State school board is the parent of the Recovery School District and meets in the city to give parents easier access.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Bizarre charter board meeting made history, then members thought better of it
New Beginnings board voted to put Lake Area high school under oversight of School Board. Then it didn’t.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Nelson Charter gets new principal who has plans to turn around the struggling school
Parents hope new hire brings stability after previous principal and seven of 20 teachers left since start of school.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
City Council needs to redraft the CZO — too important not to get it right
Despite years of citizen input, basic community needs have taken a back seat to tourism in Marigny zoning.
Posted inEnvironment
Flood board deciding to protect now or save money for later work
The local flood protection authority is trying to determine whether it should let the Army Corps of Engineers add a protective layer to levees that may have been built too low. If the work happens and then the levees have to be raised, it would waste a lot of money — but the protective layer would add protection right away.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Library system again warns of impending cuts as reserve money begins to run out
Council members pledge support for asking voters to increase property taxes to help libraries.
Posted inEnvironment
First of two important court dates coming on wetlands lawsuit against oil and gas
Industry attorneys will try to convince a federal judge that flood-protection board doesn’t have authority to sue.
Posted inSchools
36 RSD charter schools now eligible to return to local School Board control
Charter leaders have two months to decide whether to return to Orleans Parish School Board oversight.
Posted inSchools
Tax to help schools runs into static because RSD would get some money
Next month, New Orleans voters will decide whether to extend an expiring property tax that finances repairs to public school buildings, but the measure is facing resistance from unlikely people: some members of the Orleans Parish School Board. Indeed, three out of the seven members voted against even sending the question to voters. That’s because the measure takes millions of dollars now controlled by the School Board and puts them in the hands of the Recovery School District, even though the state-run district isn’t mentioned anywhere in the ballot proposition.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Update: Civil Service’s leader can legally serve past her expired term
Earlier version of this story provided a misleading impression that chairwoman’s services was improper.