For days before the charter school board voted to accept the resignation of principal Jill Otis, board members emailed back and forth about how they could force her out. Board president Jean Montes acknowledges that the discussions violated public meetings law but said the board dealt with the problem in a subsequent executive session.
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Hynes leaders seek energy cost savings
Edward Hynes Elementary School racked up a $25,000 energy bill in December, according to Entergy.
Now, school officials are trying to learn why.
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State ethics board may investigate Miller-McCoy transportation contract
Tiffany Hardrick and Keith Sanders are accused of ending the school’s contract with a bus company without board approval.
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ENCORE hopes for 32 percent enrollment increase
The school plans to add two more grades next year and boost enrollment from 181 to 240.
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Lycée board will not seek return of $30,000 paid to ex-principal
Former board president blamed for agreeing to a vague deal; current board says it won’t try to get the money back.
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Lycée leader: I tried to stop daughter’s bullying at Audubon
The incident led to Gisele Schexnider being banned from the campus of the charter school.
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Milestone leaders unsure about adding 10th grade in 2013-14
Rising 10th graders could soon be applying to Milestone SABIS Academy.
The only trouble is the school’s leaders aren’t sure they’ll have that grade next year.
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Lycée leader banned at Audubon school after 2010 threat to student, records show
The acting chief executive officer of Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orleans charter school was previously banned from another charter school’s campus for threatening a student, records show. Gisele Schexnider was a parent of an Audubon Charter School student in January 2010 when, according to school records, she arrived at a teacher’s classroom, pointed to someone […]
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Crocker teachers steadfast during difficult transition, leaders say
The business of transition is underway at Crocker Arts and Technology as the school prepares to hand over leadership to New Orleans College Prep on June 30.
Board president Grisela Jackson told the school’s board that she had received a month-by-month to do list from the Recovery School District, and is in regular contact with Brandie Burris, manager of school performance, who will be assisting with the transition.
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New school at old Wheatley site could soon belong to Dibert
John Dibert Community School could soon have a new school building at the old Phyllis Wheatley Elementary School site in Treme.