OPSB backs off plans to nullify contracts of top 2 administrators
The board will renegotiate its contract with Stan Smith. Kathleen Padian keeps her contract.
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Reporting on education in New Orleans and across Louisiana. This category explores how policies, leadership, and community voices shape the experiences of students, teachers, and families—covering everything from classroom challenges to school reforms and success stories.
Audubon board members encouraged to raise and give money
Two months late, state provides records on standardized test cheating
Two New Orleans charter schools have looked into cheating allegations in the past year. The Lens wants to see how widespread such allegations are and finally has the documentation that for two months was withheld by the state Department of Education, citing privacy concerns.
Friends of King board to meet at noon
Live blog: Orleans Parish School board may cancel contracts with top 2 administrators
And board member Woody Koppel questions why the board is not planning to authorize financing for school construction.
Lycée leaders to meet with French council amid parent concerns
Parents say they are worried about the school's commitment to French curriculum.
Crescent Leadership Academy board meets by phone but lacks quorum
Students from the new charter school recently played their first basketball game, but the school's education director says record attendance was a bigger accomplishment for the fledgling alternative school.
Audubon’s Carrollton campus awaits word on move to McDonogh 7 building
Parents and teachers at Audubon Charter School are awaiting word about when and if their upper grades will be moving out of the old Carrollton courthouse. Orleans Parish school officials are readying the old McDonogh 7 building, but say even that probably would be a temporary fix.
