The Lusher Charter school board meeting for October has been moved to Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. It had been previously scheduled for Oct. 15 at 10 a.m.
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Board moves meeting to 6pm Wednesday, Oct. 12
The Lusher Charter School Board meeting for October has been moved to Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 6pm. It had been previously scheduled for Saturday 10am.
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Interim Board meeting scheduled
The NOLA 180 Board will meet at 5pm on Monday, in addition to their regularly scheduled meeting at the end of the month. Review the meeting agenda here.
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OPEN plans community forum on education
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | In culmination of a yearlong effort to get community members to engage in education issues, the Orleans Public Education Network is hosting a roundtable discussion Saturday dubbed Let the Circle Be Unbroken. This event marks the end of the organization’s One Step community-engagement campaign, though a spokeswoman […]
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Occupy New Orleans protest draws large crowd and mixed reactions
The Lens wants readers’ impressions of the protest. See end of story for instructions on how to connect with the Public Insight Network and comment on whether you identify with protest goals and messages.
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Thousands in improperly documented Nagin-era charges foul city's 2010 audit
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | More than a year after Ray Nagin left City Hall, New Orleans taxpayers are still feeling the pain of thousands of dollars in undocumented credit card purchases made by his administration in its waning days. At least $12,000 in improperly documented purchases were made on city credit […]
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Sheriff's deputies not getting paid for months of work done through new city contract
By Matt Davis, The Lens staff writer | At least a dozen Orleans Parish Sheriff’s deputies are owed thousands of dollars for working a lucrative security detail at the city’s auto impound lots, says one of the deputies who complained that he and others haven’t been paid since starting the moonlighting work in May. It’s […]
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Occupy Wall Street? Here? Pondering common denominators
By Kira Akerman, The Lens contributing opinion writer | “The system was never broken it was built this way,” read the hand-painted sign held by a woman in New York City’s Occupy Wall Street protest. The woman was not on Wall Street itself; she was crossing the Brooklyn Bridge in what became one of the […]
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Council cuts meeting short and flocks to Hannan's funeral; next time pack a sandwich!
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | If Thursday was the day you chose to see democracy in action at City Hall you picked the wrong day. The majority of the City Council agenda was deferred or withdrawn so members could attend the funeral of Archbishop Philip Hannan. A meeting that usually lasts all […]
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Candidates for state school board stake ground on charter schools, other policies
By Jessica Williams, The Lens staff writer | In preparation for what is undoubtedly the race to watch in the Oct. 22 elections for those interested in public education, District 1 and 2 candidates for the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education on Wednesday addressed the toughest questions facing the New Orleans educational scene. District […]