Bricolage Academy board met despite failing to publicly post agenda

The board of directors failed to publicly post an agenda 24 hours in advance of its Tuesday meeting.

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Fifteen years of reporting on New Orleans schools.

New Schools for New Orleans bankrolled KIPP’s closure of Douglass High School, elementary merger

The education nonprofit committed $600,000 to the city’s largest charter school network after its unannounced vote to close one school and merge another.

United Teachers of New Orleans sues Lycée Français for failing to provide public records

Read the lawsuit against the embattled French-curriculum school. Lycée has lost nearly one-third of its student body in recent years.

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NOLA Public Schools: Bricolage Academy ‘failed to follow’ Open Meetings Law

The district is also investigating the school’s response to over 20 staff grievances filed in March.

KIPP New Orleans CEO: Douglass HS has ‘weakest alumni association’

In considering which of its three high schools to close, KIPP leadership determined they would face less pushback by dropping the Douglass name.

A KIPP media strategy in the Douglass school closure: 'Ok, will ignore...'

Inside the emails of New Orleans' largest charter network when discussing this reporter.

Bricolage Academy principal resigns; School reduces Pre-K slots

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KIPP New Orleans meeting minutes show no Douglass closure discussion prior to closed-door session

On March 12, KIPP New Orleans Schools voted to close Frederick A. Douglass High School.

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Two weeks in, and two special education stories to follow

‘We decided in executive session’: KIPP board took up Douglass High School closure vote after closed-door session

The KIPP board discussed the possible school merger behind closed doors before later adding it to the board’s March 12 agenda, board president Dominique Willis told Lamplighter.

KIPP hired crisis-communications firm 5 weeks prior to unannounced vote to close Douglass High School

The charter group’s contract with New York-based Goldin Solutions was signed Feb. 2

NOLA Public Schools ‘looking into’ KIPP’s unannounced school closure vote

A violation of Open Meetings Law could trigger an investigation, but the district has yet to announce one.

‘Subterfuge’: How KIPP New Orleans’ vote to close Douglass High School skirted Open Meetings Law

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