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Posted inEnvironment
Early results from study of river sediment show enough to make diversions work
Further research necessary, scientists say; state still hasn’t made final decision on building diversions.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Young charter school, Bricolage, to get John McDonogh campus on Esplanade
Decision means the site returns to control of the Orleans Parish School Board.
Posted inSchools
Growing charter schools join in the hunt for long-term or permanent campuses
School shuffle has students and parents on the move across the city.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Plea to City Council: Don’t pave our parks! Let the public have a say in what goes where
A simple fix to the draft CZO could save New Orleans parks from creeping commercialism the public doesn’t want.
Posted inEnvironment
New map, warning system gives detailed flood risk, but not for inside levees
A state emergency official said the system will be “basically meaningless” to him during a major storm because the most reliable maps can not be issued until after he must order evacuations. And a UNO researcher who is expert on the risks facing communities on Louisiana’s sinking coast worries some of the maps could give residents a false sense of security.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Sitting ducks: FEMA elevation standards leave us vulnerable to the next big flood
Should we elevate houses against worst-case floods or the statistically average hurricane inundation? It makes a big difference.
Posted inInside the News Room
“Losing Ground” coastal-loss project by Lens, ProPublica wins national award
Multimedia effort lets readers take an in-depth look at rapidly disappearing coastline.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Change to Open Meetings Law catches at least two charter boards off guard
Law passed last year says public bodies can’t count weekends in providing 24-hour notice to public.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Two city charter schools engaging with teachers unions for bargaining
The move by the Morris Jeff board to establish a contract with the union is the second action by a city charter school in the past month, following Benjamin Franklin High School, that indicates teachers — and school operators — may be willing to give unions a role in education.