Behind The Lens episode 114: ‘The incoherence speaks for itself’

City officials ask community to help boost school attendance. Council considers a new Entergy shutoff moratorium. And the latest on the Phase III jail facility.

This week on Behind the Lens, elementary and middle school students are back in class, but attendance continues to be a problem. Officials are asking the “village” to help get kids back to the books.

The city of New Orleans has filed a notice of appeal to the decision handed down last week on building the jail facility known as Phase III. 

The New Orleans City Council is moving forward on another moratorium on energy shutoffs as bills skyrocket for residents and commercial customers, and there’s an update on the new software the agency that runs the 911 and 311 systems is hoping to purchase.

Our guests this week are education reporter Marta Jewson, criminal justice reporter Nick Chrastil, cultural economy and government reporter Michael Isaac Stein, and The Lens editor, Charles Maldonado.

Behind The Lens is available on Apple PodcastsSpotifyGoogle Play and Stitcher. And we broadcast the show on community radio stations 102.3 FM WHIV LP in Mid-City and 90.3 FM WAMF-LP in the Marigny.

Carolyne Heldman

Carolyne Heldman Rovira has been in media for 35 years, and is currently the podcast host and producer for Behind The Lens. Heldman served as executive director at Aspen Public Radio, an NPR affiliate, where she launched four weekly news, public affairs, and cultural affairs programs. She has been a guest lecturer at Tulane University, is a frequent guest and moderator for the Aspen Institute, Rocky Mountain Institute, and the American Enterprise Institute.