It is a close knit group, and if there were / are problems that were beyond the scope and reach of the board, then throwing booklets and brochures to
the Lagniappe board, or any charter board, by way of Caroline Roemer Shirley's LAPCS is not my idea of help.
Parents at the school also wondered why the state school board didn't give
the Lagniappe board a chance to change school leaders, removing those who violated the special - education rules.
Lagniappe board members say the RSD offered them the John Dibert campus, but it was unclear how long they would be there.
Not exact matches
A Louisiana State
Board of Education committee voted to close troubled
Lagniappe, and Thomas resigned after Polite's investigation.
In the same week, the state
board also reported that
Lagniappe Academies» principal, Kendall Petri, hired her mother, a violation of state policy.
The state did not renew
Lagniappe Academies charter, and Miller - McCoy Academy's
board of directors surrendered its charter.
Board Vice Chairman Dan Henderson said
Lagniappe is at the end of the line.
It is extremely difficult for parents of closing schools to fight when these (expletive deleted) charter
boards are so quick to bail out and liquidate when the going gets rough, although
Lagniappe is a small school and might have neighborhood coheviseness in its favor.
2) The issues at Lycee were very different than those at
Lagniappe — they were management conflicts on the
board and between the
board and administration.
The state
board of education voted not to renew
Lagniappe Academies charter contract, effectively closing the school at the end of the 2014 - 15 school year.
This post is a cut - n - paste (copy) response to a NOLA.com article that reports on potential litigation by
Lagniappe (parents and / or
board).