School district outlines ethical safeguards after Lens report on ties between central office and charter group
Orleans Parish School Board members don’t appear concerned about the employees’ involvement in a charter application.
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State says ReNEW Schools broke law by meeting privately to interview CEO candidates
ReNEW was formally notified of the violation Tuesday.
Orleans Parish school district broke state rules by extending charter application deadline without permission
The schedule was set by the state board of education, and districts had to get permission to divert from it.
ReNEW Schools board set to hire Kevin Guitterrez as CEO at meeting tonight
Until now, the selection process has taken place in private, which appears to violate the state Open Meetings Law.
Two options for Gentilly Terrace building: French-immersion school or program for students with behavioral problems
The neighborhood association is pushing for Audubon Charter School, which wants to open a second location.
School district employees’ involvement in charter application raises questions of conflict of interest
The employee who supervised the last five traditional public schools in the city just quit her job to become CEO of ExCEED, a group that wants to turn them into charters. Four of the people who used to work for her, and still work for the district, are named in its application.
Lake Forest charter school board member resigned after $120,000 deal with school
Donald Pate, who was on the the board for Lake Forest charter school, said he wanted to help out the school by selling dirt for a construction project. That would violate state ethics law. Although he said his company got $120,000, the state Ethics Board cleared him.
National labor board rules that two charter schools in New Orleans can be unionized
International High School and Lusher Charter School argued labor-relations law didn’t apply to them.
New Orleans’ last two traditional public high schools have another suitor: InspireNOLA
ExCEED Network is new, but it has the support of the school principals. InspireNOLA has three other schools.
Plans are underway to convert New Orleans’ five remaining traditional schools to charters
A new charter organization called the ExCEED Network has filed applications to take control of the schools. The Orleans Parish superintendent has advocated transforming the schools and has spoken at meetings held by the founding principals of the charter network.
