The May 17 board meeting at Ben Franklin High School began a half-hour earlier than usual to honor retiring French teacher Mme. Martine Alford. Jean-Claude Brunet, the French consul general in New Orleans, and cultural attaché Philippe Aldon made Alford a Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academiques on behalf of the French government. Around 45 […]

At its monthly meeting on May 2, the board of International School of Louisiana postpone an application for funding through the federal “i3” program until a school leader has been hired. “It’s a challenge,” explained board President Andrew Yon, “because you have to hire someone for a job they may or may not get, depending on […]

The board governing Andrew H. Wilson charter will hold their monthly meeting tomorrow. Review their agenda here.

Review the proposed budget numbers for this year here. 

There was no public, let alone public comment, at a two-hour public budget hearing Thursday to let interested parties comment on the proposed annual budgets for the four schools in the Capital One-New Beginnings Charter School Network. Like virtually all public bodies, charter schools are required to hold such a hearing before approving their budgets. […]

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Benjamin Franklin students who live in eastern New Orleans have made their voices heard – they want a more reliable form of transportation to and from school, and they want it soon. Students protest for better bus service. A vigorous protest by more than 20 students, who are also associated with the Vietnamese American Young […]

View the proposed budget documents at the following link here.

The boards of Harriet Tubman Charter School and Akili Academy of New Orleans came together Wednesday night to discuss the future vision of the charter management organization that will soon run them both, Crescent City Schools. The organization, which took over Tubman last summer, received the go-ahead in March from the state Board of Elementary […]