Plans to move to an interim site for the coming year have hit another snag as the several parties involved in the project wrangle over insurance costs, board members learned at their July meeting. Since the New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy will be leasing only the first floor of the former U.S. Navy hospital […]
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Budget for coming year wins approval; enrollment appears to be maxed out
Warren Easton’s board of directors approved the school’s 2012-2013 budget and elected new officers at their monthly meeting, July 18. Financial officer Mike Greer reported a $278,443 surplus at the end of 2011-12 fiscal year. This was largely due to a $200,000 adjustment in state per-pupil funding. The board accepted the 2012-2013 budget on the […]
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Encore Academy board meeting agenda released
Review tomorrow’s board meeting details and agenda here: Encore Academy July Agenda
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School budgets released
The Friends of King School board released the prospective annual budgets for their schools they govern. Review the budget numbers at the links below: 2012-13 Martin Luther King Annual Operating Budget 2012-13 Joseph A. Craig Charter Operating Budget
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Board meeting agenda released
Review the agenda for the board’s July meeting here.
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Postponed: BESE's Orange Jones set for Ethics Board ruling
Update: 8:55 a.m. Friday. The executive secretary of the Ethics Board said Orange Jones’ attorney requested Thursday that the matter be delayed until the board’s August meeting. The Louisiana Board of Ethics is scheduled to meet Friday and hand down its edict on whether Board of Elementary and Secondary Education representative Kira Orange Jones should […]
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Budget for 2012-13 anticipates more students – and higher building costs
Robert Moton Charter School’s operating budget is increasing 53 percent, propelled by a rising enrollment and the school’s first full year in a larger building. Spending in the 2012-2013 school year is anticipated to be $2.7 million, compared to last year’s $1.7 million. The school moved in February to a building on Gentilly Boulevard, leased […]
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Projected 2012-13 budget holds steady, despite doubling of OPSB use fee
Warren Easton Charter School’s proposed budget for the 2012-2013 school year shows little change from last year. Expenditures will rise $113,000, a 1.6 percent increase. Notable differences include a doubling of the projected use fee, for an increase of $79,422. The use fee is determined by the Orleans Parish School Board and covers flood and […]
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School board agrees to put archived meetings online
Archived videos of Orleans Parish School Board meetings will be available on the board’s website, members decided at their Tuesday night meeting, but not without spirited debate. An amended disadvantaged-business policy was also approved, and the board agreed to the deletion of 21 positions from the payroll. In what’s become a customary alliance, board members […]
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Top 10 academic ranking in key courses complemented by steady growth of AP
With 2011-2012 final grades and advanced-placement data in hand, New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High School continues to show steady improvement on an already strong record of student performance, board members learned at their monthly meeting, July 12. Sci High ranked in the top 10 citywide on all four course exams: sixth in English, […]