The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education held its School Innovation and Turnaround Committee meeting Tuesday at 11 a.m. I live-blogged the meeting here. This committee hears issues related to the Recovery School District and charter schools. Here is the agenda: Report on Lycée Français: The Louisiana Department of Education provided a report on […]
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Loans to help fund NOMMA construction; board approves auditorium lease
The New Orleans Military/Maritime Academy on Thursday moved several steps closer to securing funding for the projected $14.1 million renovation and construction of a permanent facility in Algiers’ Federal City development. Gathered in a temporary site once intended to be a U.S. Navy hospital, seven members of the school’s board of directors voted unanimously to […]
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Board affirms current co-leaders; holds off on One App for 2012-13
At their Oct. 11 board of directors meeting, the Advocates for Science and Mathematics Education Inc. heard the pros and cons of One App, the Recovery School District’s (RSD) blanket application for student enrollment. Rose Peterson, Director of the Eastbank Collaborative of Charter Schools, of which Sci High is a member, was critical of One […]
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Audubon committee begins exploring creation of new high school
Uptown Messenger has the story here.
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Savings will plug deficit due to higher costs, fewer students than expected
Pride College Prep expects revenues for the current year to fall short by $186,000, a deficit of about 5.5 percent in the school’s $3.4 million operating budget, board members learned at their monthly meeting on Tuesday. Finance director Simone Green said administrators will dip into savings to cover the shortfall, the first time in its […]
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Satellite classes pose challenge for after school activities; French courses for parents suggested
At the October 8 board meeting administrators from Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans considered partnering with the city’s French Alliance to offer French language courses to Lycee parents. “More than 150 parents (responded that they) want the classes,” Jean-Jacques Grandiere, Lycee’s General Director, told the school’s board of directors at their Oct. 8 meeting. […]
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NOMMA board meeting agenda released
The board meeting agenda is reprinted below: New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy Monthly Board Meeting October 11¸ 2012 6:00 PM Agenda: 1. Roll Call 2. Approval of minutes 3. Reports and Recommendations None 4. Old Business: A. Construction Update: Provide an update on the financial and administrative progress […]
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N.O. Sci High releases board meeting agenda
See the October 11 meeting agenda here.
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Landry leery of OPSB governance; termites delay move to Canal Street offices
At their monthly board meeting, Oct. 3, directors of the Choice Foundation discussed pros and cons of accepting governance by the Orleans Parish School Board and whether to launch a charter school in Jefferson Parish. Lafayette Academy, one of the foundation’s three charters, is in a group of about a dozen schools expected to be […]