Group alleging open-meetings violation by RSD agrees along with district to delay hearing for two weeks.
Posted inSchools
Charter selection includes some public input, but decision made privately
Four schools in New Orleans recently have been closed or assigned to new operators. Although the processes to make these changes have become somewhat more public, the decision to hand over public schools to a new management organization still is being made primarily behind closed doors.
Posted inEnvironment
Confronting the enemy below: hydrologists float plan to keep water in city
A city that prides itself on embracing contradiction is now waking up to this one: The levees and pumping stations it has spent nearly 300 years perfecting to guard against external threats have also been the catalysts allowing an unseen enemy below to savage its budgets and cloud its future.
Posted inOpinion
Fire safety 101: Faulty gas fuel lines can make your attic a loaded gun
Enforcement is lax, given just one state employee to oversee local code jurisdictions throughout Louisiana.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Landrieu’s Civil Service overhaul again survives a legal challenge by city workers
This is the second such ruling to favor the mayor; employee lawyer urges appeal.
Posted inOpinion
To escape marginalization, Black History Month must embrace ‘hard truths’
As we close out the 2015 installment of Black History Month, a real problem is the way people continue to separate black history from American history.
Posted inSchools
City to repair transmitter that controls broken school zone lights
The transmitter sets the clocks for all the lights in the city and allows them to be programmed remotely. The fix could correct flashers that activate on weekends and holidays, but not when kids are in school. That was one of the problems revealed by a Lens survey in January, which found that nearly half of the lights malfunctioned.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Live blog: Federal judge holding hearing to discuss NOPD consent decree
Public event will be first of four designed to look at different aspects of the federal agreement.
Posted inSchools
KIPP Renaissance students return after protest over security canceled 2 days
Last two days before Mardi Gras break were canceled when some students refused to cooperate.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Gusman pays crony a million a year for services that aren’t specified
Investigative journalists are doing great work around here — a good thing, given the persistence of political sleaze.