Meanwhile, the Dryades YMCA is suing Ellis Construction for water damage to the gymnasium flooring and damage to a buried chiller pipe, leaders say.
Author Archives: Heather Miller
Heather Miller is a freelance writer and a regular contributor to The Lens' Charter School Reporting Corps. She is a former staff writer for The Independent in Lafayette, and is now based in New Orleans.
Posted inEnvironment, Government & Politics
Live blog: Public weighs in on Entergy’s 20-year energy plan
“If for whatever reason the sun doesn’t shine or the wind doesn’t blow, we’ve got to keep power available,” said Entergy’s Gary Huntley.
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Choice Foundation plans lawsuit over facilities contract
The board originally allotted $500,000 for the construction project, but estimates later exceeded $1 million.
Posted inSchools
Parents have few options when moving kids from failing public schools
The federal No Child Left Behind law mandates that children at failing schools are given the opportunity to attend better ones. But more than seven years into the New Orleans choice experiment, schools are so academically anemic that the transfer options aren’t much better — and in some cases, they’re just as bad.
Posted inCharter Schools
Community outcry causes TV show to remove ‘dangerous’ label for John McDonogh Senior High
The Lens live-blogged Tuesday night’s meeting of the John McDonogh Advisory Board.
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McDonogh City Park leaders expect OneApp will help draw students
While other schools seek radio and TV spots, City Park leaders say word of the school is spreading in other ways.
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New pool and wellness center will be open to Singleton families
A long-anticipated wellness center and natatorium in the works next door to James Singleton Charter School is nearing completion. The school’s board of directors, which also oversees the Dryades YMCA that operates the charter school, received a status report on construction of the wellness center and indoor pool at its monthly board meeting Jan. 22. […]
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State ethics board may investigate Miller-McCoy transportation contract
Tiffany Hardrick and Keith Sanders are accused of ending the school’s contract with a bus company without board approval.
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Officials: RSD overbilled International High for meals
International High School has settled a disagreement with the Recovery School District over a $47,000 bill for school nutrition services, the school’s board of directors learned at its Jan. 23 meeting. According to Nan Ryan, International’s assistant head of school, the school has a contract with the Recovery School District to provide breakfast, lunch and […]
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Board meets privately to discuss union request for teacher records
The McDonogh City Park Academy board of directors held a closed-door meeting last week to discuss the status of a public records request they said was sent by a local teachers union to every school in the city.