The board of Milestone SABIS charter convened in a special board meeting June 8 to discuss its ongoing search for new facilities. Board secretary Nayita Wilson said the school was looking at two locations in Gretna: one on Virgil street, the other on Fourth street. Both facilities could house the current student body. Both are […]

The board that runs Edward Hynes Charter announced an 11 percent increase in the first draft of its 2012 – 2013 budget. The  board will hold a public hearing on the budget on Monday, June 11 at 4:30 p.m. at 990 Harrison Avenue. Next year’s budget is $5.4 million, up from 4.9 million last year. […]

The Lusher Charter School’s board announced at its annual budget meeting that ongoing building maintenance and raises for faculty and administrators will result in an increase in expenses in next year’s budget, effective July 1. The 2012-2013 budget hearing held Wednesday, June 6 at 10 a.m. was attended by school chief financial officer Lynden Swayze, […]

The board that runs Lusher Charter School’s three campuses, announced 3 percent budget increase from last year in its first draft of its 2012-2013 budget, which goes into effect July 1. The board, Advocates for Arts Based Education, will hold a public hearing on the budget Wednesday, June 5 at 10 a.m. at the Fortier […]

Choice Foundation, which runs the Esperanza Charter, Lafayette Academy, and McDonogh 42 schools, held its 2012-2013 budget hearing in addition to its monthly board meeting on May 30. The initial 2012-2013 budget is $18,562,980, a 41 percent increase from last year. Most of the increase comes from the addition of McDonogh 42 under the foundation’s […]

After much controversy, embattled Lycée Francais board member, Allen Kelly, has resigned from his post. The board of Lycée Francais accepted Kelly’s resignation at a specially called June 1 board meeting. It also appointed the school’s interim general director, Jean-Jacques Grandiere, to the general director position. After the public release of an email Kelly wrote […]

McDonogh 42 Elementary Charter School, the Choice Foundation’s soon-to-be acquired charter, will remain at its current location for the 2012-2013 school year, the Choice Foundation’s board announced at a second May gathering. McDonogh will be under the control of its current charter operator, the Treme Charter School Association, until July. The state Board of Elementary […]

By Yomi Akinyemi, The Lens charter school reporter | A recent spate of violence that claimed the lives of two students at a nearby school was a focus of the Choice Foundation’s monthly board meeting on May 2. Principal Mickey Landry said the killing of the two students from KIPP Believe, blocks away from Lafayette, […]

By Yomi Akinyemi, The Lens charter school reporter | Pride College Prep’s finances are in excellent shape, according to the Recovery School District’s Office of School Performance. Now comes closer scrutiny of school facilities and services for students with disabilities, RSD officials Adam Hawf and Bayoji Akingbola told board members at their monthly meeting, May […]

KaBoom will begin construction of two playgrounds at Edward Hynes next fall, its board announced at its April / May meeting. Principal Michelle Williams said KaBoom, a national non-profit dedicated to creating community play spaces, will build a smaller playground in a dedicated space for the school’s pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students and a larger one […]