Review the KIPP Schools board meeting agenda here.
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Prospective 2012-13 budget available for review
View the proposed budget at this .pdf link.
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2012-13 budget released
Review the ARISE Academy’s proposed budget numbers here. A budget hearing is scheduled for August 22.
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Spending cuts to counter drop in revenues; slight budget surplus projected
Despite $5.7 million less in federal funding, the Algiers Charter School Association forecasts a budget surplus for the 2012-13 school year, in contrast to its $1.3 million budget deficit in 2011-12. Most of the decline in federal revenues stems from diminished Title 1 funding and an expired Teacher Incentive Grant. State and local funding increases […]
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Algiers Charter Schools Association releases prospective 2012-13 budgets
View the budget numbers in this .pdf spreadsheet.
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Temporary move to Touro Synagogue as construction finishes at Crocker
Visit Uptown Messenger for a full report on the announcement.
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Transportation deal brings new flexibility, raises funding questions
At their August 9 meeting, the board governing New Orleans Science and Math High School learned of positive increases in both enrollment numbers and year-end net assets. Last minute changes to the school’s transportation and food service providers were also announced. Claire Jecklin, Director of Academics, briefed the board on the latest enrollment figures for the upcoming school year, […]
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Enrollment near capacity for start date; school-provided lunch to be offered
According to Jean-Jacques Grandiere, General Director of Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Charter School, everything is in order for the August 13 start-date of the 2012-13 school year. That includes, for the first time, a school-provided lunch. Members of the charter school’s board announced that Revolution Foods, contracted through KIPP food service, had been chosen to […]
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Board frets that rival schools may poach students – especially fifth-graders
Board members are concerned that families will move their children to other schools before the fall term starts, now that Success Prep has fallen into the “academically unacceptable” category, based on its school performance score for 2011. The school is one of nearly 30 run by the Recovery School District in New Orleans that has […]