ReNEW Schools board meeting agenda released

Demolition order raises tricky question: When is a rundown shotgun really a signpost?

The Lens honored for reporting on medication of juvenile inmates across state facilities
Summer school canceled; alternatives will be arranged; board ponders bylaws, budget

Sheriff finds job for chief judge's wife despite lack of appraisal experience
Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman hired the wife of Municipal Court Chief Judge Paul Sens as a real-estate appraiser about the same time the judge hired Gusman's wife.

Does mob cooperation with the feds happen only in the movies?
Otis to step down as school leader; board elects Montes chairman, Banangada treasurer
STEP tests predict LEAP results; Frantz School move to honor civil rights icon Ruby Bridges

Special-ed students in Orleans schools use 'alternate pencils' to acquire writing skills
It’s Friday morning in Kimberly Sanfeliz’s class, and one of her students, a 7-year-old, is signing in. “Where’s the D?” Sanfeliz asks, mentioning the first letter of the little girl’s name as she stands in front of a board emblazoned with a colorful alphabet.