Two board members for Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orléans resigned over the weekend.
Author Archives: 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.
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Plessy school facing tight deadlines with opening day just weeks away
School focused on Marigny, St. Roch, St. Claude and Bywater neighborhoods
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Lycée CEO choice signs contract and will begin work immediately
Keith Bartlett was picked at the charter school’s board meeting last week.
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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.
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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
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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.
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New Beginnings charter board changes tune on public input during meetings
Less than a month after slighting public comment in a packed board meeting, the New Beginnings Schools Foundation publicly addressed the state’s open meetings law at its meeting Tuesday. “Is there any public comment?” board chairman Tim Ryan said as he opened the meeting. If this had been June 6, that would have been the […]
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Some board members are concerned with takeover of Pride College Prep
Member concerned that as Arise Academy takes over school in July, it may assume some liabilities as well
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Committee may propose pick for new Lycée interim CEO at Thursday meeting
Committee will hold closed session, then may decide on a CEO candidate to present to the full board of directors.
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New Beginnings Schools Foundation sets board and committee meetings this week
Discussion of the Open Meetings Law is on the agenda for the board that oversees four charter schools