At Tuesday’s monthly board meeting school leaders at McDonogh City Park Academy announced a new partnership with the Center for Restorative Approaches and the successful implementation of the Kickboard program. Kickboard is an online data-collection tool that helps teachers gather information about students’ academics and behavior. The program allows teachers to keep detailed digital records of each student, which are used to improve classroom instruction […]

At September’s monthly board meeting ARISE Academy officials said they had begun to implement student recruitment strategies in order to meet this year’s enrollment target. ARISE is currently 25 students short of its target, after 14 students withdrew during the school’s two week closure to  repair damages from Hurricane Isaac. “We’ve started walking the neighborhood, […]

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The board running the New Beginnings Charter School Network publicly interviewed two finalists Thursday for chief executive officer, one from Milwaukee with Louisiana experience, and the other with the Recovery School District. The CEO oversees four schools with a projected 2012-13 enrollment of more than 2,100 students and a combined budget of more than $17 […]

Crescent City Schools’ board members received an update on Harriet Tubman Charter School’s progress and an update on the organization’s pending charter application at their September board meeting. They also approved a vendor selection process and a healthy food options agreement with a new funder. Tubman principal Julie Lause presented Tubman’s end-of-year statistics and news […]

As the board of directors gathered for their monthly meeting, Sept. 17, a review of financial challenges facing Intercultural Charter School was leavened by a look ahead to upcoming events, including an open house, the school’s lantern contest, and the Latino Festival. With 380 students and 40 pre-kindergartners currently in attendance, enrollment is lower than […]

Warren Easton’s board of directors held an unscheduled executive session as they met Sept. 19; though state law allows a board to add items to an agenda, it also requires a board to give 24-hours’ notice of such closed-door meetings, and to cite the legal exception for the private gathering. The move toward the executive […]

“We are at the magic number,” principal Mardele Early told directors of Lake Forest Elementary Charter School at their monthly meeting, Sept. 19. She referred to the current enrollment of 501 students and went on to discuss upcoming changes in curriculum. Early said the school lost some students but that the vast majority were from […]

The impending move to a new campus was a topic of discussion as directors of the Fannie C. Williams Charter School gathered for their monthly board meeting, Sept.18. Principal Kelly Batiste encouraged the board to hire professional movers when the school relocates in mid-October.  She said she was concerned about liability if volunteers do the […]