Five charter organizations have meetings this week and could take up the issue.
Charter School
Akili Academy of New Orleans
Governed by Crescent City Schools
Report Card Grade
D
Grades Served
K-8Enrollment
544 (Feb. 2016)School Performance Score
2016: 62.2Previous School Performance Score
2015: 67.0More about this school
Crescent City charter group expects 2014-15 surplus even after dipping into savings
Akili Proposed Annual Operating Budget released
Crescent City Schools charter management group reviews rosy financial report
State releases elementary and middle-school standardized test scores
Absent a quorum, Crescent City Schools board discusses ongoing need for donations
Crescent City Schools board hears about Akili’s response to death of first-grader
Live blog Thursday: Hammond’s holds forum on school bus safety
Children wait for school buses along some of New Orleans’ busiest thoroughfares
Six-year-old Shaud Wilson was killed last week trying to cross Paris Avenue to get to his bus stop. Around New Orleans, it’s not uncommon for children to wait for their buses along multi-lane roads, including some of the city’s busiest streets.
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Crescent City Schools may take over City Park Academy as principal retires
Crescent City Schools board loosens rules on midyear budget adjustments
Refusal to return charter schools to OPSB sign of distrust of locally elected boards
Akili Academy’s principal steps down from her job
Akili board votes to stay with Recovery School District
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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Enrollment helps charter group’s finances
Crescent City officials frustrated by building issues
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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Crescent City board faces building issues
Crescent City Charter group looks to the future at board retreat
Check here for Orleans public schools’ opening days
Crescent City Schools getting ready for new term
Crescent City Schools budget expands to nearly $18 million as network grows to three schools
More than 500 apply for about 85 charter school positions at Crescent City Schools
Tubman charter to get a band program, thanks to unexpected influx of funds
Crescent City leaders pore over testing data to assess students’ strengths and needs
Tubman charter principal hones in on testing as second year draws to a close
Akili students to move out of modular classes and into 9th Ward
Board mulls OPSB oversight for Akili, charter app for Paul Habans Elementary
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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Board hears Tubman presentation, approves new policy
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.
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Retreat sparks discussion of school goals, board members' roles
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.
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CEO gets salary bump; board makes policy changes
Board discusses dissolution of old group, chartering of new school
Board governing Harriet Tubman school adds members from Akili Academy board
Confusion reigns as Akili Academy's board discusses takeover by Crescent City Schools
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?
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Akili's budget up nearly 50 percent
Board for Harriet Tubman Charter School begins to budget for addition of Akili Academy
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.
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Akili Academy budget planned to increase nearly 50 percent
Akili Academy of New Orleans releases proposed budget
Crescent City Schools management group discusses vision for merger and expansion
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.
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Enrollment jumps and wait-list grows; MacFetters credits 'One App' and hard work
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.
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State may OK 10-year charter renewal; after-school tutoring and saturday classes available
State school board tentatively approves charter changes
State school board tentatively approves changes to charters, including merger
Key to charter success: a principal rarely found in school's front office
By Folwell Dunbar, The Lens contributing opinion writer |
Over the years I have had an opportunity to conduct quality reviews of numerous charter schools here in Louisiana and throughout the country. Working with teams of national and local experts, we look at everything from leadership and assessment practices to technology integration and community engagement.