At first meeting of council taxing committee, Cantrell officials explain options for raising additional infrastructure funds.
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Four Helen Cox HS administrators on paid leave after ‘records fraud’ investigation, JP Superintendent says
Improper grade changes affected five students, superintendent says. All five has since passed a proficiency test in the course where their grade was altered.
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Week in Review: New Beginnings will surrender Kennedy HS charter at the end of school year
New Beginnings will surrender Kennedy HS, Capdau charters at the end of school year The New Beginnings Schools Foundation voted unanimously Thursday to surrender the charters for both of its schools — John F. Kennedy High School and Pierre A. Capdau Charter School — effective at the end of the 2019-2020 school year. The move […]
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Behind The Lens episode 41: ‘It has been one of the most depressing things that I’ve ever seen in my entire career’
A lawsuit is filed over secret meetings about proposed chemical plant in St. James Parish, a short term rental tax begins making it’s way through the New Orleans City Council, and more fallout from the graduation scandal at John F. Kennedy High School.
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New Beginnings will surrender Kennedy HS, Capdau charters at the end of school year
Orleans Parish Schools Superintendent Henderson Lewis, Jr. said the schools will remain open.
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Council raises concerns about accountability, affordable housing funds as it starts process to bring short-term rental tax to a public vote
Under Cantrell’s infrastructure deal, 25 percent of revenues will go to the city’s private tourism promotion group, leading some council members to call for controls on how the money will be spent. Affordable housing advocates worry about a dedicated city revenue stream tied to the STR market.
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The unacceptable arrest of musician Eugene Grant should be the catalyst for change
We have to change the laws, legal systems, and enforcement practices that have allowed these same issues, and this same treatment of our cultural community, to perpetuate.
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After Kennedy fallout, school district seeks assistant director of HS accountability
It’s unclear how closely the district monitored charter high school graduation requirements in the past.
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City Council talks solar energy and short-term rentals at Wednesday committee meetings
The New Orleans City Council utility committee on Wednesday advanced a plan for Entergy New Orleans to add 90 megawatts of solar energy to its portfolio. “This has been a really drawn-out process that started all the way back in 2016,” Councilwoman and utility chair Helena Moreno said. “The council has had to come in […]
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The Army Corps of Engineers has failed New Orleans
We have a history of wanting to believe the Corps’ reassurances, both pre- and post-flood, but the agency that almost destroyed this city has now betrayed it.