He wants to tap into property taxes
Yearly Archives: 2014
Posted inGovernment & Politics
In parts of New Orleans, eyesores remain on city’s list of fixed-up properties
The city keeps track of each victory in the war against blight, listing each address on its website. But when we randomly checked those properties, we found trash, high weeds and houses that had supposedly been demolished.
Posted inSchools
Radio show erupts into argument between Orleans Parish School Board members
Ira Thomas and Nolan Marshall Jr. accuse one another of misdeeds involving school contracts.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
As lucrative lease deal winds down, Landrieu ally gets $250,000 city contract
A nonprofit is about to lose a deal that brings in more than $100,000 a year, but a related company just got a bigger contract.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
International High School budget anticipates rise in services for special-ed students
Numbers will remain fluid for a while, but the expectation is that overall enrollment will rise to 500.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
New architecture in an old city: Is resurgent New Orleans losing its soul?
The author argues for architecture that honors the beauty of the city in which it stands.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Lycée budget reflects new fourth grade, expanded pre-K and off-site classrooms
Need-based, tuition-free seats in the school’s pre-K program are not yet filled to capacity.
Posted inInside the News Room
The Lens a finalist in eight Press Club of New Orleans award categories
Including best local news site, which we have won the past two years.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
City Park Academy delays move to year-round schooling, but brass rave about new CMO
Administrative takeover by ReNEW is questioned by one parent, unhappy that the decision was not aired more fully by the board.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Franklin High budget sails through public hearing and is approved by charter board
Conservative enrollment number anticipates the usual attrition in the first month or so of the school year.