The Advocates for Academic Excellence in Education Inc., the charter school board governing Benjamin Franklin High School, met Sept. 15. The meeting, in the school library, began at 4 p.m. and ended at 5:40, after a 20-minute executive session. Board members Mark Mayer, Ingrid Labat, Susan Weeks, Carl Indest and Collette Creppell were present. Board […]

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The Board of Directors of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School for Science and Technology met Tuesday, Sept. 13, at noon. Board members Hilda W. Young, Doris Hicks, Gail Armant, Sandra Monroe, Thelma Ruth and George Rabb were present. Two members were absent: Eartha Johnson and Kenya Rounds Since opening in 2007 in the Lower […]

The board of directors of New Orleans Charter Science and Math High School — a.k.a. Sci High — met at 4:30 p.m., Sept. 8 at the school’s Loyola Avenue campus. The board was joined by six school faculty and administrators. A reporter from The Lens was the only member of audience. After approving the minutes […]

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The board of E.P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy held their first meeting of the academic year on September 12 at 6:20 p.m. Four of the seven board members were present: Jesse Hills Jr., Arthur Williams Jr., Ashton Ryan Jr., and board president Pastor Charles J. Southall III. Absentees were Gregory Mason, Kirk Reasonover and […]

The Lycée Français School Board met on Sept. 12 at 6 p.m. in the sanctuary of The First Presbyterian Church. One board member, Jean Montes, was absent. Six people were in the audience. Principal Jill Otis announced that two Tulane students are working as volunteers, providing great assistance during lunch breaks. Lycée Français is looking […]

Correction: This story has been corrected to reflect that the BESE Candidate Forum was co-sponsored by the Charter Board Council, of which ReNEW is a member. A previous version stated that the event was sponsored solely by ReNEW. The ReNEW Charter Schools Board of Directors met Sept. 8 with no members of the public present […]

The board of directors of Advocates for Arts Based Education Corporation, the charter management organization that runs Lusher, began at 10 a.m. Sept. 10 and lasted for an hour in room 207. Topics  included  the school’s budget, the re-election of current board members and officers and funding updates. Present were board members Blaine LeCesne, Rachel […]

The three biggest issues facing Success Prep Academy are student retention, maintaining a steady influx of donation dollars and improving student test scores, according to the Success Prep Board of Directors, which had its monthly meeting on Sept. 7. With improved scores in mind, the board was briefed on a new curriculum that will help […]