The ARISE Academy board’s prospective budget for the 2012-13 school year shows a 26 percent increase in revenue from the prior year, balanced by a similar increase in expenses. The board will hold a public budget hearing 5 p.m. on Wednesday, August 22, at their campus on 3819 St. Claude Avenue. ARISE, which expands to […]

The agendas for the public budget hearing and board meeting are available at the links below. Public budget hearing agenda (scheduled for 5:30pm) Board meeting agenda (scheduled to follow budget hearing)

Intercultural’s financial woes once again dominated the agenda at the monthly board meeting, as board members and school administrators discussed ways to remedy a steady stream of facility costs. Seven years of constant repairs and maintenance at the schools current, albeit temporary, facility, have taken a toll on school expenses, the board said. Also, the […]

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Warren Easton’s board meeting on August 15 began with the first of two executive sessions conducted that evening. The first session was a forty minute legal discussion regarding the new regulations of the Recovery School District and Orleans Parish School Board student expulsion process.  It was requested that the executive session be moved to the […]

While not on the formal agenda, transportation issues came to the forefront of the Ben Franklin High School board meeting on August 16. Board members listened to members in attendance from the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association, known as VAYLA, and addressed their concerns about bus service. VAYLA is representing a number of Ben Franklin […]

Lower than expected enrollment figures were revealed at the KIPP New Orleans board meeting August 16. They showed that, after the first week of classes, KIPP enrollment is four percent under the budgeted student count. Some board members worried that missing out on expected per-pupil funding from the state may affect the organization’s finances in an already […]

The Miller-McCoy finance committee hosted a public hearing to review their proposed budget for the upcoming school year. The proposed budget shows a net income of $679, just breaking the school out of the red, but leaving little room for error. Major expenses include $2.5 million for salaries, followed by $1 million for purchased professional […]

At their August board meeting, the board that governs Crescent City Schools approved a 20 percent salary hike for their chief executive officer after an hour-long executive session. They also approved revisions to their finance and operations manual and a new conflict of interest policy. On July 1, chief executive officer Kate Mehok assumed responsibility […]

The school remains on track to move to a temporary site for the 2013-2014 school year, the Sophie B. Wright Charter School board announced at its monthly meeting, Aug. 15. Pending renovation of the Napoleon Avenue building, the school will occupy portable classrooms at the former James Derham Junior High School in the Hoffman Triangle […]