Young charter school, Bricolage, to get John McDonogh campus on Esplanade
Decision means the site returns to control of the Orleans Parish School Board.
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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.
Change to Open Meetings Law catches at least two charter boards off guard
Law passed last year says public bodies can't count weekends in providing 24-hour notice to public.
Two city charter schools engaging with teachers unions for bargaining
The move by the Morris Jeff board to establish a contract with the union is the second action by a city charter school in the past month, following Benjamin Franklin High School, that indicates teachers — and school operators — may be willing to give unions a role in education.
Morris Jeff charter school again approves teachers union for collective bargaining
The faculty will now be associated with the United Teachers of New Orleans.
Lagniappe Academies board turns daily control over to teachers as shutdown begins
A week after its third campus leader stepped down, Lagniappe Academies’ board is putting the fate of the soon-to-close charter school in the hands of its remaining employees.
One of nine holdouts from the OneApp enrollment system considers joining early
Sci High's board will discuss the matter at Thursday board meeting; change would come one year early
Failing Miller-McCoy Academy closing in spring; RSD seeking new operator
State sets Dec. 31 deadline for charter organizations to express interest in new campus school was to get.
RSD, school and community members meet privately to discuss fate of Sarah T. Reed
Only two charter-management organizations out of original four still interested in opening high school for 2016-17.
After confusing vote last month, New Beginnings keeps its four schools with RSD
The vote went against a recommendation of the administration to seek a waiver for one ineligible school.
So far, no charter boards have returned their operations to Orleans school board
Five charter organizations have meetings this week and could take up the issue.
