Board chair Cornelius Tilton: “We’re just a mouse speaking amongst a bunch of lions who have very little interest in funding the education system that they require you to have.”

Additional funding needs include outfitting the library, laboratory gear and AP materials.

Three candidates short-listed as board’s search for a new development director continues.

Installation of window grates appears to have ended break-ins at temporary campus on Monroe Street.

The board governing Crescent Leadership Academy will meet to review progress reports and financial updates. Consult the agenda for information on online access to the meeting.

The Advocates for Innovative Schools, which governs Robert Russa Moton Charter School, has released its March 19 meeting agenda.

The New Beginnings School Foundation regular board meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30p.m. this evening. It will be preceded by a meeting of the board’s finance committee.

Rather than work being completed for the August start of classes, students should now expect a return later in the fall.