At its monthly board meeting, the Lagniappe Academy board announced that it was actively searching for a new facility due to increased enrollment and addition of new classes. The charter had earmarked the St. Rose de Lima Church site as possible quarters but nothing has been finalized, Chief Academic Officer Kendall Petri revealed. The school […]
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School celebrates higher SPS scores; campus expansion dilemmas test board
Recently released School Performance Scores and the possible expansion of the Camp Street campus dominated discussions at the International School of Louisiana board meeting on Wednesday, October 24. ISL received an SPS of 118.5– seven points higher than last year– and a B+ grade. The score was only 1.5 points from the A grade level. […]
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Performance scores near target; health care grant would help students
A modest increase in Andrew Wilson’s 2011- 2012 school performance score was the main focus at the monthly board meeting, Oct 22.Last year’s school performance score was 77.9, a gain of 7.6 points from last year, just short of the 10 point growth target set by school administrators. Principal Logan Crowe and Assistant Principal Ronicka […]
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Algiers Charter Schools board meeting cancelled
By Della Hasselle, Lens Charter School Reporter | The Algiers Charter School Association cancelled a board meeting scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 25th at 6 p.m., hours before the meeting was supposed to occur. The meeting was cancelled due to board members’ personal scheduling issues, according to the ACSA interim Chief Executive Officer Adrian Morgan. A […]
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Enrollment shrinks after Gretna move; $1 million budget shortfall means budget cuts
Budget cuts due to reduced state funds from low enrollment was the main topic at the monthly board meeting at Milestone/SABIS, October 22. School director Catherine Boozer announced that despite additional recruitment efforts through radio ads, current enrollment stands at 428, well short of its projected enrollment of 528. “With our student population, we will […]
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School music programs, marching bands staging post-Katrina comeback
Sitting still doesn’t come naturally to a lot of kids. Getting students to sit still long enough to learn is often the teachers’ hardest job. But weeks before school officially began at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology, eager students sat for hours at a time, practicing their horns under […]
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KIPP Schools board meeting agenda released
Review the agenda for the KIPP board meeting here.
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NET Charter board meeting agenda released
Reveiw the NET Charter board meeting agenda here.
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[Updated] FirstLine Schools board meeting agenda
Review the updated meeting agenda here.
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Construction to proceed at Broadway campus
As almost an afterthought to a quick meeting of Audubon Charter School’s F.A.M.E. board this past Saturday, it was announced that the permit for the disputed Broadway contract had been picked up by a contractor and cleared for continuation. An old custodial house on Audubon’s 428 Broadway campus had been mostly dismantled, but a civil complaint by the Upper Audubon […]