The formerly district-run school converted to a charter school over the summer.
Posted inLand Use
Vote on short-term rental restrictions delayed until next month
The proposal would limit residential whole-home rentals to property owners with homestead exemptions. Kristin Palmer, who authored the plan unveiled last week, said she wants to delay the vote until after the holidays to allow the public to weigh in.
Posted inSchools
McDonogh 35 alumni board fears charter group takeover
The school district is expected to make an announcement about the future of McDonogh 35 Senior High School this week.
Posted inInside the News Room
Councilwoman proposes homestead requirement for residential short-term rentals
Lawyer asks for federal investigation of Entergy’s charitable arm. Teachers have to reapply for their own jobs at charter school facing takeover and eventual closure.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 11: ‘The Palmer Ban’
Michael Isaac Stein on Kristin Palmer’s new short-term rental proposals and the Entergy Charitable Foundation. Marta Jewson has the latest on Harney charter school.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Persistent food insecurity clashes with New Orleans’ rep for glorious gastronomy
Farm bill will sustain food subsidies for people in need—unless Trump defies Congress.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Councilwoman pushes permanent restrictions for short-term rentals
Palmer’s proposal would tie residential Airbnbs to a homestead exemption. Rules in non-residential districts would depend on a building’s size.
Posted inSchools
Teachers must re-apply for jobs to close out Harney’s school year
The Orleans Parish school district plans to take over the embattled charter school next month and operate it through the spring. But the district is not guaranteeing it will retain the school’s current staff. Interviews started this week.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Groups ask for federal investigation into Entergy Charitable Foundation for lobbying City Council
The lawyer for groups opposed to the Entergy New Orleans power plant in eastern New Orleans says urging recipients of foundation donations to publicly support the company violates tax law.
Posted inBehind The Lens
Behind The Lens episode 10: ‘We’ve been fighting BP for years’
Video of a drug bust leads to renewed questions about the city’s sprawling surveillance network. Producer Tom Wright hears from people who were left ill after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.