As it seeks extension and/or renewal of its type-5 charter, ARISE Academy has received a glowing initial assessment report from the Recovery School District’s Office of School Performance, ARISE board members learned at their monthly meeting, April 18. Present at the meeting, RSD’s deputy superintendent of portfolios Adam Hawf announced that his office finds Arise […]

Choice Foundation, the charter management organization set to take over McDonogh 42, has asked the Recovery School District to delay a scheduled move to a new campus, from January 2013 to June 2013. Fran Trujillo, McDonogh 42’s principal-to-be, said relocating the school four months after Choice’s takeover would be disruptive. A meeting with RSD officials […]

Administrators at Hynes Charter School are working through the Orleans Parish School Board and Entergy to reduce soaring utility bills. The Entergy bill for each of the past two months topped  $25,000 – $12,000 more than the school had budgeted monthly. Principal Michelle Douglas said the bills reflect an erroneously high rate structure. Under the […]

ARISE Academy, along with two other schools, will share a $250,000 grant from Baptist Community Ministries to implement arts integrated instruction across the entire school curriculum over the next three years, Principal Andrew Shahan said at the board’s monthly meeting, March 21. KID smART, working with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, […]

How to assimilate Esperanza Charter’s growing number of non-English-speaking students was a focus of Choice Foundation’s February board meeting. . Recently released data show that 46 percent of Esperanza students are of Hispanic descent. Principal Mary Guinn stressed that in many cases, not only is English a second langauge, but they hear little if any […]

The school’s latest academic performance data show major improvements, highlighted by a school-wide reading mastery rate of 81 percent or above. Kindergarten has made  extraordinary progress, with students ranked as “emerging readers” jumping from 58 to 82 percent. The data were reported by principal Michelle Douglas at the monthly meeting of the school’s board of […]

The return of Edward Hynes Charter to the Lakeview area provided a celebratory theme for the school’s fundraising gala, Feb. 4. , At their monthly meeting Jan. 23, principal Michelle Douglas told the school’s board of directors that the gala, titled “There’s No Place Like Home,” was a spin-off of the “Wizard of Oz” and […]

Choice Foundation, operators of Lafayette Academy and Esperanza Charter School, has been approved to charter two more schools, McDonogh 42 and a yet to be named school in Jefferson Parish, the Choice board of directors said at their monthly meeting, Feb.1. Board President James Huger said that while the foundation has been given the “all […]

The projected completion date of Fannie C. Williams’ new school is September 2012, a month later than originally scheduled, the school’s board of directors learned at their meeting, Jan. 19. Principal Kelly Batiste said Recovery School District officials informed her that construction delays were to blame for the setback. It means the move will happen […]

ARISE Academy will host its Spring Fair on March 9, a month earlier than originally scheduled and will hold another fair in July, the school’s board of trustees said at its monthly meeting Jan. 18. According to the board, the fair will be a chance for parents to educate themselves about the school programs and […]