Board’s curiosity is provoked when principal reports that five students were suspended for “gambling.”
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Della Hasselle, a freelance journalist and producer, reports environmental and criminal justice stories for The Lens. A graduate of Benjamin Franklin High School and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, Hasselle lived in New York for 10 years. While up north, she produced and anchored news segments, wrote feature stories and reported breaking news for DNAinfo.com, a hyperlocal news site. Before that, she worked at the New York Daily News. She obtained her master
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Warren Easton school clinic expands hours of service and next fall may see faculty as well
The facility, launched by Tulane’s Department of Pediatrics, is now under new management.
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Unexpected computer costs send Audubon Charter budget back to the drawing board
Board authorizes KIPP network to take charge of cafeteria food.
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Hearing May 22: New Beginnings schools find various ways to budget a revenue windfall
Money will plug deficits, fill reserves and add support staff at four charter schools: Gentilly Terrace, Medard Nelson, New Tech and Pierre Capdau.
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Easton budget for next year reflects slight revenue dip, following this year’s windfall
Expected revenue of $9.25 million for 2014-15 is 1.68 percent less than Warren Easton Charter High School is expecting to by the end of the fiscal year this year. But that’s mostly due to one-time infusions of per-pupil funding received after the 2013-14 budget was first drafted. For the coming year, the school’s projected student […]
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Audubon Charter School forecasts $200,000 deficit for next school year
Most of it is due to equipment upgrades so the school can administer a new standardized test.
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Live blog Friday: What’s the future of John McDonogh High School?
Alumni, advisory groups to talk about what will happen when the school reopens after renovations.
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Performance score rises; Success Prep teachers, support staff rewarded with raise
Nine new teachers have been hired and more are on the way. Student recruitment drive is also gearing up.
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Hearing on Warren Easton’s 2014-15 budget set for June 18; projected enrollment: 930
The charter organization that oversees Warren Easton Charter High School will hold a public hearing on June 18 to review the draft budget for the 2014-15 school year. The preliminary $9.2 million budget anticipates an enrollment of 930 students. The annual budget meeting will be part of the board’s monthly meeting. The finance committee will […]
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What to do with a windfall of new grants, revenues? Public budget hearing set for May 22
The money will mostly be used to augment reserve funds at New Beginnings’ four schools.