The school’s lawyer said negotiations won’t start until the fall.
Charter School
Mary Dora Coghill Accelerated Charter School
Governed by Better Choice Foundation, Inc.
Report Card Grade
C
Grades Served
Pre-K - 8Enrollment
640 (Feb. 2016)School Performance Score
2016: 75.1Previous School Performance Score
2015: 80.4Charter board delays action on Coghill teachers’ request for union recognition
Coghill teachers are the latest to unionize at a New Orleans charter school
Two more charter boards stick with RSD, while two others think about it another month
So far, no charter boards have returned their operations to Orleans school board
With help of school counseling, family tackles mental disorders of three siblings
State releases elementary and middle-school standardized test scores
Coghill charter board shows up in sufficient numbers to seat a new member
Low turnout of charter board members hogties Coghill School management meeting
Coghill budget sent to state
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.
Coghill approves preliminary budget
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.