With much fanfare, the newly elected Orleans Parish School Board took office and made some surprising selections for president and vice president Monday morning. Board members unanimously chose incumbent member Ira Thomas, Southern University at New Orleans police chief, for the head seat, and first-timer Leslie Ellison, an education consultant and former charter school board […]
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Einstein votes to run a school at Intercultural’s address
Einstein Charter School’s board of directors met briefly Saturday to approve a resolution to expand to two schools.
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Friends of King leaders push for new 9th Ward high school facility
Board members overseeing Dr. King Charter School in the 9th Ward say they are eager to get their high school students out of portable classrooms and into a new facility.
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Lycée Français board agenda does not include parent grievance letter
Board members with Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orleans charter school are expected to meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. at the school, 5951 Patton St.
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Lycee Francais parents want resignation of 2 board members
More than a dozen Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle-Orleans parents are seeking the ouster of two of the charter school’s board members, and they are demanding the board address what they say is a series of problems undermining the school’s integrity. In an eight-page letter they filed with the school’s board Friday, the parents complain […]
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RSD’s offer to Abramson kids: Leave one F school for another
Erica Larkins took a risk when she took a job at Abramson Elementary in eastern New Orleans. The school was failing. There were reports of cheating and student violence. Still, she joined the staff and enrolled her daughter Elexi into the school’s second grade. A year later, Larkins is happy with her position and with […]
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Lycée parents ask state education chief to investigate school’s board
A group of parents from Lycée Français de la Nouvelle-Orleans charter school have asked the state’s public education chief to investigate its board’s actions regarding recent hiring and firing decisions, including the manner in which it hired its interim chief executive officer. State schools superintendent John White last month praised Lycée’s board for hiring Gisele Schexnider, whom he […]
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Algiers charter board rejects schools’ return to OPSB
The Algiers Charter Schools Association voted 5-2 Thursday night to keep three schools under Recovery School District jurisdiction, despite months of pleas from many in those school communities to let them go. Improved student test scores at O. Perry Walker High School, Martin Berhman Elementary and Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary made the schools eligible return to Orleans Parish […]
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McDonogh City Park tightens security in wake of Newtown shootings
McDonogh City Park Academy leaders plan to tighten security measures in the New Year in response to last month’s school shootings in Newtown, Conn. Keeanya Dupre, director of finance and operations for the elementary and middle school, said the school will use state money to hire a part-time security guard to man the front door […]
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Will board say yes or no to Orleans Parish School Board control?
The Algiers Charter Schools Association board is poised to vote tomorrow on whether or not to recommend three schools return to Orleans Parish School Board control. Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy, Martin Behrman Elementary School and O. Perry Walker Senior High School are each eligible to leave the Recovery School District due to their students’ improved […]