FirstLine Schools saw an overall improvement in their 2012 state School Performance Scores (SPS), which were released by the Louisiana Department of Education earlier this week. Each FirstLine school maintained or improved its score from the previous year. John Dibert Community School and Joseph S. Clark Preparatory High School achieved the most dramatic gains of […]
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Four teachers lose jobs after school misses enrollment goals
Lower than expected enrollment numbers have led to reductions in staff at James M. Singleton Charter School for the 2012-2013 school year. According to Principal Debra Robertson, the October 1 student count is 648, well below the school’s enrollment goal of 740. The school had budgeted for a total enrollment of 725 students and, as […]
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Board discusses enrollment boost, new hires and LEAP prep classes
Enrollment numbers came in much higher than expected at McDonogh City Park Academy, Principal Christine Mitchell announced at the board’s October 16 monthly meeting. The current enrollment of 420 marks the highest total since New Orleans Charter School Foundation took over the school, according to Mitchell. The projected budget for the 2012-2013 school-year was based […]
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Board approves revised budget, unanimously re-elects leadership
The FirstLine Schools board of directors voted unanimously to approve a revised final budget for the 2012-2013 school year at their monthly meeting, September 26. The final budget for the upcoming year still comes in around the projected $26 million, according to finance committee chair Stephen Rosenthal. “The minor revisions in the budget are due […]
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Programs put in place to encourage good behavior, discourage bullying
At Tuesday’s monthly board meeting school leaders at McDonogh City Park Academy announced a new partnership with the Center for Restorative Approaches and the successful implementation of the Kickboard program. Kickboard is an online data-collection tool that helps teachers gather information about students’ academics and behavior. The program allows teachers to keep detailed digital records of each student, which are used to improve classroom instruction […]
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New Arthur Ashe campus opened, board elects new members
FirstLine Schools Inc. welcomed two new board members and announced the long-awaited opening of the new Arthur Ashe Charter School building during its meeting on August 22. The board unanimously elected Kim Henry and Paul Pechon. Henry is an engineer who has been active at Arthur Ashe Charter School, and Pechon is a CPA and […]
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New principal updates board on teacher training, student testing
Board members of the Dryades YMCA and James Singleton Charter School welcomed new principal Debra Robertson at their monthly meeting on August 21. Wasting no time, Robertson updated board members on teacher preparation efforts during the summer. She said teachers returned to work in late July for an intensive week-long schedule of professional development topics and […]
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Failed pumps at Corps pumping station could increase Mid-City flooding risk
With Tropical Storm Isaac bearing down on New Orleans, one of three key Army Corps of Engineers pumping stations that help drain the city during a storm is only at partial capacity – far less than what is needed to keep the Orleans Avenue Canal from filling. The city’s Sewerage & Water Board pumping station […]
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Committee to plan school's 100 year anniversary announced; board affirms president Garland
Warren Easton’s board meeting on August 15 began with the first of two executive sessions conducted that evening. The first session was a forty minute legal discussion regarding the new regulations of the Recovery School District and Orleans Parish School Board student expulsion process. It was requested that the executive session be moved to the […]
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Fundraisers to fuel year-end field trips
An “End of Year Field Studies” program that aims to send nearly seven hundred students to centers of art and science throughout the country was announced at the monthly ReNEW Schools board meeting, August 9. The program, created by recently-appointed Development Director Pete Rodway, is designed to offer students educational trips at year’s end to […]