Teachers protest at an October meeting of the Algiers Charter School Association after the charter group announced that it would end pension benefits for more than 400 of its teachers. Soon after, Algiers reversed the decision. Photo by Jessica Williams Daunted by the high cost of the state teachers pension system, charter schools are switching […]
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ACSA puts controversial personnel moves on hold after crowd chants: “Raza must go”
More than 300 members of the Algiers community gathered at the McDonogh 32 Literacy Charter School to speak out against recent firings and the transfer of successful principals to failing schools within the charter organization. A call and response chant of “Raza must go” and “erase the board” came following the end of an unofficial […]
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School Board concerned over firings in Algiers Charter Schools
The first round of cuts has surfaced from the Algiers Charter School Association’s bid to improve student performance by terminating and moving around principals, and so far, it’s not only principals who’ve been targeted. At least one termination, at Edna Karr High School, is in violation of the Orleans Parish School Board’s contract with the […]
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Optional retirement program approved for teachers and staff; Karr and Harte remain in fold
Trustees of the Algiers Charter School Association have approved the Hartman Group as provider of the optional 403(b) retirement program for school employees. The approval, at the board’s monthly meeting, April 26, followed a state attorney general’s opinion earlier in the week that the Louisiana Constitution precludes charter schools from leaving the Teachers’ Retirement System […]
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Did they or didn't they? Algiers charter board reconsiders revoking teachers retirement
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Update: The story has been corrected to reflect two changes – one, board member Charles Rice’s status as a member, not a president, and two, charter contract renewal forms being the method ACSA officials would have used to change retirement benefit options. If you had asked Algiers […]
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Algiers teachers who lost retirement benefits plan strategy, get support from officials
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Less than two weeks after the Algiers Charter School Association announced its decision to cut retirement benefits for more than 400 employees, Algiers charter school teachers and other education stakeholders met Wednesday night to discuss ways to protest the change. The group is calling itself the Algiers […]
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Algiers Charter Schools Association ends retirement benefit for more than 600 teachers
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to correct erroneous information first released and then amended by a spokesman for the Algiers Charter School Association. Algiers Technology Academy should not have been on the list of schools where retirement benefits have been canceled, thus reducing the number of teachers and schools affected. Faced with sharply […]