With charter schools competing more and more vigorously for students,  the Edgar P. Harney Spirit of Excellence Academy is moving forward with a marketing and advertising effort, the school’s board learned at its monthly meeting, Jan. 10. Accountant Sean Berner said funds of an undisclosed amount have been set aside for the enrollment drive. Now […]

The International School of Louisiana has been awarded a new Type 1 charter to open what will be one of a very few charter schools in Jefferson Parish, the school’s board learned at its monthly meeting, Jan. 4. A location has yet to be selected, as Jefferson Parish reportedly is in the process of shutting […]

Correction: Errors in an earlier version of this article have been removed. St. Claire Aadrian is now correctly described as upper school principal. The comment about “bang for the buck” is now correctly attributed to Anderson Baker. The Success Preparatory Academy Board of Directors are mulling over new ways to help the school raise $38,000 […]

View next week’s January board meeting agenda here.

View the agenda for tomorrow’s January board meeting here.

The board cited scheduling conflicts as it moved it’s meeting to next week. Review the updated agenda here.

Results from the second-quarter interim assessment tests show ARISE Academy still falling below the state average, the Board of Trustees learned during its monthly meeting, Dec. 14. According to a Data Dashboard sheet presented by Principal Andrew Shahan, third graders scored at the 44% level in English and reading and at 65% in math. Fourth […]

Review tomorrow’s board meeting agenda here.

Review the agenda for the January 12, 2012 board meeting here.