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Charter School
McDonogh No. 42 Elementary Charter School
Governed by Choice Foundation
Report Card Grade
F
Grades Served
Pre-K - 8Enrollment
504 (Feb. 2016)School Performance Score
2016: 45.8Previous School Performance Score
2015: 62.6Choice Foundation vs. KIPP: Who will get to take over management of Dunbar Elementary?
Choice Foundation jilted in bid to take over former Dunbar Elementary campus
Choice still waiting for answer from state about why it didn’t get new campus
Choice Foundation changes how grades are averaged to better reflect Common Core
Lafayette Academy to stay with Recovery School District
Lack of social services affecting schools, board member says
Lafayette Academy to miss out on FEMA money
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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Choice Foundation re-elects entire board in meeting without public notice
Check here for Orleans public schools’ opening days
Choice board approves mid-year budget cuts and prepares to cut $1.2 million from personnel in 2013-14
Choice leaders halt plans to move to church as renovation turns to ‘unmitigated mess’
Choice Foundation plans lawsuit over facilities contract
Choice Foundation investigated cheating accusation at Lafayette Academy
Officials at Lafayette Academy charter school, whose academic scores have more than doubled in the past five years, acknowledged investigating a cheating allegation on the state’s annual standardized test earlier this year, but decided it was unsubstantiated. It’s hard to know what happened, however, because the school board has refused to provide details.
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Landry leery of OPSB governance; termites delay move to Canal Street offices
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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Treme Charter School Assoc. withdraws, citing progress, but not enough of it
On Wednesday afternoon, in a corner of the East New Orleans Public Library, the Treme Charter School Association held their final board meeting, ending a five-year struggle by the community group to upgrade a troubled elementary school. “Looking back we needed more money and more time,” said former board president Rosalyn Smith.
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Questions arise in handover of power over McDonogh 42 Elementary
As president of the Tremé Charter School Association’s board of directors, Roslyn Smith is used to overseeing the faculty and staff of McDonogh 42, an open enrollment, public charter school educating students from Pre-Kindergarten through eighth grade with almost 450 students an enrollment in 2011-2012 of 527 students. But as of July 1, she found herself in charge of only a skeleton staff managing the handover of the school to another charter school management organization, the Choice Foundation.
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Choice Foundation board discusses plans to take over McDonogh 42
Choice Foundation, the charter management organization that currently runs Lafayette Academy and Esperanza Charter schools, discussed its takeover of McDonogh 42 at its June 29 board meeting. Choice’s Executive Director Mickey Landry cautioned the board that the upcoming year would be one of “massive change.”
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Treme Charter School Association fails to reach quorum at possible final meeting
Treme Charter School Association cancels board meeting
The Treme Charter School Association, which up through the 2011-2012 school year ran the McDonogh 42 Elementary School, announced June 20, 2012 that it will not hold its July board meeting. It is unclear if the association will continue to function now that Choice Foundation plans to take over control of McDonogh 42.
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Choice Foundation’s $18.5M budget represents the addition of McDonogh 42
Treme charter group terminates 45 employees; all employees to leave by August
At its May meeting, the board that now runs McDonogh 42 Elementary Charter School ratified the termination of 45 of the closing charter’s employees, voting to extend employment through the summer months for only eight employees. The charter operator that oversees the school, the Treme Charter School Association, did not have its charter renewed for the 2012-2013 school year.
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McDonogh 42 delays move until 2013; test score results show gains
McDonogh 42 Elementary Charter School, the Choice Foundation’s soon-to-be acquired charter, will remain at its current location for the 2012-2013 school year, the Choice Foundation’s board announced at a second May gathering. McDonogh will be under the control of its current charter operator, the Treme Charter School Association, until July.
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BESE reviews capital projects, Early Head Start monitoring
Construction of four new schoolhouses should be completed as classes resume in August, education officials announced Wednesday night, but modular buildings are ready just in case. Capital projects, including ground-up school construction, highlighted Wednesday night’s meeting in New Orleans of the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Board meeting agenda released
The content of tomorrow’s board meeting agenda is reprinted below:
REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING
The Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Treme Charter School Association will be held
Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 3:00 P.M. in the McDonogh 42 Elementary Charter School Auditorium, 1651
North Tonti Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70119. The items to be discussed, considered, or upon which formal action may be taken are as listed below.
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2012-13 budget available for review
[UPDATE: Meeting has been canceled.] Board meeting agenda released
Monthly board meeting canceled because majority of members fail to show up
Esperanza principal ousted; McDonogh 42 move may be delayed; teacher bonuses approved
Choice Foundation, the charter management organization set to take over McDonogh 42, has asked the Recovery School District to delay a scheduled move to a new campus, from January 2013 to June 2013. Fran Trujillo, McDonogh 42’s principal-to-be, said relocating the school four months after Choice’s takeover would be disruptive.
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Programs for non-English speakers detailed; Mc42 takeover proceeds despite charter fight
Students eligible for private-school voucher
The state Department of Education today released the list of New Orleans schools eligible to participate in its voucher program. The program, called the Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program, has for the past three years offered low-income students from low-performing public schools the chance to attend the private school of their choice, with the state paying the bill for tuition and fees.
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Board approved to take over two additional schools, but delays final decision
Choice Foundation, operators of Lafayette Academy and Esperanza Charter School, has been approved to charter two more schools, McDonogh 42 and a yet to be named school in Jefferson Parish, the Choice board of directors said at their monthly meeting, Feb.1. Board President James Huger said that while the foundation has been given the “all clear” to take over McDonogh 42, there’s a slim chance the deal might collapse if the school’s current board sues the state Board of Elementary & Secondary Education, as threatened.