Update: The story has been updated to reflect the fact that officials at New Orleans College Preparatory Academy forwarded us the documents we requested regarding the CEO’s evaluation process.  The February meeting of the Board at New Orleans College Preparatory Academies began with a lengthy discussion of academic goals.  Director and chief executive officer Ben […]

Parents once again made their voices heard at the monthly meeting of the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy charter school board, Jan. 27.  This time they came to offer their help. “First, I would like to say that I am satisfied with the school,” said parent Nicole Coleman.  “I struggled with my daughter to […]

Lee Ledbetter and Associates have won the contract to design a new $22 million school for Lake Forest Elementary, the board of directors announced at its monthly meeting, Jan. 24. The new school will stand at 11110 Lake Forest Blvd. Also discussed was implementation of new federal Core Curriculum Standards, which will take effect for […]

There was good news this month for the board of directors of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies. State education officials have extended the original charter for three years and granted them another to take over Walter L. Cohen High School. “BESE approved our three-year renewal, and approved our charter for Cohen,” executive director Ben Kleban […]

The mood was tense as directors of New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy gathered for their monthly meeting, on Dec. 15. Five parents were on hand in response to an altercation at a Jefferson Parish bus stop between one of the parents and the son of two others. Nanita Bailey, eyewitness and friend of the […]

The Friends of King School Board meeting began, after a short Christmas blessing, with the entrance of about 15 members of the high school fraternity, Mu Lambda Kappa (MLK), who described a recent trip to Denver. “We learned about the environment, ” sophomore Earl Thomas said, “and ways to make it better. They told us […]

Directors of the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy gathered briefly on Nov. 29 for a monthly meeting focused mainly on funding and the school’s growing appeal. With a ninth-grade enrolled and plans afoot to add a grade a year until the academy is a four-year high school, NOMMA faces budget challenges. State and local […]

The board of Lake Forest Elementary Charter School began its monthly meeting on Nov. 29 with a detailed question and answer session on construction of a new campus. Ira Thomas, chairman of the Orleans Parish School Board’s property committee, fielded questions about the building design process and clarified  rumors surrounding construction of the new site. […]

The Friends of King Schools Board of Directors reacted to uncertain news of the school’s  building assignment.  While Martin Luther King Charter Elementary was assigned its current location on Caffin Avenue, the Recovery School District list makes no mention of the high school, which is still housed in trailers. Present for the board’s monthly meeting […]