In some majority black neighborhoods, one in four renter households had an eviction order, the report found.
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Week in Review: Former charter network employee says Kennedy HS administrators improperly changed students’ grades
Plus, Russel Honore does an extended interview on Behind The Lens. And two opposing perspectives on the RTA’s plan for the Canal streetcar line.
Posted inSchools
F to D grade changes at Kennedy High School are suspicious, former administrator says
Runell King says he discovered evidence that Kennedy employees improperly inflated students’ grades. He sent it to top administrators and was fired soon after. The CEO of the school’s charter network denies the allegations, saying the changes were made to correct a software error.
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Behind The Lens episode 24: ‘A solution to pollution’
An extended interview with Lt. Gen. Russel Honore about the GreenARMY’s 2019 legislative agenda. And Michael Isaac Stein talks about a local immigration advocacy group’s recent FOIA victory in federal court.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Transportation planner sees merit in speeding up Canal streetcar service
Focus should be on transit riders, not cars.
Posted inEnvironment
EPA, LDEQ want Mosaic to resume water removal from shifting gypsum stack
Mosaic told The Lens that the company has not decided to do so — even as the EPA cast doubt on the company’s model used to determine the stability of the reservoir itself.
Posted inSchools
Orleans school district wants to shift $10 million from facilities to academics, requiring change to state law
State law requires that money taken from a property tax and a portion of school sales taxes only be used for facility renovation and repair. Also, the district contemplates swapping properties with city housing authority.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Going off the grid: Canal streetcars rumble toward a big mistake
Plan would drop stops, block intersections.
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Week in Review: The final year in a closing school
Class Dismissed: The final year in a closing school On a Friday afternoon in January, a few parents and two ministers gathered at Medard Nelson Charter School at the corner of St. Bernard Avenue and Gentilly Boulevard hoping there was something they could do to keep the school open past May. They were meeting with […]
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Behind The Lens episode 23: ‘When they told the parents about this, it was already done’
Education reporter Marta Jewson talks about her series on school closures in New Orleans. Michael Isaac Stein on the latest news on short-term rentals. And host and producer Tom Wright talks to Jed Horne about The Lens’ opinion section.