According to Jean-Jacques Grandiere, General Director of Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Charter School, everything is in order for the August 13 start-date of the 2012-13 school year. That includes, for the first time, a school-provided lunch. Members of the charter school’s board announced that Revolution Foods, contracted through KIPP food service, had been chosen to […]

Board members are concerned that families will move their children to other schools before the fall term starts, now that Success Prep has fallen into the “academically unacceptable” category, based on its school performance score for 2011. The school is one of nearly 30 run by the Recovery School District in New Orleans that has […]

Editor’s note: Story updated July 13 to reflect that the final vote had taken place. The Lycée Français Board unanimoulsy passed its $3.1 million budget Tuesday, July 10. Board Members present included board chairman Dr. Jean Montes, Catherine MacPhaille, Hemalatha Banangada and Paige Saleun. Ex-officio Jean Claude Brunet, Consul General of France in New Orleans, also […]

After The Lens reported that the Lycée Français Charter school voted in June on its 2012-2013 budget without making adequate public announcements prior to its budget hearing, the school has re-scheduled its budget vote. A  hearing will be held tonight, July 9, at 6:30 p.m. at 5401 S. Claiborne Ave. According to correspondence with Catherine […]

School leaders at Success Preparatory Academy charter school are considering ceasing the use of ANet tests. The Achievement Network organization has provided testing services for students in order to see how they are expected to perform on state standardized tests. This year, 49 percent of fourth graders at Success Prep scored at or above basic […]

The lower-school principal of Success Preparatory Academy will try to convince charter school board members this evening that salary increases for administrative staffers are needed. Currently, the spending plan for next year at Success Prep is over budget by $15,000. Board members at a finance committee meeting last week said they support a balanced budget. The […]

At their monthly meeting, May 10, Success Preparatory Academy board members approved teacher pay raises and new hires for next year, but postponed approving raises for administrators until the school’s finance committee has reviewed the details. Board members expressed frustration with next year’s budget numbers, noting that they had approved an extra $100,000 to fund two new […]

The board of Collegiate Academies voted Thursday to move forward with its commitment to establish and run two high schools in the space previously occupied by the failing George Washington Carver High School. The transition, opposed by a Carver alumni group, is scheduled for the coming school year. The board discussed how tempers flared between the […]

Starting with the next school year Andrew H. Wilson Charter School will handle all educational services in-house rather than use EdisonLearning Inc., the for-profit company that has performed that role for the past five years. The shift has been under discussion by the board since it was first proposed in December by principal Logan Crowe. At […]