The president of the charter school management organization that runs International High School led his last meeting as president on June 27. Andrew Ward  kicked off the meeting by reaffirming what the board learned at its annual retreat, held on May 26. Ward said, “Our purpose here is not to manage a good board. Our […]

The board devoted its May 17 monthly meeting to end of the year details and a look ahead to International High School’s resumption of classes in August. Board chairman Andrew Ward noted “a lot of  good things happening as we ramp up to the end of the year.” One of them is recruitment, according to […]

Fannie C. Williams has received a combined total of over $300,000 in grants from the Public Charter School Program and the Walton Foundation, board members learned at their monthly meeting, April 10 . The school is also pursuing funding from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation as a participant in the foundation’s Challenge for a […]

An envoy from the U.S. Bureau of Public Affairs will visit the International High School of New Orleans on April 22, to talk about the benefits of multilingualism and opportunities for careers in government. Some details still have to be worked out, among them security issues and whether the visit by a deputy assistant secretary […]

Fundraising was the main topic at International High’s school board meeting on Feb. 13. The directors meeting for VIBE, as the board is known, began with the introduction of a glass piggy bank that will now be displayed at every meeting to remind board members to get more financially engaged. “It’s a different kind of […]

New Orleans businessman Harry Blumenthal has joined the governing board of International High School. He is the former president and chief executive of Blumenthal Print Works Inc. in New Orleans. Blumenthal’s addition unanimously was approved Jan. 18 by the charter school board. Board members said Blumenthal’s extensive experience with business would not only aid the […]

Adding an item to the agenda of their Nov. 30 meeting, the board of the International High School unanimously approved a motion to apply for a $250,000 increase in the school’s line of credit. With expenses running about $190,000 a month, the money, bringing the school’s total line of credit to $425,000, would help alleviate […]

The board of directors of the International High School of New Orleans met Sept. 21 at 6:00 p.m. Board members Andrew Ward (chairman), Karen Mayer Dwyer (vice chair/treasurer), Errol George, LavalHughes, Lilijana Mamoorian Johnson and Maria Garcia were present. Ed Graf, Maria George and Robert Couhig were absent. Two members of the public were in […]