In two cases, auditors couldn’t find evidence that background checks had been conducted.
Charter School
Abramson Sci Academy
Governed by Collegiate Academies of New Orleans
Report Card Grade
B
Grades Served
9-12Enrollment
561School Performance Score
2016: 85.3Previous School Performance Score
2015: 96.3Carver High broke special-education law by suspending student for nearly 5 weeks
So far, no charter boards have returned their operations to Orleans school board
Audio: ReNEW program takes extra steps to teach its most troubled students
Collegiate Academies expects modest budget shortfall next school year
Collegiate Academies’ future growth to come from new schools, not takeovers
Live blog Thursday: Hammond’s holds forum on school bus safety
Board gets new member, and parents and students express support for Sci Academy during tough times
Carver students, parents protest schools’ discipline policies at December board meeting
Refusal to return charter schools to OPSB sign of distrust of locally elected boards
Vote tonight, but little support for moving Collegiate Academies to parish control
The governance committee of Collegiate Academy’s board of directors met Tuesday night to discuss whether to remove Sci Academy from the state’s Recovery School District and place it under the oversight of the Orleans Parish School Board. Sci Academy is the only of Collegiate Academy’s three schools that qualified to move to governance by the parish school board.
Collegiate Academies board discusses growth outside New Orleans
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.
Collegiate Academies touts benefits to Baton Rouge audience
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.
Sci Academy ‘captains’ to track students through college
Check here for Orleans public schools’ opening days
Collegiate Academies approve $10.9 million budget for 2013-14
Interim tests show Collegiate Academies students in comparison with other New Orleans charters
Carver community eager to move out of modular classrooms
Collegiate Academies leader outlines hope for expansion of charter schools to new cities
Collegiate Academies charter leaders discuss expanding into other cities
Sci Academy leaders cite numerous reasons for high suspension rate
The board of Collegiate Academies met in January to discuss financial data and an article published in the Advocate, which described the correlation between high suspension rates and low school performance scores in charter schools throughout the New Orleans area. In the article, Collegiate’s Sci Academy is mentioned as having the second-highest suspension rate at 49.2 percent, though also demonstrating a break in the suspension-school performance relationship by maintaining a B level performance score.
Board tightens credit card policies, sets academic goals
Collegiate Academies board of directors met Wednesday night at the new George Washington Carver High School campus to discuss committee goals for the upcoming school year, including the establishment of firm guidelines on credit card use throughout the charter management system. With the addition of new charters and new campuses this year, the board agreed to add four additional credit cards—for a total of six— to be distributed to school leaders.
Collegiate Academies board accepts resignation of Dana Henry
September board meeting agenda
Budget year ends with healthy surplus; new staffer will target staying in college
The Collegiate Academies school board met July 18 to review the year-end financial picture, discuss parent handbook revisions, and thank retiring board members. The 2011-2012 school year left Collegiate Academies with a surplus of $243,000, at least $87,000 of it the result of successful fundraising over and above set goals.
Board taking steps to open two new schools on Carver campus
The board of Collegiate Academies met Wednesday night to discuss plans for the new George Washington Carver campus and to announce the approval of a building plan for Sci Academy’s permanent facility on its current location. Only one night before the board meeting, the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) approved the Recovery School District to hire the architecture firm of Rozas Ward to build the long-awaited school building that will house Sci Academy on Read Blvd.
2012-2013 budget
Sci Academy board's budget anticipates adding new schools, students
The budget for the Collegiate Academies of New Orleans, the board that operates Sci Academy, remains flat for the upcoming school year compared to 2011-2012, coming in at around $3.6 million. The budget for the 2012-2013 school year includes projections for two new schools opening on the Carver campus and anticipates a 60-student increase in enrollment.
Charter extension on track, RSD advises; Marcovitz training two new leaders
Board vows to move forward with plans to incubate two high schools at Carver
Slew of rising eighth graders applying for admission; room for only about 5 percent
With 95 percent of the school’s first graduating class accepted by a four-year college, Sci Academy is seeing increased interest among prospective ninth-grade enrollees, the school’ board of directors learned at its April board meeting. As of April 1, 377 current eighth-graders listed Sci Academy on their high school applications, a 14 percent rise from last year.
College acceptance rate tops 90 percent; Carver group resists plans for two-school phase-in
Just under 40 members of the George Washington Carver High School community attended Collegiate Academies of New Orleans’ March board meeting. They were generally opposed to the proposed phase-out of Carver, a failing school run directly by the Recovery School District, and its replacement with two charter high schools to be run by Collegiate.
Board members focus on campus search; health clinic partnership talks appear to founder
It's official: School is renamed Sci Academy; college admissions rate expected to top 90%
Board meeting cancelled
The governing board of New Orleans Charter Science and Math Academy cancelled their meeting which had been scheduled for 6pm tonight. The board informed The Lens at about 4:30pm this afternoon that, due to unforeseen circumstances, not enough board members would be present for a quorum, and that the meeting was cancelled.