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KIPP New Orleans Schools

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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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

“What is OPSB (Orleans Parish School Board) going to promise us that these schools are going to say at the level they’re at now? I don’t think they’ll do a great job because they haven’t in the past,” Cindy Williams, parent of a KIPP student said at Thursday night’s meeting.

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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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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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KIPP’s 2012-2013 budget leaves little room for error

KIPP’s board of directors met Thursday, June 21, to approve the budget for the 2012-2013 school year. With only a 1-percent budget surplus expected, increased revenues from fundraising, including $400,000 from new donors and $2.1 million in philanthropic gifts, will be crucial.

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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 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.

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