New Orleans businessman Harry Blumenthal has joined the governing board of International High School. He is the former president and chief executive of Blumenthal Print Works Inc. in New Orleans. Blumenthal’s addition unanimously was approved Jan. 18 by the charter school board. Board members said Blumenthal’s extensive experience with business would not only aid the […]

The governing board of Lake Forest Elementary has released tomorrow’s meeting agenda. Review it here. 

Review Monday evening’s meeting agenda here.

Einstein Charter’s board of directors has embraced a proposal for a new telecommunication service that is expected to save the school thousands of dollars, starting next fall. At the board’s monthly meeting, Feb. 7, Phong Ha Tran, who manages the school’s information technology and data, presented the proposal to switch service providers.  The school currently […]

Update: The story has been updated to reflect the fact that officials at New Orleans College Preparatory Academy forwarded us the documents we requested regarding the CEO’s evaluation process.  The February meeting of the Board at New Orleans College Preparatory Academies began with a lengthy discussion of academic goals.  Director and chief executive officer Ben […]

Click here to review the February meeting agenda.

The school’s  first set of French classes for parents and staff members have attracted a dozen participants, board members learned at their monthly meeting, Jan. 9. As further evidence of the popularity of French-immersion education, the recent application process, now closed, drew 31 candidates for second grade and 17 for third, even though the Lycée […]

The New Orleans Charter Science and Mathematics High board meeting, on Feb. 2, welcomed Dick Best as the school’s new director and expressed hope that outgoing school director Barbara MacPhee will quickly regain her strength. MacPhee fell and was hospitalized recently with a broken leg, board members were advised. Laney French, school administrator, was elected […]

Marketing, branding and student recruitment were the major themes at the board’s monthly meeting, Feb. 6. Edgar P. Harney Elementary’s chief executive officer, Eileen Williams, put it this way: It’s imperative to do “all we can do to sell our school,” – a view embraced by board members as well as by the school’s chief […]

The return of Edward Hynes Charter to the Lakeview area provided a celebratory theme for the school’s fundraising gala, Feb. 4. , At their monthly meeting Jan. 23, principal Michelle Douglas told the school’s board of directors that the gala, titled “There’s No Place Like Home,” was a spin-off of the “Wizard of Oz” and […]