NET Charter gets $250,000 grant
Walton Foundation provides financial breathing room to alternative school.
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Schools
Reporting on education in New Orleans and across Louisiana. This category explores how policies, leadership, and community voices shape the experiences of students, teachers, and families—covering everything from classroom challenges to school reforms and success stories.
Choice Foundation re-elects entire board in meeting without public notice
The board moved its meeting up a day without notifying the public.
Bus rides are shorter this year for ENCORE students
School switched bus companies this year and is pleased with the change.
Karr, Harte schools have more students than they predicted
Enrollment increase will mean more money from state in per-pupil funding.
Lagniappe Academies seeks refund for water bills it paid
The water system stopped billing schools after Katrina, but the school was charged nearly $9,000.
KIPP plans for Common Core standards
Board also discusses approval from state for additional charter schools.
International High School to get more money from state
Board votes to put money into emergency and special financial needs funds.
Morris Jeff school’s income better than expected
Strong fundraising and late grants helped up the income for last year.
For some New Orleans students, school choice means pre-dawn bus pickups
Some students who have to travel across town, or across the river, must be at their stop before 6 a.m. Martin Berhman, located on the West Bank, starts picking up kids in eastern New Orleans at 5:42 a.m. Parents say they're willing to deal with early mornings in order to send their kids to better schools.
Tim Ryan quits as New Beginnings board member
The former University of New Orleans chancellor was the board's chairman.
