A 2008 City Charter change mandated a formal structure for citizen engagement — and we still don’t have one. Why?
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
School Board attorney takes issue with property opinion from charter’s lawyer
Lycee Francais board and counsel were considering a plan to have a third party buy Priestly site.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
City’s Ethics Review Board needs to address its own shortcomings
Agency falls short of standards it is meant to enforce throughout city governance.
Posted inEvents
News ‘n’ Brews, a chance to engage with Lens reporters, is Tuesday
Thanks to the generosity of our event sponsor Wilson Johns, beers will be on us from 5 – 5:30 p.m.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Plessy Community School buys Hansberry site
As a Type 1 charter, school is responsible for getting its own facility.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Judge tells city to begin providing purchasing-database records to The Lens
More public records regarding the spending of taxpayer money will follow.
Posted inInside the News Room
The Lens heads back to court against city, trying to get database of spending
Even after newsroom granted the city a lengthy extension, public records still not available.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Plan designed to improve response time for 911 line runs up against Civil Service
Dispatchers now working for police, fire and EMS would leave those agencies.
Posted inEnvironment
Experts: Talk now about drastic changes, or deal with coastal crisis later
The mouth of the Mississippi River should be moved north and communities downriver eventually will have to be abandoned if other parts of southeast Louisiana are to have a future into the next century. Those were among the more startling recommendations proposed by the teams of coastal engineering and sustainability experts from around the world.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Saving the art of teaching from the science of education
Modern educators are taking Taylorism off the assembly line and applying it to the classroom.