By Mary Catherine Cassidy The McDonogh City Park Academy school board met May 15 to discuss the end of the school year and suggestions for improvements in 2012-13. With principal Christine Mitchell out of town, master teacher Sheila Hebert presented the school leader’s report. Projected enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year stands at 392, but […]

Principal Dayphne Burnett lobbed a few criticisms at the board as it announced the end of her tenure Intercultural Charter. The board’s monthly meeting, May 24, also featured a half-hour presentation on the charter renewal process from Adam Hawf, the Recovery School District’s deputy superintendent of portfolios. The school seeks a three-year renewal of its […]

Parents applauded at the International School of Louisiana’s monthly directors’ meeting, May 23, when board president Andrew Yon reversed course and urged the board to drop plans to add another charter to its portfolio in the coming school year. Instead, the board should concentrate on solving problems at schools already under management, in particular the […]

Directors of New Orleans Charter Science and Math High met May 10 for their monthly board meeting to discuss plans for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year. A financial report indicated that cash flow has stabilized, and things are not as tight as they were in January and February, thanks in part to the flow of […]

The leadership of Audubon Charter School will hold a public hearing on its proposed 2012-13 budget Saturday at 11:30 a.m., 719 S. Carrollton Ave., seeking input from parents and community members. Next year’s budget, which goes into effect July 1, is 2 percent higher than the current year, rising from $6.72 million to  $6.84 million. […]

UPDATE: tomorrow’s McDonogh 42 board meeting has been canceled. === Review TCSA’s board meeting agenda here.

Revenues from Jazz Fest parking more than doubled this year, directors of Langston Hughes Academy learned at their May board meeting. The school made almost as much on the first weekend ($17,390) as it made on both weekends last year ($19,000), and the second weekend pulled in a hefty $27,893 for a grand total of […]

Review the FAME meeting agenda here.

Initial results from standardized state tests look good, FirstLine Schools chief executive officer Jay Altman told the board at their May monthly meeting.  Altman said he expects John Dibert Community School to post some of the city’s biggest gains. He said he was pleased that  Langston Hughes Academy maintained the status quo. “I was relieved […]

The agenda for the New Beginnings May board meeting is reprinted below: New Beginnings Schools Foundation Board Board Meeting Tuesday May 29, 2012 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. 2045 Lakeshore Drive CERM Building, Room 438 Agenda Welcome & Opening Remarks (1 minute)                                    Dr. Timothy Ryan, Chairman Call for Quorum & Minutes (2 minutes)                                     Dr. Timothy […]