The move to assign responsibility is in addition to the monitors the network pledged to hire.
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FirstLine close, but not quite ready to return campuses to School Board control
Three of five schools have improved enough to leave the Recovery School District.
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Interim head of Algiers charter schools network to earn $175,000 salary
Interim chief heads into first board meeting with one school facing major student and funding shortfall.
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11 charters under standard review win favor of State Department of Education
Seven schools recommended for renewal, and four others get necessary one-year extension.
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Ben Franklin High School’s board to begin contract negotiations with new CEO
They’re just a signature and board vote away from sealing the deal with Patrick Widhalm.
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Karr band program, others, didn’t get usual listing on the citywide OneApp form
New review process prevented inclusion on the applications that were made available last week.
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Editor’s note: Firstline renames Dibert School with move to new Wheatley campus
John Dibert Community School moved into a new facility at the Phillis Wheatley campus in the fall of 2014. The charter school has been continuously overseen by charter management organization Firstline Schools, Inc. When it moved to its new location, Firstline renamed the school Phillis Wheatley Community School. For prior stories about Wheatley/Dibert please see […]
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Editor’s note: John Dibert relocates, renamed Phillis Wheatley Community School
In the fall of 2014 John Dibert Community School, operated by Firstline Schools Inc., moved to the Phillis Wheatley campus. The school is now called Phillis Wheatley Community School and is still operated by Firstline. See the Phillis Wheatley page for more information.
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KIPP passes measure to take on debt for construction if RSD comes through with land
KIPP New Orleans Schools is prepared to take school construction into its own hands if the Recovery School District grants them desirable land.
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New Orleans College Prep opening Head Start program, may grow into Hoffman elementary
When a Treme charter school shut down this summer, New Orleans College Prep CEO Ben Kleban had plans for the school’s vacant portable classrooms buildings — build a new school from scratch.