Tomorrow’s board meeting agenda is now available, and may be reviewed here.
Posted inOpinion
Saluting Occupy NOLA, a movement as quirky as our schizoid city
By Tiffany Marceaux, The Lens contributing opinion writer | On Oct. 6 I arrived at Duncan Plaza for Occupy NOLA’s first General Assembly with revolution in my heart. And I wasn’t the only one. Nearly 400 people from all over the city had gathered, and the excitement was palpable. A change was coming—we could feel […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Neighbors prevail as city strips permit from Treme mansion's oversized pool house
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | The last thing Treme resident Stephen Kennedy expected was to be handcuffed by the police in his own back yard. But that’s exactly what happened as he built a fence along the property line separating his home from an oversized pool house that developer Tracy Williams was […]
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
OPSB urged to hand over FEMA money owed since Katrina; Moodle courses kick in
Sophie B. Wright Charter School has hired an attorney in its nearly six-year effort to get the Orleans Parish School Board to hand over FEMA money due to the school for damage sustained in Hurricane Katrina. The sum of money, as yet of uncertain size, is needed for building renovations, and a resolution seems to […]
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Teachers group secures help with school discipline; audit largely flawless
The group of disgruntled McDonogh City Park Academy teachers who attended last month’s board meeting to ask for help with student discipline seems to have been satisfied. As detailed at the board’s monthly meeting, Dec. 13, the day after the November meeting the teachers and administrators agreed on several school-wide measures. Board members Emily Waterfield […]
Posted inSchools
Sojourner Truth charter gets one-two punch; teachers leaving before doors shuttered
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | Citing discontent with the current administration, at least five teachers or staffers at a doomed charter school have already resigned or have plans to not return after the Christmas holidays, The Lens has learned. Parents and students at Sojourner Truth Academy were told last month that the […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Government & Politics, Investigations
Deputies working private, off-duty details pay into fund used by sheriff for questionable discretionary spending
A lucrative private-security program staffed by deputies provides Sheriff Marlin Gusman with about $100,000 in discretionary money that he uses for questionable expenditures.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Board debates reducing grade sizes and ways to increase teacher retention
Correction: This story has been updated to correct errors. In an earlier version, the statement about hiring New Orleans natives was misattributed. The school is counting on improved academic performance to attract teachers; it has no plans to offer a retirement plan. The request for proposals for custodial services was reissued after one vendor complained […]
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Meeting agenda released
The agenda for Thursday’s board meeting at Morris Jeff is now available here.
Posted inCharter Schools, Schools
Meeting agenda released
NOMMA’s board released its agenda for tomorrow’s board meeting. Review it here.