Harney’s emergency bathroom repairs complete, school district says
The school district is leaving portable toilets on campus as a precaution.
Lead filter installation now nearly complete at Plessy Community School
The move comes one week after a 7th-grader’s water test prompted action. Dozens of other New Orleans public schools are still waiting for lead filters.
When is Cantrell going to stop cuddling with the pro-monument crowd?
Keep them here — and keep them off pedestals.
Students at school slated for closure face yet another hurdle: no bathrooms
Seven years and $9 million later, wastewater assimilation a slow starter in New Orleans
S&WB and the City of New Orleans announced in 2011 that they were partnering with St. Bernard Parish to help rebuild the Central Wetlands around Bayou Bienvenue. More than seven years later, the project has yet to discharge a single gallon of treated wastewater.
New Beginnings CEO placed on paid leave during investigation into grade inflation, falsifying records
Law firm will investigate grade changes at Kennedy High School and allegations that CEO falsified board records related to a lucrative bus contract.
School district delays lead water filter installation at French Quarter school
Orleans district promised Monday installation at Plessy after a test performed by a student found possible contaminants. But the filters won’t work properly without booster pumps. The district says about 16 schools need the pumps.
Racist police violence: two very different cities with something in common
Shameful record of torture and killings by cops here and in Chicago
Week in Review: How have the City Council’s utility consultants kept their contracts for so long?
Behind The Lens episode 25: Little red marks
Reporter Marta Jewson tells us how she uncovered allegations of grade inflation at Kennedy High School. Michael Isaac Stein talks about political patronage in lucrative City Council utility contracts. And Tom Wright follows up on his recent story on wastewater assimilation.
