Notification letters to be mailed by Friday. Some have already gone out from schools not using OneApp process.
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Plan would allow some charter schools to reserve seats while taking part in OneApp
It’s designed to accommodate military and language-immersion schools with students from around the state.
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OPSB gives some charters more time on common enrollment
A common enrollment process for Orleans Parish School Board charters? Eventually, the local board decided Tuesday night. The conversation surrounding common enrollment Tuesday night was dominated by confusion on all sides. Here’s what happened: Board members seemed ready to approve the proposed policy, which mandated that all charters participate in a common enrollment process by […]
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Live blog recap: OPSB discusses school enrollment standards
The Orleans Parish School Board has packed a lot into the year’s last round of committee meetings, including discussion of the common enrollment requirements for all of its chartered and traditional schools. The meetings started at 1 p.m. Thursday, and I live-blogged them here. In November, the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education gave […]
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Brookings report: RSD tops in nation on school choice
The Recovery School District ranks first among more than 100 school districts nationally for its school choice offerings, a report from the Brookings Institution said Tuesday. The state-run district was judged by The Brown Center on Education Policy, with results posted on Brookings’ Education Choice and Competition Index, a web application that ranks school districts […]
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Board resists OneApp process, saying prospective students need to visit school
The Military and Maritime Academy’s leadership is concerned about discussions between the state and local Type 2 charters that could lead to mandatory use of the centralized OneApp enrollment process. At the board meeting Tuesday night, members discussed ways to avoid participating in the process. Currently in Orleans Parish, Type 5 charters—those that answer to […]
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BESE tackles OneApp and Lycee issues, delays governance choice
State education officials held their quarterly meeting Wednesday night in New Orleans. photo: Jessica Williams As proponents of the Recovery School District’s unified enrollment process contend, parents should be able to fill out one application to enroll their kids in any of the city’s numerous charter schools. It eases their burden and ensures equity across […]
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Lusher tops among state's K-12 schools; OneApp admissions option rejected
Lusher has the highest performance score—170.7— in the state, among schools that run from kindergarten through grade 12, school leader Kathy Riedlinger advised the charter’s board of directors at their monthly meeting Oct. 12. The elementary school score was based on test numbers, while the high school score also reflected academic endorsements, the dropout rate, […]
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Grant would aid students with disabilities; One App admissions process spurned
Hynes has teamed up with Lusher and Audubon charter schools to apply for a state grant that would fund academic services for students with disabilities, school officials said at September’s monthly board meeting. If the application is successful, each school would receive $50,000 from Believe and Include, a $4 million state program to advance academic […]
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Few appeal RSD placement; most who do get a top-three choice
Of the 32,000 students that the Recovery School District placed in its schools this year through its new centralized application process, only 4 percent were unhappy enough with their assignment to submit an appeal, according to data provided by district officials. Just more than two-thirds of those who appealed ended up getting into one of […]