Seventeen charter schools are eligible to switch to Orleans Parish School Board governance.
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Miller-McCoy looks forward to new facility
Building would be ‘a phoenix rising out of the ashes of the East,’ board member says.
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Andrew Wilson school sees improved financial picture
Board gets news of $2,500 grant from Lupin Foundation.
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Easton board members help Orleans superintendent search
Parish school board holding focus groups to find new boss.
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Collegiate Academies board discusses growth outside New Orleans
Sci Academy parents complain about disciplinary actions.
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Friends of King Schools spent about $70,000 on all-staff retreat at Biloxi casino
All of the approximately 180 employees of the two-school charter organization were invited to the Beau Rivage in August. The charter organization covered their hotel rooms and meals. A week later, CEO Doris Roché-Hicks told staff at one school that their pay would be cut 2 percent. That move saved about as much as the retreat cost.
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NET school trying to deal with slaying of students
Five students have been killed since June.
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McDonogh City Park pondering jump out of retirement system
School’s enrollment was 447 students as of Oct. 1.
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Singleton charter erases deficit, but YMCA still in the red
School is nearly $140,000 in the black so far this fiscal year.
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Karr, Harte enrollment is higher than expected
Increased enrollment means more money for the two schools.