Next year’s budget available for public review, ahead of May 14 hearing at Lusher’s Fortier campus.
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Lusher looks to modular classrooms until repairs are complete on both campuses
“It’s become a tradition: the many people that are very happy, and the many more that are unhappy when it comes to the lottery.” — Kathy Reidlinger.
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Lusher board tries taking new PARCC practice test — and isn’t all that pleased
Story contains a link that allows readers to sample test questions.
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Lusher prepares for $17.5 million renovation
CEO Kathy Riedliner said that $14 million will go to stabilize the Freret Street campus, and $3.5 million will be spent at Willow Street.
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Audubon board members encouraged to raise and give money
Recent holiday breaks compelled Audubon Charter School’s F.A.M.E. Board to hold both its January and February meetings in February. The board’s meeting Saturday was a board training session. “Our responsibility is not just to show up at meetings, but to do work when we are not here,” chair Cornelius Tilton said. Most of Tilton’s presentation […]
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Audubon’s Carrollton campus awaits word on move to McDonogh 7 building
Parents and teachers at Audubon Charter School are awaiting word about when and if their upper grades will be moving out of the old Carrollton courthouse. Orleans Parish school officials are readying the old McDonogh 7 building, but say even that probably would be a temporary fix.
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Audubon leaders still worry Lusher will grab Allen building
Audubon Charter School officials on Saturday were still feeling the sting. Two days earlier, an Orleans Parish School Board committee discussed whether to give the Henry W. Allen School building to Lusher Charter School. It’s a facility Audubon officials say they’ve long had their eye on for their own campus. Though Orleans Parish board members […]
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Lusher anti-bullying effort wins $10,000 award from Brees
Lusher Charter School CEO Kathy Riedlinger and High School Principal Wiley Ates announced Saturday that Lusher students’ “I Am” campaign idea had won $10,000 in the Drew Brees “Trust Your Crazy Ideas” competition, beating out St. Augustine High School, New Orleans College Prep Charter School, and Isidore Newman School. Riedlinger shared the news during the […]
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Charter extension deemed likely; decision due Dec. 5; new faculty hires announced
A site visit in connection with the school’s application to extend its charter went well, principal St. Claire Adriaan told the board of Success Preparatory Academy at its monthly meeting, Nov. 9. With a school performance score of 76.9—above the state’s minimum score of 75—and in the absence of financial irregularities, Adriaan said he thought […]
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Lusher tops among state's K-12 schools; OneApp admissions option rejected
Lusher has the highest performance score—170.7— in the state, among schools that run from kindergarten through grade 12, school leader Kathy Riedlinger advised the charter’s board of directors at their monthly meeting Oct. 12. The elementary school score was based on test numbers, while the high school score also reflected academic endorsements, the dropout rate, […]