Lycée Français paid more than $40,000 in legal fees over 2012-13 school year
More than $10,000 went to handle public records requests to the charter school.
Author: Marta Jewson
- About Marta Jewson
- Marta Jewson covers education in New Orleans for The Lens. She began her reporting career covering charter schools for The Lens and helped found the hyperlocal news site Mid-City Messenger. Jewson returned to New Orleans in the fall of 2014 after covering education for the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with majors in journalism and social welfare and a concentration in educational policy studies. Jewson has covered New Orleans schools for 15 years through the nation's largest education reform experiment. She was a founding member of the outlet's Charter School Reporting Corps and was instrumental in holding schools accountable to sunshine laws during the rapid expansion of charter schools in the city.
Lycée Français enters school year with new board and new CEO in place
New CEO Keith Bartlett takes helm of French-curriculum school.
Encore Academy will hold budget hearing Tuesday evening
$2.9 million budget under consideration for 2013-14 fiscal year.
Lycée Français to see 23 percent jump in budget
Charter school's board to hold public hearing Monday on proposed $3.7 million budget.
Charter school board’s membership drops below state-required minimum
Two board members for Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans resigned over the weekend.
Plessy school facing tight deadlines with opening day just weeks away
School focused on Marigny, St. Roch, St. Claude and Bywater neighborhoods
Lycée CEO choice signs contract and will begin work immediately
Keith Bartlett was picked at the charter school's board meeting last week.
Lycée Français decides on new CEO; hopes to have him start on Monday
School negotiating contract with Keith Bartlett, who was chosen by board Thursday night.
Lycée committee recommends candidate for school’s chief executive position
Tonight, school's full board will consideration recommendation that Keith Bartlett be hired for post
Lycée schedules hearing on $3.7 million budget
Last fall the charter school’s board was forced to cut more than $200,000 after discovering it had begun the year approximately $85,000 in debt.
