The school didn't notify the public before a retreat that included seven of its nine board members.
McDonogh City Park Academy would be the second addition to the Crescent City Schools network in as many years.
Algiers Charter Schools Association staff went on 19 trips over four years, including five out of state that cost $113,000. And new figures from KIPP New Orleans Schools show that it spent $133,000 on its trip to Las Vegas. All told, The Lens has added up $316,000 in travel for three charter organizations.
He also discussed charter school oversight and changing the makeup of the board.
Another problem: OPSB computer program automatically adjusted staff seniority to reflect pay grades, regardless of actual years of service.
Most of the problems were small-scale plagiarism, according to a report.
Based on 2013 test scores, are the students who left the Recovery School District’s four failing schools in better academic environments than before? If they left Mays and Henderson, they generally are. But not if they left Abramson and Johnson.
Other states are pioneering different ways of bringing electoral control to charter school management. Would they work here?
But the board didn't comply with state law when it failed to solicit public comment before two votes.