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 Josh Johnston, The Lens charter school reporter | An alumni group from the failing George Washington Carver High School has asked Friends of King Schools, the board that runs Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School, to apply for Carver’s charter, King board members learned at their May 8 monthly meeting. A Carver alumni […]

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 […]

Morris Jeff’s proposed budget for 2012-13 anticipates a bigger school and correspondingly higher costs. With at least 60 additional students expected to enroll next fall, revenues are projected to jump by $500,000 to $3 million while expenses rise by $400,000, also to $3 million With the incoming pre-kindergarten class and expansion to fourth grade, next […]

Correction: The headline has been revised: the word renewal replaces extension. Another change is marked in the seventh paragraph. The board of Miller-McCoy Academy met Monday night with a representative of the Recovery School District to discuss the future of the school’s charter. Adam Hawf, the deputy superintendent of the state’s “Type 5” charters reviewed […]

The board devoted its May 17 monthly meeting to end of the year details and a look ahead to International High School’s resumption of classes in August. Board chairman Andrew Ward noted “a lot of  good things happening as we ramp up to the end of the year.” One of them is recruitment, according to […]

The Lagniappe Academies board grew in number while continuing to search for a new home at their monthly meeting, May 16. The board started the meeting by unanimously agreeing to add to members to their ranks: Joanie Houston, a parent, and Dan Henderson, an education veteran who served nine years on the Baton Rouge Board […]

At their monthly meeting, May 16, the board of Collegiate Academies was advised what to expect in coming months as they apply for extension of their charter. “Currently you’re in very good standing financially. We’ve already done one special education visit in the spring, and it went very well. It would appear that you are […]

The Morris Jeff board discussed board expansion, green space, and a year-end deficit at their monthly meeting, May 17. With the board one member short of the seven mandated by charter law, board chair Aesha Rasheed called for nominations at their April meeting. The board responded swiftly, nominating and unanimously approving two new members. The […]

Financial issues dominated the monthly meeting of the Crocker board, on May 19. Consultant Brendell Deamer, a certified public accountant, briefed members on the preliminary budget for the 2012-13 school year. The move to a new building and addition of a fourth-grade class bring the most significant cost increases, Deamer said. These include maintenance of […]