Divisions over this spring’s union drive resurfaced in Saturday’s meeting.
Posted inSchools
New Beginnings approves $175,000 annual contract for new CEO
The three year contract is for significantly more than that of the previous CEO, who earned $140,000.
Posted inSchools
Most charter boards didn’t comply with or know about open-meetings law
Until The Lens investigated last month, only one charter school board in New Orleans may have been fully complying with a two-year-old state law that requires public bodies to post their minutes online, or an older law that requires the same for their agendas.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Black Lives Matter — including the 99.7% of the killings that aren’t by cops
It’s time to face reality: black killers are chiefly responsible for the epidemic of black homicides.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Orleans superintendent is reviewing Lens stories on Lusher board’s actions
Three stories last week raised questions about how school leaders conducted public business.
Posted inEvents, Schools
Our August Newsmaker event will focus on New Orleans public education
We’ll talk with Dr. Henderson Lewis, Jr., Orleans Parish School Board superintendent
Posted inCharter Schools, Government & Politics, Investigations, Schools
How Lusher’s school board shut out the public in dealing with teachers’ union drive
State law says the public is entitled to observe how government bodies make decisions. But Lusher board members privately discussed how to respond to the union, using a boardwide email group. And they set up several private meetings that appear to have circumvented the Open Meetings Law.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Schools
Lusher Charter School drags feet on public-records requests
Three months later, we haven’t received emails from CEO Kathy Riedlinger.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Emails reveal board’s struggle to guide Lusher Charter during unionization effort
They show deep divisions over the union and questions about CEO Kathy Riedlinger’s leadership.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
An ex-offender’s bold experiment: turning trashed lives into treasure
A thrift-store provides hope and a first step back into the free world for the formerly incarcerated.