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Ben Franklin High School, 3 other charters put on probation

by WWLTV.com

Posted on November 25, 2009 at 8:12 PM

Updated Thursday, Nov 26 at 8:10 AM

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NEW ORLEANS -- Four New Orleans charter schools are now on probation, according to Orleans Parish School Board spokesman Steve Majors.

Majors said Benjamin Franklin High School, Robert Moton Charter School, New Orleans Science and Math, and Priestley School of Architecture now have permission to operate for one more year. During that time they must remedy problems of student performance or finances, or their charter status may be revoked next year.

Majors said the decision was made at a board meeting last week.

Audubon Charter School, Warren Easton High School, Edward Hynes Charter School, Lake Forest Charter School, and Lusher Charter School passed the evaluations and were given two-year charter extensions.

The charter evaluations take place in a school’s third year. They are based on test scores, attendance rates, yearly budgets and whether the school fulfilled contractual obligations. After the fifth year, provided the school passes the test, the charter expires and the school must obtain renewals.
 

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rhettswife said on November 26, 2009 at 10:51 AM

Shows you the continuing decay of education in New Orleans. These highly specialized schools should have strict entrance requirements to begin with. However, they evidently do not. From the top of the heap to barely afloat.

arkaynine said on November 26, 2009 at 8:52 PM

It is not the entrance requirements that are the problem. The reduced amount of students in attendance results in a substantially smaller amount of funding, which is why Franklin is on "probation." The former principals attempted to keep its full-sized faculty with only a portion of its student body (which was with good intentions, only financially impossible). As expected, the deficits of those years reached around two million dollars.