Formally invited on Monday with only three days notice, Lysianne Essama, a French immersion principal who lives in Maryland, couldn’t make the meetings.
The network’s revenue will increase from $27 million to about $33 million next year as a result of the takeover.
Continuing to run Cohen will depend on the Recovery School District's willingness to help with finances, board chairman Steve Barr said.
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Policy states that “without exception” all requests from media and local, state and federal agencies will be required to go through the principal or his designee.
A public hearing on the $33 million budget will be held Thursday, May 9, at 5:30 p.m.
The school's budget figures anticipate a surplus of $70,620 by June 30, despite operating over budget as of March 31.
A retired school administrator, an AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust officer, and an ExxonMobil engineer are the last three expected to interview during the 5:30 p.m. meeting.
School leaders never actually sent the fiscal 2013 budget to the state for approval as law requires. They expect to vote on a revision Tuesday morning.