Board Meeting Cancelled on short notice

Arriving at Mays Prep there were no postings regarding the board meeting and the school’s security guard was unaware of any meeting. According to Brent Washington, the Director of Finance, the principal cancelled the board meeting at about 4 p.m.

The Lens called the school’s office at 1:30pm to confirm the meeting and was told the Board was set to meet at 5pm.

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Marta Jewson

Marta Jewson is an independent reporter based in New Orleans. Marta has covered New Orleans schools for 15 years through the nation's largest education reform experiment and was instrumental in holding schools accountable to sunshine laws during the rapid expansion of charter schools in the city. She focuses on education, health and climate.

She earned her journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin.