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Author: Michael Patrick Welch

School music programs, marching bands staging post-Katrina comeback

October 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Construction to proceed at Broadway campus

October 22, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Fall break days cancelled due to Isaac; school passes on OneApp

September 25, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Pride leaders optimistic about charter extension; school construction slows

September 16, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Fifty windows blown out by Isaac; search continues for kindergarten space

September 11, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Neighbors' suit stymies renovation work, but return to B'way campus still on track

August 21, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Board drops expansion plan, cuts lower grades at Jeff start-up; LEAP scores rise

May 29, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Federal grant application abandoned; Camp Street crowding issues tackled

May 22, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Dream of a new school on hold; questionable utility bills and end of free rent add to woes

May 1, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

Board agrees to share new building with Encore elementary; week of intense testing ends

April 24, 2012 Updated November 7, 2019

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