The board that governs Harriet Tubman Charter School, which, in July, will extend its governing arm to Akili Academy, approved a budget for Tubman at its June meeting based on $5.3 million in revenues. The board also approved a $930,000 budget for Crescent City Schools, the charter management organization that runs the school. The organization will […]

The board of Collegiate Academies met Wednesday night to discuss plans for the new George Washington Carver campus and to announce the approval of a building plan for Sci Academy’s permanent facility on its current location. Only one night before the board meeting, the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) approved the Recovery […]

Crocker Arts and Technology School’s preliminary operating budget of $2.2 million for the 2012-2013 school year is a 15 percent increase from the previous year’s. In addition to an increase in student population, the school will be moving into a new building.  The school anticipates a $240,000 increase in operational costs as a result of […]

The Lake Forest Elementary Charter School Board announced higher than expected LEAP and iLEAP scores at its June 19 board meeting, held immediately after its budget meeting. Principal Mardele Early pointed board members to the pages of detailed analysis in their packets, highlighting several exemplary scores. “That is unprecedented.  You don’t hear of that many […]

The Treme Charter School Association, which up through the 2011-2012 school year ran the McDonogh 42 Elementary School, announced June 20, 2012 that it will not hold its July board meeting.  It is unclear if the association will continue to function now that Choice Foundation plans to take over control of McDonogh 42.

The board of E.P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Elementary met Monday night, June 18, to discuss the findings of their independent audit report, preformed by the firm of Roslyn J. Allen in Baton Rouge. Melvin Davis, a certified public accountant with the firm, noted four issues with the school’s financial reporting procedures including a lack […]

The proposed budget for KIPP New Orleans Schools shows an increase of about thirty percent in both revenue and expenses for the 2012-2013 school year over last year, with total costs reaching $32.3 million.  The schools are relying on an increase in per-student funding from the state as enrollment grows from 2,400 to 3,200 students. […]

The board of Milestone SABIS announced at its June 19 board meeting that it had begun building inspections on two locations in Gretna as it narrows its search for a new facility for the upcoming school year. Board Chair Leslie Ellison said she was confident the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education would approve the […]

The Institute of Academic Excellence’s June board meeting has been changed from June 20 to June 27 at 5:30 p.m.

Lake Forest Elementary Charter School has released the agenda for tomorrow’s 1:30 p.m. meeting.