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Holy Cross community looks askance at proposed riverfront towers

A developer has proposed two 13-story, 135-foot high apartment buildings, significantly higher than the 75-foot maximum desired by the neighborhood association.
by Karen Gadbois February 18, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Audubon’s Carrollton campus awaits word on move to McDonogh 7 building

Parents and teachers at Audubon Charter School are awaiting word about when and if their upper grades will be moving out of the old Carrollton courthouse. Orleans Parish school officials are readying the old McDonogh 7 building, but say even that probably would be a temporary fix.
by Michael Patrick Welch February 18, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Report: Lycée charter school needs new CEO and board members

by Marta Jewson February 17, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Lycée announces special Monday night board meeting

by Marta Jewson February 16, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

King charter board refuses to release agendas in advance, scolds reporter

by Joshua Johnston February 15, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Now in our fourth year, The Lens has new website, office, funding

A site that's easier to view on phones and tablets, a new daily news roundup, more than $1 million in new pledges.
by Steve Beatty February 15, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Funding crisis looms for $14 billion hurricane protection system

The agency responsible for maintaining the multibillion-dollar flood protection system can't afford the $34 million annual bill, and possible solutions are blocked by state and congressional politics. “We’ll soon be facing a $600 million question," says John Barry, vice president of the South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East.
by Bob Marshall February 14, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Middle grades showing academic gains at NOCP

by Joshua Johnston February 14, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Jindal airs tax plan in D.C. but here at home leaves details to his aides

With his poll numbers down sharply, Jindal has asked donors to finance a $750,000 media blitz.
by Tyler Bridges February 14, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Ben Mays families lament loss of community as charter is pulled

The Mays community doesn’t dispute the school’s poor scores, but they believe test scores are just one part of the formula that makes for a good school. They cite the school’s familial atmosphere as one of its greatest strengths.
by Jessica Williams February 14, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

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