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Posted inCharter Schools, Schools

Music and arts-based start-up ready to open the curtain under OPSB direction

Encore Academy, one of the first charter schools approved by the Orleans Parish School Board since the board chartered the bulk of its schools following Hurricane Katrina, is ready for the 2012-2013 school year, board members announced Tuesday at their monthly meeting. The type-one charter school, which shares an Uptown campus with the new state-of-the-art Crocker Arts and […]

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Board discusses dissolution of old group, chartering of new school

At their July meeting, board members of Crescent City Schools discussed best practices for dissolving the nonprofit that ran Akili Academy this year. They also discussed their intent to charter Paul Habans Elementary School for the 2013-2014 year. Akili Academy’s nonprofit board of directors is dissolving because Akili Academy is now run by Crescent City, […]

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[Corrected:] Budgeted expenses continue to exceed revenues for the coming year

As presented by the board of directors at a public hearing on July 30, the draft 2012-13 budget for New Orleans College Preparatory Academies shows an $11.2 million increase over last year last year’s in total expenditures, a 14 percent increase based on a projected enrollment of 960 students. Correction: The original story misstated the […]

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Grabbag of issues on three campuses preoccupy trustees at July meeting

At their monthly meeting, July 25, trustees of the International School of Louisiana pondered an eclectic batch of issues ranging from solar panels to Title I funding to the décor of modular classrooms. “Aesthetic is important,” an audience member interjected as the conversation touched on the modular classrooms being designed for the Olivier Street campus. […]