The children can stay, but the state won’t pay for their education this year.
Charter School Board
KIPP New Orleans Schools
KIPP New Orleans Leadership Academy
KIPP McDonogh 15 School for the Creative Arts
KIPP Central City Primary
KIPP Central City Academy (5-8)
KIPP Believe College Prep
KIPP Leadership employee falsified records to admit children too young for kindergarten
KIPP leaders vote to return high school to auspices of Orleans School Board
Infestation of bats forces KIPP elementary to cancel classes, move to temporary site
So far, no charter boards have returned their operations to Orleans school board
Audio: ReNEW program takes extra steps to teach its most troubled students
Recovery School District charters inching past historic top-performers in New Orleans
Schools run by the Orleans Parish School Board have been the top performers on standardized tests. That continued this year, but several charters in the Recovery School District inched past them. The challenge: Replicating what’s working.
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State releases elementary and middle-school standardized test scores
KIPP plans 10 percent enrollment hike; vows to uphold Common Core even if state sacks it
KIPP triples surplus, readies new schools in Hollygrove, eastern New Orleans
Live blog Thursday: Hammond’s holds forum on school bus safety
Two charter organizations spent about $250,000 on out-of-state professional training
Algiers Charter Schools Association staff went on 19 trips over four years, including five out of state that cost $113,000. And new figures from KIPP New Orleans Schools show that it spent $133,000 on its trip to Las Vegas. All told, The Lens has added up $316,000 in travel for three charter organizations.
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KIPP rejects move to Orleans Parish School Board; strong reserves projected
Refusal to return charter schools to OPSB sign of distrust of locally elected boards
KIPP leadership to vote on returning to Orleans school board
KIPP New Orleans Schools spent $120,000 on training in Las Vegas
About 185 of KIPP’s 440 employees in New Orleans attended a national summit for KIPP staffers in Nevada. The trip cost substantially more than the $69,400 that Friends of King spent on a staff-wide retreat in Biloxi, Miss. But Kipp’s nine schools all have money in the bank, while one of Friends of King’s two schools posted a $1 million deficit.
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Principal replaced at KIPP New Orleans Leadership Academy
More charter schools now eligible to join Orleans Parish School Board, but will any take the leap?
Charter boards overseeing 17 schools must decide by the end of the year if they want to move from the Recovery School District to the Orleans Parish School Board. But there are still reasons for schools to stay put, such as funding issues and concerns about the management and leadership of the local school system.
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KIPP board gets advice on school governance
KIPP organization agrees to buy lot
KIPP pondering whether Baton Rouge move is right
Cost of busing students in New Orleans rises as parents exercise school choice
It will cost $30 million to bring students to and from public schools this year, compared to $18 million the year before Katrina. The increase appears to be a consequence of citywide enrollment and the shift from a centrally-run school system. A few schools are working together to negotiate busing contracts.
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KIPP plans for Common Core standards
For some New Orleans students, school choice means pre-dawn bus pickups
Some students who have to travel across town, or across the river, must be at their stop before 6 a.m. Martin Berhman, located on the West Bank, starts picking up kids in eastern New Orleans at 5:42 a.m. Parents say they’re willing to deal with early mornings in order to send their kids to better schools.
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New Orleans charter school operators turn to Baton Rouge for expansion
Check here for Orleans public schools’ opening days
KIPP New Orleans hires Renae Montegut to improve the network’s financial outlook
KIPP New Orleans prepares to expand beyond nine charter schools
KIPP leaders track recent 70-student loss
KIPP New Orleans prepares for its own ‘fiscal cliff’ as schools mature
As KIPP New Orleans Schools’ large, one-time grants begin to run out, the finance committee prepared its board for a renewed push in fundraising and a drive to build cash reserves for the future. “A significant non-recurring revenue phase out in the near term could lead us to our own fiscal cliff,” finance committee member Stephen Rosenthal said.
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KIPP votes to stay with RSD
Board meeting agenda released
Board lacks quorum for meeting, reviews SPS, enrollment and finances
Lacking a quorum at Thursday night’s meeting, the KIPP board met with staff to review test scores, enrollment, and financial statements. By the letter grade system currently in place, KIPP Believe and KIPP Central City Academy scored B’s—two of only three B’s in the Recovery School District this year.
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KIPP Schools board meeting agenda released
Money, control and perception are keys as charters consider switch to Orleans Parish School Board
From left, Martin Behrman, Arthur Ashe and KIPP Believe are three campuses that are likely to be eligible to return to the oversight of the Orleans Parish School Board, above. Photo by Jessica Williams
Several more independent charter school leaders soon will find themselves facing a question that several others, including Sophie B. Wright Charter School’s principal, have been grappling with for more than a year: Should we move back under the wing of the Orleans Parish School Board?
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After first week of school, KIPP enrollment below expectations
Board meeting agenda released
KIPP / Believe 2012-2013 budget and June 21 board meeting agenda
KIPP’s 2012-2013 budget leaves little room for error
Facilities changes cost KIPP New Orleans Schools
The proposed budget for KIPP New Orleans Schools shows an increase of about thirty percent in both revenue and expenses for the 2012-2013 school year over last year, with total costs reaching $32.3 million. The schools are relying on an increase in per-student funding from the state as enrollment grows from 2,400 to 3,200 students.
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KIPP Schools release proposed budget
KIPP discusses contract extension, school enrollment
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer, and Kelsey Foster, charter school reporter |
One of the schools under the KIPP New Orleans brand is up for a contract extension this year. The school’s performance history, including a less-than-favorable 2011 financial review, was up for discussion at a recent board meeting.The state education department has deemed that one of the schools under the KIPP New Orleans brand needs extra fiscal monitoring.