Correction: the original story stated that the NOCP board violated Local Budget Act requirements. Those claims were incorrect and have been changed.  The June meeting of the board of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies held mixed messages for its members.  Though the school’s LEAP scores came in significantly better than expected, the board learned that […]

Correction: An earlier version of this report mistakenly described NOCP’s deficit as a debt. New Orleans College Prep Charter School faces a $1.4 million debt deficit that, if left as is, could persist into the 2013-2014 school year. To prevent that, the school has decided to beef up its enrollment, terminate one position, and cut […]

By Josh Johnston, The Lens charter school reporter | An alumni group from the failing George Washington Carver High School has asked Friends of King Schools, the board that runs Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School, to apply for Carver’s charter, King board members learned at their May 8 monthly meeting. A Carver alumni […]

Addressing Lake Forest Elementary’s board of directors at their monthly meeting, May 15, principal Mardele Early expressed frustration that results of the state’s standardized LEAP tests still weren’t available. They were scheduled for release on May 18, five day’s before the school’s last day of classes. “I don’t know why they wait so long to […]

While anticipating next month’s release of testing scores that will show whether schools are meeting academic performance targets, the board of New Orleans College Preparatory Academies was presented with a new challenge at its monthly meeting, May 8: the network faces a budget deficit which, at current rates, will leave it in the red in […]

The New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy Board of Directors approved the school’s budget for next year on Thursday. The school expects to get $2.4 million in the 2012-13 school year, with about a million each coming from state and local per-student funding, and an additional $240,000 from a federal grant. It expects to spend […]

The monthly board meeting of the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy was canceled for lack of a quorum, but those present took questions from the floor.  Bad weather had made for hazardous  road conditions and only three members were present for the March 22 meeting. Dr. Marcellus Grace, a nominee for board membership, was […]

The Feb. 28 monthly meeting of the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy board of directors  was brief, despite a group of parents who filled the room. Many of them had come to address the board, but found copies of a policy that limits comment to agenda topics up for a vote.  The issues the […]

The Lake Forest Elementary Charter School’s board of directors met on March 13 to discuss the school’s culture. Principal Mardele Early stressed the school’s focus on community service as well as rigorous academics. She described some of the charity and community development functions the school hosted recently. “None of us know when any of the […]