The school is the only non-charter elementary in the Orleans Parish school district.
Category: Schools
Posted inSchools
Orleans Superintendent recommends closing four charter schools
District officials previously suggested that the schools were being considered for closure. Superintendent Henderson Lewis Jr.’s recommendations came the week after school letter grades were released by the state.
Posted inSchools
Orleans Parish will outsource last direct-run elementary school next year
Cypress Academy parents will learn the school’s fate at a Monday parent meeting next week.
Posted inSchools
Compare 2018 New Orleans school ratings
State ratings will factor heavily in the superintendent’s school closure recommendations released next week.
Posted inSchools
Facing closure and investigations, Harney charter school expands legal team
Interim principal appointed following suspension of school leader Ashonta Wyatt. Wyatt says she fired the interim appointee last week.
Posted inSchools
For the first time, state school ratings will account for student growth
Education experts say year over year growth is a better measure of a school’s performance than student test scores alone. School ratings are set to be released on Thursday.
Posted inSchools
‘I’ve never seen anything like this’: Harney charter school to close at end of school year
At Monday night meeting, school district superintendent and other officials said board mismanagement led to decision.
Posted inSchools
As state ratings loom, parents worry about fate of schools
Charter school renewals hinge on school letter grades from the state. Orleans school district officials have strongly hinted that four schools may be up for closure.
Posted inSchools
Harney charter school principal fears board may fire her at Friday meeting
The principal thinks the board may be intending to use a defamation claim from Juan LaFonta as a false pretext for firing.
Posted inSchools
As Crescent Leadership Academy closes, city lacks alternative placement for middle school students
Seventh and 8th grade students who are expelled from one school will now attend a different elementary school.