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Author: Joshua Johnston

Lake Forest expects increased per-pupil revenue to help it achieve a balanced budget in 2014-15

July 9, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
It’s getting harder for the school to pay for increased contributions to the state teachers’ pension system.

Lycée budget reflects new fourth grade, expanded pre-K and off-site classrooms

June 20, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Need-based, tuition-free seats in the school's pre-K program are not yet filled to capacity.

Getting in is just the beginning; College Prep looks for ways to make alumni successful

June 17, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Discussion touches on starting a fund to help with the small, unexpected charges that can bedevil a college student.

Strong test performance lofts military charter into ranks of city’s elite schools

May 27, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Academy defies military-school stereotype by maintaining expulsion rate of zero.

Thinking about college begins early at Lake Forest Elementary; budget hearing scheduled

May 22, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Enrollment projected at 550 as the school transitions to new facility on Lake Forest Boulevard.

Addition of sixth grade and efforts to recruit at-risk students dominate Lycée board meeting

May 20, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Plans to use the Cabildo as the base of a six-week program on the French Quarter have been put on hold, as the building undergoes renovation.

Lycée Français community squabbles anew, this time over adding out-of-sequence grades

May 20, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
A member acknowledges that the prior board yielded to cronyism in agreeing to the add the grades ahead of schedule.

NOMMA budget hearing is tonight, just ahead of board meeting: public is welcome

May 20, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Amid charges of ‘slander,’ Lycee community debates access to job applications

April 30, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Despite chairman's support for the idea, board members rejected the school leader's suggestion that major hiring decisions be subject to their review.

Voteless Lycee board meeting learns of Fete results and plans for expanding kindergarten

April 16, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019
Attorney General has been asked for an opinion on whether job applications must be made public.

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