The district's three-year long project to install lead-removal filters at school drinking fountains is nearly complete. Charter schools will be in charge of replacing those filters. The district is now exploring kitchen filters.
There are currently 17 teenagers — ranging in age from 15 to 17 — being held in the juvenile wing of the adult Orleans Justice Center, even though there are 18 open beds at the juvenile facility.
The students’ lawyer, initially representing the class of 2019, believes transcript problems have affected all students.
The Gentilly Woods school must make up services to at least nine students.
Our future ability to perform day-to-day errands, let alone recover from storms and weather disruptions, relies on malfunctioning infrastructure in desperate need of repairs and improvements. We need to be training that workforce now.
KIPP New Orleans will take over the charter for John F. Kennedy High School after this year, Kira Orange Jones survives an election eligibility challenge in her campaign for BESE, and a new interpretation of the comprehensive zoning ordinance could impact outdoor music at local venues.
The state granted the waivers due to 'administrative error' by the school's staff. Students who receive the waivers may not be eligible for TOPS.
John F. Kennedy High School’s charter group voted to give up authority of the high school at the end of the school year.
