The refusal to renew the federal compensation, leaving it at the state limit of $247 per week, would be unconscionable and would push thousands of people in Louisiana into hunger and homelessness.
Public schools are starting online, but officials are still working to close a connectivity gap of up to 20 percent.
The federal ruling comes after a report found progress in meeting the demands of the consent decree.
City Councilmembers heard from officials and members of the public at a hearing Monday. While NOLA Public Schools will start the school year online, some private and independent schools are opening soon.
After the city shut down three locations for deep cleans, their employees were reassigned to unaffected branches.
Students in New Orleans will not return for in-person classes until at least next month. But many teachers are still being called in for professional development.
Protesters block access to courts and force City Hall to lock its doors in an anti-eviction demonstration. An appointment at the Mayor's Office raises eye brows among housing advocates. And we hear from sanitation workers, now in their third month of a labor strike in New Orleans. Their demands: safety and dignity.
OPSB typically has only limited control over semi-autonomous charter schools.
