Crescent City Schools’ board members received an update on Harriet Tubman Charter School’s progress and an update on the organization’s pending charter application at their September board meeting. They also approved a vendor selection process and a healthy food options agreement with a new funder.

At an August 18 board retreat, members of the board that governs Crescent City Schools discussed long-term goals and end of the year reports for the two schools they run, and defined their own roles and responsibilities. Board members also heard from Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools executive director Caroline Roemer Shirley, who discussed the importance of following applicable laws, getting parents involved, and the educational landscape in Louisiana generally.

At their August board meeting, the board that governs Crescent City Schools approved a 20 percent salary hike for their chief executive officer after an hour-long executive session. They also approved revisions to their finance and operations manual and a new conflict of interest policy.

At their July meeting, board members of Crescent City Schools discussed best practices for dissolving the nonprofit that ran Akili Academy this year. They also discussed their intent to charter Paul Habans Elementary School for the 2013-2014 year.

The board that governs Harriet Tubman Charter School and the board that governs Akili Academy were merged at the Crescent City Schools’ June board meeting. However, the Akili Academy board will still exist legally and will still meet monthly as a separate group at least until September.

At the June 25 meeting of the Akili Academy board, its last as the governing body of Akili Academy, questions about Crescent City Schools’ takeover of its charter ruled the day. Most of the discussion centered on Akili’s financials: Are Akili’s current federal grants transferable to the new charter management organization?

The Akili Academy board announced that increases in per pupil spending, new teacher hires, and increased retirement spending will greatly impact next year’s budget, effective July 1. The budget is expected to be $3.7 million, a $1.2 million increase from last year.

The board that governs Harriet Tubman Charter School, which, in July, will extend its governing arm to Akili Academy, approved a budget for Tubman at its June meeting based on $5.3 million in revenues. The board also approved a $930,000 budget for Crescent City Schools, the charter management organization that runs the school. The organization will collect nonrecurring revenue from both Tubman and Akili, for a total of just more than $600,000.

The board that runs Akili Academy announced that it expects a 49 percent increase in its budget over last year in its proposed 2012-2013 budget, effective July 1. The board will discuss the budget at an open hearing on Monday, June 25 at 6 p.m.

Akili Academy has released its 2012-2013 proposed budget. You can review it here, but please note there is neither a budget narrative nor a comparison provided in relation to last year’s budget.

The boards of Harriet Tubman Charter School and Akili Academy of New Orleans came together Wednesday night to discuss the future vision of the charter management organization that will soon run them both, Crescent City Schools. The organization, which took over Tubman last summer, received the go-ahead in March from the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to run Akili Academy starting this summer.

Akili Academy is at full capacity with a waiting list of students seeking admission to the school, board members learned at their monthly meeting, April 30. Akili principal Julie MacFetters credited the Recovery School District’s newly centralized “One App” process with providing the quick feedback on projected enrollment.

Akili Academy’s monthly board meeting, March 26, focused on the status of the school’s charter and a preliminary report on end-of-year student assessments. Teachers were present to discuss results of both math and reading-comprehension tests.

Next school year, the boards of Akili Academy and Harriet Tubman Charter School will combine. Lagniappe Academy is cutting back on its enrollment, and Lycée Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans is set to expand.

Formal review of the school’s 2011 audit topped the agenda as the board of Akili Academy gathered Feb. 27 for its monthly meeting.

Akili Academy has secured funding for a partnership with New Orleans Outreach, a local non-profit that provides after-school tutoring and mentoring. The development was hailed at the monthly meeting of school’s board of directors, Nov.

Review the agenda to Wednesday’s meeting here. Please note: the meeting time is scheduled for 6:30pm.

The governing board of Akili Academy cancelled tonight’s meeting, and will meet Wednesday November 30 at 6pm, according to school officials.

Directors of Akili Academy gathered in the main annex at 6:30 p.m. Oct.

Review the agenda for tonight’s meeting at Akili Academy at the following link: akili agenda.

The board of Akili Academy held its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 26, in the teachers’ annex.

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