Interim team hired to run Algiers charter group finances as budget process looms
Decision made to seek bids for maintenance and custodial services. Board member urges special effort to attract disadvantaged contractors.
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Charter Schools
In-depth coverage of New Orleans’ charter school system and its impact on students, families, and communities. This category examines accountability, equity, and outcomes—asking how the city’s experiment in education reform is shaping the future of public schooling.
Funding cutoffs bedevil FirstLine budgeting; parking is a concern at new campus
Green Charter leaders pleased to report that all graduating eighth-graders got into college prep schools, with three of them enrolling at Franklin.
KIPP plans 10 percent enrollment hike; vows to uphold Common Core even if state sacks it
“That’s the right thing for kids. That’s a bar we want to set for our kids. We want our kids to write like that; we want our kids to read like that, and we want them to understand math like that." — Todd Purvis
Hynes to start work on new playgrounds; student recycling lauded by Global Green
“They come into our office and the teacher’s lounge and fuss at us if we don’t empty out the water bottles,” principal Michelle Douglas said.
Top administrators shift jobs as InspireNOLA charter group plans for growth
OneApp process shows Harte Elementary and Karr High to be among the city's most desired placements.
Board heaps praise on departing ISL leader, but an ousted accountant airs grievances
The board may hire an interim school leader while searching for CEO Sean Wilson's replacement.
Grants and revenue uptick will enhance services for The Net special-needs students
Public hearing on 2014-15 budget set for May 20.
Public hearing on preliminary $6.4 million Hynes Charter budget set for June 9
Public hearing on Audubon Charter’s 2014-15 budget set for May 17
Audubon Charter School officials debate switching to KIPP’s food provider
Administrative fee currently charged by OPSB would plunge after switch to Revolution Foods, board is told.
