ReNEW hires former Jefferson superintendent in response to testing, special-ed violations
State required the network to hire a consultant to comply with corrective-action plan after cheating.
Algiers Charter Schools assigns test-coordinator at each of its six schools
The move to assign responsibility is in addition to the monitors the network pledged to hire.
Two cheating investigations lead charters in RSD to hire testing-security monitors
State will pay for monitoring of state-chartered schools up for review. Other RSD schools will hire their own.
Board that oversees 911 call center approves consolidation of dispatchers
The City Council still has to decide the matter, which will end separate dispatch for fire, police and EMS.
Governor names new coastal czar to guide state’s 50-year wetlands projects
LSU grad has worked in civil engineering and Army Corps of Engineers projects.
Orleans Sheriff now facing class-action suit regarding overtime pay for deputies
But Gusman says under federal exemption for law-enforcement officers, many may not be eligible.
Landry-Walker principal, other administrators, suspended with pay amid cheating probe
The move comes shortly after the Algiers Charter School Association fired its CEO.
Traffic-camera company volunteers to fix city’s school-zone warning lights
Malfunctioning lights put students at risk, but also keeps city and company from collecting traffic fines.
‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised’? Says who?
From JFK to Trump, TV has changed the substance of our politics, not just the style.
First school taken by RSD set to return to local school board oversight
Pierre A. Capdau Charter School, at right, had the dubious distinction of being the first failing school to be taken over by the state-run Recovery School District. Now it and Lake Area New Tech Early College High are among the first to move back under the auspices of the Orleans Parish School Board.
