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Live blog: BESE comes to New Orleans to discuss John Mac, charter transfers

State school board is the parent of the Recovery School District and meets in the city to give parents easier access.
by Marta Jewson

The state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education meets this evening in New Orleans. The meetings held in the city generally address matters specific to Recovery School District charter schools.

I’ll be live blogging it here.

The board is expected to discuss the now empty John McDonogh high school building on Esplanade Avenue, and the possibility of eligible charter schools leaving the oversight of the RSD and returning to the Orleans Parish School Board.

Update: Read a summary of the evening’s meeting here.

BESE 6 p.m. meeting coverage

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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.

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