View the agenda for tomorrow’s January board meeting here.
Category: Charter Schools
N.O. College Prep board reschedules meeting to January 11
The board cited scheduling conflicts as it moved it’s meeting to next week. Review the updated agenda here.
Test scores improve, but continue to lag state averages; temporary campus needed
Results from the second-quarter interim assessment tests show ARISE Academy still falling below the state average, the Board of Trustees learned during its monthly meeting, Dec. 14. According to a Data Dashboard sheet presented by Principal Andrew Shahan, third graders scored at the 44% level in English and reading and at 65% in math. Fourth […]
N.O. College Prep releases board meeting agenda
Review tomorrow’s board meeting agenda here.
N.O. Sci High board releases meeting agenda
Review the agenda for the January 12, 2012 board meeting here.
School may share Mildred Osborne campus next year; new hires announced
Pride College Prep is discussing a possible move next fall to share the campus of the Mildred Osborne School, in eastern New Orleans. That was the word from Pride’s founder and school leader Michael Richard at the December meeting of the school’s board, of which he is an ex-officio member. The school is also gearing […]
Audit looks good; SUNO to host spelling bee; pre-K program wins RSD approval
Directors of Benjamin E. Mays Preparatory School were pleased with results of the school’s audit presented at their monthly meeting, Dec. 20. Don Wheat of Carr, Riggs & Ingram, the school’s auditor, presented the audit results to the board. He said overall the findings were good, but the audit revealed a few deficiencies. In one instance $69,548 […]
With Edison contract up in the air, board discusses options for next year
The board of Andrew H. Wilson Charter School has put off a decision on whether to end its arrangement with a for-profit management company, leaving unanswered many questions about next year. At their monthly meeting on Dec. 14, members of the Broadmoor Charter School Board, which manages Wilson, voted to postpone a decision on whether […]
Lingering debt irks board; fund drive launched; pool set for grand opening in March
Lingering debt concerns loomed as the Dryades YMCA board of directors, who also run the James M. Singleton Charter School, gathered on Dec. 20 for their final monthly meeting of the year. The agenda focused more heavily on the Y than the school. Catrina Reed, the organization’s chief financial officer, delivered the finance committee’s report for the […]
Budget holds steady; study urged on reasons behind student arrivals and withdrawals
Directors of the Morris Jeff Community School gathered at 6 p.m. Dec. 15 for their monthly meeting. Belinda Cambre was absent. Patricia Perkins, school principal, was in attendance as was an audience of four. Board chair Aesha Rasheed began the meeting with discussion of the November financial report. Board member Melissa Jagers noted that the […]