The merger took effect months ago. The city’s 911 center director says there is no conflict between the opinion and the arrangement with the city.
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Emails: Kennedy High School administrators scrambled to confirm graduates’ eligibility, even after graduation day
Kennedy seniors are still waiting for their diplomas amid a grade-inflation investigation being conducted by the network, Orleans Parish School Board and a state review.
Posted inCriminal Justice
A year later, progress continues on Cantrell program to ID ‘high-risk’ residents, but few details available
Civil rights activists say they’re concerned over lack of transparency and a potential return to ‘predictive policing’ methods.
Posted inEnvironment, Opinion
Will Louisiana’s rural electricity co-ops help an ‘oil state’ break free of fossil fuels?
The rural South may be ‘red’ but it’s going solar
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Week in Review: State looking into Kennedy High practices in midst of grade fixing investigation
Plus, a state environmental review of a former dump site being eyed as a school athletic field. And a new episode of Behind The Lens.
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Behind The Lens episode 34: ‘That water would have to go somewhere’
Marta Jewson gives us an update on Kennedy High School. And Jessica Rosgaard talks to the Army Corps of Engineers about the Morganza Spillway.
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State education department to review Kennedy High School amid grade-inflation investigation
The state informed the New Beginnings charter school network it would review policies and practices relating to course credits and graduation records.
Posted inSchools
Former dump site eyed for school athletic field is under state environmental review
The district wants to trade McDonogh 7, a 142-year-old school, for a HANO site on Earhart. A neighborhood group is suing. And the state is reviewing steps taken to clean contaminants from the HANO site.
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Kennedy High School seniors await transcripts as charter board investigates ‘malfeasance’
Board president says the network is looking into whether graduating seniors will be impacted by results of grade-fixing investigation.
Posted inOpinion
Less to cringe about: ‘Bolden’ updates Hollywood’s evolving riff on jazz and race
The mystery musician gets his due — almost