Board member John Wettermark will chair the committee, which will seek input from staff, parents and neighborhood residents.
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Board gets update on new scoring system, facilities changes
The hourlong International School of Louisiana Board of Trustees meeting on Wednesday kicked off with a presentation by the Louisiana Department of Education to update the board on the Charter School Performance Compact. These changes in scoring Type 2 charters such as ISL will use a scale that tops out with 150 as a perfect […]
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Board nixes plan to split Camp and Olivier campuses by grade level
International School of Louisiana’s Wednesday board meeting confirmed that the plan to split the Camp St. and Olivier St. campuses by grade levels is off the table. The board is exploring nearby facilities and modulars to ease the over-capacity at Camp St. campus. The board and administration set up a decision matrix that weighs five […]
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"A" grade SPS celebrated, while finance committee reports "We still got money"
The 19 minute F.A.M.E. Inc. board meeting this Saturday began with the Audubon Charter School’s Principal Janice Dupuy updating the board on her and Assistant Principal Dawn Collins’ recent attendance at the COMPASS School Leader Evaluator Training in Baton Rouge. The training program concentrated on the Common Core, a program that focuses on elevating expectations […]
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School celebrates higher SPS scores; campus expansion dilemmas test board
Recently released School Performance Scores and the possible expansion of the Camp Street campus dominated discussions at the International School of Louisiana board meeting on Wednesday, October 24. ISL received an SPS of 118.5– seven points higher than last year– and a B+ grade. The score was only 1.5 points from the A grade level. […]
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Board considers moving upper grades from Camp Street to West Bank campus
The Board of Trustees for the International School of Louisiana met at the Jefferson campus on September 26 to discuss plans to possibly move facilities in the 2013-2014 school year. Head of school Sean Wilson said that ISL is considering shifting grades 5 through 8 from the Camp Street campus to the Olivier campus on […]
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Hiring procedures: way too complicated or a valid safeguard against bad apples?
The board’s governance committee met July 19 to discuss the policy manual for the all three International School of Louisiana campuses. The committee focused in particular on hiring procedures, some of which were condemned as overly bureaucratic. Among other stipulations, applicants must undergo “a minimum of two rounds of interviews with more than one current […]