The school didn’t notify the public before a retreat that included seven of its nine board members.
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King charter board refuses to release agendas in advance, scolds reporter
Board attorney makes race-based remark after Lens reporter points out lack of compliance with open-meetings law.
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Lycée board violated open meetings laws in ousting principal
For days before the charter school board voted to accept the resignation of principal Jill Otis, board members emailed back and forth about how they could force her out. Board president Jean Montes acknowledges that the discussions violated public meetings law but said the board dealt with the problem in a subsequent executive session.
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Despite lack of quorum, board meets in executive session
Though FirstLine Schools’ Board of Directors didn’t have a quorum Wednesday, they voted to go into executive session. The members asked everyone to leave while they met privately for a half-hour, saying only that they were going to talk about “personnel issues.”
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Charter school boards do better job of following budgeting law
Last year, most of the charter boards failed to follow state law requiring them to keep the public informed of their budgeting process. This year, 25 of the 43 schools complied, and another dozen came close.
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Board meets privately to discuss union request for teacher records
The McDonogh City Park Academy board of directors held a closed-door meeting last week to discuss the status of a public records request they said was sent by a local teachers union to every school in the city.
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Audit: Ex-Lycee chief paid nearly $30,000 without board vote
After a budget overhaul and a change in principals, Lycee Francais’ board of directors probably could have anticipated the blemished audit they received at their monthly meeting Monday. Though many of the issues resulted from policies and procedures that, according to the audit, have since been improved, the financial analysis revealed several shortcomings, including the […]
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Lycée board shuts press out of meeting with parents
Board members at the embattled Lycée Français de la Nouvelle Orléans Charter School Monday closed the doors to “anybody who is not connected with the family” of the school as they met for two hours with parents in what they insisted was not a public meeting. The closed-door session involving three board members and about […]
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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. In response […]
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Public in the dark about 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. In response […]