Between 20 and 25 percent cumulatively of last year’s top undergraduates did not re-enroll in ReNEW schools this year, chief executive officer Gary Robichaux told the charter management organization’s board of directors at their monthly meeting in October. Robichaux cited the state voucher program and low school performance scores—both SciTech and Batiste Cultural Arts Academy […]

The official Oct. 1 enrollment count came in far below last year’s number at Intercultural Charter School. Facing proportionately decreased revenue, at their October monthly meeting the board of directors approved a large reduction in the school’s projected budget that will likely require faculty dismissals. “This is a very painful experience,” board president Cam Thanh […]

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The New Orleans Military/Maritime Academy on Thursday moved several steps closer to securing funding for the projected $14.1 million renovation and construction of a permanent facility in Algiers’ Federal City development. Gathered in a temporary site once intended to be a U.S. Navy hospital, seven members of the school’s board of directors voted unanimously to […]

At their Oct. 11 board of directors meeting, the Advocates for Science and Mathematics Education Inc. heard the pros and cons of One App, the Recovery School District’s (RSD) blanket application for student enrollment. Rose Peterson, Director of the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools, of which Sci High is a member, was critical of One […]

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Pride College Prep expects revenues for the current year to fall short by $186,000, a deficit of about 5.5 percent in the school’s $3.4 million operating budget, board members learned at their monthly meeting on Tuesday. Finance director Simone Green said administrators will dip into savings to cover the shortfall, the first time in its […]

At the October 8 board meeting administrators from Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans considered partnering with the city’s French Alliance to offer French language courses to Lycee parents. “More than 150 parents (responded that they) want the classes,” Jean-Jacques Grandiere, Lycee’s General Director, told the school’s board of directors at their Oct. 8 meeting. […]

The board meeting agenda is reprinted below: New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy Monthly Board Meeting October 11¸ 2012 6:00 PM Agenda:     1.  Roll Call     2.  Approval of minutes     3.  Reports and Recommendations            None     4.  Old Business:          A. Construction Update: Provide an update on the financial and administrative progress […]

See the October 11 meeting agenda here.