Citizens Committee for Education releases Jan. 6 board meeting agenda
The board oversees Home A. Plessy Community School.
Appeals court orders city to remove fence blocking Newcomb Boulevard
The ruling ends a years-long battle over the illegal closure of an Uptown street.
Michael Bagneris raises $220,000 in bid to replace Mayor Mitch Landrieu
But Landrieu still has more than $1 million to spend.
Despite public funding, NOLA for Life Fund grantmaking to continue in private
Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s administration says that it controls the source of its NOLA for Life Fund money, which it hands off to a private foundation to disburse. The Landrieu administration says the grantmaking doesn’t have to occur in public, but other nonprofits have been told they must let the public observe discussions about spending taxpayer dollars.
This time the city needs to get St. Roch Market right — a lot depends on it
Food expert Darlene Wolnik offers insights on the place of a public market in the renewal of a neighborhood.
Carver students, parents protest schools’ discipline policies at December board meeting
"They talk to us like fifth-graders and we’re ninth-graders," said one student.
Crescent City Schools board loosens rules on midyear budget adjustments
But the board didn't comply with state law when it failed to solicit public comment before two votes.
With bump from F to D, Singleton wins charter renewal for three more years
McDonogh City Park Academy could leave state teachers pension system
Factoring into the school board's decision: whether it will join a charter network.
