A public hearing is set for Monday at 6 p.m. at the school.
Veteran educator Mireille Rabaté has dual citizenship in the U.S. and France and has spent the last 30 years in education.
The school's $3.7 million budget is based on a projected 350 students, up from 230 that were planned this year.
A dual citizen of the U.S. and France, Rabaté spent about 11 years teaching in France, Norway and the U.S. before moving into administration, where she has spent the last 18 years.
Formally invited on Monday with only three days notice, Lysianne Essama, a French immersion principal who lives in Maryland, couldn’t make the meetings.
The network’s revenue will increase from $27 million to about $33 million next year as a result of the takeover.
Continuing to run Cohen will depend on the Recovery School District's willingness to help with finances, board chairman Steve Barr said.
Join reporter Marta Jewson as she live-blogs today's noon meeting of Lycee's nominating committee.
Policy states that “without exception” all requests from media and local, state and federal agencies will be required to go through the principal or his designee.