The agenda for the Broadmoor Charter School Board meeting held on September 27 is reprinted below: BCSB MONTHLY MEETING Andrew H. Wilson Charter School (cafeteria) September 27, 2011 6:30 p.m. 6:30 -6:35 pm (start on time)—Call to Order, Roll Call and Board President Welcome (5 min.), time keeper: David Winkler-Schmit 6:35 -6:37 pm—Approve board minutes […]
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Corporal punishment and expulsions targeted; debt to Edison Learning discussed
The board of the Intercultural Charter School met at 6 p.m. Sept. 15, with five members present and an audience of 16, including a reporter from The Lens. A development report by the board acknowledged the legal obligation to provide the public with complete records of board meetings and activities. Board member Al Alcazar said […]
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Reading scores show promise; new website goes live next week; fund drive hits halfway mark
The board of Akili Academy held its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 26, in the teachers’ annex. One member of the public, a reporter from The Lens, was present. The meeting began with a report on student reading levels. Details were not disclosed, but the assessments were called positive. Enrollment is at 306, eight […]
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Student assessments show improvement; free health services touted; Lens report denied
The board of Morris Jeff Community School met at 6 p.m. Sept. 14 in the second-floor community space. Patricia Perkins, acting principal, began the meeting with a report on the first wave of student assessments. Currently 60 percent of kindergartners who were in the school’s pre-K program last year are performing at grade level, while […]
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Board meeting cancelled
The Board for Fannie C. Williams Elementary, Community Leaders Advocating Student Success, Inc. (C.L.A.S.S) did not have a quorum for their meeting on the 15th, and promptly cancelled it.
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Tougher national standards welcome, Early says; extra-curricular activities are on the rise
The board of Lake Forest Elementary Charter School met Sept. 20, at 1:30 p.m. with all members present except Donald Plate. The meeting was an occasion to review the year ahead. Started in 1988 as a selective admissions school for pre-K through eighth-grade students, Lake Forest has been one of the city’s best-performing and most improved […]
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Momentum building toward school move to new campus by year's end; TS Lee damage repaired
Edward Hynes Charter School will vacate its current premises and move into a new building before year’s end, the school’s board of directors said during its September monthly meeting. According to last week’s report from the project manager of the new building at 990 Harrison Ave., the school is on track to move into the […]
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Attendance at 95%; fundraising tops $1 million; board to set goals at October meeting
The board of New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy met at 6 p.m. Sept. 21 for 85 minutes. All board members were present. A reporter from The Lens was the only member of the public in attendance. Topics included enrollment, finances and setting timelines for committee goals. The school is at 95 percent capacity, […]
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Possible Jefferson campus in the works; bus service to Tulane Research Center coming
The board of directors of the International High School of New Orleans met Sept. 21 at 6:00 p.m. Board members Andrew Ward (chairman), Karen Mayer Dwyer (vice chair/treasurer), Errol George, LavalHughes, Lilijana Mamoorian Johnson and Maria Garcia were present. Ed Graf, Maria George and Robert Couhig were absent. Two members of the public were in […]