Special-education concerns have put Lagniappe Academies’ charter in jeopardy.
Posted inSchools
Finalists for Orleans Parish schools superintendent to meet public Wednesday
After several stops and starts, School Board may be close to finding permanent leader.
Posted inSchools
Attorney General sides with RSD in fight with School Board over John McDonogh
State school board can ultimate decide who will get building after renovations are complete, opinion says.
Posted inEvents, Inside the News Room
We’re 5 and fabulous! Join us for our anniversary and a special birthday
We’ll be toasting two milestones on Jan. 21 at The Rusty Nail, and we hope you can be there.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Wanted: Businesses sized to fit current zoning — not more parking lots
The best way to prevent new parking lots is to make sure that we don’t zone these historic urban areas for businesses with intensive parking demand.
Posted inSchools
Lagniappe charter votes to return to general oversight of Orleans School Board
It’s the second charter to leave the Recovery School District out of the 36 that were eligible.
Posted inCriminal Justice
New Orleans police still lack revised policy on dealing with immigration issues
The department has submitted a policy change to federal overseers, but the decision is languishing.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Years after rapper was convicted for killing, questions raised about his case
In 2000, someone shot a young man in a Slidell club. Investigators quickly zeroed in on McKinley Phipps Jr., a rising star in New Orleans’ rap scene. He was convicted of manslaughter. But witnesses have raised questions about the key eyewitness, and one woman says she was coerced into pointing the finger at Phipps.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Failing Miller-McCoy Academy closing in spring; RSD seeking new operator
State sets Dec. 31 deadline for charter organizations to express interest in new campus school was to get.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Ripping the fabric of a neighborhood — and, with it, the spirit of democracy
“It’s not that Holy Cross thinks of itself as Williamsburg or what the French Quarter is to purists.”