At its May meeting, the board of Andrew Wilson Charter School discussed academic and possible policy changes for next year, and finalized the school’s affiliation with the local charter school support association, the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools. School officials also discussed open teaching positions and hiring standards, as well as enrollment numbers. Among the […]

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 response from Benjamin E. Mays Preparatory Schools’ board members to a presentation of state standardized test scores at the June 4 monthly meeting can be summed up in two words: “What happened?” “It was shocking to me,” said member Jenny Hunter.  “I didn’t see it coming.” “We were doing what we needed to do,” […]

There was no public comment at Einstein Charter Inc.’s public budget hearing Tuesday. Two members of the board of directors were present, along with the school’s principal Shawn Toranto and business manager Doug Guidry.  Board members and staff sat from 5 p.m. to 5:50 p.m. to take public comment on the school’s preliminary budget, but […]

Einstein Charter Inc.’s board of directors discussed LEAP scores and a successful fundraiser at Tuesday’s meeting. The regular board meeting was held immediately following the annual budget hearing. An abbreviated agenda was set in order to make time for public comment regarding the budget, but no members of the public turned out for the hearing. […]

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 […]

The budget for the Collegiate Academies of New Orleans, the board that operates Sci Academy, remains flat for the upcoming school year compared to 2011-2012, coming in at around $3.6 million. The budget for the 2012-2013 school year includes projections for two new schools opening on the Carver campus and anticipates a 60-student increase in enrollment. […]

New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy is negotiating two leasing agreements with officials in Federal City. The school’s board discussed the potential arrangement, along with other matters, at its May meeting. NOMMA’s currently housed at Murray Henderson Elementary School on L.B. Landry Avenue. School leaders are in talks to eventually move to a new school […]

At its May meeting, the board that now runs McDonogh 42 Elementary Charter School ratified the termination of 45 of the closing charter’s employees, voting to extend employment through the summer months for only eight employees. The charter operator that oversees the school, the Treme Charter School Association, did not have its charter renewed for […]