charter High. FirstLine also supports NOLA 180, the board of Langston Hughes Academy […]
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FirstLine shortcomings identified; fundraiser exceeds expectations
NOLA 180, the board that governs Langston Hughes Academy Charter School, met on Sept. 29, a half hour after its scheduled 6 p.m. start time because a prior meeting of the school’s manager, FirstLine, ran long. Board members Kathleen Padian, D’Juan Hernandez, Dow Edwards, Adrian Morgan, CEO Jay Altman, and Kristina Kent were present as […]
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Art and music offerings to grow; KaBoom playground build-out in early November
Note: this report has been corrected to state that the pumpkin patch is part of a charity drive by First Presbyterian Church, and is not affiliated with Lycée Français. The Lycée Français School Board met on Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church sanctuary. Board members Kenneth Charity and Jean Montes were absent. Consul Général Jean-Claude […]
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Algiers Charter Schools Association ends retirement benefit for more than 600 teachers
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct erroneous information first released and then amended by a spokesman for the Algiers Charter School Association. Algiers Technology Academy should not have been on the list of schools where retirement benefits have been canceled, thus reducing the number of teachers and schools affected. Faced with sharply […]