The Jindal administration has contended that a local levee authority acted improperly in suing oil and gas companies.
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Crescent City Charter group looks to the future at board retreat
Charter operator looking at possibility of running schools outside Orleans Parish.
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Board members question timing of repairs at Audubon
$136,200 going to roof repairs at building the school is expected to move out of next year.
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Potential Course Choice ‘loophole’ concerns Ben Franklin leaders
School CEO worried that Franklin’s reputation could be devalued.
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Bricolage ready for its first year of operation
Parents will get to ride buses with students for the opening day of school Monday.
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Sci High not expected to face water fees under S&WB’s new billing system
New Orleans public schools, including charters, get water for free up to a certain limit.
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Key disagreements remain between levee board, Jindal administration over coastal loss lawsuit
A local levee authority has offered to hold off on some of its lawsuit against oil and gas companies if the state can get the industry to discuss voluntarily paying for damage. But the comments by the Flood Protection Authority and the Jindal administration don’t signal much movement on their key disagreement.
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Lake Area New Tech principal resigns in first week of classes
New Beginnings charter system’s personnel turmoil continues.
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This is not a test: Army Corps to close ‘barge gate,’ a key surge barrier
With tropical wave threatening the Gulf, early storm protection is activated — but not whole system.
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New Orleans charter school operators turn to Baton Rouge for expansion
Now that the charter movement has matured in New Orleans, there are fewer opportunities to grow.